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1964 Vuelta a España

It consisted of 17 stages covering a total of 2,860 km, and was won by Raymond Poulidor of the Mercier cycling team.

1969 Vuelta a España

It consisted of 18 stages covering a total of 2,921.4 km, and was won by Roger Pingeon of the Peugeot cycling team.

1971 Vuelta a España

It consisted of 17 stages covering a total of 2,892 km, and was won by Ferdinand Bracke of the Peugeot cycling team.

1977 Vuelta a España

It consisted of 19 stages covering a total of 2,785 km, and was won by Freddy Maertens of the Flandria cycling team.

Alcyon

Also in 1906 it founded the professional Alcyon cycling team which was active until 1955, including winning the Tour de France 6 times.

Azad University Giant Team

Azad University Giant Team (UCI Team Code: IUA) is an Iranian UCI Continental cycling team based in Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran; the team was founded in 2007.

Banesto

Outside of Spain, it is remembered as the sponsor of a cycling team that featured Miguel Indurain, the first rider to win five consecutive Tours de France.

Cyrille Guimard

He ran Gitane-Campagnolo, Renault-Elf-Gitane, Système U-Gitane, Super U, Castorama, and Cofidis; riders under his direction included Van Impe, Hinault, Laurent Fignon, Greg LeMond, Charly Mottet and Marc Madiot.

David Cañada

In the 2005 Tour de France, he was in a break-away on stage 2 (the first open road stage); he attacked on the climb near the finish but was overhauled by Bouygues Télécom's Thomas Voeckler.

Éric Caritoux

In 1984, Skil became main team sponsors (making the Skil-Sem team) and Éric showed that he had potential to be more than just Kelly's helper in the mountains, he started the season by taking the Tour du Haut Var, a tough hilly one day race in the south of France and then won the Orange to Mont Ventoux stage of Paris–Nice.

Euskaltel

Euskaltel is the joint lead sponsor of the Basque Country's major professional cycling team, Euskaltel-Euskadi, along with the regional government.

Jérôme Neuville

He had a break in his track cycling career between 1999 and 2002, during which time he competed on the road as a professional cyclist with the Crédit Agricole team (1999 to 2001), and Cofidis (2002).

Martin Earley

After PDM left the sport, he rode for Festina, then switched to mountain biking by riding for Raleigh and then for individual sponsors.

Nicolas Jalabert

In 2004, after his brother's retirement, he followed Tyler Hamilton to Phonak.

OCBC Singapore Continental Cycling Team

OCBC Singapore Continental Cycling Team (UCI Team Code: TSI) is a Singaporean UCI Continental cycling team managed by Justin Cheong Weiwen and sponsored by Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation (OCBC).

Rolf Wolfshohl

In the 1965 Vuelta a España while riding in the Mercier cycling team of defending champion Raymond Poulidor, Wolfshohl took the leaders jersey off his team leader on the eighth stage.

Santiago Botero

In October 2004 he joined Phonak, together with Miguel Ángel Martín Perdiguero from Saunier Duval, and Víctor Hugo Peña and Floyd Landis from Discovery Channel-Berry Floor.

Sem-France Loire

Sem was replaced as main sponsor in 1984 when the small power tool manufacturer Skil became the main sponsor making the Skil-Sem team.


see also

2008 USA Cycling Professional Tour

Levi Leipheimer (381 points) and the Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team (810 points) are the defending champion of the overall individual and team titles, respectively.

Acalanes High School

George Lewis Mount - Member of the 1976 US Olympic cycling team, Class of 1973

Borsari's Corner, Melbourne

The corner is named after Nino Borsari, a member of the Gold medal winning Italian pursuit cycling team at the 1932 Olympics, who was competing in Australia when World War II broke out.

Cilo

Cilo co-sponsored a European cycling team along with Atari and Ciclolinea in 1992.

Coors Light

In the 1990s, Coors Light sponsored what was then America's most dominant domestic professional cycling team, which included Olympians Alexi Grewal, Roy Knickman and Davis Phinney.

Eddy Gragus

Eddy turned professional in 1995 with the Montgomery Bell Professional Cycling Team under his formative coach, Eddie Borysewicz.

Gina Grain

Upon returning to Webcor Builders Cycling Team for another season in 2009, Grain started her stint by edging out New Zealand rider and 2008 Olympian Catherine Cheatley on a blazing sprint road race to score a second stage triumph at the Tour of the Gila in southwestern United States.

Holdsworth

Working for the company for more than 50 years, Thame established and managed the dominant professional cycling team that the company co-sponsored with Campagnolo accessories of Italy, a brand that Holdswoth had the rights to distribute in the UK.

Iona Wynter

She rode on a professional U.S. cycling team sponsored by Italian olive oil company Colavita and headed by celebrated American cyclist Tina Pic.

Kenyan Riders

Inspired by the success of Kenyan long distance runners, Leong founded the cycling team in the small town of Iten situated 2,400m above sea level and home of the High Altitude Training Centre (HATC), which offers runners from all over the world high altitude training camps.

Laura Van Gilder

Van Gilder turned professional in 1992 and currently races cyclocross for Twenty-Twenty C3 cycling team and road for a team sponsored by Mellow Mushroom pizza chain.

Masterseek

On July 5, 2007, Masterseek announced they were cosponsors to Team CSC, Denmark's cycling team, beginning with the team's involvement in the Tour de France.

Rahsaan Bahati

Rahsaan Bahati (born 13 February 1982 in Lynwood, California) is an American racing cyclist who currently rides for his own cycling team, Bahati Foundation Elite Team.

Ross Edgar

In December 2012 it was announced that Edgar had signed for the IG-Sigma Sport cycling team for the 2013 season, adding road racing commitments to his existing membership of the Great Britain track cycling programme.

Sengers Ladies Cycling Team

Riders for Sengers Ladies Cycling Team compete in the UCI Women's Road World Cup and other elite women's events throughout the world.