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U.S. Postal Service Pro Cycling Team

January 01, 1970

U.S. Postal Service Pro Cycling Team was a United States-based professional road bicycle racing team. On June 15, 2004, the Discovery Channel signed a deal to become sponsor of the team for the 2004–2007 seasons and its name changed to Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team (UCI team code: DSC). From 2005 until 2007, the team was one of the 20 teams that competed in the new UCI ProTour. As part of the sponsorship deal, Lance Armstrong, the team's undisputed leader, provided on-air appearances for the Discovery Networks TV channels. The deal did not affect the rights of secondary sponsor OLN, later known as NBCSN in the US, to air major cycling events such as the Tour de France, although the two channels are competitors.

U.S. Postal Service Pro Cycling Team
Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
Team information
UCI codeDSC
RegisteredUnited States
Founded1988 (1988)
Disbanded2007
Discipline(s)Road
StatusUCI ProTeam (2005–2007)
Key personnel
General managerBill Stapleton
Team manager(s)Johan Bruyneel
Team name history
1988–1989
1992–1994
1995
1996–2003
2004
2005–2007
Sunkyong (Amateur)
Subaru–Montgomery
Montgomery–Bell
U.S. Postal Service
U.S. Postal Service–Discovery Channel
Discovery Channel
U.S. Postal Service Pro Cycling Team jersey
Jersey

The team was directed by Belgian Johan Bruyneel, who also managed U.S. Postal. The chief mechanic was Julien DeVries. The team was co-owned by Tailwind Sports Corp. of San Francisco and Capital Sports & Entertainment of Austin, Texas. On February 10, 2007, Discovery Channel announced that it would not renew its sponsorship of the team at the end of the 2007 season.[1] On August 10, 2007, the cycling team announced that it would not search for a new sponsor, but cease operations and disband at the end of the 2007 season.[2]

In October 2012 USADA released a report saying that the team had run "the most sophisticated, professionalised and successful doping programme the sport has ever seen".[3] The report contained affidavits from eleven riders on the team including Frankie Andreu, Tyler Hamilton, George Hincapie, Floyd Landis, Levi Leipheimer, and others, describing their own usage of erythropoietin (EPO), blood transfusion, testosterone, and other banned practices during the Tour de France and other races. They also implicated seven-time Tour winner, Lance Armstrong.[4] On October 22, 2012, the UCI upheld the USADA's recommendation to strip Armstrong of all results since August 1, 1998, and ban him from cycling for life.[5] In February 2013, the US government joined Landis' False Claims Act lawsuit against Armstrong, alleging that Armstrong had defrauded the US Postal Service of sponsorship funds by violating cycling rules by using performance-enhancing drugs while riding for the team.[6]

Team rosters edit

Final season edit

On August 10, 2007, Tailwind Sports announced the end of the Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team. Tailwind officials stopped their search for a new title sponsor for the Discovery team, citing the current tumultuous conditions within the sport of cycling. [7] Team operations continued until the end of the 2007 season.

After the 2007 season Johan Bruyneel went to rebuild Team Astana for the 2008 season. He brought with him much of Discovery's personnel, such as riders Alberto Contador, Levi Leipheimer, Yaroslav Popovych, Tomas Vaitkus, and coach Sean Yates.

The 2007 U.S. national road champion George Hincapie signed a contract for the 2008 season Team High Road, later known as Team HTC–Columbia, run by the American Bob Stapleton.[8]

Final squad (2007) edit

As of April 30, 2007.[9] Ages are from August 10, 2007.

Rider Date of birth
  Fumiyuki Beppu (JPN) (1983-04-10)April 10, 1983 (aged 24)
  Volodymyr Bileka (UKR) (1979-02-06)February 6, 1979 (aged 28)
  Janez Brajkovič (SLO) (1983-12-18)December 18, 1983 (aged 23)
  Alberto Contador (ESP) (1982-12-06)December 6, 1982 (aged 24)
  Antonio Cruz (USA) (1971-10-31)October 31, 1971 (aged 35)
  Steve Cummings (GBR) (1981-03-19)March 19, 1981 (aged 26)
  Tom Danielson (USA) (1978-03-13)March 13, 1978 (aged 29)
  Allan Davis (AUS) (1980-07-27)July 27, 1980 (aged 27)
  John Devine[10] (USA) (From July 2007) (1985-11-02)November 2, 1985 (aged 21)
  Stijn Devolder (BEL) (1979-08-29)August 29, 1979 (aged 27)
  Vladimir Gusev (RUS) (1982-07-04)July 4, 1982 (aged 25)
  George Hincapie (USA) (1973-06-29)June 29, 1973 (aged 34)
  Levi Leipheimer (USA) (1973-10-24)October 24, 1973 (aged 33)
  Fuyu Li (CHN) (1978-05-09)May 9, 1978 (aged 29)
Rider Date of birth
  Trent Lowe (AUS) (1984-10-08)October 8, 1984 (aged 22)
  Egoi Martínez (ESP) (1978-05-15)May 15, 1978 (aged 29)
  Jason McCartney (USA) (1973-09-03)September 3, 1973 (aged 33)
  Gianni Meersman (BEL) (1985-12-05)December 5, 1985 (aged 21)
  Uroš Murn (SLO) (1975-02-09)February 9, 1975 (aged 32)
  Benjamín Noval (ESP) (1979-01-23)January 23, 1979 (aged 28)
  Pavel Padrnos (CZE) (1970-12-17)December 17, 1970 (aged 36)
  Sérgio Paulinho (POR) (1980-03-26)March 26, 1980 (aged 27)
  Yaroslav Popovych (UKR) (1980-01-04)January 4, 1980 (aged 27)
  José Luis Rubiera (ESP) (1973-01-27)January 27, 1973 (aged 34)
  Tomas Vaitkus (LTU) (1982-02-04)February 4, 1982 (aged 25)
  Jurgen Van Goolen (BEL) (1980-11-28)November 28, 1980 (aged 26)
  Brian Vandborg (DEN) (1981-12-04)December 4, 1981 (aged 25)
  Matt White (AUS) (1974-02-22)February 22, 1974 (aged 33)

Former members of Discovery Channel edit

Name Nationality Years
Lance Armstrong   United States 2005
José Azevedo   Portugal 2005–2006
Michael Barry   Canada 2005–2006
Ivan Basso   Italy 2007
Manuel Beltrán   Spain 2005–2006
Michael Creed   United States 2005
Antonio Cruz   United States 2005
Viatcheslav Ekimov   Russia 2005–2006
Roger Hammond   United Kingdom 2005–2006
Ryder Hesjedal   Canada 2005
George Hincapie   United States 2005–2007
Leif Hoste   Belgium 2005–2006
Benoît Joachim   Luxembourg 2005–2006
Jonathan Patrick McCarty   United States 2005
Gennady Mikhaylov   Russia 2005–2006
Hayden Roulston   New Zealand 2005
Paolo Savoldelli   Italy 2005–2006
Jurgen Van den Broeck   Belgium 2005–2006
Max van Heeswijk   Netherlands 2005–2006

Former members of U.S. Postal edit

Name Nationality Years
Lance Armstrong   United States 1998–2004
Benoît Joachim   Luxembourg 1999–2004
Frankie Andreu   United States 1998–2000
José Azevedo   Portugal 2004
Dariusz Baranowski   Poland 1998
Michael Barry   Canada 2002–2004
Tom Boonen   Belgium 2000–2002
Jamie Burrow   United Kingdom 2000
Dylan Casey   United States 1999–2002
David Clinger   United States 2002
Michael Creed   United States 2004
Antonio Cruz   United States 2001–2004
Julian Dean   New Zealand 1999–2000
Pascal Deramé   France 1998–1999
Viatcheslav Ekimov   Russia 1997–1998, 2000–2004
David George   South Africa 1999–2000
Chad Gerlach   United States 1996
Eddy Gragus   United States 1995–1997
Tyler Hamilton   United States 1996–2000
Andrew Hampsten   United States 1996
Roberto Heras   Spain 2001–2003
Ryder Hesjedal   Canada 2004
George Hincapie   United States 1997–2004
Frank Høj   Denmark 1999
Marty Jemison   United States 1998–1999
Patrick Jonker   Australia 2000
Steffen Kjærgaard   Norway 2000–2003
Damon Kluck   United States 2003
Kenny Labbé   United States 2000–2004
Floyd Landis   United States 2002–2004
Juan Llaneras Rosello   Spain 1998
Levi Leipheimer   United States 2000–2001
Kevin Livingston   United States 1999–2000
Glenn Magnusson   Sweden 1999
Chann McRae   United States 2002
Peter Meinert-Nielsen   Denmark 1998–1999
Gianpaolo Mondini   Italy 2002
Kirk O'Bee   United States 2000
Víctor Hugo Peña   Colombia 2001–2004
Daniel Rincón   Colombia 2004
Jean-Cyril Robin   France 1997–1998
Sven Teutenberg   Germany 1998
Christian Vande Velde   United States 1998–2003
Jonathan Vaughters   United States 1998–1999
Cédric Vasseur   France 2000
Stive Vermaut   Belgium 2000
Robbie Ventura   United States 2003–2004
Anton Villatoro   Guatemala 1996–1998
Matt White   Australia 2001–2003
Dave Zabriskie   United States 2003–2004

Notable wins edit

2005 results edit

Date Race Location Winner
2005 Team Classification, Hervis Tour of Austria   Austria Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
2005-02-27 Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne   Belgium George Hincapie
2005–04 Overall, Tour of Georgia   United States Tom Danielson
2005-05-19 Stage 11, Giro d'Italia   Italy Paolo Savoldelli
2005-05-22 Overall, Volta a Catalunya   Spain Yaroslav Popovych
2005-05-29 General Classification, Giro d'Italia     Italy Paolo Savoldelli
2005-06-05 Prologue, Dauphiné Libéré   France George Hincapie
2005-06-12 Points Classification, Dauphiné Libéré     France Lance Armstrong
2005-06-12 Team Classification, Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré   France

Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team

2005-06-12 Stage 7, Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré   France George Hincapie
2005-07-05 Stage 4 (TTT) Speed record,[11] Tour de France   France Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
2005-07-17 Stage 15, Tour de France   France George Hincapie
2005-07-20 Stage 17, Tour de France   France Paolo Savoldelli
2005-07-24 Best Young Rider Classification, Tour de France     France Yaroslav Popovych
2005-08-04 Stage 1, Eneco Tour of Benelux   Netherlands Max van Heeswijk
2005-08-08 Stage 5 Eneco Tour of Benelux   Belgium Max van Heeswijk
2005-08-28 GP Ouest-France   France George Hincapie
2005-09-02 Stage 6, Vuelta a España   Spain Max van Heeswijk

2006 results edit

Date Race Location Winner
2006   United Kingdom National Cyclo-Cross Championship   United Kingdom Roger Hammond
2006-02-21 Stage 2, Tour of California   United States George Hincapie
2006-02-26 Stage 5, Tour of California   United States George Hincapie
2006-03-28 Stage 1, Three Days of De Panne   Belgium Leif Hoste
2006-03-30 Stage 4, Three Days of De Panne   Belgium Leif Hoste
2006-03-30 KOM, Three Days of De Panne   Belgium Leif Hoste
2006-03-30 Overall, Three Days of De Panne   Belgium Leif Hoste
2006-04-25 Prologue, Tour de Romandie   France Paolo Savoldelli
2006-05-06 Prologue, Giro d'Italia   Italy Paolo Savoldelli
2006-05-28 Combination Classification (Maglia Blu), Giro d'Italia   Italy Paolo Savoldelli
2006-06-11   Japan National Time Trial Cycling Championship   Japan Fumiyuki Beppu
2006-07-03 yellow jersey as leader of the general classification after stage 1, Tour de France     France George Hincapie
2006-07-09 Overall, Tour of Austria   Austria Tom Danielson
2006-07-14 Stage 12, Tour de France   France Yaroslav Popovych
2006-07-23 Overall, Sachsen Tour International   Germany Vladimir Gusev
2006-08-01 Prologue, Deutschland Tour   Germany Vladimir Gusev
2006-08-09 Best Young Rider, Deutschland Tour   Germany Vladimir Gusev
2006-08-20 Stage 4 (ITT), Eneco Tour of Benelux   Netherlands George Hincapie
2006-08-27   Belgium National Time Trial Cycling Championship     Belgium Leif Hoste
2006-09-02   United States National Road Race Cycling Championship   United States George Hincapie
2006-09-04 Stage 1, Tour de Pologne   Poland Max van Heeswijk
2006-09-06 Stage 11, Vuelta a España   Spain Egoi Martínez
2006-09-13 Stage 17, Vuelta a España   Spain Tom Danielson
2006-09-17 King of the Mountains, Vuelta a España     Spain Egoi Martínez
2006-09-17 Team Classification, Vuelta a España   Spain Discovery Channel
2006   Japan National Road Race Cycling Championship   Japan Fumiyuki Beppu

2007 results edit

Date Race Location Winner
2007-02-15 Metas Volantes, 2007 Vuelta a Mallorca   Spain Tomas Vaitkus
2007-02-18 Prologue, 2007 Tour of California   United States Levi Leipheimer
2007-02-23 Stage 5 (ITT), 2007 Tour of California   United States Levi Leipheimer
2007-02-25 Overall, 2007 Tour of California   United States Levi Leipheimer
2007-03-02 Stage 4, 2007 Vuelta a la Comunidad Valenciana   Spain Alberto Contador
2007-03-15 Stage 4, 2007 Paris–Nice   France Alberto Contador
2007-03-16 Stage 5, 2007 Paris–Nice   France Yaroslav Popovych
2007-03-18 Stage 7, 2007 Paris–Nice   France Alberto Contador
2007-03-18 Best Young Rider, 2007 Paris–Nice   France Alberto Contador
2007-03-18 Overall, 2007 Paris–Nice   France Alberto Contador
2007-03-29 Stage 4, 2007 Vuelta Ciclista a Castilla y León   Spain Alberto Contador
2007-03-30 Spanish Rider Classification, 2007 Vuelta Ciclista a Castilla y León   Spain Alberto Contador
2007-03-30 Combination Classification, 2007 Vuelta Ciclista a Castilla y León   Spain Alberto Contador
2007-03-30 Overall, 2007 Vuelta Ciclista a Castilla y León   Spain Alberto Contador
2007-04-05 Stage 4 (ITT), 2007 Three Days of De Panne   Belgium Stijn Devolder
2007-04-18 Stage 3, 2007 Tour de Georgia   United States Gianni Meersman
2007-04-19 Stage 4 (ITT), 2007 Tour de Georgia   United States Levi Leipheimer
2007-04-20 Stage 5, 2007 Tour de Georgia   United States Levi Leipheimer
2007-04-22 Team Classification, 2007 Tour de Georgia   United States Discovery Channel
2007-04-22 Best Young Rider, 2007 Tour de Georgia   United States Janez Brajkovič
2007-04-22 Overall, 2007 Tour de Georgia   United States Janez Brajkovič
2007-05-23 Stage 3, 2007 Volta a Catalunya   Spain Allan Davis
2007-06-01 Stage 3 (ITT), 2007 Tour of Belgium   Belgium Vladimir Gusev
2007-06-03 Overall, 2007 Tour of Belgium   Belgium Vladimir Gusev
2007-06-21 Stage 6, 2007 Tour de Suisse    Switzerland Vladimir Gusev
2007-06-24 Mountains Classification, 2007 Tour de Suisse    Switzerland Vladimir Gusev
2007-06-29   Russia National Time Trial Cycling Championship   Russia Vladimir Gusev
2007-07-01   Belgium National Road Race Championships     Belgium Stijn Devolder
2007-07-12 Stage 5, 2007 Tour of Austria   Austria Gianni Meersman
2007-07-14 Stage 1, 2007 Tour of Qinghai Lake   China Allan Davis
2007-07-14 Stage 7 (ITT), 2007 Tour of Austria   Austria Stijn Devolder
2007-07-15 Overall, 2007 Tour of Austria   Austria Stijn Devolder
2007-07-16 Stage 3, 2007 Tour of Qinghai Lake   China Allan Davis
2007-07-18 Stage 5, 2007 Tour of Qinghai Lake   China Allan Davis
2007-07-19 Stage 6, 2007 Tour of Qinghai Lake   China Allan Davis
2007-07-21 Stage 8, 2007 Tour of Qinghai Lake   China José Luis Rubiera
2007-07-22 Stage 9, 2007 Tour of Qinghai Lake   China Allan Davis
2007-07-22 Points Classification, 2007 Tour of Qinghai Lake   China Allan Davis
2007-07-22 Stage 14, 2007 Tour de France   France Alberto Contador
2007-07-28 Stage 19 (ITT), 2007 Tour de France   France Levi Leipheimer
2007-07-29 Team Classification, 2007 Tour de France     France Discovery Channel
2007-07-29 Best Young Rider, 2007 Tour de France     France Alberto Contador
2007-07-29 General classification, 2007 Tour de France     France Alberto Contador
2007-08-13 Stage 2, 2007 Tour de l'Ain   France Brian Vandborg
2007-09-02   United States National Road Race Cycling Championship   United States Levi Leipheimer
2007-09-12 Stage 2, 2007 Tour of Missouri   United States George Hincapie
2007-09-13 Stage 3, 2007 Tour of Missouri   United States Levi Leipheimer
2007-09-15 Stage 14, 2007 Vuelta a España   Spain Jason McCartney
2007-09-16 Overall, 2007 Tour of Missouri   United States George Hincapie

U.S. Postal Service Pro Cycling Team history edit

The US Postal Service Pro Cycling Team and later named the US Postal Service Pro Cycling Team presented by Berry Floor operated from 1996 through 2004. The United States Postal Service was the title (primary) sponsor from 1996 through 2004 and the team was nicknamed the "Blue Train". Berry Floor, a Belgian flooring company, was the secondary sponsor, also known as a Presenting Sponsor. Domestically the USPS Pro Cycling Team was presented by Alloc, the American subsidiary of Berry Floor.

Lance Armstrong won six Tours de France (1999–2004) (that were later stripped) with US Postal, and in 2003 Roberto Heras—at that time a US Postal rider—won the Vuelta a España. Armstrong went on to win a seventh Tour de France in 2005 (that was later also stripped), after the USPS contract and sponsorship ended.

The US Postal Service announced that it would cease sponsorship at the end of the 2004 racing season when its eight-year contract expired. It had previously been under fire for the expenditure from organizations such as Postal Watch, a website critical of the United States Postal Service. Legitimate problems of mismanagement and sloppy accounting were pointed out by the Postal Service itself, via the USPS Office of the Inspector General. Before the expiration of the USPS contract, Armstrong insisted that he would only continue to ride with the USPS team structure. This demand was met on June 15, 2004, when Discovery Networks stepped in and agreed to sponsor the team for the next three years as the Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team.

1996 results edit

With the help of Thomas Weisel and Eddie Borysewicz, the United States Postal Service begins its reign as title sponsor to what has become the most successful cycling team from the United States. Borysewicz served as the team's directeur sportif and the team raced mainly in domestic events in the United States.

Date Race Location Winner
1996 USPRO National Road Race Championships   United States Eddy Gragus
1996 Stage Tour of China   United States Eddy Gragus

1997 results edit

Thomas Weisel brought in Mark Gorski, the 1984 Olympic Gold Medalist in the Men's 1000 m Sprint (Scratch) event, as team manager. Due in large part to Russian Viatcheslav Ekimov and his key stage wins at Paris–Nice and the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré, the USPS squad got its first invitation to ride in the Tour de France.

Date Race Location Winner
1997 Stage, Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré   France Viatcheslav Ekimov
1997 Stage, Paris–Nice   France Viatcheslav Ekimov
1997 Stage, Redlands Classic   United States Eddy Gragus
1997   Russia National Road Race Championship   Russia Viatcheslav Ekimov
1997 Stage, Setmana Catalana   Spain George Hincapie

1998 results edit

Lance Armstrong joined the US Postal team in late 1997, when returning to professional cycling following his cancer treatments.

Date Race Location Winner
1998   USPRO National Road Race Championships   United States George Hincapie
1998 Overall, Tour de Luxembourg   Luxembourg Lance Armstrong
1998 Stage, Tour de Luxembourg   Luxembourg Lance Armstrong
1998 Overall, Rheinland Pfalz   Germany Lance Armstrong
1998 Killington (Vermont) Stage Race   United States George Hincapie
1998 First Union Invitational (Lancaster, Pa.)   United States Frankie Andreu

1999 results edit

Date Race Location Winner
1999   USPRO National Road Race Championships   United States Marty Jemison
1999 First Union Classic (Trenton, New Jersey)   United States George Hincapie
1999 Redlands Classic (Redlands, California)   United States Christian Vande Velde
1999 Best Young Rider Classification, Four Days of Dunkirk   France Christian Vande Velde

2000 results edit

Date Race Location Winner
2000 Grand Prix Eddy Merckx   France Viatcheslav Ekimov

2001 results edit

In 2001, the U.S. Postal Service Pro Cycling Team was named the USOC Team of the Year. Also, Armstrong was named USOC SportsMan of the Year, which he also won in 1999.

Date Race Location Winner
2001-04-11 Gent–Wevelgem   Belgium George Hincapie
2001-09 San Francisco Grand Prix   United States George Hincapie

2002 results edit

Date Race Location Winner
2002-06   USPRO National Road Race Championships   United States Chann McRae
2002-07-18 Overall, Vuelta a Murcia   Spain Víctor Hugo Peña

2003 results edit

Date Race Location Winner
2003-07-09 Stage 4 (TTT), Tour de France   France U.S. Postal Service Pro Cycling Team
2003-09-27 Stage 20, Vuelta a España   Spain Roberto Heras
2003-09-28 Overall, Vuelta a España     Spain Roberto Heras

2004 results edit

 
L-to-R: Armstrong, Azevedo, and Ekimov of the 2004 USPS team
Date Race Location Winner
2004-04-01 Overall, Three Days of De Panne   Belgium George Hincapie
2004-07-07 Stage 4 (TTT), Tour de France   France U.S. Postal Service Pro Cycling Team

Early history and notable wins edit

1988–1989 – Sunkyong (Amateur) edit

Eddie Borysewicz, known as "Eddy B", was the road coach of a pro/amateur cycling team formed by George Taylor and sponsored by Sunkyong, a South Korea-based manufacturing and industrial conglomerate. At the 1984 Summer Olympics, Borysewicz served as the U.S. Olympic Cycling Coach and led American cyclists to an unprecedented nine Olympic medals.

1992–1994 – Subaru–Montgomery edit

Subaru and Montgomery Securities, led by Thomas Weisel, serve as co-title sponsors.

Date Race Location Winner
1990 Tour de Gastown   Canada Jonas Carney
1991 Stage 2, Redlands Classic   United States Jim Copeland
1991 Tour de Gastown   Canada Lance Armstrong
1991 Stage 6, Redlands Classic   United States Krzysztof Wiatr
1992 Herald Sun Tour   Australia Bart Bowen
1992 USPRO National Road Race Championships   United States Bart Bowen
1993 Stage 1, Redlands Classic   United States Miguel Arroyo

1995 – Montgomery-Bell edit

Montgomery Securities Chief Executive Thomas W. Weisel, an avid cyclist, continued his support for cycling.

Date Race Location Winner
1995 Stage 8, Tour DuPont   United States Clark Sheehan
1995 Stage 4, Tour de Pologne   Poland Eddy Gragus

Sponsors edit

The following companies and organizations served as sponsors for the 2007 squad:[12]

References edit

  1. ^ George, Sue (2007-02-10). "Discovery Channel to end sponsorship". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2007-02-10.
  2. ^ "Armstrong's Former Team To Disband". forbes.com. 2007-08-10. Archived from the original on January 2, 2013. Retrieved 2009-01-08.
  3. ^ Matt Slater. "Lance Armstrong: Usada report reveals doping evidence". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2012-10-10.
  4. ^ U.S. Postal Service Pro Cycling Team Investigation, USADA, 2012 October, retr 2012 10 14
  5. ^ "Lance Armstrong stripped of all seven Tour de France wins by UCI". bbc.co.uk. 2012-10-22. Retrieved 2012-10-26.
  6. ^ Ingram, David, "U.S. sues disgraced cyclist Armstrong for sponsor money", Reuters, 22 February 2013; retrieved 27 February 2013
  7. ^ Weislo, Laura. "Discovery disbands: Tailwind Sports confirms team's end". CyclingNews.
  8. ^ . VeloNews. 2007-08-10. Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2007-08-10.
  9. ^ "Team Discovery Channel Challenge 2007 – THE RIDERS". Retrieved 2007-02-13.
  10. ^ "Discovery Channel finalises '07 roster". Cyclingnews.com. 2007-01-16. Retrieved 2007-02-13.
  11. ^ (PDF) (in French). LeTour.fr. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-03-20. Retrieved 2009-02-04.
  12. ^ "ThePaceline.com – Sponsors".

External links edit

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U S Postal Service Pro Cycling Team was a United States based professional road bicycle racing team On June 15 2004 the Discovery Channel signed a deal to become sponsor of the team for the 2004 2007 seasons and its name changed to Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team UCI team code DSC From 2005 until 2007 the team was one of the 20 teams that competed in the new UCI ProTour As part of the sponsorship deal Lance Armstrong the team s undisputed leader provided on air appearances for the Discovery Networks TV channels The deal did not affect the rights of secondary sponsor OLN later known as NBCSN in the US to air major cycling events such as the Tour de France although the two channels are competitors U S Postal Service Pro Cycling TeamDiscovery Channel Pro Cycling TeamTeam informationUCI codeDSCRegisteredUnited StatesFounded1988 1988 Disbanded2007Discipline s RoadStatusUCI ProTeam 2005 2007 Key personnelGeneral managerBill StapletonTeam manager s Johan BruyneelTeam name history1988 19891992 199419951996 200320042005 2007Sunkyong Amateur Subaru MontgomeryMontgomery BellU S Postal ServiceU S Postal Service Discovery ChannelDiscovery ChannelU S Postal Service Pro Cycling Team jerseyJersey The team was directed by Belgian Johan Bruyneel who also managed U S Postal The chief mechanic was Julien DeVries The team was co owned by Tailwind Sports Corp of San Francisco and Capital Sports amp Entertainment of Austin Texas On February 10 2007 Discovery Channel announced that it would not renew its sponsorship of the team at the end of the 2007 season 1 On August 10 2007 the cycling team announced that it would not search for a new sponsor but cease operations and disband at the end of the 2007 season 2 In October 2012 USADA released a report saying that the team had run the most sophisticated professionalised and successful doping programme the sport has ever seen 3 The report contained affidavits from eleven riders on the team including Frankie Andreu Tyler Hamilton George Hincapie Floyd Landis Levi Leipheimer and others describing their own usage of erythropoietin EPO blood transfusion testosterone and other banned practices during the Tour de France and other races They also implicated seven time Tour winner Lance Armstrong 4 On October 22 2012 the UCI upheld the USADA s recommendation to strip Armstrong of all results since August 1 1998 and ban him from cycling for life 5 In February 2013 the US government joined Landis False Claims Act lawsuit against Armstrong alleging that Armstrong had defrauded the US Postal Service of sponsorship funds by violating cycling rules by using performance enhancing drugs while riding for the team 6 Contents 1 Team rosters 1 1 Final season 1 2 Final squad 2007 1 3 Former members of Discovery Channel 1 4 Former members of U S Postal 2 Notable wins 2 1 2005 results 2 2 2006 results 2 3 2007 results 3 U S Postal Service Pro Cycling Team history 3 1 1996 results 3 2 1997 results 3 3 1998 results 3 4 1999 results 3 5 2000 results 3 6 2001 results 3 7 2002 results 3 8 2003 results 3 9 2004 results 4 Early history and notable wins 4 1 1988 1989 Sunkyong Amateur 4 2 1992 1994 Subaru Montgomery 4 3 1995 Montgomery Bell 5 Sponsors 6 References 7 External linksTeam rosters editFinal season edit On August 10 2007 Tailwind Sports announced the end of the Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team Tailwind officials stopped their search for a new title sponsor for the Discovery team citing the current tumultuous conditions within the sport of cycling 7 Team operations continued until the end of the 2007 season After the 2007 season Johan Bruyneel went to rebuild Team Astana for the 2008 season He brought with him much of Discovery s personnel such as riders Alberto Contador Levi Leipheimer Yaroslav Popovych Tomas Vaitkus and coach Sean Yates The 2007 U S national road champion George Hincapie signed a contract for the 2008 season Team High Road later known as Team HTC Columbia run by the American Bob Stapleton 8 Final squad 2007 edit As of April 30 2007 9 Ages are from August 10 2007 Rider Date of birth nbsp Fumiyuki Beppu JPN 1983 04 10 April 10 1983 aged 24 nbsp Volodymyr Bileka UKR 1979 02 06 February 6 1979 aged 28 nbsp Janez Brajkovic SLO 1983 12 18 December 18 1983 aged 23 nbsp Alberto Contador ESP 1982 12 06 December 6 1982 aged 24 nbsp Antonio Cruz USA 1971 10 31 October 31 1971 aged 35 nbsp Steve Cummings GBR 1981 03 19 March 19 1981 aged 26 nbsp Tom Danielson USA 1978 03 13 March 13 1978 aged 29 nbsp Allan Davis AUS 1980 07 27 July 27 1980 aged 27 nbsp John Devine 10 USA From July 2007 1985 11 02 November 2 1985 aged 21 nbsp Stijn Devolder BEL 1979 08 29 August 29 1979 aged 27 nbsp Vladimir Gusev RUS 1982 07 04 July 4 1982 aged 25 nbsp George Hincapie USA 1973 06 29 June 29 1973 aged 34 nbsp Levi Leipheimer USA 1973 10 24 October 24 1973 aged 33 nbsp Fuyu Li CHN 1978 05 09 May 9 1978 aged 29 Rider Date of birth nbsp Trent Lowe AUS 1984 10 08 October 8 1984 aged 22 nbsp Egoi Martinez ESP 1978 05 15 May 15 1978 aged 29 nbsp Jason McCartney USA 1973 09 03 September 3 1973 aged 33 nbsp Gianni Meersman BEL 1985 12 05 December 5 1985 aged 21 nbsp Uros Murn SLO 1975 02 09 February 9 1975 aged 32 nbsp Benjamin Noval ESP 1979 01 23 January 23 1979 aged 28 nbsp Pavel Padrnos CZE 1970 12 17 December 17 1970 aged 36 nbsp Sergio Paulinho POR 1980 03 26 March 26 1980 aged 27 nbsp Yaroslav Popovych UKR 1980 01 04 January 4 1980 aged 27 nbsp Jose Luis Rubiera ESP 1973 01 27 January 27 1973 aged 34 nbsp Tomas Vaitkus LTU 1982 02 04 February 4 1982 aged 25 nbsp Jurgen Van Goolen BEL 1980 11 28 November 28 1980 aged 26 nbsp Brian Vandborg DEN 1981 12 04 December 4 1981 aged 25 nbsp Matt White AUS 1974 02 22 February 22 1974 aged 33 Former members of Discovery Channel edit Name Nationality Years Lance Armstrong nbsp United States 2005 Jose Azevedo nbsp Portugal 2005 2006 Michael Barry nbsp Canada 2005 2006 Ivan Basso nbsp Italy 2007 Manuel Beltran nbsp Spain 2005 2006 Michael Creed nbsp United States 2005 Antonio Cruz nbsp United States 2005 Viatcheslav Ekimov nbsp Russia 2005 2006 Roger Hammond nbsp United Kingdom 2005 2006 Ryder Hesjedal nbsp Canada 2005 George Hincapie nbsp United States 2005 2007 Leif Hoste nbsp Belgium 2005 2006 Benoit Joachim nbsp Luxembourg 2005 2006 Jonathan Patrick McCarty nbsp United States 2005 Gennady Mikhaylov nbsp Russia 2005 2006 Hayden Roulston nbsp New Zealand 2005 Paolo Savoldelli nbsp Italy 2005 2006 Jurgen Van den Broeck nbsp Belgium 2005 2006 Max van Heeswijk nbsp Netherlands 2005 2006 Former members of U S Postal edit Name Nationality Years Lance Armstrong nbsp United States 1998 2004 Benoit Joachim nbsp Luxembourg 1999 2004 Frankie Andreu nbsp United States 1998 2000 Jose Azevedo nbsp Portugal 2004 Dariusz Baranowski nbsp Poland 1998 Michael Barry nbsp Canada 2002 2004 Tom Boonen nbsp Belgium 2000 2002 Jamie Burrow nbsp United Kingdom 2000 Dylan Casey nbsp United States 1999 2002 David Clinger nbsp United States 2002 Michael Creed nbsp United States 2004 Antonio Cruz nbsp United States 2001 2004 Julian Dean nbsp New Zealand 1999 2000 Pascal Derame nbsp France 1998 1999 Viatcheslav Ekimov nbsp Russia 1997 1998 2000 2004 David George nbsp South Africa 1999 2000 Chad Gerlach nbsp United States 1996 Eddy Gragus nbsp United States 1995 1997 Tyler Hamilton nbsp United States 1996 2000 Andrew Hampsten nbsp United States 1996 Roberto Heras nbsp Spain 2001 2003 Ryder Hesjedal nbsp Canada 2004 George Hincapie nbsp United States 1997 2004 Frank Hoj nbsp Denmark 1999 Marty Jemison nbsp United States 1998 1999 Patrick Jonker nbsp Australia 2000 Steffen Kjaergaard nbsp Norway 2000 2003 Damon Kluck nbsp United States 2003 Kenny Labbe nbsp United States 2000 2004 Floyd Landis nbsp United States 2002 2004 Juan Llaneras Rosello nbsp Spain 1998 Levi Leipheimer nbsp United States 2000 2001 Kevin Livingston nbsp United States 1999 2000 Glenn Magnusson nbsp Sweden 1999 Chann McRae nbsp United States 2002 Peter Meinert Nielsen nbsp Denmark 1998 1999 Gianpaolo Mondini nbsp Italy 2002 Kirk O Bee nbsp United States 2000 Victor Hugo Pena nbsp Colombia 2001 2004 Daniel Rincon nbsp Colombia 2004 Jean Cyril Robin nbsp France 1997 1998 Sven Teutenberg nbsp Germany 1998 Christian Vande Velde nbsp United States 1998 2003 Jonathan Vaughters nbsp United States 1998 1999 Cedric Vasseur nbsp France 2000 Stive Vermaut nbsp Belgium 2000 Robbie Ventura nbsp United States 2003 2004 Anton Villatoro nbsp Guatemala 1996 1998 Matt White nbsp Australia 2001 2003 Dave Zabriskie nbsp United States 2003 2004Notable wins edit2005 results edit Date Race Location Winner 2005 Team Classification Hervis Tour of Austria nbsp Austria Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2005 02 27 Kuurne Brussels Kuurne nbsp Belgium George Hincapie 2005 04 Overall Tour of Georgia nbsp United States Tom Danielson 2005 05 19 Stage 11 Giro d Italia nbsp Italy Paolo Savoldelli 2005 05 22 Overall Volta a Catalunya nbsp Spain Yaroslav Popovych 2005 05 29 General Classification Giro d Italia nbsp nbsp Italy Paolo Savoldelli 2005 06 05 Prologue Dauphine Libere nbsp France George Hincapie 2005 06 12 Points Classification Dauphine Libere nbsp nbsp France Lance Armstrong 2005 06 12 Team Classification Criterium du Dauphine Libere nbsp France Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2005 06 12 Stage 7 Criterium du Dauphine Libere nbsp France George Hincapie 2005 07 05 Stage 4 TTT Speed record 11 Tour de France nbsp France Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2005 07 17 Stage 15 Tour de France nbsp France George Hincapie 2005 07 20 Stage 17 Tour de France nbsp France Paolo Savoldelli 2005 07 24 Best Young Rider Classification Tour de France nbsp nbsp France Yaroslav Popovych 2005 08 04 Stage 1 Eneco Tour of Benelux nbsp Netherlands Max van Heeswijk 2005 08 08 Stage 5 Eneco Tour of Benelux nbsp Belgium Max van Heeswijk 2005 08 28 GP Ouest France nbsp France George Hincapie 2005 09 02 Stage 6 Vuelta a Espana nbsp Spain Max van Heeswijk 2006 results edit Date Race Location Winner 2006 nbsp United Kingdom National Cyclo Cross Championship nbsp United Kingdom Roger Hammond 2006 02 21 Stage 2 Tour of California nbsp United States George Hincapie 2006 02 26 Stage 5 Tour of California nbsp United States George Hincapie 2006 03 28 Stage 1 Three Days of De Panne nbsp Belgium Leif Hoste 2006 03 30 Stage 4 Three Days of De Panne nbsp Belgium Leif Hoste 2006 03 30 KOM Three Days of De Panne nbsp Belgium Leif Hoste 2006 03 30 Overall Three Days of De Panne nbsp Belgium Leif Hoste 2006 04 25 Prologue Tour de Romandie nbsp France Paolo Savoldelli 2006 05 06 Prologue Giro d Italia nbsp Italy Paolo Savoldelli 2006 05 28 Combination Classification Maglia Blu Giro d Italia nbsp Italy Paolo Savoldelli 2006 06 11 nbsp Japan National Time Trial Cycling Championship nbsp Japan Fumiyuki Beppu 2006 07 03 yellow jersey as leader of the general classification after stage 1 Tour de France nbsp nbsp France George Hincapie 2006 07 09 Overall Tour of Austria nbsp Austria Tom Danielson 2006 07 14 Stage 12 Tour de France nbsp France Yaroslav Popovych 2006 07 23 Overall Sachsen Tour International nbsp Germany Vladimir Gusev 2006 08 01 Prologue Deutschland Tour nbsp Germany Vladimir Gusev 2006 08 09 Best Young Rider Deutschland Tour nbsp Germany Vladimir Gusev 2006 08 20 Stage 4 ITT Eneco Tour of Benelux nbsp Netherlands George Hincapie 2006 08 27 nbsp Belgium National Time Trial Cycling Championship nbsp nbsp Belgium Leif Hoste 2006 09 02 nbsp United States National Road Race Cycling Championship nbsp United States George Hincapie 2006 09 04 Stage 1 Tour de Pologne nbsp Poland Max van Heeswijk 2006 09 06 Stage 11 Vuelta a Espana nbsp Spain Egoi Martinez 2006 09 13 Stage 17 Vuelta a Espana nbsp Spain Tom Danielson 2006 09 17 King of the Mountains Vuelta a Espana nbsp nbsp Spain Egoi Martinez 2006 09 17 Team Classification Vuelta a Espana nbsp Spain Discovery Channel 2006 nbsp Japan National Road Race Cycling Championship nbsp Japan Fumiyuki Beppu 2007 results edit Date Race Location Winner 2007 02 15 Metas Volantes 2007 Vuelta a Mallorca nbsp Spain Tomas Vaitkus 2007 02 18 Prologue 2007 Tour of California nbsp United States Levi Leipheimer 2007 02 23 Stage 5 ITT 2007 Tour of California nbsp United States Levi Leipheimer 2007 02 25 Overall 2007 Tour of California nbsp United States Levi Leipheimer 2007 03 02 Stage 4 2007 Vuelta a la Comunidad Valenciana nbsp Spain Alberto Contador 2007 03 15 Stage 4 2007 Paris Nice nbsp France Alberto Contador 2007 03 16 Stage 5 2007 Paris Nice nbsp France Yaroslav Popovych 2007 03 18 Stage 7 2007 Paris Nice nbsp France Alberto Contador 2007 03 18 Best Young Rider 2007 Paris Nice nbsp France Alberto Contador 2007 03 18 Overall 2007 Paris Nice nbsp France Alberto Contador 2007 03 29 Stage 4 2007 Vuelta Ciclista a Castilla y Leon nbsp Spain Alberto Contador 2007 03 30 Spanish Rider Classification 2007 Vuelta Ciclista a Castilla y Leon nbsp Spain Alberto Contador 2007 03 30 Combination Classification 2007 Vuelta Ciclista a Castilla y Leon nbsp Spain Alberto Contador 2007 03 30 Overall 2007 Vuelta Ciclista a Castilla y Leon nbsp Spain Alberto Contador 2007 04 05 Stage 4 ITT 2007 Three Days of De Panne nbsp Belgium Stijn Devolder 2007 04 18 Stage 3 2007 Tour de Georgia nbsp United States Gianni Meersman 2007 04 19 Stage 4 ITT 2007 Tour de Georgia nbsp United States Levi Leipheimer 2007 04 20 Stage 5 2007 Tour de Georgia nbsp United States Levi Leipheimer 2007 04 22 Team Classification 2007 Tour de Georgia nbsp United States Discovery Channel 2007 04 22 Best Young Rider 2007 Tour de Georgia nbsp United States Janez Brajkovic 2007 04 22 Overall 2007 Tour de Georgia nbsp United States Janez Brajkovic 2007 05 23 Stage 3 2007 Volta a Catalunya nbsp Spain Allan Davis 2007 06 01 Stage 3 ITT 2007 Tour of Belgium nbsp Belgium Vladimir Gusev 2007 06 03 Overall 2007 Tour of Belgium nbsp Belgium Vladimir Gusev 2007 06 21 Stage 6 2007 Tour de Suisse nbsp Switzerland Vladimir Gusev 2007 06 24 Mountains Classification 2007 Tour de Suisse nbsp Switzerland Vladimir Gusev 2007 06 29 nbsp Russia National Time Trial Cycling Championship nbsp Russia Vladimir Gusev 2007 07 01 nbsp Belgium National Road Race Championships nbsp nbsp Belgium Stijn Devolder 2007 07 12 Stage 5 2007 Tour of Austria nbsp Austria Gianni Meersman 2007 07 14 Stage 1 2007 Tour of Qinghai Lake nbsp China Allan Davis 2007 07 14 Stage 7 ITT 2007 Tour of Austria nbsp Austria Stijn Devolder 2007 07 15 Overall 2007 Tour of Austria nbsp Austria Stijn Devolder 2007 07 16 Stage 3 2007 Tour of Qinghai Lake nbsp China Allan Davis 2007 07 18 Stage 5 2007 Tour of Qinghai Lake nbsp China Allan Davis 2007 07 19 Stage 6 2007 Tour of Qinghai Lake nbsp China Allan Davis 2007 07 21 Stage 8 2007 Tour of Qinghai Lake nbsp China Jose Luis Rubiera 2007 07 22 Stage 9 2007 Tour of Qinghai Lake nbsp China Allan Davis 2007 07 22 Points Classification 2007 Tour of Qinghai Lake nbsp China Allan Davis 2007 07 22 Stage 14 2007 Tour de France nbsp France Alberto Contador 2007 07 28 Stage 19 ITT 2007 Tour de France nbsp France Levi Leipheimer 2007 07 29 Team Classification 2007 Tour de France nbsp nbsp France Discovery Channel 2007 07 29 Best Young Rider 2007 Tour de France nbsp nbsp France Alberto Contador 2007 07 29 General classification 2007 Tour de France nbsp nbsp France Alberto Contador 2007 08 13 Stage 2 2007 Tour de l Ain nbsp France Brian Vandborg 2007 09 02 nbsp United States National Road Race Cycling Championship nbsp United States Levi Leipheimer 2007 09 12 Stage 2 2007 Tour of Missouri nbsp United States George Hincapie 2007 09 13 Stage 3 2007 Tour of Missouri nbsp United States Levi Leipheimer 2007 09 15 Stage 14 2007 Vuelta a Espana nbsp Spain Jason McCartney 2007 09 16 Overall 2007 Tour of Missouri nbsp United States George HincapieU S Postal Service Pro Cycling Team history editThe US Postal Service Pro Cycling Team and later named the US Postal Service Pro Cycling Team presented by Berry Floor operated from 1996 through 2004 The United States Postal Service was the title primary sponsor from 1996 through 2004 and the team was nicknamed the Blue Train Berry Floor a Belgian flooring company was the secondary sponsor also known as a Presenting Sponsor Domestically the USPS Pro Cycling Team was presented by Alloc the American subsidiary of Berry Floor Lance Armstrong won six Tours de France 1999 2004 that were later stripped with US Postal and in 2003 Roberto Heras at that time a US Postal rider won the Vuelta a Espana Armstrong went on to win a seventh Tour de France in 2005 that was later also stripped after the USPS contract and sponsorship ended The US Postal Service announced that it would cease sponsorship at the end of the 2004 racing season when its eight year contract expired It had previously been under fire for the expenditure from organizations such as Postal Watch a website critical of the United States Postal Service Legitimate problems of mismanagement and sloppy accounting were pointed out by the Postal Service itself via the USPS Office of the Inspector General Before the expiration of the USPS contract Armstrong insisted that he would only continue to ride with the USPS team structure This demand was met on June 15 2004 when Discovery Networks stepped in and agreed to sponsor the team for the next three years as the Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1996 results edit With the help of Thomas Weisel and Eddie Borysewicz the United States Postal Service begins its reign as title sponsor to what has become the most successful cycling team from the United States Borysewicz served as the team s directeur sportif and the team raced mainly in domestic events in the United States Date Race Location Winner 1996 USPRO National Road Race Championships nbsp United States Eddy Gragus 1996 Stage Tour of China nbsp United States Eddy Gragus 1997 results edit Thomas Weisel brought in Mark Gorski the 1984 Olympic Gold Medalist in the Men s 1000 m Sprint Scratch event as team manager Due in large part to Russian Viatcheslav Ekimov and his key stage wins at Paris Nice and the Criterium du Dauphine Libere the USPS squad got its first invitation to ride in the Tour de France Date Race Location Winner 1997 Stage Criterium du Dauphine Libere nbsp France Viatcheslav Ekimov 1997 Stage Paris Nice nbsp France Viatcheslav Ekimov 1997 Stage Redlands Classic nbsp United States Eddy Gragus 1997 nbsp Russia National Road Race Championship nbsp Russia Viatcheslav Ekimov 1997 Stage Setmana Catalana nbsp Spain George Hincapie 1998 results edit Lance Armstrong joined the US Postal team in late 1997 when returning to professional cycling following his cancer treatments Date Race Location Winner 1998 nbsp USPRO National Road Race Championships nbsp United States George Hincapie 1998 Overall Tour de Luxembourg nbsp Luxembourg Lance Armstrong 1998 Stage Tour de Luxembourg nbsp Luxembourg Lance Armstrong 1998 Overall Rheinland Pfalz nbsp Germany Lance Armstrong 1998 Killington Vermont Stage Race nbsp United States George Hincapie 1998 First Union Invitational Lancaster Pa nbsp United States Frankie Andreu 1999 results edit Date Race Location Winner 1999 nbsp USPRO National Road Race Championships nbsp United States Marty Jemison 1999 First Union Classic Trenton New Jersey nbsp United States George Hincapie 1999 Redlands Classic Redlands California nbsp United States Christian Vande Velde 1999 Best Young Rider Classification Four Days of Dunkirk nbsp France Christian Vande Velde 2000 results edit Date Race Location Winner 2000 Grand Prix Eddy Merckx nbsp France Viatcheslav Ekimov 2001 results edit In 2001 the U S Postal Service Pro Cycling Team was named the USOC Team of the Year Also Armstrong was named USOC SportsMan of the Year which he also won in 1999 Date Race Location Winner 2001 04 11 Gent Wevelgem nbsp Belgium George Hincapie 2001 09 San Francisco Grand Prix nbsp United States George Hincapie 2002 results edit Date Race Location Winner 2002 06 nbsp USPRO National Road Race Championships nbsp United States Chann McRae 2002 07 18 Overall Vuelta a Murcia nbsp Spain Victor Hugo Pena 2003 results edit Date Race Location Winner 2003 07 09 Stage 4 TTT Tour de France nbsp France U S Postal Service Pro Cycling Team 2003 09 27 Stage 20 Vuelta a Espana nbsp Spain Roberto Heras 2003 09 28 Overall Vuelta a Espana nbsp nbsp Spain Roberto Heras 2004 results edit nbsp L to R Armstrong Azevedo and Ekimov of the 2004 USPS team Date Race Location Winner 2004 04 01 Overall Three Days of De Panne nbsp Belgium George Hincapie 2004 07 07 Stage 4 TTT Tour de France nbsp France U S Postal Service Pro Cycling TeamEarly history and notable wins edit1988 1989 Sunkyong Amateur edit Eddie Borysewicz known as Eddy B was the road coach of a pro amateur cycling team formed by George Taylor and sponsored by Sunkyong a South Korea based manufacturing and industrial conglomerate At the 1984 Summer Olympics Borysewicz served as the U S Olympic Cycling Coach and led American cyclists to an unprecedented nine Olympic medals 1992 1994 Subaru Montgomery edit Subaru and Montgomery Securities led by Thomas Weisel serve as co title sponsors Date Race Location Winner 1990 Tour de Gastown nbsp Canada Jonas Carney 1991 Stage 2 Redlands Classic nbsp United States Jim Copeland 1991 Tour de Gastown nbsp Canada Lance Armstrong 1991 Stage 6 Redlands Classic nbsp United States Krzysztof Wiatr 1992 Herald Sun Tour nbsp Australia Bart Bowen 1992 USPRO National Road Race Championships nbsp United States Bart Bowen 1993 Stage 1 Redlands Classic nbsp United States Miguel Arroyo 1995 Montgomery Bell edit Montgomery Securities Chief Executive Thomas W Weisel an avid cyclist continued his support for cycling Date Race Location Winner 1995 Stage 8 Tour DuPont nbsp United States Clark Sheehan 1995 Stage 4 Tour de Pologne nbsp Poland Eddy GragusSponsors editThe following companies and organizations served as sponsors for the 2007 squad 12 Discovery Channel AMD 24 Hour Fitness Trek Nike Inc Thomas Weisel Partners Skoda Auto Mio Technology Europe Bissell Bontrager Shimano Giro PowerBar Carmichael Training Systems 1st Endurance Tacx Hutchinson FRS Antioxidant Energy eSoles Park Tool USA Sci Con Sapim Race Spokes SRM MaximizeReferences edit George Sue 2007 02 10 Discovery Channel to end sponsorship Cyclingnews com Retrieved 2007 02 10 Armstrong s Former Team To Disband forbes com 2007 08 10 Archived from the original on January 2 2013 Retrieved 2009 01 08 Matt Slater Lance Armstrong Usada report reveals doping evidence BBC Sport Retrieved 2012 10 10 U S Postal Service Pro Cycling Team Investigation USADA 2012 October retr 2012 10 14 Lance Armstrong stripped of all seven Tour de France wins by UCI bbc co uk 2012 10 22 Retrieved 2012 10 26 Ingram David U S sues disgraced cyclist Armstrong for sponsor money Reuters 22 February 2013 retrieved 27 February 2013 Weislo Laura Discovery disbands Tailwind Sports confirms team s end CyclingNews Discovery gives up sponsor hunt VeloNews 2007 08 10 Archived from the original on 2007 09 29 Retrieved 2007 08 10 Team Discovery Channel Challenge 2007 THE RIDERS Retrieved 2007 02 13 Discovery Channel finalises 07 roster Cyclingnews com 2007 01 16 Retrieved 2007 02 13 Le Tour en chiffres Les autres records PDF in French LeTour fr Archived from the original PDF on 2009 03 20 Retrieved 2009 02 04 ThePaceline com Sponsors External links edit nbsp Media related to U S Postal Service Pro Cycling Team at Wikimedia Commons Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title U S Postal Service Pro Cycling Team amp oldid 1166018626, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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