Team RadioShack

Team RadioShack
Team information
UCI codeRSH[1]
RegisteredUnited States
Founded2010 (2010)
Disbanded2011
Discipline(s)Road
StatusUCI ProTeam
BicyclesTrek
Key personnel
General managerJohan Bruyneel
Team manager(s)Dirk Demol
Team RadioShack jersey
Team RadioShack jersey
Jersey

Team RadioShack was a professional road bicycle racing team, with RadioShack as the title sponsor, the creation of which was announced on July 23, 2009. Lance Armstrong co-owned and led the team, which raced in the Grand Tours and the UCI ProTour. The team was managed by Capital Sports and Entertainment, an Austin, Texas sports and event management group that also manages the Trek-Livestrong U23 development cycling team and that ran the former Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team.[2]

Johan Bruyneel was Team RadioShack's initial overall manager[3] and Dirk Demol was the directeur sportif.[4][5] Former Discovery Channel cyclists Viatcheslav Ekimov from Russia and José Azevedo from Portugal was also part of the managerial squad.[3][6] Armstrong said that the team would promote the Livestrong anti-cancer campaigns of his Lance Armstrong Foundation, and will also be sponsored by Trek Bicycle Corporation, SRAM Corporation and Nike, Inc. sportswear.[7][8][9]

The team ceased to exist in its current structure from the end of the 2011 season as Radioshack returned their World Tour Licence to the UCI. Their two main sponsors, RadioShack and Nissan, moved their sponsorship to Team Leopard Trek. Sporting Director Johan Bruyneel moved to the newly named RadioShack-Nissan team along with several of the current Radioshack riders. While effectively a merge, there is some debate between the two teams as to the nature of the agreement. Radioshack described it as a merge,[10] while Flavio Becca, owner of Leopard Trek stated that his team was continuing, and simply taking over Radioshacks sponsors, and some of their riders.[11] The new team was registered in Luxembourg with the UCI.

  1. ^ "UCI WorldTour". Uciprotour.com. Archived from the original on 2012-02-24. Retrieved 2012-01-02.
  2. ^ "Armstrong to launch new US team". BBC Sport. 2009-07-23. Retrieved 2009-07-27.
  3. ^ a b CyclingNews.com. "Team RadioShack finalizes 2010 roster", Cycling News, 2009-11-23. Retrieved on 2009-12-23.
  4. ^ [1] Archived August 14, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ "Armstrong brings Classics riders to RadioShack". Cycling News. August 25, 2009.
  6. ^ "José Azevedo dirige Armstrong na Austrália". A Bola. January 9, 2010. Archived from the original on January 12, 2010. Retrieved January 9, 2010.
  7. ^ Richard Tyler (23 July 2009). "Radio Shack Joins Forces With Livestrong". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2012-01-02.
  8. ^ [2] Archived July 25, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ "Armstrong, RadioShack form team for '10 Tour – Tour de France- NBC Sports". Nbcsports.msnbc.com. 2009-07-23. Archived from the original on 2012-04-04. Retrieved 2012-01-02.
  10. ^ "RadioShack Nissan Trek Cycling Super Team Links Top Riders and Sponsors | Team Radioshack". Livestrong.com. Retrieved 2012-01-02.
  11. ^ "Becca Confirms Nygaard's Departure From Leopard Trek". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2012-01-02.