U.S. Postal Service cycling team
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The US Postal Service Pro Cycling Team presented by Berry Floor operated from 1996 through 2004, and during its time fielded one of the biggest names in modern cycling: Lance Armstrong.
The United States Postal Service was the title (primary) sponsor from 1996 onward. 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.
Armstrong won 6 Tours de France (1999-2004) with US Postal, and in 2003 Roberto Heras, at that time a US Postal rider, won the Vuelta a España.
The US Postal Service announced that they would cease sponsorship at the end of the 2004 racing season when their eight-year contract expired. They had previously been under fire for the expenditure from groups such as Postal Watch, a watchdog of the United States Postal Service. 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.
| Members of US Postal - Berry Floor |
| Lance Armstrong | José Azevedo | Manuel Beltrán | Viatcheslav Ekimov | George Hincapie | Floyd Landis | Benjamín Noval | Pavel Padrnos | José Luis Rubiera |
| Manager |
| Johan Bruyneel |
Members of U.S. Postal
- Lance Armstrong (1998-2004)
- Frankie Andreu (1998-2000)
- José Azevedo (2004)
- Dariusz Baranowski, Polish (1998)
- Michael Barry, Canadian (2002-2003)
- Manuel Beltrán (2003-2004)
- Tom Boonen, Belgian (2002)
- Johan Bruyneel, team manager (1999-2004)
- Jamie Burrow, British (2000)
- Dylan Casey, American (1999-2002)
- David Clinger, American (2002)
- Michael Creed, American (2004)
- Antonio Cruz, American (2001-2004)
- Julian Dean, New Zealand (1999-2000)
- Pascal Derame, French (1998-1999)
- Stijn Devolder (2004)
- Viatcheslav Ekimov, Russian (1998-2004)
- David George, South African (1999-2000)
- Mark Gorski, manager (1998)
- Tyler Hamilton, American (1998-2000)
- Roberto Heras, Spanish (2001-2003)
- Ryder Hesjedal (2004)
- George Hincapie, American (1996-2004)
- Frank Hoj, Danish (1999)
- Marty Jemison, American (1998-1999)
- Benoit Joachim, Luxembourg (1999-2004)
- Patrick Jonker, Australian (2000)
- Steffen Kjaergaard, Norweigan (2000-2003)
- Damon Kluck (2003)
- Kenny Labbé, American (2000-2004)
- Floyd Landis, American (2004)
- Juan Llaneras Rosello, Spanish (1998)
- Levi Leipheimer, American (2000)
- Kevin Livingston, American (1999-2000)
- Glenn Magnusson, Swedish (1999)
- Guennadi Mikhailov, Russian (2003)
- Chann McRae, American (2002)
- Peter Meinert-Nielsen, Danish (1998-1999)
- Gianpaolo Mondini, Italian (2002)
- Benjamín Noval (2004)
- Kirk O'Bee, American (2000)
- Pavel Padrnos, Czech (2002-2004))
- Victor Hugo Peña, Colombian (2001-2004)
- Daniel Rincon, Colombian (2004)
- Jean-Cyril Robin, French (1998)
- Jose Luis Rubiera, Spanish (2003-2004)
- Sven Teutenberg, German (1998)
- Jurgen Van den Broeck (2004)
- Christian Vande Velde, American (1998-2003)
- Jonathan Vaughters, American (1998-1999)
- Cédric Vasseur, Frence (2000)
- Stive Vermaut, Belgian ((2000)
- Max van Heeswijk, NED (2003-2004)
- Robbie Ventura, American (2003-2004)
- Anton Villatoro, (1998)
- Johnny Weltz, team manager (1998)
- Matthew White, Australian (2001-2003)
- Dave Zabriskie, American (2003-2004)
External link
- USPS Pro Cycling Team Website (http://www.uspsprocycling.com/)de:US Postal Service Pro Cycling Team