Pedaltech-Cyclingnews-Jako

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DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed

Team information

UCI code

DFL

Based

United Kingdom

Founded

2001

Discipline(s)

Road

Status

Continental

Key personnel

General manager

Nick Collins

Team manager

Rudi Dubois

Previous team name(s)

2001–2003
2004
2005
2006

Team Down Under
Team cyclingnews.com-Down Under
Team Cyclingnews.com Fondriest
DFL-Cyclingnews




Team kit

DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed (UCI Team Code: DFL) is a former professional cycling team that was based in the United Kingdom and participated in UCI Continental Circuits races. Their team leader for 2007 was Belgian Nico Mattan, and their squad also included 2006 British national champion, Hamish Haynes. Since August 2006, Former professional classics specialist Eric Vanderaerden is a directeur sportif with the team.^[1] For the 2008 season the team wanted to become a professional continental team. In its preparation for this the team signed former ProTour riders Steffan Wesemann^[2] and Bas Giling^[3]. The team also had a verbal agreement with Marc Lotz but the owner of Pedaltech canceled this agreement as he wished to sign two British professionals instead.^[4] However the UCI did not grant the team the professional continental licence.^[5] After this happened, several sponsors that had intended on being involved with the team pulled out, including Musseuw bikes^[6] and Cyclingnews.com. Then team manager and main sponsor discovered that he had cancer and that he could not run the team^[7] after which the team collapsed and the riders had to look for other teams.^[8] ^[9]

1 References
2 Squad
3 Former Riders
4 References
5 External links

[edit] References

^ From Roubaix to Wolverhampton - Eric's back at the races. Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved on 2007-09-24.
^ Wesemann to lead Pedaltech-Cyclingnews. Retrieved on 2008-05-25.
^ Giling to Pedaltech-Cyclingnews. Retrieved on 2008-05-25.
^ Marc Lotz rejected by Pedaltech-Cyclingnews. Retrieved on 2008-05-25.
^ Pedaltech confirms UCI action. Retrieved on 2008-05-25.
^ Museeuw Bikes pull out of Pedaltech-Cyclingnews. Retrieved on 2008-05-25.
^ More bad news for Pedaltech. Retrieved on 2008-05-25.
^ PEZ Talks With Bernie Sulzberger. Retrieved on 2008-05-25.
^ Dan Lloyd signs with Sean Kelly team. Retrieved on 2008-05-25.

[edit] Squad

	Rider	Date of Birth
Bjorn Cornelissen (NED)		June 3, 1976 (1976-06-03) (age 32)
Sven de Weerdt (BEL)		March 29, 1978 (1978-03-29) (age 30)
Dan Fleeman (GBR)		October 3, 1982 (1982-10-03) (age 25)
David Harrigan (AUS)		May 26, 1975 (1975-05-26) (age 33)
Hamish Haynes (GBR)		March 5, 1974 (1974-03-05) (age 34)
Matti Helminen (FIN)		August 14, 1975 (1975-08-14) (age 32)
Cameron Jennings (AUS)		April 27, 1970 (1970-04-27) (age 38)
Daniel Lloyd (GBR)		August 11, 1980 (1980-08-11) (age 27)
Nico Mattan (BEL)		July 17, 1971 (1971-07-17) (age 36)

	Rider	Date of Birth
Robby Meul (BEL)		September 4, 1981 (1981-09-04) (age 26)
Jens Mouris (NED)		March 12, 1980 (1980-03-12) (age 28)
Kane Oakley (AUS)		October 4, 1976 (1976-10-04) (age 31)
Evan Oliphant (GBR)		January 8, 1982 (1982-01-08) (age 26)
Rhys Pollock (AUS)		March 14, 1980 (1980-03-14) (age 28)
Bernard Sulzberger (AUS)		December 5, 1983 (1983-12-05) (age 24)
Gert Vanderaerden (BEL)		January 23, 1973 (1973-01-23) (age 35)
Jeremy Vennel (NZL)		October 6, 1980 (1980-10-06) (age 27)
Juan Pablo Wilches Rodriguez (COL)		January 22, 1982 (1982-01-22) (age 26)