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| UCI code | RSN | |
| Based | Luxembourg | |
| Founded | 2011 | |
| Status | UCI ProTeam | |
| Bicycles | Trek | |
| Key personnel | ||
| General manager | Johan Bruyneel | |
| Directeur sportif | Kim Andersen | |
| Team name history | ||
| 2011 2012– |
Leopard Trek RadioShack-Nissan |
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RadioShack-Nissan-Trek UCI team code: RSN) is a professional road bicycle racing team licensed in Luxembourg and led by the brothers Andy Schleck and Fränk Schleck.
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The team was founded in 2011 under the name of Leopard Trek and officially stylized as LEOPARD TREK with Brian Nygaard and Kim Andersen as team managers[1] The Schleck brothers were under contract with the Danish team Saxo Bank managed by Bjarne Riis through the end of the 2010 season. Several other Team Saxo Bank riders followed the Schleck brothers to the new team, including veterans Jens Voigt,[2] Fabian Cancellara[3] and Stuart O’Grady.[4] Other confirmed signings include sprinter Daniele Bennati, who comes to the new team from Liquigas-Doimo, and Davide Vigano, most recently with Team Sky.[5] Joost Posthuma, last of Rabobank, confirmed he will join the team in 2011.[6]
The team became active at the start of the 2011 cycling season. On 13 December 2010, Jakob Fuglsang revealed that the team would be called Team Leopard, in reference to the management company run by Nygaard.[7] Trek, the bike supplier, confirmed shortly before the team was officially presented that they would be a co-title sponsor, giving the team a full name of "Leopard Trek."[8]
The team was officially presented on 6 January 2011.
Team rider Wouter Weylandt died as a result of a high-speed, downhill crash during the 2011 Giro d'Italia. The remaining riders of Leopard Trek left the competition at the completion of the following day's stage.
For the 2012 season, the team was renamed RadioShack-Nissan-Trek. The reason is that the American Team RadioShack ceased racing, and their former sponsors joined the Luxembourg Cycling Project. Johan Bruyneel along with several riders from Team RadioShack moved to the new team.[9][10] The lineup for 2012 was officially confirmed on 5 December 2011.[11] The official UCI name for the team is Radioshack Nissan [12] and it is registered in Luxembourg.
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