Team Type 1-Sanofi Aventis

Team Type 1
Team information
UCI code TT1
Based  United States
Founded 2008 (2008)
Status Professional Continental
Bicycles Colnago
Key personnel
General manager Vassili Davidenko
Mike Carter
Team name history
2008- Team Type 1

Team Type 1 is a professional cycling team based in the United States of America. It was founded in 2004 and is sponsored by Colnago.[1][2] The team promotes type 1 diabetes awareness in cycling:[3] a number of the team's riders have type 1 diabetes, including Javier Mejías, Fabio Calabria and Martijn Verschoor; and the team's co-founders, Phil Southerland and Joe Eldridge, are also diabetics.[2]

The team turned professional in 2008 after success in amateur races.[4] In 2010 it had a UCI Continental licence but became a Professional Continental team in 2011, with a view to competing in the Giro d'Italia in 2011 and the Tour de France in 2012.[5] The team had originally aimed to achieve the Professional Contintental level for the 2010 season but decided against applying for an upgraded licence because of fears that it might preclude the team from competing in events outside the responsibility of the International Cycling Union and a lack of knowledge by the team's management of the scale of investment that would be required to compete at the higher level.[4][5]

In 2009, the team won the Race Across America, having entered a team of cyclists who all had type 1 diabetes.[1][6] The team has also competed in a number of major professional events, such as the Tour of California and the Tour de Langkawi,[7][8] and picked up two stage wins in the 2010 Tour du Maroc.[9] In 2010, the team's proposed calendar features a number of international races, including the Tour de Bretagne Cycliste, the Tour de Taiwan, the Tour of Ireland and the Tour of Japan.[5] The team's main goal for the 2010 season is the Tour of California,[5] an eight-stage race held in May, which resulted in Thomas Rabou winning the King of the Mountains jersey competition.[10]

Major Victories

2008
1st Stage 5 Tour de Taiwan, Shawn Milne
1st Stage 6 Tour de Beauce, Matthew Wilson
1st Overall Vuelta Mexico, Glen Chadwick
1st Stage 2 Fitchburg Longsjo Classic, Ian MacGregor
2009
1st US Air Force Cycling Classic, Shawn Milne
2010
1st Stage 1 Vuelta Mexico, Aldo Ino Ilešič
2011
1st Overall Presidential Tour of Turkey, Alexander Efimkin
1st Stage 2 Tour de Beauce, Martijn Verschoor
1st Overall Tour of Rwanda, Kiel Reijnen
1st Stages 1, 2, 3 & 5, Kiel Reijnen
1st Stage 4, Joey Rosskopf

Current squad

The following is a list of Team Type 1's squad members as of July 2011:[11]

Rider Date of birth
 Alessandro Bazzana (ITA) July 16, 1984 (1984-07-16) (age 27)
 Rubens Bertogliati (SUI) May 9, 1979 (1979-05-09) (age 32)
 László Bodrogi (FRA) December 11, 1976 (1976-12-11) (age 35)
 Alex Bowden (USA) December 29, 1989 (1989-12-29) (age 22)
 Fabio Calabria (AUS) August 27, 1987 (1987-08-27) (age 24)
 Daniele Callegarin (ITA) September 21, 1982 (1982-09-21) (age 29)
 William Dugan (USA) January 15, 1987 (1987-01-15) (age 25)
 Alexander Efimkin (RUS) December 2, 1981 (1981-12-02) (age 30)
 Joe Eldridge (USA) June 16, 1982 (1982-06-16) (age 29)
 Andrea Grendene (ITA) April 7, 1986 (1986-04-07) (age 25)
Rider Date of birth
 Aldo Ino Ilešič (SLO) September 1, 1984 (1984-09-01) (age 27)
 Ben King (AUS) October 14, 1988 (1988-10-14) (age 23)
 Valery Kobzarenko (UKR) February 5, 1977 (1977-02-05) (age 35)
 Jure Kocjan (SLO) October 18, 1984 (1984-10-18) (age 27)
 Javier Mejías (ESP) September 30, 1983 (1983-09-30) (age 28)
 Kiel Reijnen (USA) June 1, 1986 (1986-06-01) (age 25)
 Alexey Shmidt (RUS) April 17, 1983 (1983-04-17) (age 28)
 Scott Stewart (USA) February 2, 1987 (1987-02-02) (age 25)
 Martijn Verschoor (NED) May 4, 1985 (1985-05-04) (age 26)

References

  1. ^ a b "Team Type 1 "fired up and ready to race"". cyclingnews.com. 19 March 2010. http://colnago.cyclingnews.com/highlights/team-type-1-fired-up-and-ready-to-race/. Retrieved 2010-04-15. 
  2. ^ a b Kirsten Frattini (18 February 2010). "Team Type 1 jump starts season in Georgia". cyclingnews.com. http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/team-type-1-jump-starts-season-in-georgia. Retrieved 2010-04-15. 
  3. ^ Kirsten Robbins (9 May 2008). "Team Type 1: Racing for a healthy life". cyclingnews.com. http://www.cyclingnews.com/features/team-type-1-racing-for-a-healthy-life. Retrieved 10 April 2009. 
  4. ^ a b "Team Type 1 stays Continental, moves to Atlanta". cyclingnews.com. 1 September 2009. http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/team-type-1-stays-continental-moves-to-atlanta. Retrieved 11 April 2010. 
  5. ^ a b c d Kirsten Frattini (19 February 2010). "Professional Continental dream could become reality for Team Type 1". cyclingnews.com. http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/professional-continental-dream-could-become-reality-for-team-type-1. Retrieved 11 April 2010. 
  6. ^ Tara Parker-Pope (29 June 2009). "A 3,000-Mile Triumph, Spurred on by Diabetes". New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/30/health/30well.html. Retrieved 10 April 2009. 
  7. ^ "US outfit Team Type 1 depending on Aussie Wilson to deliver in LTdL". The Star. 7 February 2008. http://thestar.com.my/sports/story.asp?file=/2008/2/7/sports/20262364&sec=sports. Retrieved 10 April 2009. 
  8. ^ "Team Type 1 riders are back!". Bike World News. 7 February 2008. http://www.bikeworldnews.com/index.php/2009/03/25/team-type-1-riders/. Retrieved 25 March 2009. 
  9. ^ "Team Type 1 successful in Tour du Maroc". cyclingnews.com. 3 April 2010. http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/team-type-1-successful-in-tour-du-maroc. Retrieved 11 April 2010. 
  10. ^ i. "Amgen Tour of California, California, United States, 2.HC". cyclingnews.com. http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/5th-amgen-tour-of-california-2-hc. Retrieved 11 April 2010. 
  11. ^ "Mens professional". Team Type 1. http://www.teamtype1.org/teams/team_type1_men/default.htm. Retrieved 1 July 2011. 
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