Team Cyclingnews.com–Down Under
Team information | |
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Registered | United Kingdom |
Founded | 2001 |
Disbanded | 2007 |
Discipline | Road |
Status | Continental |
Key personnel | |
General manager | Nick Collins |
Team manager(s) | Rudi Dubois |
Team name history | |
2001–2003 2004 2005 2006 |
Team Down Under Team cyclingnews.com-Down Under Team Cyclingnews.com Fondriest DFL-Cyclingnews–Litespeed Pedaltech–Cyclingnews–Jako |
Team Cyclingnews.com–Down Under was a British professional cycling team that rode UCI Continental Circuits races. The leader for 2007 was Belgian Nico Mattan and the squad included 2006 British champion, Hamish Haynes. Eric Vanderaerden was a directeur sportif.[1]
In 2008 it wanted to become a professional continental team and signed Steffen Wesemann[2] and Bas Giling.[3] It also had an agreement with Marc Lotz but Pedaltech signed two British professionals instead.[4]
The UCI did not give the team the professional continental licence.[5] Potential sponsors pulled out, including Johan Museeuw, the bike maker.[6] and Cyclingnews.com. Then the team manager, who was its owner, had cancer and could not run the team.[7] It collapsed.[8][9]
Team roster
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Former riders
- Russell Downing (2006) - Former British Champion
- Matthew Wilson (2001)
References
- ↑ "From Roubaix to Wolverhampton — Eric's back at the races". Cyclingnews.com. Bath, UK: Future plc. Retrieved 2007-09-24.
- ↑ "Wesemann to lead Pedaltech-Cyclingnews". Cyclingnews.com. Bath, UK: Future plc. Retrieved 2008-05-25.
- ↑ "Giling to Pedaltech-Cyclingnews". Retrieved 2008-05-25.
- ↑ "Marc Lotz rejected by Pedaltech-Cyclingnews". Cyclingnews.com. Bath, UK: Future plc. Retrieved 2008-05-25.
- ↑ "Pedaltech confirms UCI action". Retrieved 2008-05-25.
- ↑ "Museeuw Bikes pull out of Pedaltech-Cyclingnews". Retrieved 2008-05-25.
- ↑ "More bad news for Pedaltech". Cyclingnews.com. Bath, UK: Future plc. Retrieved 2008-05-25.
- ↑ "PEZ Talks With Bernie Sulzberger". Retrieved 2008-05-25.
- ↑ "Dan Lloyd signs with Sean Kelly team". Retrieved 2008-05-25.
External links
- Team History on cyclingnews.com
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