2009 Road Teams
Team Columbia-HTC
Team Columbia-HTC, owned and operated by High Road Sports Inc, is the world’s #1 men’s & women team in the world and is also the youngest team having 21 riders aged 26 and under. The team was created out of the T-mobile Team in 2007. http://www.highro...
Euskaltel-Euskadi
Euskaltel-Euskadi is commercially sponsored by a Basque telecom company, but also receives funds from the Basque government. The roster is limited to riders that are Basque or have grown up in a Basque country. In 2008, Samuel Sanchez finished 6th overall ...
Française des Jeux
Française des Jeux is sponsored by the French National Lottery and has been a team since 1997. The team is predominantly French. Sandy Casar was the best finisher in the 2008 Tour De France. http://www.francaisedesjeux.com...
Garmin-Slipstream
Garmin-Slipstream was established in 2007 and is based in the United States with operations in Europe. They are sponsored by Garmin, a maker of Global positioning devices (GPS), which announced its sponsorship in June 2008. The team is managed by Slipstrea...
Rabobank
The team was founded in 1984, but has six different names. The team is sponsored by Rabobank, which is a Dutch bank. In 2009, Denis Menchov won the Giro d’ Italia while riding for the talented Rabobank squad. http://www.rabosport.nl...
Skil-Shimano
Skil-Shimano was founded in 2005. They are sponsored by Skil power tools and Shimano. The team is one of the 13 Continental Pro teams given the "wild card" label, which entitles them to race in the UCI Pro Tour races. The team was developed to aid in the ...