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<h1>Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team</h1>
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<strong>Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team</strong> (<em>UCI Team Code</em>: <strong>DSC</strong>) is a <a href="/term/United_States_of_America">US</a>-based professional <a href="/term/Road_bicycle_racing">road bicycle racing</a> <a href="/term/Cycling_team">team</a>. It is the continuation of the <a href="/term/2004">2004</a> <a href="/term/US_Postal_Service_cycling_team">US Postal Service Pro Cycling Team</a>. <a href="/term/Lance_Armstrong">Lance Armstrong</a>, seven time <a href="/term/Tour_de_France">Tour de France</a> winner, was its leader (albeit only during the Tour) until July <a href="/term/2005">2005</a>. Since 2005, the team is one of the 20 teams that compete in the new <a href="/term/Union_Cycliste_Internationale">UCI</a> <a href="/term/UCI_ProTour">ProTour</a>.<p>

On June 15 2004, the <a href="/term/Discovery_Channel">Discovery Channel</a> signed a deal to become  sponsor of the team for the seasons of 2004 until 2008.  As part of the sponsorship deal, Armstrong will provide on-air appearances for the Discovery Networks TV Channels, including but not limited to, The Discovery Channel, <a href="/term/TLC_Network">TLC</a>, and <a href="/term/FitTV">Fit TV</a>.<p>

The deal is not expected to affect <a href="/term/Outdoor_Life_Network">OLN</a>'s rights to air major cycling events such as the Tour de France, despite the fact that the two channels are competitors.<p>

The team is directed by the <a href="/term/Belgium">Belgian</a> <a href="/term/Johan_Bruyneel">Johan Bruyneel</a>, who also managed U.S. Postal. The chief <a href="/term/Bicycle_mechanic">mechanic</a> is Julien DeVries. The team is co-owned by Tailwind Sports Corp. of San Francisco and Capital Sports & Entertainment of <a href="/term/Austin,_Texas">Austin, TX</a>.<p>

In its maiden year, the Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team won two of the three <a href="/term/Grand_Tour_(cycling)">Grand Tours</a> of cycling: The Tour de France (Lance Armstrong) and the <a href="/term/Giro_d'Italia">Giro d'Italia</a> (<a href="/term/Paolo_Savoldelli">Paolo Savoldelli</a>).<p>

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<li><a href="#Team_rosters">1&nbsp;Team rosters</a></li><ul class="tabcontlist t2"><li><a href="#2006_squad">1.1&nbsp;2006 squad</a></li><li><a href="#Former_members_of_U.S._Postal">1.2&nbsp;Former members of U.S. Postal</a></li></ul><li><a href="#Discovery_Channel_Pro_Cycling_Team_history_and_notable_wins">2&nbsp;Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team history and notable wins</a></li><ul class="tabcontlist t2"><li><a href="#2006_&amp;ndash;_Discovery_Channel_Pro_Cycling_Team">2.1&nbsp;2006 &ndash; Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team</a></li><li><a href="#2005_&amp;ndash;_Discovery_Channel_Pro_Cycling_Team">2.2&nbsp;2005 &ndash; Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team</a></li></ul><li><a href="#U.S._Postal_Service_Pro_Cycling_Team_history_and_notable_wins">3&nbsp;U.S. Postal Service Pro Cycling Team history and notable wins</a></li><ul class="tabcontlist t2"><li><a href="#2004_&amp;ndash;_U.S._Postal_Service_Pro_Cycling_Team_presented_by_Berry_Floor">3.1&nbsp;2004 &ndash; U.S. Postal Service Pro Cycling Team presented by Berry Floor</a></li><li><a href="#2003_&amp;ndash;_U.S._Postal_Service_Pro_Cycling_Team_presented_by_Berry_Floor">3.2&nbsp;2003 &ndash; U.S. Postal Service Pro Cycling Team presented by Berry Floor</a></li><li><a href="#2002_&amp;ndash;_U.S._Postal_Service_Pro_Cycling_Team">3.3&nbsp;2002 &ndash; U.S. Postal Service Pro Cycling Team</a></li><li><a href="#2001_&amp;ndash;_U.S._Postal_Service_Pro_Cycling_Team">3.4&nbsp;2001 &ndash; U.S. Postal Service Pro Cycling Team</a></li><li><a href="#2000_&amp;ndash;_U.S._Postal_Service_Pro_Cycling_Team">3.5&nbsp;2000 &ndash; U.S. Postal Service Pro Cycling Team</a></li><li><a href="#1999_&amp;ndash;_U.S._Postal_Service_Pro_Cycling_Team">3.6&nbsp;1999 &ndash; U.S. Postal Service Pro Cycling Team</a></li><li><a href="#1998_&amp;ndash;_U.S._Postal_Service_Pro_Cycling_Team">3.7&nbsp;1998 &ndash; U.S. Postal Service Pro Cycling Team</a></li><li><a href="#1997_&amp;ndash;_U.S._Postal_Service_Pro_Cycling_Team">3.8&nbsp;1997 &ndash; U.S. Postal Service Pro Cycling Team</a></li><li><a href="#1996_&amp;ndash;_U.S._Postal_Service_Pro_Cycling_Team">3.9&nbsp;1996 &ndash; U.S. Postal Service Pro Cycling Team</a></li></ul><li><a href="#Early_history_and_notable_wins">4&nbsp;Early history and notable wins</a></li><ul class="tabcontlist t2"><li><a href="#1995_&amp;ndash;_Montgomery-Bell">4.1&nbsp;1995 &ndash; Montgomery-Bell</a></li><li><a href="#1992-1994_&amp;ndash;_Subaru-Montgomery">4.2&nbsp;1992-1994 &ndash; Subaru-Montgomery</a></li><li><a href="#1988-1991_&amp;ndash;_Sunkyong_(Amateur)">4.3&nbsp;1988-1991 &ndash; Sunkyong (Amateur)</a></li></ul><li><a href="#Sponsors">5&nbsp;Sponsors</a></li><li><a href="#References">6&nbsp;References</a></li><li><a href="#External_links">7&nbsp;External links</a></li></ul>
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<a name="2006_squad" id="2006_squad"></a><h3>2006 squad</h3>
No data in the '2005 team' column indicates the rider also rode for Discovery Channel in the 2005 season.<p>

Team leaders include 2005 Giro winner Paolo Salvodelli, 2005 Tour White Jersey winner Yaroslav Popovych, George Hincapie, and climbing specialists Jose Azevedo and Jose Luis Rubiera. Other notable riders include Manuel Beltran and Russian Viatcheslav Ekimov, who is the most experienced rider in the team at 40 years old, and has finished all 11 Tours he has ridden. <p>

<table   class="wikitable"><tr >
<th >Name
</th><th >Born
</th><th >Nationality
</th><th >2005 team
</th><th >2006 UCI ProTour Points
</td></tr><tr >
<td ><a href="/term/José_Azevedo">José Azevedo</a> 
</td><td >1973
</td><td >
</td><td > 
</td><td   align=center>52
</td></tr><tr >
<td >Michael Barry
</td><td >1975
</td><td >
</td><td >
</td></tr><tr >
<td >Manuel Beltran
</td><td >1971
</td><td >
</td><td >
</td></tr><tr >
<td ><a href="/term/Fumiyuki_Beppu">Fumiyuki Beppu</a>
</td><td >1983
</td><td >
</td><td >
</td></tr><tr >
<td >Volodymyr Bileka
</td><td >1979
</td><td >
</td><td >
</td></tr><tr >
<td ><a href="/term/Janez_Brajkovič">Janez Brajkovič</a>
</td><td >1983
</td><td >
</td><td > 
</td><td   align=center>51
</td></tr><tr >
<td ><a href="/term/Tom_Danielson">Tom Danielson</a>
</td><td >1978
</td><td >
</td><td > 
</td><td   align=center>2
</td></tr><tr >
<td >Stijn Devolder
</td><td >1979
</td><td >
</td><td >
</td></tr><tr >
<td ><a href="/term/Viatcheslav_Ekimov">Viatcheslav Ekimov</a>
</td><td >1966
</td><td >
</td><td >
</td></tr><tr >
<td >Vladimir Gusev
</td><td >1982
</td><td >
</td><td ><a href="/term/Team_CSC">Team CSC</a>
</td></tr><tr >
<td ><a href="/term/Roger_Hammond">Roger Hammond</a>
</td><td >1974
</td><td >
</td><td >
</td></tr><tr >
<td ><a href="/term/George_Hincapie">George Hincapie</a>
</td><td >1973
</td><td >
</td><td > 
</td><td   align=center>69
</td></tr><tr >
<td ><a href="/term/Leif_Hoste">Leif Hoste</a>
</td><td >1977
</td><td >
</td><td > 
</td><td   align=center>44
</td></tr><tr >
<td ><a href="/term/Benoît_Joachim">Benoît Joachim</a>
</td><td >1976
</td><td >
</td><td >
</td></tr><tr >
<td >Trent Lowe
</td><td >1984
</td><td >
</td><td ><a href="/term/Jittery_Joe's">Jittery Joe's</a>
</td></tr><tr >
<td ><a href="/term/Egoi_Martínez">Egoi Martínez de Esteban</a>
</td><td >1978
</td><td >
</td><td ><a href="/term/Euskaltel-Euskadi">Euskaltel-Euskadi</a> 
</td><td   align=center>1
</td></tr><tr >
<td ><a href="/term/Jason_McCartney_(cyclist)">Jason McCartney</a>
</td><td >1973
</td><td >
</td><td >
</td></tr><tr >
<td >Guennady Mikhaylov
</td><td >1974
</td><td >
</td><td >
</td></tr><tr >
<td >Benjamín Noval
</td><td >1979
</td><td >
</td><td >
</td></tr><tr >
<td ><a href="/term/Pavel_Padrnos">Pavel Padrnos</a>
</td><td >1970
</td><td >
</td><td >
</td></tr><tr >
<td ><a href="/term/Yaroslav_Popovych">Yaroslav Popovych</a>
</td><td >1980
</td><td >
</td><td >
</td></tr><tr >
<td >José Luis Rubiera
</td><td >1973
</td><td >
</td><td > 
</td><td   align=center>20
</td></tr><tr >
<td ><a href="/term/Paolo_Savoldelli">Paolo Savoldelli</a>
</td><td >1973
</td><td >
</td><td > 
</td><td   align=center>85
</td></tr><tr >
<td >Jurgen van den Broeck
</td><td >1983
</td><td >
</td><td >
</td></tr><tr >
<td >Jurgen Van Goolen
</td><td >1980
</td><td >
</td><td ><a href="/term/Quick_Step-Innergetic">Quick·Step</a> 
</td><td   align=center>2
</td></tr><tr >
<td >Max van Heeswijk
</td><td >1973
</td><td >
</td><td >
</td></tr><tr  >
<td ><a href="/term/Matt_White">Matt White</a>
</td><td >1974
</td><td >
</td><td ><a href="/term/Cofidis_(cycling_team)">Cofidis</a>
</td></tr></table><p>

<a name="Former_members_of_U.S._Postal" id="Former_members_of_U.S._Postal"></a><h3>Former members of U.S. Postal</h3><p>

<table   class="wikitable"><tr >
<th >Name
</th><th >Nationality
</th><th >Years
</th><th >Career Highlight with US Postal Service Pro Cycling Team
</td></tr><tr >
<td ><a href="/term/Lance_Armstrong">Lance Armstrong</a>
</td><td >
</td><td >1998-2004
</td><td >7 wins - <a href="/term/Tour_de_France">Tour de France</a>
</td></tr><tr >
<td ><a href="/term/Frankie_Andreu">Frankie Andreu</a>
</td><td >
</td><td >1998-2000
</td><td >Team member of Lance Armstrong's 1999-2000 Tour de France wins
</td></tr><tr >
<td ><a href="/term/José_Azevedo">José Azevedo</a>
</td><td >
</td><td >2004
</td><td >5th at the <a href="/term/2004_Tour_de_France">2004 Tour de France</a>
</td></tr><tr >
<td ><a href="/term/Dariusz_Baranowski">Dariusz Baranowski</a>
</td><td >
</td><td >1998
</td><td >12th at the <a href="/term/1998_Tour_de_France">1998 Tour de France</a>
</td></tr><tr >
<td >Michael Barry
</td><td >
</td><td >2002-2004
</td><td >
</td></tr><tr >
<td >Manuel Beltrán
</td><td >
</td><td >2003-2004
</td><td >
</td></tr><tr >
<td ><a href="/term/Tom_Boonen">Tom Boonen</a>
</td><td >
</td><td >2002
</td><td >3rd at the 2002 <a href="/term/Paris-Roubaix">Paris-Roubaix</a>
</td></tr><tr >
<td >Jamie Burrow
</td><td >
</td><td >2000
</td><td >
</td></tr><tr >
<td >Dylan Casey
</td><td >
</td><td >1999-2002
</td><td >
</td></tr><tr >
<td >David Clinger
</td><td >
</td><td >2002
</td><td >
</td></tr><tr >
<td >Michael Creed
</td><td >
</td><td >2004
</td><td >
</td></tr><tr >
<td >Antonio Cruz
</td><td >
</td><td >2001-2004
</td><td >
</td></tr><tr >
<td >Julian Dean
</td><td >
</td><td >1999-2000
</td><td >
</td></tr><tr >
<td >Pascal Derame
</td><td >
</td><td >1998-1999
</td><td >
</td></tr><tr >
<td >Stijn Devolder
</td><td >
</td><td >2004
</td><td >
</td></tr><tr >
<td ><a href="/term/Viatcheslav_Ekimov">Viatcheslav Ekimov</a>
</td><td >
</td><td >1998-2004
</td><td >
</td></tr><tr >
<td >David George
</td><td >
</td><td >1999-2000
</td><td >
</td></tr><tr >
<td ><a href="/term/Tyler_Hamilton">Tyler Hamilton</a>
</td><td >
</td><td >1998-2000
</td><td >
</td></tr><tr >
<td ><a href="/term/Roberto_Heras">Roberto Heras</a>
</td><td >
</td><td >2001-2003
</td><td >2003 Vuelta a España
</td></tr><tr >
<td >Ryder Hesjedal
</td><td >
</td><td >2004
</td><td >
</td></tr><tr >
<td ><a href="/term/George_Hincapie">George Hincapie</a>
</td><td >
</td><td >1996-2004
</td><td >1998 <a href="/term/USPRO_National_Championships">USPRO National Road Champion</a>; 2001 <a href="/term/Gent-Wevelgem">Gent-Wevelgem</a>
</td></tr><tr >
<td ><a href="/term/Frank_Høj">Frank Høj</a>
</td><td >
</td><td >1999
</td><td >
</td></tr><tr >
<td >Marty Jemison
</td><td >
</td><td >1998-1999
</td><td >1999 <a href="/term/USPRO_National_Championships">USPRO National Road Champion</a>
</td></tr><tr >
<td ><a href="/term/Benoit_Joachim">Benoit Joachim</a>
</td><td >
</td><td >1999-2004
</td><td >
</td></tr><tr >
<td >Patrick Jonker
</td><td >
</td><td >2000
</td><td >
</td></tr><tr >
<td >Steffen Kjaergaard
</td><td >
</td><td >2000-2003
</td><td >
</td></tr><tr >
<td >Damon Kluck
</td><td >
</td><td >2003
</td><td >
</td></tr><tr >
<td >Kenny Labbé
</td><td >
</td><td >2000-2004
</td><td >
</td></tr><tr >
<td ><a href="/term/Floyd_Landis">Floyd Landis</a>
</td><td >
</td><td >2002-2004
</td><td >
</td></tr><tr >
<td >Juan Llaneras Rosello
</td><td >
</td><td >1998
</td><td >
</td></tr><tr >
<td ><a href="/term/Levi_Leipheimer">Levi Leipheimer</a>
</td><td >
</td><td >2000
</td><td >
</td></tr><tr >
<td ><a href="/term/Kevin_Livingston">Kevin Livingston</a>
</td><td >
</td><td >1999-2000
</td><td >
</td></tr><tr >
<td >Glenn Magnusson
</td><td >
</td><td >1999
</td><td >
</td></tr><tr >
<td >Guennadi Mikhailov
</td><td >
</td><td >2003
</td><td >
</td></tr><tr >
<td >Chann McRae
</td><td >
</td><td >2002
</td><td >2002 <a href="/term/USPRO_National_Championships">USPRO National Road Champion</a>
</td></tr><tr >
<td >Peter Meinert-Nielsen
</td><td >
</td><td >1998-1999
</td><td >
</td></tr><tr >
<td >Gianpaolo Mondini
</td><td >
</td><td >2002
</td><td >
</td></tr><tr >
<td >Benjamín Noval
</td><td >
</td><td >2004
</td></tr><tr >
<td ><a href="/term/Kirk_O'Bee">Kirk O'Bee</a>
</td><td >
</td><td >2000
</td><td >
</td></tr><tr >
<td ><a href="/term/Pavel_Padrnos">Pavel Padrnos</a>
</td><td >
</td><td >2002-2004
</td><td >
</td></tr><tr >
<td ><a href="/term/Victor_Hugo_Peña">Victor Hugo Peña</a>
</td><td >
</td><td >2001-2004
</td><td >
</td></tr><tr >
<td >Daniel Rincon
</td><td >
</td><td >2004
</td><td >
</td></tr><tr >
<td >Jean-Cyril Robin
</td><td >
</td><td >1998
</td><td >
</td></tr><tr >
<td >José Luis Rubiera
</td><td >
</td><td >2001-2004
</td><td >
</td></tr><tr >
<td >Sven Teutenberg
</td><td >
</td><td >1998
</td><td >
</td></tr><tr >
<td >Jurgen Van den Broeck
</td><td >
</td><td >2004
</td><td >
</td></tr><tr >
<td ><a href="/term/Christian_Vandevelde">Christian Vandevelde</a>
</td><td >
</td><td >1998-2003
</td><td >
</td></tr><tr >
<td ><a href="/term/Jonathan_Vaughters">Jonathan Vaughters</a>
</td><td >
</td><td >1998-1999
</td><td >
</td></tr><tr >
<td ><a href="/term/Cédric_Vasseur">Cédric Vasseur</a>
</td><td >
</td><td >2000
</td><td >
</td></tr><tr >
<td >Stive Vermaut
</td><td >
</td><td >2000
</td><td >
</td></tr><tr >
<td >Max van Heeswijk
</td><td >
</td><td >2003-2004
</td><td >
</td></tr><tr >
<td >Robbie Ventura
</td><td >
</td><td >2003-2004
</td><td >
</td></tr><tr >
<td ><a href="/term/Anton_Villatoro">Anton Villatoro</a>
</td><td >
</td><td >1996-1998
</td><td >
</td></tr><tr >
<td >Matthew White
</td><td >
</td><td >2001-2003
</td><td >
</td></tr><tr >
<td ><a href="/term/Dave_Zabriskie">Dave Zabriskie</a>
</td><td >
</td><td >2003-2004
</td><td >2004 U.S. National Elite Time Trial Championship
</td></tr></table><p>

<a name="Discovery_Channel_Pro_Cycling_Team_history_and_notable_wins" id="Discovery_Channel_Pro_Cycling_Team_history_and_notable_wins"></a><h2>Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team history and notable wins</h2><p>

<a name="2006_&amp;ndash;_Discovery_Channel_Pro_Cycling_Team" id="2006_&amp;ndash;_Discovery_Channel_Pro_Cycling_Team"></a><h3>2006 &ndash; Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team</h3>
<table   class="wikitable"><tr>
<th >Date
</th><th >Race
</th><th >Location
</th><th >Winner
</td></tr><tr >
<td ><a href="/term/2006">2006</a>
</td><td >Overall 2006 Hervis Tour - Tour of Austria
</td><td > 
</td><td > <a href="/term/Tom_Danielson">Tom Danielson</a>
<tr >
<td >2006-07-14
</td><td > Stage 12 Winner, <a href="/term/2006_Tour_de_France">Tour de France</a> 
</td><td > 
</td><td > <a href="/term/Yaroslav_Popovych">Yaroslav Popovych</a>
</td></tr><tr >
<td >2006-07-03
</td><td > <em><a href="/term/Maillot_jaune">Maillot jaune</a></em> After Stage 1, <a href="/term/2006_Tour_de_France">Tour de France</a> 
</td><td > 
</td><td > <a href="/term/George_Hincapie">George Hincapie</a>
</td></tr><tr >
<td >2006-05-28
</td><td > Combination Classification (Maglia Blu), <a href="/term/2006_Giro_d'Italia">Giro d'Italia</a> 
</td><td > 
</td><td > <a href="/term/Paolo_Savoldelli">Paolo Savoldelli</a>
</td></tr><tr >
<td >2006-05-06
</td><td > Prologue, <a href="/term/2006_Giro_d'Italia">Giro d'Italia</a> 
</td><td > 
</td><td > Paolo Savoldelli
</td></tr><tr >
<td >2006-04-25
</td><td > Prologue, <a href="/term/Tour_de_Romandie_2006">Tour de Romandie</a> 
</td><td > 
</td><td > Paolo Savoldelli 
</td></tr><tr >
<td ><a href="/term/2006">2006</a>
</td><td > Overall, <a href="/term/Three_Days_of_the_Panne">Three Days of the Panne</a> 
</td><td > 
</td><td > <a href="/term/Leif_Hoste">Leif Hoste</a>
</td></tr><tr >
<td ><a href="/term/2006">2006</a>
</td><td > <a href="/term/King_of_the_Mountains">KOM</a>, Three Days of the Panne 
</td><td > 
</td><td > Leif Hoste
</td></tr><tr >
<td ><a href="/term/2006">2006</a>
</td><td > Stage 1, Three Days of the Panne 
</td><td > 
</td><td > Leif Hoste
</td></tr><tr >
<td ><a href="/term/2006">2006</a>
</td><td > Stage 4, Three Days of the Panne 
</td><td > 
</td><td > Leif Hoste
</td></tr><tr >
<td ><a href="/term/2006">2006</a>
</td><td > Stage 2, <a href="/term/Tour_of_California_2006">Tour of California</a> 
</td><td > 
</td><td > George Hincapie
</td></tr><tr >
<td ><a href="/term/2006">2006</a>
</td><td > Stage 5, Tour of California 
</td><td > 
</td><td > George Hincapie
</td></tr></table><p>

<a name="2005_&amp;ndash;_Discovery_Channel_Pro_Cycling_Team" id="2005_&amp;ndash;_Discovery_Channel_Pro_Cycling_Team"></a><h3>2005 &ndash; Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team</h3>
<table   class="wikitable"><tr>
<th >Date
</th><th >Race
</th><th >Location
</th><th >Winner
</td></tr><tr >
<td >2005-09-02
</td><td > Stage 6, <a href="/term/Vuelta_a_España_2005">Vuelta a España</a> 
</td><td >  
</td><td > Max van Heeswijk
</td></tr><tr >
<td >2005-08-28
</td><td > <a href="/term/GP_Ouest-France_2005">GP Ouest-France</a> 
</td><td > 
</td><td > <a href="/term/George_Hincapie">George Hincapie</a>
<tr >
<td >2005-08-08
</td><td > Stage 5 <a href="/term/Tour_du_Benelux_2005">Tour du Benelux</a> 
</td><td > 
</td><td > Max van Heeswijk
</td></tr><tr >
<td >2005-08-04
</td><td > Stage 1, Tour du Benelux 
</td><td > 
</td><td > Max van Heeswijk
</td></tr><tr >
<td >2005-07-24
</td><td > <a href="/term/Maillot_jaune">General Classification</a>, <a href="/term/2005_Tour_de_France">Tour de France</a> 
</td><td > 
</td><td > <a href="/term/Lance_Armstrong">Lance Armstrong</a>
</td></tr><tr >
<td >2005-07-24
</td><td > <a href="/term/Maillot_blanc">Best Young Rider Classification</a>, Tour de France 
</td><td > 
</td><td > <a href="/term/Yaroslav_Popovych">Yaroslav Popovych</a>
</td></tr><tr >
<td >2005-07-23
</td><td > Stage 20, Tour de France 
</td><td > 
</td><td > Lance Armstrong
</td></tr><tr >
<td >2005-07-20
</td><td > Stage 17, Tour de France 
</td><td > 
</td><td > <a href="/term/Paolo_Savoldelli">Paolo Savoldelli</a>
</td></tr><tr >
<td >2005-07-17
</td><td > Stage 15, Tour de France 
</td><td > 
</td><td > George Hincapie
</td></tr><tr >
<td >2005-07-05
</td><td > Stage 4 (<a href="/term/Team_time_trial">TTT</a>), Tour de France 
</td><td > 
</td><td > Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
</td></tr><tr >
<td >2005-06-12
</td><td > Team Classification, <a href="/term/Dauphiné_Libéré_2005">Dauphiné Libéré</a> 
</td><td > 
</td><td > 
Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
</td></tr><tr >
<td >2005-06-12
</td><td > Points Classification, Dauphiné Libéré 
</td><td > 
</td><td > Lance Armstrong
</td></tr><tr >
<td >2005-06-12
</td><td > Stage 7, Dauphiné Libéré 
</td><td > 
</td><td > George Hincapie
</td></tr><tr >
<td >2005-06-05
</td><td > Prologue, Dauphiné Libéré 
</td><td > 
</td><td > George Hincapie
</td></tr><tr >
<td >2005-05-29
</td><td > General Classification, <a href="/term/2005_Giro_d'Italia">Giro d'Italia</a> 
</td><td >  
</td><td > <a href="/term/Paolo_Savoldelli">Paolo Savoldelli</a>
</td></tr><tr >
<td >2005-05-19
</td><td > Stage 11, Giro d'Italia 
</td><td >  
</td><td > Paolo Savoldelli
</td></tr><tr >
<td >2005-05-22
</td><td > Overall, <a href="/term/Volta_a_Catalunya_2005">Volta a Catalunya</a> 
</td><td >  
</td><td > <a href="/term/Jaroslav_Popovych">Jaroslav Popovych</a>
</td></tr></table><p>

<a name="U.S._Postal_Service_Pro_Cycling_Team_history_and_notable_wins" id="U.S._Postal_Service_Pro_Cycling_Team_history_and_notable_wins"></a><h2>U.S. Postal Service Pro Cycling Team history and notable wins</h2><p>

<a name="2004_&amp;ndash;_U.S._Postal_Service_Pro_Cycling_Team_presented_by_Berry_Floor" id="2004_&amp;ndash;_U.S._Postal_Service_Pro_Cycling_Team_presented_by_Berry_Floor"></a><h3>2004 &ndash; U.S. Postal Service Pro Cycling Team presented by Berry Floor</h3><p>

The <strong>US Postal Service Pro Cycling Team</strong> and later named the <strong>US Postal Service Pro Cycling Team presented by Berry Floor</strong> operated from 1996 through 2004, and during its time fielded one of the biggest names in modern cycling: <a href="/term/Lance_Armstrong">Lance Armstrong</a>.<p>

The United States Postal Service was the title (primary) sponsor from 1996 through 2004 and the team was nicknamed the "Blue Train". Berry Floor, a Belgian flooring company, was the secondary sponsor, also known as a Presenting Sponsor. Domestically the USPS Pro Cycling Team was presented by Alloc, the American subsidiary of Berry Floor.<p>

Armstrong won six Tours de France (1999-2004) with US Postal, and in 2003 <a href="/term/Roberto_Heras">Roberto Heras</a>—at that time a US Postal rider—won the <a href="/term/Vuelta_a_España">Vuelta a España</a>. Armstrong went on to win a seventh Tour de France in 2005, after the USPS contract and sponsorship ended.<p>

The US Postal Service announced that they would cease sponsorship at the end of the 2004 racing season when their eight-year contract expired. They had previously been under fire for the expenditure from organizations such as Postal Watch, a website critical of the United States Postal Service. Legitimate problems of mismanagement and sloppy accounting were pointed out by the Postal Service itself, via the USPS Office of the Inspector General. Before the expiration of the USPS contract, Armstrong insisted that he would only continue to ride with the USPS team structure. This demand was met on <a href="/term/June_15">June 15</a>, <a href="/term/2004">2004</a> when <a href="/term/Discovery_Networks">Discovery Networks</a> stepped in and agreed to sponsor the team for the next three years as the <strong>Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team</strong>.<p>

<table   class="wikitable"><tr>
<th >Date
</th><th >Race
</th><th >Location
</th><th >Winner
</td></tr><tr >
<td >2004-07-25
</td><td > Overall, <a href="/term/2004_Tour_de_France">Tour de France</a> 
</td><td > 
</td><td > <a href="/term/Lance_Armstrong">Lance Armstrong</a>
<tr >
<td >2004-07-24
</td><td > Stage 19, Tour de France 
</td><td > 
</td><td > Lance Armstrong
</td></tr><tr >
<td >2004-07-22
</td><td > Stage 17, Tour de France 
</td><td > 
</td><td > Lance Armstrong
</td></tr><tr >
<td >2004-07-21
</td><td > Stage 16, Tour de France 
</td><td > 
</td><td > Lance Armstrong
</td></tr><tr >
<td >2004-07-20
</td><td > Stage 15, Tour de France 
</td><td > 
</td><td > Lance Armstrong
</td></tr><tr >
<td >2004-07-17
</td><td > Stage 13, Tour de France 
</td><td > 
</td><td > Lance Armstrong
</td></tr><tr >
<td >2004-07-07
</td><td > Stage 4 (<a href="/term/Team_time_trial">TTT</a>), Tour de France 
</td><td > 
</td><td > U.S. Postal Service Pro Cycling Team
</td></tr><tr >
<td >2004-04-24
</td><td > Overall, <a href="/term/Tour_de_Georgia_2004">Tour de Georgia</a> 
</td><td > 
</td><td > Lance Armstrong
</td></tr><tr >
<td >2004-04-23
</td><td > Stage 4, Tour de Georgia 
</td><td > 
</td><td > Lance Armstrong
</td></tr><tr >
<td >2004-04-22
</td><td > Stage 3, Tour de Georgia 
</td><td > 
</td><td > Lance Armstrong
</td></tr><tr >
<td >2004-04-01
</td><td > Overall, <a href="/term/Three_Days_of_the_Panne">Three Days of the Panne</a> 
</td><td > 
</td><td > <a href="/term/George_Hincapie">George Hincapie</a>
</td></tr><tr >
</tr></table><p>

<a name="2003_&amp;ndash;_U.S._Postal_Service_Pro_Cycling_Team_presented_by_Berry_Floor" id="2003_&amp;ndash;_U.S._Postal_Service_Pro_Cycling_Team_presented_by_Berry_Floor"></a><h3>2003 &ndash; U.S. Postal Service Pro Cycling Team presented by Berry Floor</h3>
<table   class="wikitable"><tr>
<th >Date
</th><th >Race
</th><th >Location
</th><th >Winner
</td></tr><tr >
<td >2003-09-28
</td><td > Overall, Vuelta a España 
</td><td > 
</td><td > <a href="/term/Roberto_Heras">Roberto Heras</a>
<tr >
<td >2003-09-27
</td><td > Stage 20, Vuelta a España 
</td><td > 
</td><td > Roberto Heras
</td></tr><tr >
<td >2003-07-27
</td><td > Overall, <a href="/term/2003_Tour_de_France">Tour de France</a> 
</td><td > 
</td><td > <a href="/term/Lance_Armstrong">Lance Armstrong</a>
</td></tr><tr >
<td >2003-07-21
</td><td > Stage 15, Tour de France 
</td><td > 
</td><td > Lance Armstrong
</td></tr><tr >
<td >2003-07-09
</td><td > Stage 4 (<a href="/term/Team_time_trial">TTT</a>), Tour de France 
</td><td > 
</td><td > U.S. Postal Service Pro Cycling Team
</td></tr></table>
<a name="2002_&amp;ndash;_U.S._Postal_Service_Pro_Cycling_Team" id="2002_&amp;ndash;_U.S._Postal_Service_Pro_Cycling_Team"></a><h3>2002 &ndash; U.S. Postal Service Pro Cycling Team</h3>
<table   class="wikitable"><tr>
<th >Date
</th><th >Race
</th><th >Location
</th><th >Winner
</td></tr><tr >
<td >2002-07-28
</td><td > Overall, <a href="/term/2002_Tour_de_France">Tour de France</a> 
</td><td > 
</td><td > <a href="/term/Lance_Armstrong">Lance Armstrong</a>
<tr >
<td >2002-07-27
</td><td > Stage 19 (ITT), Tour de France 
</td><td > 
</td><td > Lance Armstrong
</td></tr><tr >
<td >2002-07-19
</td><td > Stage 12, Tour de France 
</td><td > 
</td><td > Lance Armstrong
</td></tr><tr >
<td >2002-07-18
</td><td > Stage 11, Tour de France 
</td><td > 
</td><td > Lance Armstrong
</td></tr><tr >
<td ><a href="/term/June_2002">2002-06</a>
</td><td > USPRO National Road Race Championships 
</td><td > 
</td><td > Chann McRae
</td></tr><tr >
<td >2002-07-18
</td><td > Overall, Vuelta a Murcia 
</td><td > 
</td><td > <a href="/term/Victor_Hugo_Peña">Victor Hugo Peña</a>
</td></tr></table><p>

<a name="2001_&amp;ndash;_U.S._Postal_Service_Pro_Cycling_Team" id="2001_&amp;ndash;_U.S._Postal_Service_Pro_Cycling_Team"></a><h3>2001 &ndash; U.S. Postal Service Pro Cycling Team</h3>
<table   class="wikitable"><tr>
<th >Date
</th><th >Race
</th><th >Location
</th><th >Winner
</td></tr><tr >
<td >2001-07-28
</td><td > Overall, <a href="/term/2001_Tour_de_France">Tour de France</a> 
</td><td > 
</td><td > <a href="/term/Lance_Armstrong">Lance Armstrong</a>
<tr >
<td >2001-07-27
</td><td > Stage 18 (ITT), Tour de France 
</td><td > 
</td><td > Lance Armstrong
</td></tr><tr >
<td >2001-07-18
</td><td > Stage 11, Tour de France 
</td><td > 
</td><td > Lance Armstrong
</td></tr><tr >
<td >2001-07-17
</td><td > Stage 10, Tour de France 
</td><td > 
</td><td > Lance Armstrong
</td></tr><tr >
<td >2001-04-11
</td><td > <a href="/term/Gent-Wevelgem">Gent-Wevelgem</a> 
</td><td > 
</td><td > <a href="/term/George_Hincapie">George Hincapie</a>
</td></tr><tr >
</tr></table><p>

<a name="2000_&amp;ndash;_U.S._Postal_Service_Pro_Cycling_Team" id="2000_&amp;ndash;_U.S._Postal_Service_Pro_Cycling_Team"></a><h3>2000 &ndash; U.S. Postal Service Pro Cycling Team</h3>
<table   class="wikitable"><tr>
<th >Date
</th><th >Race
</th><th >Location
</th><th >Winner
</td></tr><tr >
<td >2000-07-23
</td><td > General Classification, <a href="/term/2000_Tour_de_France">Tour de France</a> 
</td><td > 
</td><td > <a href="/term/Lance_Armstrong">Lance Armstrong</a>
<tr >
<td >2000-07-21
</td><td > Stage 19 (ITT), Tour de France 
</td><td > 
</td><td > Lance Armstrong
</td></tr><tr >
<td ><a href="/term/2000">2000</a>
</td><td > GP Eddy Merckx 
</td><td > 
</td><td > Lance Armstrong and <a href="/term/Viatcheslav_Ekimov">Viatcheslav Ekimov</a>
</td></tr><tr >
</tr></table><p>


<a name="1999_&amp;ndash;_U.S._Postal_Service_Pro_Cycling_Team" id="1999_&amp;ndash;_U.S._Postal_Service_Pro_Cycling_Team"></a><h3>1999 &ndash; U.S. Postal Service Pro Cycling Team</h3><p>

<table   class="wikitable"><tr>
<th >Date
</th><th >Race
</th><th >Location
</th><th >Winner
</td></tr><tr >
<td >1999-07-25
</td><td > General Classification, <a href="/term/1999_Tour_de_France">Tour de France</a> 
</td><td > 
</td><td > <a href="/term/Lance_Armstrong">Lance Armstrong</a>
<tr >
<td >1999-07-24
</td><td > Stage 19 (ITT), Tour de France 
</td><td > 
</td><td > Lance Armstrong
</td></tr><tr >
<td >1999-07-11
</td><td > Stage 8 (ITT), Tour de France 
</td><td > 
</td><td > Lance Armstrong
</td></tr><tr >
<td >1999-07-03
</td><td > Prologue (ITT), Tour de France 
</td><td > 
</td><td > Lance Armstrong
</td></tr><tr >
<td ><a href="/term/1999">1999</a>
</td><td >  USPRO National Road Race Championships 
</td><td > 
</td><td > Marty Jemison
</td></tr><tr >
<td ><a href="/term/1999">1999</a>
</td><td >  Stage, <a href="/term/Circuit_de_la_Sarthe">Circuit de la Sarthe</a> 
</td><td > 
</td><td > Lance Armstrong
</td></tr><tr >
<td ><a href="/term/1999">1999</a>
</td><td >  Stage, <a href="/term/Dauphiné_Libéré">Dauphiné Libéré</a> 
</td><td > 
</td><td > Lance Armstrong
</td></tr><tr >
<td ><a href="/term/1999">1999</a>
</td><td >  Stage, Route du Sud 
</td><td > 
</td><td > Lance Armstrong
</td></tr><tr >
<td ><a href="/term/1999">1999</a>
</td><td > First Union Classic (Trenton, NJ) 
</td><td > 
</td><td > <a href="/term/George_Hincapie">George Hincapie</a>
</td></tr><tr >
<td ><a href="/term/1999">1999</a>
</td><td > Redlands Classic (Redlands, CA) 
</td><td > 
</td><td > <a href="/term/Christian_Vandevelde">Christian Vandevelde</a>
</td></tr><tr >
<td ><a href="/term/1999">1999</a>
</td><td > Best Young Rider Classification, <a href="/term/Four_Days_of_Dunkirk">Four Days of Dunkirk</a> 
</td><td > 
</td><td > Christian Vandevelde
</td></tr></table><p>

<a name="1998_&amp;ndash;_U.S._Postal_Service_Pro_Cycling_Team" id="1998_&amp;ndash;_U.S._Postal_Service_Pro_Cycling_Team"></a><h3>1998 &ndash; U.S. Postal Service Pro Cycling Team</h3><p>

<p>

<a name="1997_&amp;ndash;_U.S._Postal_Service_Pro_Cycling_Team" id="1997_&amp;ndash;_U.S._Postal_Service_Pro_Cycling_Team"></a><h3>1997 &ndash; U.S. Postal Service Pro Cycling Team</h3>
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Thomas Weisel brings in Mark Gorski, who is the <a href="/term/United_States_at_the_1984_Summer_Olympics">1984 Olympic Gold Medalist</a> in the Men's 1000 m Sprint (Scratch) event, as <a href="/term/Directeur_sportif">team manager</a>.  Due in large part to Russian <a href="/term/Viatcheslav_Ekimov">Viatcheslav Ekimov</a> and his key stage wins at <a href="/term/Paris-Nice">Paris-Nice</a> and the <a href="/term/Dauphiné_Libéré">Dauphiné Libéré</a>, the USPS squad gets its first invitation to ride in the <a href="/term/Tour_de_France">Tour de France</a>.<p>

<p>

<a name="1996_&amp;ndash;_U.S._Postal_Service_Pro_Cycling_Team" id="1996_&amp;ndash;_U.S._Postal_Service_Pro_Cycling_Team"></a><h3>1996 &ndash; U.S. Postal Service Pro Cycling Team</h3>
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With the help of Thomas Weisel and Eddy Borysewicz, the United States Postal Service begins its reign as title sponsor to what has become the most successful cycling team from the United States.  Borysewicz served as the team's <a href="/term/Directeur_sportif">directeur sportif</a> and the team raced mainly in domestic events in the United States.<p>


<p>

<a name="Early_history_and_notable_wins" id="Early_history_and_notable_wins"></a><h2>Early history and notable wins</h2>
<a name="1995_&amp;ndash;_Montgomery-Bell" id="1995_&amp;ndash;_Montgomery-Bell"></a><h3>1995 &ndash; Montgomery-Bell</h3>
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Montgomery Securities Chief Executive Thomas W. Weisel, an avid cyclist, continues his support for cycling.<p>

<p>

<a name="1992-1994_&amp;ndash;_Subaru-Montgomery" id="1992-1994_&amp;ndash;_Subaru-Montgomery"></a><h3>1992-1994 &ndash; Subaru-Montgomery</h3>
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<a href="/term/Subaru">Subaru</a> and Montgomery Securities, led by Thomas Weisel, serve as co-title sponsors.<p>

<p>

<a name="1988-1991_&amp;ndash;_Sunkyong_(Amateur)" id="1988-1991_&amp;ndash;_Sunkyong_(Amateur)"></a><h3>1988-1991 &ndash; Sunkyong (Amateur)</h3>
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Eddy Borysewicz, known as "Eddy B", begins an amateur squad sponsored by Sunkyong, a South Korea-based manufacturing and industrial conglomerate.  At the <a href="/term/United_States_at_the_1984_Summer_Olympics">1984 Summer Olympics</a>, Borysewicz serves as the U.S. Olympic Cycling Coach and leds U.S. cyclists to an unprecedented nine Olympic medals.  Borysewicz is the author of the 1985 book entitled, <em>Bicycle Road Racing: The Complete Program for Training and Competition</em>.<p>

<a name="Sponsors" id="Sponsors"></a><h2>Sponsors</h2>
The following companies and organizations serve as sponsors for the 2006 squad:<ref>http://www.thepaceline.com/sponsors.aspx</ref><p>

<ul><li><a href="/term/Discovery_Channel">Discovery Channel</a></li><li><a href="/term/AMD">AMD</a></li><li><a href="/term/24_Hour_Fitness">24 Hour Fitness</a></li><li>Berry Floor</li><li><a href="/term/Trek_Bicycle_Corporation">Trek</a> / Bontrager (same company)</li><li><a href="/term/Nike,_Inc.">Nike, Inc.</a></li><li><a href="/term/Outdoor_Life_Network">Outdoor Life Network</a></li><li>Powerbar</li><li>Thomas Weisel Partners</li><li>Bissell</li><li><a href="/term/Subaru">Subaru</a></li><li><a href="/term/Shimano">Shimano</a></li><li>Ciclosport</li><li><a href="/term/Dasani">Dasani</a></li><li><a href="/term/Giro">Giro</a></li><li>Hutchinson</li><li>Carmichael Training Systems</li><li>Park Tool USA</li><li>Sci Con</li><li>Sapim Race Spokes</li><li>Maximize</li><li>Tacx</li></ul>
<a name="References" id="References"></a><h2>References</h2>
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<a name="External_links" id="External_links"></a><h2>External links</h2>
<dl><dt>Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team</dt>
</dl><ul><li>&#091;<a href="http://team.discovery.com/" target="_blank">Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team</a>&#093;</li></dl><li>&#091;<a href="http://www.thepaceline.com/" target="_blank">The Official Fan Club of Lance Armstrong and the Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team</a>&#093;</li></ul><dt>U.S. Postal Service Pro Cycling Team</dt>
</dl><li>&#091;<a href="http://www.uspsprocycling.com/" target="_blank">USPS Pro Cycling Team Website</a>&#093;</li></dl><li>&#091;<a href="http://www.postalwatch.org/" target="_blank">Postal Watch</a>&#093;</li></dl><li>&#091;<a href="http://www.cyclingnews.com/letters/?id=2004/mar26letters" target="_blank">Letter arguing that Postal Watch has no case against the USPS</a>&#093;</li></dl><li>&#091;<a href="http://usgovinfo.about.com/cs/consumer/a/uspslance.htm" target="_blank">Inspector General criticisms of sponsorships</a>&#093;</li></ul>
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