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Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team

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Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team is a US-based professional road bicycle racing team. It is the continuation of the 2004 US Postal Service Pro Cycling Team. Lance Armstrong, seven time Tour de France winner, was its leader (albeit only during the Tour) until July 2005. Since 2005, the team is one of the 20 teams that compete in the new UCI ProTour.

On June 15 2004, the Discovery Channel 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, TLC, and Fit TV.

The deal is not expected to affect OLN's rights to air major cycling events such as the Tour de France, despite the fact that the two channels are competitors.

The team is directed by the Belgian Johan Bruyneel, who also managed U.S. Postal. The chief mechanic is Julien DeVries. The team is co-owned by Tailwind Sports Corp. of San Francisco and Capital Sports & Entertainment of Austin, TX.

In its maiden year, the Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team has won two of the three Grand Tours of cycling: The Tour de France (Lance Armstrong) and the Giro d'Italia (Paolo Savoldelli).

2006 team list

No data in the '2005 team' coloumn indicates the rider also rode for Discovery Channel in the 2005 season.

Name Born Nationality 2005 team
José Azevedo 1973name={{{name|}}}}}
Michael Barry1975name={{{name|}}}}}
Manuel Beltran1971name={{{name|}}}}}
Fumiyuki Beppu1983name={{{name|}}}}}
Volodymyr Bileka1979name={{{name|}}}}}
Janez Brajkovič1983name={{{name|}}}}}
Tom Danielson1978name={{{name|}}}}}
Stijn Devolder1979name={{{name|}}}}}
Viatcheslav Ekimov1966name={{{name|}}}}}
Vladimir Gusev1982name={{{name|}}}}}Team CSC
Roger Hammond1974name={{{name|}}}}}
George Hincapie1973name={{{name|}}}}}
Leif Hoste1977name={{{name|}}}}}
Benoît Joachim1976name={{{name|}}}}}
Trent Lowe1984name={{{name|}}}}}Jittery Joe's
Egoi Martínez de Esteban1978name={{{name|}}}}}Euskaltel-Euskadi
Jason McCartney1973name={{{name|}}}}}
Guennady Mikhaylov1974name={{{name|}}}}}
Benjamín Noval1979name={{{name|}}}}}
Pavel Padrnos1996name={{{name|}}}}}
Yaroslav Popovych1980name={{{name|}}}}}
Hayden Roulston1981name={{{name|}}}}}
José Luis Rubiera1973name={{{name|}}}}}
Paolo Savoldelli1973name={{{name|}}}}}
Jurgen van den Broeck1983name={{{name|}}}}}
Jurgen Van Goolen1980name={{{name|}}}}}Quick·Step
Max van Heeswijk1973name={{{name|}}}}}
Matthew White1974name={{{name|}}}}}Cofidis

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Teams UCI ProTour (2006)
AG2R Prévoyance | Bouygues Télécom | Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone | Crédit Agricole | Team CSC | Davitamon-Lotto | Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team | Euskaltel-Euskadi | La Française des Jeux | Team Gerolsteiner | Illes Balears - Caisse D'Espargne | Lampre-Caffita | Liberty Seguros - Würth Team | Liquigas-Bianchi | Team Milram | Phonak Hearing Systems | Quick·Step - Innergetic | Rabobank | Saunier Duval-Prodir | T-Mobile Team
see also: UCI ProTour | UCI Continental Circuits | UCI ProTour 2006
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