Staff and Business :
President: Barton Knaggs
Manager: Bill Stapleton
Team Manager: Johan Bruyneel (Bel)
Assistant Team Managers: Dirk Demol (Bel), Lorenzo Lapage, Sean Yates
Sponsor: Discovery Channel: Television Chain
Bikes: Trek (Shimano)
| Rider |
Birthdate |
Nation |
Former Team |
UCI Points
17.10.04 |
UCI Ranking
17.10.04 |
| Lance ARMSTRONG |
18.09.71 |
USA |
|
1726.00 |
7
|
| José AZEVEDO |
19.09.73 |
POR |
|
472.00 |
98
|
| Michael BARRY |
18.12.75 |
CAN |
|
250.00 |
217
|
| Manuel BELTRAN MARTINEZ |
28.05.71 |
ESP |
|
326.00 |
158
|
| Fumiyuki BEPPU |
10.04.83 |
JPN |
New Pro (VC La Pomme Marseilles) |
- |
- |
| Volodymyr BILEKA |
06.02.79 |
UKR |
Landbouwkrediet |
49.00 |
762 |
| Janez BRAJKOVIC |
18.12.83 |
SLO |
New Pro (Krka Novo Mesto/Krka Adria Mobil) |
12.00 |
1328 |
| Michael CREED |
08.01.81 |
USA |
|
10.00 |
1395
|
| Antonio CRUZ |
31.10.71 |
USA |
|
114.00 |
467
|
| Tom DANIELSON |
13.03.78 |
USA |
Fassa Bortolo |
37.00 |
871 |
| Stijn DEVOLDER |
29.08.79 |
BEL |
|
167.50 |
339
|
| Viatcheslav EKIMOV |
04.02.66 |
RUS |
|
556.00 |
70
|
| Roger HAMMOND |
30.01.74 |
GBR |
MrBookmaker.com |
610.00 |
62 |
| Ryder HESJEDAL |
09.12.80 |
CAN |
|
38.00 |
864
|
| George HINCAPIE |
29.06.73 |
USA |
|
706.00 |
48
|
| Leif HOSTE |
17.07.77 |
BEL |
Lotto-Domo |
400.00 |
122 |
| Benoît JOACHIM |
14.01.76 |
LUX |
|
266.00 |
204
|
| Jonathan Patrick MC CARTY |
24.01.82 |
USA |
|
55.00 |
722
|
| Jason MCCARTNEY |
03.09.73 |
USA |
Health Net |
27.00 |
994 |
| Guennadi MIKHAILOV |
08.02.74 |
RUS |
|
72.00 |
620
|
| Benjamin NOVAL GONZALEZ |
23.01.79 |
ESP |
|
95.00 |
524
|
| Pavel PADRNOS |
17.12.70 |
CZE |
|
39.00 |
852
|
| Yaroslav POPOVYCH |
04.01.80 |
UKR |
Landbouwkrediet |
575.00 |
68 |
| Hayden ROULSTON |
10.01.81 |
NZL |
Cofidis |
98.00 |
514 |
| José Luis RUBIERA VIGIL |
27.01.73 |
ESP |
|
189.00 |
306
|
| Paolo SAVOLDELLI |
07.05.73 |
ITA |
T-Mobile Team |
142.00 |
404 |
| Jurgen VAN DEN BROECK |
01.02.83 |
BEL |
|
78.50 |
599
|
| Max VAN HEESWIJK |
02.03.73 |
NED |
|
860.00 |
30
|
The following Riders left the team:
Damon Kluck (??), Kenny Labbe (??), Floyd Landis (Phonak), Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Phonak),
Daniel Rincon Quintana (Elite 2 (05 Orbitel)),
Robbie Ventura (retired (Now Team Manager for Advantage Benefits)), David Zabriskie (Team CSC).
Remark:
This team is based on the former US Postal team (USP)!
Janez Brajkovic's contract, who was riding in meantime for the team KRKA Adria Mobil, started on August 2005.
Thanks to Theo Muller for source data and input
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