# Lidl–Trek (men's team)

Lidl–Trek (UCI team code: LTK) is a professional road bicycle racing team at UCI WorldTeam level licensed in the United States. Formerly RadioShack–Nissan, in 2014, Trek took over the ownership of the team and its ProTeam License.

## History
### 2011

The team was founded in 2011 under the name of Leopard Trek and officially stylized as LEOPARD TREK with Brian Nygaard and Kim Andersen as team managers. The Schleck brothers were under contract with the Danish team Saxo Bank managed by Bjarne Riis through the end of the 2010 season. Several other Team Saxo Bank riders followed the Schleck brothers to the new team, including veterans Jens Voigt, Fabian Cancellara and Stuart O'Grady. Subsequent signings included sprinter Daniele Bennati, Davide Viganò and Joost Posthuma.
The team became active at the start of the 2011 cycling season. On December 13, 2010, Jakob Fuglsang revealed that the team would be called Team Leopard, in reference to the management company run by Nygaard. Trek, the bike supplier, confirmed shortly before the team was officially presented that they would be a co-title sponsor, giving the team a full name of "Leopard Trek."
Team rider Wouter Weylandt died as a result of a high-speed, downhill crash during the 2011 Giro d'Italia. The remaining riders of Leopard Trek left the competition at the completion of the following day's stage.

### 2012

For the 2012 season, the team was renamed RadioShack–Nissan–Trek. The reason is that the American Team RadioShack ceased racing, and their former sponsors joined the Luxembourg Cycling Project. Johan Bruyneel along with several riders from Team RadioShack moved to the new team. The lineup for 2012 was officially confirmed on December 5, 2011. The official UCI name for the team is RadioShack Nissan and it is registered in Luxembourg.
While the UCI ProTeam is now named RadioShack–Nissan–Trek, in December 2011 Leopard also launched a UCI Continental Team, consisting mainly of U23 riders, called Leopard-Trek.
On July 17, 2012, Fränk Schleck was removed from the 2012 Tour de France by the team during the second rest day after his A-sample returned traces of Xipamide. Team RadioShack–Nissan won the team classification of the Tour de France.
Johan Bruyneel stood down as General Manager on October 12 in the aftermath of the publication by the US Anti-Doping Agency of its "reasoned decision" on the Lance Armstrong doping case.
On December 21, 2012, Nissan announced that they would cease to sponsor the team, with immediate effect.

### 2013

During the 2013 Tour de France Team RadioShack-Leopard announced that they would not renew Fränk Schleck's contract, leaving him without a team. It also caused a serious and public rift between his brother Andy Schleck and team management, putting his future with the team into doubt.
In September 2013, Chris Horner beat Vincenzo Nibali to win the 2013 Vuelta a España becoming the oldest grand tour winner in history, winning two stages along the way.

### 2014

On July 3, the team announced that Samsung would become a new minor sponsor of the team.

### 2015

On December 16, 2015, the team announced that Italian coffee brand Segafredo had committed to a three-year co-title sponsorship effective January 1, 2016, with the team changing name to Trek–Segafredo.

### 2016

In April the team announced US software company CA Technologies would sponsor the team with immediate effect until the end of the 2017 season. In March 2017 the deal was extended through 2019.
For the 2017 season, the team announced the signings of Alberto Contador, John Degenkolb (until 2019), Koen de Kort (until 2018), Jarlinson Pantano, and Ivan Basso.

### 2020

The team suspended the 2019 junior road race world champion Quinn Simmons for actions on Twitter, where he used a black hand emoji that Trek–Segafredo considered racially insensitive

### 2023

In 2023, it was announced that both the men's and women's teams would rebrand as Lidl–Trek, thanks to sponsorship from supermarket chain Lidl. This rebrand would come into effect on June 30, prior to the Giro Donne and the Tour de France / Tour de France Femmes.

## Doping

On June 27, 2017, the UCI announced André Cardoso tested positive for erythropoietin in an out-of-competition control on June 18 and has been provisionally suspended. He had been due to support Alberto Contador in his bid for the 2017 Tour de France, with Haimar Zubeldia taking the empty roster place.
In April 2019, Cycling Anti-Doping Foundation confirmed that Jarlinson Pantano had returned an adverse analytical finding for EPO, in a doping test carried out on February 26. Pantano was immediately suspended by the team.

## Team roster

    As of January 5, 2025.
| | Rider | Date of birth |
| Andrea Bagioli (ITA) | Andrea Bagioli (ITA) | (1999-03-23) March 23, 1999 (age 25) |
| Julien Bernard (FRA) | Julien Bernard (FRA) | (1992-03-17) March 17, 1992 (age 32) |
| Simone Consonni (ITA) | Simone Consonni (ITA) | (1994-09-12) September 12, 1994 (age 30) |
| Giulio Ciccone (ITA) | Giulio Ciccone (ITA) | (1994-12-20) December 20, 1994 (age 30) |
| Tim Declercq (BEL) | Tim Declercq (BEL) | (1989-03-29) March 29, 1989 (age 35) |
| Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBR) | Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBR) | (1995-03-30) March 30, 1995 (age 29) |
| Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier (ERI) | Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier (ERI) | (1994-08-17) August 17, 1994 (age 30) |
| Ryan Gibbons (RSA) | Ryan Gibbons (RSA) | (1994-08-13) August 13, 1994 (age 30) |
| Daan Hoole (NED) | Daan Hoole (NED) | (1999-02-22) February 22, 1999 (age 25) |
| Lennard Kämna (GER) | Lennard Kämna (GER) | (1996-09-09) September 9, 1996 (age 28) |
| Alex Kirsch (LUX) | Alex Kirsch (LUX) | (1992-06-12) June 12, 1992 (age 32) |
| Patrick Konrad (AUT) | Patrick Konrad (AUT) | (1991-10-23) October 23, 1991 (age 33) |
| Søren Kragh Andersen (DEN) | Søren Kragh Andersen (DEN) | (1994-08-10) August 10, 1994 (age 30) |
| Juan Pedro López (ESP) | Juan Pedro López (ESP) | (1997-07-31) July 31, 1997 (age 27) |
| Jonathan Milan (ITA) | Jonathan Milan (ITA) | (2000-10-01) October 1, 2000 (age 24) |
| | Rider | Date of birth |
| Bauke Mollema (NED) | Bauke Mollema (NED) | (1986-11-26) November 26, 1986 (age 38) |
| Jacopo Mosca (ITA) | Jacopo Mosca (ITA) | (1993-08-29) August 29, 1993 (age 31) |
| Thibau Nys (BEL) | Thibau Nys (BEL) | (2002-11-12) November 12, 2002 (age 22) |
| Sam Oomen (NED) | Sam Oomen (NED) | (1995-08-15) August 15, 1995 (age 29) |
| Mads Pedersen (DEN) | Mads Pedersen (DEN) | (1995-12-18) December 18, 1995 (age 29) |
| Albert Philipsen (DEN) | Albert Philipsen (DEN) | (2006-09-03) September 3, 2006 (age 18) |
| Quinn Simmons (USA) | Quinn Simmons (USA) | (2001-05-08) May 8, 2001 (age 23) |
| Mattias Skjelmose (DEN) | Mattias Skjelmose (DEN) | (2000-09-26) September 26, 2000 (age 24) |
| Toms Skujiņš (LAT) | Toms Skujiņš (LAT) | (1991-06-15) June 15, 1991 (age 33) |
| Jasper Stuyven (BEL) | Jasper Stuyven (BEL) | (1992-04-17) April 17, 1992 (age 32) |
| Tim Torn Teutenberg (GER) | Tim Torn Teutenberg (GER) | (2002-06-19) June 19, 2002 (age 22) |
| Edward Theuns (BEL) | Edward Theuns (BEL) | (1991-04-30) April 30, 1991 (age 33) |
| Mathias Vacek (CZE) | Mathias Vacek (CZE) | (2002-06-12) June 12, 2002 (age 22) |
| Otto Vergaerde (BEL) | Otto Vergaerde (BEL) | (1994-07-15) July 15, 1994 (age 30) |
| Carlos Verona (ESP) | Carlos Verona (ESP) | (1992-11-04) November 4, 1992 (age 32) |

## National & World champions
### 2011

    Luxembourg Road Race, Fränk Schleck
    Switzerland Road Race, Fabian Cancellara
    Germany Road Race, Robert Wagner

### 2012

    Luxembourg Road Race, Laurent Didier
    Denmark Time Trial, Jakob Fuglsang
    Switzerland Time Trial, Fabian Cancellara

### 2013

    New Zealand Road Race, Hayden Roulston
    Switzerland Time Trial, Fabian Cancellara
    Luxembourg Time Trial, Bob Jungels
    Luxembourg Road Race, Bob Jungels
    Belgium Road Race, Stijn Devolder
    Croatia Road Race, Robert Kišerlovski

### 2014

    New Zealand Road Race, Hayden Roulston
    Belgian Time Trial, Kristof Vandewalle
    Switzerland Time Trial, Fabian Cancellara
    Luxembourg Time Trial, Laurent Didier
    Japan Time Trial, Fumiyuki Beppu
    Austria Road Race, Riccardo Zoidl
    Luxembourg Road Race, Fränk Schleck

### 2015

    United States Road Race, Matthew Busche
    Luxembourg Time Trial, Bob Jungels
    Luxembourg Road Race, Bob Jungels

### 2016

    Australia Road Race, Jack Bobridge
    Switzerland Time Trial, Fabian Cancellara
    Italy Road Race, Giacomo Nizzolo

### 2017

    Colombia Time Trial, Jarlinson Pantano
    Portugal Road Race, Ruben Guerreiro
    Denmark Road Race, Mads Pedersen

### 2018

    Ethiopia Time Trial, Tsgabu Grmay
    Ireland Time Trial, Ryan Mullen
    Latvia Time Trial, Toms Skujiņš

### 2019

    Ireland Time Trial, Ryan Mullen
    Latvia Road Race, Toms Skujiņš
    World Road Race, Mads Pedersen

### 2020

    Luxembourg U23 Time Trial, Michel Ries

### 2021

    Latvia Time Trial, Toms Skujiņš
    Latvia Road Race, Toms Skujiņš
    Ireland Time Trial, Ryan Mullen
    Ireland Road Race, Ryan Mullen

### 2022

    Latvia Time Trial, Toms Skujiņš
    Latvia Road Race, Emīls Liepiņš
    Netherlands Time Trial, Bauke Mollema

### 2023

    Eritrea Time Trial, Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier
    Latvia Time Trial, Toms Skujiņš
    Luxembourg Time Trial, Alex Kirsch
    Latvia Road Race, Emīls Liepiņš
    Czech Road Race, Mathias Vacek
    Denmark Road Race, Mattias Skjelmose
    Luxembourg Road Race, Alex Kirsch
    United States Road Race, Quinn Simmons
    Europe Gravel, Jasper Stuyven
    Belgium Gravel, Jasper Stuyven

### 2024

    South Africa Time Trial, Ryan Gibbons
    South Africa Road Race, Ryan Gibbons
    Eritrea Time Trial, Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier
    Eritrea Road Race, Natnael Tesfatsion
    Netherlands Time Trial, Daan Hoole
    Czech Time Trial, Mathias Vacek
    Danish Time Trial, Mattias Skjelmose