# Team RadioShack

Team RadioShack was a professional road bicycle racing team, with RadioShack as the title sponsor, the creation of which was announced on July 23, 2009. Lance Armstrong co-owned and led the team, which raced in the Grand Tours and the UCI ProTour. The team was managed by Capital Sports and Entertainment, an Austin, Texas sports and event management group that also manages the Trek-Livestrong U23 development cycling team and that ran the former Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team.
Johan Bruyneel was Team RadioShack's initial overall manager and Dirk Demol was the directeur sportif. Former Discovery Channel cyclists Viatcheslav Ekimov from Russia and José Azevedo from Portugal was also part of the managerial squad. Armstrong said that the team would promote the Livestrong anti-cancer campaigns of his Lance Armstrong Foundation, and will also be sponsored by Trek Bicycle Corporation, SRAM Corporation and Nike, Inc. sportswear.
The team ceased to exist in its current structure from the end of the 2011 season as Radioshack returned their World Tour Licence to the UCI. Their two main sponsors, RadioShack and Nissan, moved their sponsorship to Team Leopard Trek. Sporting Director Johan Bruyneel moved to the newly named RadioShack-Nissan team along with several of the current Radioshack riders. While effectively a merge, there is some debate between the two teams as to the nature of the agreement. Radioshack described it as a merge, while Flavio Becca, owner of Leopard Trek stated that his team was continuing, and simply taking over Radioshacks sponsors, and some of their riders. The new team was registered in Luxembourg with the UCI.

## Team history
### 2010

On November 25, 2009, The UCI ProTour Council (UPTC) announced that the team was successfully registered for the 2010 season The team's final 2010 team roster includes 26 riders from 16 countries, after Japanese rider Fumiyuki Beppu joined in February. Demol and twelve of the riders were previously with the Kazakh team Astana Qazaqstan Team in the UCI ProTour, including eight of the team's nine riders on the winning team in the 2009 Tour de France. In April 2010 Li Fuyu was suspended by the team after failing a doping test.
The team had planned on racing in the 2010 Tour de France and the 2010 Vuelta a España, among other races, but it controversially was not invited to the Vuelta. Team RadioShack went on to achieve the team victory of the 2010 Tour de France, while leading the team classification after about half its stages. It was the second time that an American team had won the team classification, preceded by Discovery Channel in 2007. After the Tour de France, the team promoted Taylor Phinney and Jesse Sergent from the Trek-Livestrong U23 team and Clinton Avery from the PWS Eijssen team to the RadioShack roster as "stagiaires" ("trainees" in French) for the remainder of the season.

### 2011

The 2011 season for Team RadioShack began in January at the Tour Down Under, and ended in October with Robbie McEwen's participation in the Noosa Grand Prix. As a UCI ProTeam, they were automatically invited and obligated to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour.
While the team had 28 wins in 2011, and showed well enough to briefly be the leading team in the UCI World Tour rankings, they were nearly invisible in the Grand Tours, the races which have defined manager Johan Bruyneel's managerial career. A Tour de France besieged by crashes and injuries led to Haimar Zubeldia in 15th place being their best finisher, the worst showing for a Bruyneel-led team at the Tour in five years. The team's principal successes were the three major stage races in the United States, the Tour of California, the Tour of Utah, and the USA Pro Cycling Challenge. Team RadioShack fielded the overall winner in all three events, Chris Horner in California and Levi Leipheimer in Utah and Colorado. The team also won seven other stage races, easily the most of any major team on the season.

## 2011 team roster

As at December 31, 2011.
| | Rider | Date of birth |
| Fumiyuki Beppu (JPN) | Fumiyuki Beppu (JPN) | (1983-04-10)April 10, 1983 (aged 28) |
| Sam Bewley (NZL) | Sam Bewley (NZL) | (1987-07-22)July 22, 1987 (aged 24) |
| Janez Brajkovič (SLO) | Janez Brajkovič (SLO) | (1983-12-18)December 18, 1983 (aged 28) |
| Matthew Busche (USA) | Matthew Busche (USA) | (1985-05-09)May 9, 1985 (aged 26) |
| Manuel Cardoso (POR) | Manuel Cardoso (POR) | (1983-04-07)April 7, 1983 (aged 28) |
| Philip Deignan (IRE) | Philip Deignan (IRE) | (1983-09-07)September 7, 1983 (aged 28) |
| Ben Hermans (BEL) | Ben Hermans (BEL) | (1986-06-08)June 8, 1986 (aged 25) |
| Chris Horner (USA) | Chris Horner (USA) | (1971-11-10)November 10, 1971 (aged 40) |
| Robert Hunter (RSA) | Robert Hunter (RSA) | (1977-04-22)April 22, 1977 (aged 34) |
| Ben King (USA) | Ben King (USA) | (1989-03-22)March 22, 1989 (aged 22) |
| Andreas Klöden (GER) | Andreas Klöden (GER) | (1975-06-22)June 22, 1975 (aged 36) |
| Michał Kwiatkowski (POL) | Michał Kwiatkowski (POL) | (1990-06-02)June 2, 1990 (aged 21) |
| Markel Irizar (ESP) | Markel Irizar (ESP) | (1980-02-05)February 5, 1980 (aged 31) |
| Levi Leipheimer (USA) | Levi Leipheimer (USA) | (1973-10-24)October 24, 1973 (aged 38) |
| | Rider | Date of birth |
| Geoffroy Lequatre (FRA) | Geoffroy Lequatre (FRA) | (1981-06-30)June 30, 1981 (aged 30) |
| Tiago Machado (POR) | Tiago Machado (POR) | (1985-10-18)October 18, 1985 (aged 26) |
| Jason McCartney (USA) | Jason McCartney (USA) | (1973-09-03)September 3, 1973 (aged 38) |
| Robbie McEwen (AUS) | Robbie McEwen (AUS) | (1972-06-24)June 24, 1972 (aged 39) |
| Dmitriy Muravyev (KAZ) | Dmitriy Muravyev (KAZ) | (1979-11-02)November 2, 1979 (aged 32) |
| Nelson Oliveira (POR) | Nelson Oliveira (POR) | (1989-03-06)March 6, 1989 (aged 22) |
| Sérgio Paulinho (POR) | Sérgio Paulinho (POR) | (1980-03-26)March 26, 1980 (aged 31) |
| Yaroslav Popovych (UKR) | Yaroslav Popovych (UKR) | (1980-01-04)January 4, 1980 (aged 31) |
| Grégory Rast (SUI) | Grégory Rast (SUI) | (1980-01-17)January 17, 1980 (aged 31) |
| Sébastien Rosseler (BEL) | Sébastien Rosseler (BEL) | (1981-07-15)July 15, 1981 (aged 30) |
| Ivan Rovny (RUS) | Ivan Rovny (RUS) | (1987-09-30)September 30, 1987 (aged 24) |
| Bjørn Selander (USA) | Bjørn Selander (USA) | (1988-01-28)January 28, 1988 (aged 23) |
| Jesse Sergent (NZL) | Jesse Sergent (NZL) | (1988-07-08)July 8, 1988 (aged 23) |
| Haimar Zubeldia (ESP) | Haimar Zubeldia (ESP) | (1977-04-01)April 1, 1977 (aged 34) |

### 2012 Bontrager-Livestrong U23 team roster

As of December 31, 2012.
| | Rider | Date of birth |
| Joshua Atkins (NZL) | Joshua Atkins (NZL) | (1992-06-28)June 28, 1992 (aged 20) |
| Ian Boswell (USA) | Ian Boswell (USA) | (1991-02-07)February 7, 1991 (aged 21) |
| Nathan Brown (USA) | Nathan Brown (USA) | (1991-07-07)July 7, 1991 (aged 21) |
| Lawson Craddock (USA) | Lawson Craddock (USA) | (1992-02-20)February 20, 1992 (aged 20) |
| Jasper De Buyst (BEL) | Jasper De Buyst (BEL) | (1993-11-24)November 24, 1993 (aged 19) |
| | Rider | Date of birth |
| Joseph Dombrowski (USA) | Joseph Dombrowski (USA) | (1991-05-12)May 12, 1991 (aged 21) |
| Ryan Eastman (USA) | Ryan Eastman (USA) | (1992-07-28)July 28, 1992 (aged 20) |
| Gavin Mannion (USA) | Gavin Mannion (USA) | (1991-08-24)August 24, 1991 (aged 21) |
| Conor O'Leary (USA) | Conor O'Leary (USA) | (1991-01-01)January 1, 1991 (aged 21) |
| Dale Parker (AUS) | Dale Parker (AUS) | (1992-05-12)May 12, 1992 (aged 20) |
| Jasper Stuyven (BEL) | Jasper Stuyven (BEL) | (1992-04-17)April 17, 1992 (aged 20) |

## List of wins
### 2010

    Stage 4 Volta ao Algarve, Sébastien Rosseler
       Portuguese rider classification, Tiago Machado
       Teams classification
    Teams classification Giro di Sardegna
    Youth classification Critérium International, Tiago Machado
       Teams classification
    Stage 2b Circuit de la Sarthe, Tiago Machado
    Overall Tour of the Basque Country, Chris Horner
       Stage 6, Chris Horner
    De Brabantse Pijl, Sébastien Rosseler
    Teams classification, Vuelta a Castilla y León
    Teams classification, Tour de Romandie
    Overall Tour of the Gila, Levi Leipheimer
       Stage 1, Levi Leipheimer
    Stage 5 Tour of Belgium, Ben Hermans
    Teams classification Tour de Luxembourg
    Overall Critérium du Dauphiné, Janez Brajkovič
       Stage 4, Janez Brajkovič
    Teams classification Tour of Austria
    Teams classification Tour de France
       Stage 10, Sergio Paulinho
    Overall Tour de l'Ain, Haimar Zubeldia
       Prologue, Haimar Zubeldia
    Overall Tour of Utah, Levi Leipheimer
       Prologue, Taylor Phinney
       Stage 3, Levi Leipheimer
    Stage 4 Tour du Poitou-Charentes, Markel Irizar
    Prologue Tour de l'Avenir, Taylor Phinney
    Leadville Trail 100 MTB, Levi Leipheimer
    United States National Time Trial championships, Taylor Phinney
    World U23 Road Race championships, Taylor Phinney

### 2011

    Trofeo Inca-inca, Ben Hermans
    Tour De Mumbai II, Robbie Hunter
    Overall Vuelta a Andalucía Ruta ciclista del Sol, Markel Irizar
    Overall Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen, Jesse Sergent
       Prologue Jesse Sergent
    Stage 5 Paris–Nice, Andréas Klöden
    Stage 4 Volta Ciclista a Catalunya, Manuel Cardoso
    Stage 3 Critérium International, Andréas Klöden
    Overall Three Days of De Panne, Sébastien Rosseler
    Overall Tour of the Basque Country, Andréas Klöden
    Stage 1 Giro del Trentino, Andréas Klöden
    Overall Amgen Tour of California, Chris Horner
       Stage 4, Chris Horner
       Stage 7, Levi Leipheimer
    United States National Road Race championships, Matthew Busche
    Japan National Time Trial championships, Fumiyuki Beppu
    Overall Tour de Suisse, Levi Leipheimer
    Portugal National Time Trial championships, Nelson Oliveira
    Japan National Road Racec championships, Fumiyuki Beppu
    Slovenia National Time Trial championships, Janez Brajkovič
    Stage 1 Tour of Austria, Robert Hunter
    Stage 4 Tour de Wallonie, Robbie McEwen
    Stage 5 Eneco Tour, Jesse Sergent
    Overall Tour of Utah, Levi Leipheimer
    Overall USA Pro Cycling Challenge, Levi Leipheimer
       Stages 1 & 3, Levi Leipheimer
    Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes, Jesse Sergent
       Stage 4, Jesse Sergent
    Overall Tour de Wallonie-Picarde, Robbie McEwen
       Stages 1 & 4, Robbie McEwen

### Supplementary statistics

Sources
Grand Tours by highest finishing position :
| Race | 2010 | 2011 |
| Giro d'Italia | – | 19 |
| Tour de France | 9 | 15 |
| Vuelta a España | – | 22 |
| Major week-long stage races by highest finishing position |||||
| Race | 2010 | 2011 |
| Tour Down Under | 24 | 15 |
| Paris–Nice | 11 | 2 |
| Tirreno–Adriatico | – | 7 |
| Volta a Catalunya | 9 | 3 |
| Tour of the Basque Country | 1 | 1 |
| Tour de Romandie | 5 | 7 |
| Critérium du Dauphiné | 1 | 9 |
| Tour de Suisse | 2 | 1 |
| Tour de Pologne | 9 | 18 |
| Eneco Tour | 8 | 9 |
| Monument races by highest finishing position |||||
| Race | 2010 | 2011 |
| Milan–San Remo | 14 | 23 |
| Tour of Flanders | 27 | 42 |
| Paris–Roubaix | 11 | 4 |
| Liège–Bastogne–Liège | 7 | 22 |
| Giro di Lombardia | 20 | 32 |
| Classics by highest finishing position |||||
| Classic | 2010 | 2011 |
| Omloop Het Nieuwsblad | 54 | – |
| Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne | 9 | – |
| Strade Bianche | – | – |
| E3 Harelbeke | 16 | 41 |
| Gent–Wevelgem | DNF | 19 |
| Amstel Gold Race | 10 | 8 |
| La Flèche Wallonne | 7 | 17 |
| Clásica de San Sebastián | 4 | 6 |
| Paris–Tours | 3 | 7 |

## National championships
### 2010

       USA Road Race Ben King
       USA Time Trial Taylor Phinney
       U23 World Road Race Taylor Phinney

### 2011

       Japan Road Race Fumiyuki Beppu
       Japan Time Trial Fumiyuki Beppu
       USA Road Race Matthew Busche
       Slovenia Time Trial Janez Brajkovič
       Portugal Time Trial Nelson Oliveira