Geox-TMC

Geox -TMC (formerly Footon - Servetto, Fuji - Servetto, before Scott - American Beef, Saunier Duval -Scott and Saunier Duval Prodir - ) was a Spanish cycling team.

The team was founded in 2004 by team manager Mauro Gianetti and took until 2010 UCI ProTeam as at UCI ProTour part. The 2011 season the team played as a Professional Continental team. At the end of the 2011 season the team was disbanded because the team operator Grupo Deportivo GM Bicicletas could find after the withdrawal of the main sponsor Geox, an Italian shoe manufacturer, no new sponsor.

The team was equipped to the year 2008/2009 with wheels of the company Scott, who bikes from Fuji were asked since 2009.

Since 2008, the team was repeatedly implicated in doping scandals that had the frequent change of sponsor result. Thus, Saunier Duval withdrew after the then team captain Riccardo Ricco at the Tour de France was in 2008 caught doping. The bike producer Scott announced initially, continue to act as sponsor of the team, has later his support but also terminated. From 2011, the team had only a license as a Professional Continental team and went under the name of Geox - TMC. Despite prominent riders in the team as the former Tour winner Carlos Sastre and the third in the 2010 Tour de France, Denis Menshov, the team was surprisingly not invited to the Tour de France 2011.

For the Vuelta a España 2011, the team the team before the dissolution of a bang was the start authorization via a wildcard and galang here practically a few weeks. Decided to Juan José Cobo, the middle the 2011 's cycling career and had to be persuaded to carry on, won the 15th stage with heavy target on the Alto de Angliru alone. He took over the leader's jersey and was able to save from his narrow lead 13 seconds to Madrid. This overall victory in the Vuelta was therefore the greatest success of the team as a whole.

Season 2011

Successes in the UCI World Tour

Successes in the UCI Europe Tour

Departures - Arrivals

Team

Placings in UCI rankings

Placings in UCI rankings

UCI World Ranking

UCI ProTour

UCI World Calendar

UCI Africa Tour

UCI America Tour

UCI Asia Tour

UCI Europe Tour

UCI Oceania Tour

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