HTC-Highroad
HTC -Highroad (formerly Team Columbia- HTC, Team Columbia -Highroad and Team High Road ) was sponsored by the Taiwanese manufacturer of smartphones and PDAs HTC professional cycling team based in San Luis Obispo, California.
History
From 1991 to 2003, the team joined funded by the sponsor German Telekom under the name of Team Telekom, to 2007 as T- Mobile Team, named after the mobile communications subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom T -Mobile.
In 2007, the multi-millionaire Bob Stapleton took over with its operating company New roads Sport GmbH, a subsidiary of him belonging High Road Sports Inc., leading the team T -Mobile. Previously, the main sponsor had announced T -Mobile that you wanted to separate from the Olaf Ludwig Cycling GmbH, the previous operator of the T-Mobile team. Stapleton should restructure ( Fuentes doping scandal, Doping scandal Team Telekom ) and run back to the success of the team after the doping scandals.
On 27 November 2007, the Management Board of Deutsche Telekom announced to end the cycling commitment of the mobile subsidiary T -Mobile with immediate effect. The trigger for this was that of the T- Mobile rider Patrick Sinkewitz doping case before the Tour de France 2007. Decision related to both the men's and the women's team. According to the press release, the agreement between T -Mobile and the operating company " New roads Sport GmbH " was disbanded under the management of Bob Stapleton in " mutual agreement ". Originally the contract was to run until the end of 2010.
Then took over High Road Sports Inc. the operation of the men's teams under his own name and received December 4, 2007 a preliminary ProTeam license. As a result, won Bob Stapleton new name sponsors for the team: First, in the course of the 2008 season, the U.S. leisure clothing company, Columbia Sportswear, and from 2009 HTC. Since 1 January 2011, the team HTC -Highroad is, since Columbia ended its sponsorship of the team ..
August 4, 2011 Bob Stapleton announced that Team HTC -Highroad is dissolved at the end of the 2011 season. The reason he stated that no new potential sponsor was found who is willing to support the team on the previous level. The previous main sponsor HTC finished his engagement at the end of the year.
Season 2011
Successes in the UCI World Tour
Successes in the UCI America Tour
Successes in the UCI Asia Tour
Successes in the UCI Europe Tour
Successes in the UCI Oceania Tour
Additions - Disposals
Team
Success in previous years
Placings in UCI rankings
UCI ProTour
UCI World Calendar