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team. The main sponsor from 1999 to 2004 was a Dutch lottery operator BankGiro Loterij . No sponsor was available for 2005, so the team disbanded. At that time, they were placed 29th in Division 1 in the

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. A significant number of the team riders joined Team Shimano-Memory Corp, after its merge with

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