The Mercury Cycling Team was an American professional cycling team. It was founded in 1992 as an amateur team by John Wordin and

Thurlow Rogers Thurlow Thomas Rogers (born March 7, 1960 in Burbank, California) is a retired American cyclist. He competed in the men's individual road race in the 1984 Summer Olympics. Palmares ;1982 :2nd Coors Classic ;1983 :Giro delle Regioni ::1st stage 6 ...

, with Mrs. Gooch's Natural Foods Markets as the lead sponsor in 1992 and 1994. Before

Mercury Mercury commonly refers to: * Mercury (planet), the nearest planet to the Sun * Mercury (element), a metallic chemical element with the symbol Hg * Mercury (mythology), a Roman god Mercury or The Mercury may also refer to: Companies * Merc ...

took over title sponsorship from 1998–1999 and 2001–2002 the team raced under various title sponsors including

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(1993), Nutra Fig (1995–1996), Comptel Data Systems (1997), and

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(2000). The team was named Velo News North American Team of the Year from 1996 to 2002 and won 535 races from 1998 to 2002. The team was disbanded after the 2002 season.

Main riders

Léon van Bon Léon Hendrik Jan van Bon (born 28 January 1972) is a retired road racing cyclist from the Netherlands, who won the silver medal in the men's points race at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. He won his first major race at the profess ...

(2001) *

Baden Cooke Baden Cooke (born 12 October 1978) is an Australian retired professional racing cyclist, who competed professionally between 2000 and 2013. Early life Born in Benalla, Victoria, Benalla, Victoria, Cooke began competitive cycling at 11. He comp ...

(2000–2001) *

Tom Danielson Thomas Danielson (born March 13, 1978) is an American retired professional road racing cyclist who competed professionally between 2002 and 2015 for the Mercury Cycling Team (2002), the Saturn Cycling Team (2003), (2004), (2005–2007) and (200 ...

(2002) *

Julian Dean Julian Dean (born 28 January 1975) is a former professional road racing cyclist from New Zealand who competed as a professional between 1999 and 2013. He last rode for UCI World Tour team , where he now works as an assistant sporting director a ...

(1998) *

Fabrizio Guidi Fabrizio Guidi (born 13 April 1972 in Pontedera, Province of Pisa) is an Italian former road bicycle racer. Guidi won over 40 races since he turned professional in 1995, including two stages in Giro d'Italia and three stages of 1998 Vuelta a ...

(2001) *

Chris Horner Christopher Brandon Horner (born October 23, 1971) is an American retired professional road racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 1996 and 2019, and is the most recent American rider to win a Grand Tour. A current resident of Bend, ...

(1993–1996, 1998–2001) *

Jans Koerts Jans Koerts (born 24 August 1969) is a Dutch former professional road bicycle racer. He was professional from 1992 until 2007. Palmarès ;1989 : 1st, Omloop Houtse Linies ;1990 : 1st, Overall, Sachsen Tour : 1st, Stage 4, Teleflex Tour ;1991 ...

(2001) *

Floyd Landis Floyd Landis (born October 14, 1975) is an American former professional road racing cyclist. He finished first at the 2006 Tour de France, and would have been the third non-European winner in the event's history, but was disqualified after test ...

(1999–2001) *

Peter Van Petegem Peter van Petegem (born 18 January 1970 in Brakel, Belgium) is a former professional road racing cyclist. Van Petegem last rode for Quick Step-Innergetic, in 2007. He lived in Horebeke. He was a specialist in spring classics, one of ten riders t ...

(2001) *

(1992–2002) *

Pavel Tonkov Pavel Sergeyevich Tonkov (russian: Павел Сергеевич Тонков; born 9 February 1969 in Izhevsk) is a former professional road racing cyclist from Russia. His talents were first showcased when winning the world junior title as part ...

(2001) *

Jonathan Vaughters Jonathan James Vaughters (born June 10, 1973) is an American former professional racing cyclist and current manager of UCI WorldTeam . Racing career Vaughters started competitive cycling in the 1980s, racing in the Red Zinger Mini Classics you ...

(1997) *

Henk Vogels Hendricus "Henk" Vogels (born 31 July 1973, in Perth) is an Australian former professional road bicycle racer who retired from competition at the end of the 2008 season, riding with the Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team. He won the Australian na ...

(2000–2002) *

Steve Zampieri Steve Zampieri (born 4 June 1977 in Arbon) is a Swiss former professional road bicycle racer. His sporting career began with VC Littoral. Major results ;2000 : 1st Prix d'Armorique : 1st Overall Another Dam Race ::1st Stage 1 ;2001 : 1st Nati ...

(2000) * Gord Fraser (1998–2002) *

Levi Leipheimer Levi Leipheimer (born October 24, 1973) is an American former professional road racing cyclist. He was twice US national champion, winning the time trial title in 1999 and the road race in 2007, and is an Olympic medalist. Leipheimer was born a ...

(1997) *

Derek Bouchard-Hall Derek Bouchard-Hall (born July 16, 1970) is a former US professional cyclist, whose career highlights include winning the gold medal in the team pursuit at the 1999 Pan American Games, winning the 2000 United States National Criterium Championships ...

(1999–2002) *

Mike Sayers Mike may refer to: Animals * Mike (cat), cat and guardian of the British Museum * Mike the Headless Chicken, chicken that lived for 18 months after his head had been cut off * Mike (chimpanzee), a chimpanzee featured in several books and document ...

(1998–2002) * John Peters (1993–2000) *

David Clinger David Clinger (born November 22, 1977 in Los Angeles) is a former professional road racing cyclist from the United States. He represented his native country at the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. In 2010, the U.S. Anti-Dop ...

(1993–1999) *

Will Frischkorn William Frischkorn (born June 10, 1981 in Charleston, West Virginia) is a former professional road bicycle racer, who finished his career with UCI ProTour team . He retired from professional cycling in September 2009 to take up a non-racing role ...

(2000–2002) *

Rahsaan Bahati Rahsaan Bahati (born February 13, 1982 in Lynwood, California) is an American racing cyclist who currently rides for his own cycling team, Bahati Foundation Elite Team. He previously raced for the SKLZ-Pista Palace cycling team. Formerly, he ro ...

(2000–2002) *

Scott Moninger Scott Moninger is an American professional road racing cyclist. He was born October 20, 1966 in Atlanta, Georgia, grew up in Wichita, Kansas, and moved to Boulder, Colorado, in the mid 1980s to further his career in cycling. Moninger turned profess ...

(1999–2002) *

Chris Wherry Chris Wherry (born July 18, 1973) is a former professional road racing cyclist from Boulder, Colorado. In 2006, he wore the jersey of the United States National Road Race Champion, having won the event in 2005. Wherry is one of a series of profe ...

(2001–2002) * Kirk Willet (1993-2000) * Ernesto Lechuga (1998-2002)

Junior/U23 Development riders

Danny Pate Danny Pate (born March 23, 1979) is an American retired professional cyclist, who competed professionally in road racing, cyclo-cross and mountain bike racing between 2000 and 2018 for the , Prime Alliance, , , , , and teams. Career Born in Co ...

(1996) * Michael Creed (1996) * Derek Wilkerson (1996) *

Tyler Farrar Tyler may refer to: People and fictional characters * Tyler (name), an English name; with lists of people with the surname or given name * Tyler, the Creator (born 1991), American rap artist and producer * John Tyler, 10th president of the United ...

(2002) * Wil Frischkorn (1999)

References

* * Defunct cycling teams based in the United States Cycling teams established in 1995 Cycling teams disestablished in 2002 {{cycling-team-stub