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Lidl–Trek () is a professional road bicycle racing team at
UCI WorldTeam A UCI WorldTeam (2015–present), previously UCI ProTeam (2005–2014), is the term used by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) to name a cycling team of the highest category in professional road bicycle racing, road cycling, the UCI World Tou ...
level licensed in the United States. Formerly RadioShack–Nissan, in 2014, Trek took over the ownership of the team and its ProTeam License.


History


2011

The team was founded in 2011 under the name of Leopard Trek and officially stylized as LEOPARD TREK with Brian Nygaard and Kim Andersen as team managers. The Schleck brothers were under contract with the Danish team Saxo Bank managed by
Bjarne Riis Bjarne Lykkegård Riis (; born 3 April 1964), nicknamed ''The Eagle from Herning'' (), is a Denmark, Danish former professional road bicycle racer who won the 1996 Tour de France. For many years he was the owner and later manager of the Oleg Tink ...
through the end of the 2010 season. Several other riders followed the Schleck brothers to the new team, including veterans
Jens Voigt Jens Voigt (; born 17 September 1971) is a German former professional road bicycle racer and, upon retirement, became a cycling sports broadcast commentator. During his cycling career, Voigt raced for several teams, the last one being UCI ProTe ...
,
Fabian Cancellara Fabian Cancellara (born 18 March 1981), nicknamed "Spartacus", is a Swiss people, Swiss cycling executive, businessman and former professional road bicycle racing, road racing cyclist who last rode for UCI ProTeam . He is known for being a qual ...
and
Stuart O'Grady Stuart O'Grady (born 6 August 1973) is a retired Australian road bicycle racer, who rode as a professional between 1995 and 2013. A former track cyclist, O'Grady and Graeme Brown won a gold medal in the Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics – M ...
. Subsequent signings included sprinter
Daniele Bennati Daniele Bennati (born 24 September 1980) is an Italian former road racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2002 and 2019 for the , , , , , , and squads. Specialising in fast Cycling sprinter, sprint finishes, Bennati turned profession ...
,
Davide Viganò Davide Viganò (born 12 June 1984 in Carate Brianza) is an Italian road bicycle racer, who most recently competed for Italian amateur team, . He previously rode for the , , , , , , , and teams. Major results ;2001 : 3rd Team pursuit, UEC Eur ...
and
Joost Posthuma Joost Posthuma (born 8 March 1981) is a Dutch retired professional road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional between 2004 and 2012. Born in Hengelo, Posthuma was known for his time-trialling and he wore the white jersey for the best youn ...
. The team became active at the start of the 2011 cycling season. On December 13, 2010,
Jakob Fuglsang Jakob Diemer Fuglsang (born 22 March 1985) is a Danish professional road racing cyclist, who rides for UCI ProSeries, UCI ProTeam . Before turning professional for , he was a mountain biker racing for Team Cannondale–Vredestein, winning the Und ...
revealed that the team would be called Team Leopard, in reference to the management company run by Nygaard. Trek, the bike supplier, confirmed shortly before the team was officially presented that they would be a co-title sponsor, giving the team a full name of "Leopard Trek."Team Leopard-Trek To Be Presented In Luxembourg
Cyclingnews.com (December 13, 2010). Retrieved August 21, 2011. Team rider
Wouter Weylandt Wouter Weylandt (27 September 1984 – 9 May 2011) was a Belgian professional cyclist for UCI ProTeam and later for . His first major win was the 17th stage of the 2008 Vuelta a España. He also won the third stage of the 2010 Giro d'Italia. He ...
died as a result of a high-speed, downhill crash during the
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. The remaining riders of Leopard Trek left the competition at the completion of the following day's stage.


2012

For the 2012 season, the team was renamed RadioShack–Nissan–Trek. The reason is that the American ceased racing, and their former sponsors joined the Luxembourg Cycling Project.
Johan Bruyneel Johan Bruyneel (born 23 August 1964) is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer and a former directeur sportif for UCI ProTour team , and (later known as Discovery Channel), a US-based UCI ProTour cycling team. On 25 October 2018, the ...
along with several riders from moved to the new team. The lineup for 2012 was officially confirmed on December 5, 2011. The official UCI name for the team is RadioShack Nissan and it is registered in Luxembourg. While the UCI ProTeam is now named RadioShack–Nissan–Trek, in December 2011 Leopard also launched a UCI Continental Team, consisting mainly of U23 riders, called Leopard-Trek. On July 17, 2012,
Fränk Schleck Fränk René Schleck (born 15 April 1980) is a Luxembourgish former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2003 and 2016, for and . Schleck is the older brother of Andy Schleck, Andy, winner of the 2010 Tour de France. ...
was removed from the
2012 Tour de France The 2012 Tour de France was the 99th edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tours. It started in the Belgian city of Liège on 30 June and finished on the Champs-Élysées stage in the Tour de France, Champs ...
by the team during the second rest day after his A-sample returned traces of
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. Team RadioShack–Nissan won the team classification of the Tour de France.
Johan Bruyneel Johan Bruyneel (born 23 August 1964) is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer and a former directeur sportif for UCI ProTour team , and (later known as Discovery Channel), a US-based UCI ProTour cycling team. On 25 October 2018, the ...
stood down as General Manager on October 12 in the aftermath of the publication by the US Anti-Doping Agency of its "reasoned decision" on the Lance Armstrong doping case. On December 21, 2012,
Nissan is a Japanese multinational Automotive industry, automobile manufacturer headquartered in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan. The company sells its vehicles under the ''Nissan'' and ''Infiniti'' brands, and formerly the ''Datsun'' brand, with in-house ...
announced that they would cease to sponsor the team, with immediate effect.


2013

During the
2013 Tour de France The 2013 Tour de France was the 100th edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tours. It started on the island of Corsica on 29 June and finished on the Champs-Élysées in Paris on 21 July. The Tour consisted ...
Team RadioShack-Leopard announced that they would not renew
Fränk Schleck Fränk René Schleck (born 15 April 1980) is a Luxembourgish former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2003 and 2016, for and . Schleck is the older brother of Andy Schleck, Andy, winner of the 2010 Tour de France. ...
's contract, leaving him without a team. It also caused a serious and public rift between his brother
Andy Schleck Andy Raymond Schleck (; born 10 June 1985) is a Luxembourgish former professional road bicycle racer. He won the 2010 Tour de France, being awarded it retroactively in February 2012 after Alberto Contador's hearing at the Court of Arbitration fo ...
and team management, putting his future with the team into doubt. In September 2013,
Chris Horner Christopher Brandon Horner (born October 23, 1971) is an American retired professional Road bicycle racing, road racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 1996 and 2019. A current resident of Bend, Oregon, Horner dominated the American ro ...
beat
Vincenzo Nibali Vincenzo Nibali (; born 14 November 1984) is an Italian former professional road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional from 2005 to 2022. He is one of seven cyclists who have won all three of cycling's Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tours i ...
to win the
2013 Vuelta a España The 2013 Vuelta a España was the 68th edition of the race. Chris Horner won the 2013 Vuelta at the age of 41 on 15 September 2013, becoming the oldest ever Grand Tour winner. Horner beat his nearest challenger, Italian Vincenzo Nibali, by finis ...
becoming the oldest grand tour winner in history, winning two stages along the way.


2014

On July 3, the team announced that
Samsung Samsung Group (; stylised as SΛMSUNG) is a South Korean Multinational corporation, multinational manufacturing Conglomerate (company), conglomerate headquartered in the Samsung Town office complex in Seoul. The group consists of numerous a ...
would become a new minor sponsor of the team.


2015

On December 16, 2015, the team announced that Italian coffee brand Segafredo had committed to a three-year co-title sponsorship effective January 1, 2016, with the team changing name to Trek–Segafredo.


2016

In April the team announced US software company
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would sponsor the team with immediate effect until the end of the 2017 season. In March 2017 the deal was extended through 2019. For the 2017 season, the team announced the signings of
Alberto Contador Alberto Contador Velasco (; born 6 December 1982) is a Spanish former professional cyclist. He is one of the most successful riders of his era, winning the Tour de France twice (2007, 2009), the Giro d'Italia twice (2008, 2015), and the Vuelta ...
,
John Degenkolb John Degenkolb (born 7 January 1989) is a German professional road bicycle racer, who rides for UCI WorldTeam . His biggest wins to date are the 2015 Milan–San Remo and the 2015 Paris–Roubaix, two of cycling's five Cycling monument, monuments ...
(until 2019),
Koen de Kort Koen de Kort (born 8 September 1982) is a Dutch former professional cyclist, who competed between 2002 and 2021 for the , , , and teams. Since his retirement from racing, De Kort has acted as the team support manager for his last professional t ...
(until 2018), Jarlinson Pantano, and
Ivan Basso Ivan Basso (born 26 November 1977) is an Italian former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 1999 and 2015 for seven different teams. Basso, nicknamed Ivan the Terrible, was considered among the best mountain riders in ...
.


2020

The team suspended the 2019 junior road race world champion
Quinn Simmons Quinn Simmons (born May 8, 2001) is an American road cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Lidl–Trek. Career Early career 2018–2021 Simmons' first sport was ski mountaineering, for which he won the bronze medal in the cadet catego ...
for actions on Twitter, where he used a black hand emoji that Trek–Segafredo considered racially insensitive


2023

In 2023, it was announced that both the men's and women's teams would rebrand as Lidl–Trek, thanks to sponsorship from supermarket chain
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. This rebrand would come into effect on June 30, prior to the
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and the
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/
Tour de France Femmes The Tour de France Femmes () is an annual women's road bicycle racing, cycle stage race around France. It is organised by Amaury Sport Organization (ASO), which also runs the Tour de France. It is part of the UCI Women's WorldTour, UCI Women's Wo ...
.


Doping

On June 27, 2017, the
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announced
André Cardoso André Fernando Cardoso Santos Martins (born 3 September 1984) is a Portuguese professional road racing cyclist, who last rode for UCI Continental team . In 2018, he was suspended for four years – backdated to June 2017 – after failing a dr ...
tested positive for
erythropoietin Erythropoietin (; EPO), also known as erythropoetin, haematopoietin, or haemopoietin, is a glycoprotein cytokine secreted mainly by the kidneys in response to cellular hypoxia; it stimulates red blood cell production ( erythropoiesis) in th ...
in an out-of-competition control on June 18 and has been provisionally suspended. He had been due to support Alberto Contador in his bid for the
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, with
Haimar Zubeldia Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (born 1 April 1977) is a Spanish former road racing cyclist from the Basque Country, who competed professionally between 1998 and 2017 for the , , and teams. During his career, Zubeldia recorded five top-ten finishes in t ...
taking the empty roster place. In April 2019, Cycling Anti-Doping Foundation confirmed that Jarlinson Pantano had returned an adverse analytical finding for EPO, in a doping test carried out on February 26. Pantano was immediately suspended by the team.


Team roster


Major wins


National & World champions

;2011 : Luxembourg Road Race, Fränk Schleck : Switzerland Road Race, Fabian Cancellara : Germany Road Race, Robert Wagner ;2012 : Luxembourg Road Race, Laurent Didier : Denmark Time Trial, Jakob Fuglsang : Switzerland Time Trial, Fabian Cancellara ;2013 : New Zealand Road Race, Hayden Roulston : Switzerland Time Trial, Fabian Cancellara : Luxembourg Time Trial, Bob Jungels : Luxembourg Road Race, Bob Jungels : Belgium Road Race, Stijn Devolder : Croatia Road Race, Robert Kišerlovski ;2014 : New Zealand Road Race, Hayden Roulston : Belgian Time Trial, Kristof Vandewalle : Switzerland Time Trial, Fabian Cancellara : Luxembourg Time Trial, Laurent Didier : Japan Time Trial, Fumiyuki Beppu : Austria Road Race, Riccardo Zoidl : Luxembourg Road Race, Fränk Schleck ;2015 : United States Road Race, Matthew Busche : Luxembourg Time Trial, Bob Jungels : Luxembourg Road Race, Bob Jungels ;2016 : Australia Road Race, Jack Bobridge : Switzerland Time Trial, Fabian Cancellara : Italy Road Race, Giacomo Nizzolo ;2017 : Colombia Time Trial, Jarlinson Pantano : Portugal Road Race, Ruben Guerreiro : Denmark Road Race, Mads Pedersen ;2018 : Ethiopia Time Trial, Tsgabu Grmay : Ireland Time Trial, Ryan Mullen : Latvia Time Trial, Toms Skujiņš ;2019 : Ireland Time Trial, Ryan Mullen : Latvia Road Race, Toms Skujiņš : World Road Race, Mads Pedersen ;2020 : Luxembourg U23 Time Trial, Michel Ries ;2021 : Latvia Time Trial, Toms Skujiņš : Latvia Road Race, Toms Skujiņš : Ireland Time Trial, Ryan Mullen : Ireland Road Race, Ryan Mullen ;2022 : Latvia Time Trial, Toms Skujiņš : Latvia Road Race, Emīls Liepiņš : Netherlands Time Trial, Bauke Mollema ;2023 : Eritrea Time Trial, Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier : Latvia Time Trial, Toms Skujiņš : Luxembourg Time Trial, Alex Kirsch : Latvia Road Race, Emīls Liepiņš : Czech Road Race, Mathias Vacek : Denmark Road Race, Mattias Skjelmose : Luxembourg Road Race, Alex Kirsch : United States Road Race, Quinn Simmons : Europe Gravel, Jasper Stuyven : Belgium Gravel, Jasper Stuyven ;2024 : South Africa Time Trial, Ryan Gibbons : South Africa Road Race, Ryan Gibbons : Eritrea Time Trial, Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier : Eritrea Road Race, Natnael Tesfatsion : Netherlands Time Trial, Daan Hoole : Czech Time Trial, Mathias Vacek : Danish Time Trial, Mattias Skjelmose ;2025 : United States Road Race, Quinn Simmons


References


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lidl-Trek UCI WorldTeams Cycling teams based in Luxembourg Cycling teams based in the United States Cycling teams established in 2011 Cycling teams established in 2014 2011 establishments in Luxembourg 2014 establishments in the United States