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Team RadioShack

Team Radioshack Team Name: RadioShack
Country: USA
Team Website: www.teamradioshack.com
2011 Roster: 29 riders
Bikes Used: Trek Bicycles

2010 Highlights

  • 16 road victories
  • Criterium International: Third place General Classification
  • Tour of the Basque Country: First place General Classification and one stage win
  • Brabantse Pijl: First place General Classification
  • Amgen Tour of California: First place General Classification
  • Tour of Luxembourg: Third place General Classification
  • Dauphiné Libéré: First place General Classification and one stage win
  • Tour of Switzerland: Second place General Classification
  • Tour de France: Stage win
  • Tour of Denmark: Third place General Classification
  • Tour de l'Ain: First place General Classification and one stage win
  • US Time Trial Championship: First and second place General Classification

About

Team RadioShack, run by the sport's most successful team director, Johan Bruyneel, have been one of the world's top teams throughout their history, and their eight Tour de France victories are only part of the story.

In their previous incarnations as Astana and Discovery Channel, they've been victorious in three of the past five editions of the Amgen Tour of California thanks to Levi Leipheimer. The Santa Rosa resident earned each of those wins courtesy of his domination of the Solvang time trial, which returns to the Amgen Tour after a one-year hiatus on Stage 6. The American will also look to the Stage 4 finish atop the Sierra Road climb and the queen stage to Mt Baldy to showcase his climbing talents and gain valuable time toward a fourth Amgen Tour of California title.

The team also boasts one of the top young American talents in Ben King, 22, who has made a habit of superhuman feats such as the 90km solo breakaway that earned him the US pro road race title last September.