UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team (UCI identifier: UHC) was a professional road bicycle racing team, run by Momentum Sports Group and based in the United States. The team is sponsored principally by UnitedHealth Group. It began at the end of 2009 as a reorganization of the OUCH Pro Cycling Team, with headlining cyclist Floyd Landis leaving the team.[2] The team folded at the end of the 2018 season, with the main sponsor transferring to Rally Cycling.[3][4]
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| Team information | |
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| UCI code | UHC |
| Registered | United States |
| Founded | 2003 |
| Disbanded | 2018 |
| Discipline(s) | Road |
| Status | UCI Professional Continental |
| Bicycles | Orbea[1] |
| Website | Team home page |
| Key personnel | |
| General manager | Thierry Attias |
| Team manager(s) | Mike Tamayo Hendrik Redant Rachel Heal |
| Team name history | |
2003 2004–2008 2009 2010 2011–2018 | Health Net Cycling Team Health Net presented by Maxxis OUCH presented by Maxxis UnitedHealthcare presented by Maxxis UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling |
Team roster
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Major wins
edit- 2003
- Stage 1 Sea Otter Classic, Mike Sayers
- Stage 3 GP de Beauce, Gordon Fraser
- Stage 1 Herald Sun Tour, Mike Sayers
- 2004
- Prologue Sea Otter Classic, Hayden Godfrey
- Stage 1 & 7 Tour de Georgia, Gordon Fraser
- Stage 5 Tour de Georgia, Jason McCartney
Canada Road Race Championship, Gordon Fraser- Stage 7 Tour de l'Avenir, Tyler Farrar
- 2005
- Overall Redlands Bicycle Classic, Chris Wherry
- Prologue, Chris Wherry
- Overall Sea Otter Classic, Doug Ollerenshaw
- Prologue, Gordon Fraser
- Stage 2, Doug Ollerenshaw
- Stage 6 Tour de Georgia, Gordon Fraser
- Stage 3b Ronde de l'Isard, Tyler Farrar
- Wachovia Invitational, Greg Henderson
- Wachovia Classic, Gordon Fraser
- Wachovia USPRO Championships, Chris Wherry
- Stage 6 GP de Beauce, Doug Ollerenshaw
- USPRO Criterium Championship, Tyler Farrar
- Stage 2 Tour de l'Avenir, Tyler Farrar
- 2006
Australia, Time Trial Championships, Nathan O'Neill- Overall Tour de Taiwan, Kirk O'Bee
- Stage 5, Kirk O'Bee
- Reading Classic, Greg Henderson
- Wachovia Cycling Series – Philadelphia, Greg Henderson
- Stage 2 Herald Sun Tour, Karl Menzies
New Zealand, Road Race Championship, Hayden Roulston- 2007
- Australia, Time Trial Championships, Nathan O'Neill
- Stage 1 Tour Down Under, Karl Menzies
- Overall Tour de Taiwan, Shawn Milne
- Stage 1, Shawn Milne
- Canada, Time Trial Championships, Ryder Hesjedal
- 2008
- Overall Tour de Taiwan, John Murphy
- Stage 6, Kyle Gritters
- Stage 8 Tour of Southland, Kirk O'Bee
- 2009
- Stage 6 Vuelta Mexico Telmex, Cameron Evans
- Stage 8 Vuelta Mexico Telmex, Andrew Pinfold
- 2010
- Stage 3 & 5 Tour de Beauce, Marc de Maar
Netherlands Antilles, Road Race Championships, Marc de Maar- Netherlands Antilles, Time Trial Championships, Marc de Maar
- 2011
- Stage 8 Tour de Langkawi, Robert Förster
- Stage 2a Vuelta a Asturias, Robert Förster
- Stage 4 Tour of Qinghai Lake, Robert Förster
- Stage 1 Tour of Elk Grove, Karl Menzies
- Stage 3 Tour of Elk Grove, Hilton Clarke
- 2012
Curaçao Road Race Championships, Marc de Maar- Curaçao Time Trial Championships, Marc de Maar
- Overall Tour of the Gila, Rory Sutherland
- Stage 1, Rory Sutherland
- Overall Tour de Beauce, Rory Sutherland
- Stage 1 Tour of Utah, Rory Sutherland
- Stage 4 Tour of Utah, Jake Keough
- Stage 1 Volta a Portugal, Jay Thomson
- Stage 6 Volta a Portugal, Jason McCartney
- Stage 7 Volta a Portugal, Kai Reus
- Stage 6 USA Pro Cycling Challenge, Rory Sutherland
- Stage 5 Tour of Britain, Marc de Maar
- 2013
- World Track Championships (Scratch race), Martyn Irvine
- Overall Tour of the Gila, Philip Deignan
- Stage 4, Kiel Reijnen
- Philly Cycling Classic, Kiel Reijnen
- Stage 5 Tour de Beauce, Marc de Maar
Ireland National Track Championships (Individual pursuit), Martyn Irvine- Ireland National Track Championships (Scratch race), Martyn Irvine
- Stage 6 Tour of Qinghai Lake, Robert Förster
- Stage 13 Tour of Qinghai Lake, Jake Keough
- Stage 10 Volta a Portugal, Jake Keough
- Bucks County Classic, Kiel Reijnen
- 2014
- Stage 5 Tour de Langkawi, Bradley White
- Stage 1 Tour de Taiwan, Luke Keough
- Stage 2 Tour of Norway, Marc de Maar
- The Philadelphia Cycling Classic, Kiel Reijnen
- Stage 1 USA Pro Cycling Challenge, Kiel Reijnen
United States National Track Championships (Team pursuit), Adrian Hegyvary- United States National Criterium Championships, John Murphy
- 2015
- Overall Joe Martin Stage Race, John Murphy
- Stages 2 & 3, John Murphy
- Stage 1 Tour of Utah, Kiel Reijnen
- Stage 3 USA Pro Cycling Challenge, Kiel Reijnen
- Stage 7 USA Pro Cycling Challenge, John Murphy
- 2016
- Stage 4 Herald Sun Tour, John Murphy
- Stage 3 Tour de Langkawi, John Murphy
- Stage 3 Joe Martin Stage Race, Carlos Alzate
- Stage 5 Tour of the Gila, Daniel Jaramillo
- Stage 5 Tour of Japan, Daniel Jaramillo
- 2017
- Stage 3 Herald Sun Tour, Travis McCabe
- Stages 2 & 8 Tour de Langkawi, Travis McCabe
- Stage 3 Tour de Taiwan, Daniel Summerhill
- Stage 2 Joe Martin Stage Race, Lucas Sebastián Haedo
- Stages 2, 3 & 9 Tour du Maroc, Luke Keough
Overall Tour de Hongrie, Daniel Jaramillo
- Stage 4, Daniel Jaramillo
- Stage 5 Tour of Utah, Travis McCabe
- 2018
- Stage 3 (ITT) Tour of the Gila, Serghei Țvetcov
- Stage 5 Tour of the Gila, Gavin Mannion
- Overall Tour de Korea, Serghei Țvetcov
- Stage 3, Serghei Țvetcov
- Stage 3a Tour de Beauce, Serghei Țvetcov
- Chrono Kristin Armstrong, Serghei Țvetcov
- Stages 1 & 3 Tour of Utah, Travis McCabe
- Stage 2 (ITT) Colorado Classic, Gavin Mannion
- Stage 2 Tour of Romania, Serghei Țvetcov
National and world champions
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Australia Time Trial Championships, Nathan O'Neill
New Zealand Road Race Championship, Hayden Roulston- 2007
- Australia Time Trial Championships, Nathan O'Neill
Canada Time Trial Championships, Ryder Hesjedal- 2010
Netherlands Antilles Road Race Championships, Marc de Maar- Netherlands Antilles Time Trial Championships, Marc de Maar
- 2012
Curaçao Road Race Championships Marc de Maar- Curaçao Time Trial Championships, Marc de Maar
- 2013
World Track Championships (Scratch race), Martyn Irvine
National Track Championships (Individual pursuit), Martyn Irvine- National Track Championships (Scratch race), Martyn Irvine
- 2014
National Track Championships (Team pursuit), Adrian Hegyvary- National Criterium Championships, John Murphy
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling to ride Orbea bikes". cyclingnews.com. 3 January 2017. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
- ^ UnitedHealthcare announces title sponsorship Cycling News, Dec 17, 2009
- ^ "UnitedHealthcare folds after ending sponsorship search for 2019". 24 October 2018.
- ^ https://www.oaoa.com/sports/article_cd16bf83-bf6e-55e2-8159-298b9cb522b2.html [dead link]