What does each team stand for?

[TMP402]

I'd be interested to hear what the forum thinks every team's purpose is.

What type of rider do they like to develop, what region do they recruit from, which other teams do they use as feeders/feed to, and so on.

For example, we can obviously say Sky has close links to the national cycling programme, recruit young talent from their home country, and their main thrust is winning the Tour de France with a British rider.

But if possible I'd like to hear about the purpose of lower-profile teams, like Wanty, Topsport, UHC, Androni, etc.

 

[Brullnux]

Marginal Gains

 

[barmaher]

IAM stands for Independent Asset Management
FDJ stands for Francaise des Jeux
BMC stands for Bicycle Manufacturing Company

I don't know what AG2R stands for.

 

[kingjr]

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IAM stands for
I don't know what AG2R stands for.

1951 : création de l’AGRR (Association Générale de Retraite par Répartition, renommé AG2R en 1992)

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/AG2R_La_Mondiale

 

[laarsland]

Southeast - feed Pippo Pozzato's ever-expanding ego

 

[RedheadDane]

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BMC stands for Bicycle Manufacturing Company

Well... there's a company that does exactly what it says on the tin. :lol:

 

[Billie]

Androni stands for Gianni Savio somehow someway scraping together enough money (mostly by fraudelent pay to ride deals with both riders and national associations) so his ridiculous jersey which is basically a white kit with 48 different company logo's on it can be seen in the peloton, preferably showcased by some small guy in a break with Savio hangout of the team car behind. _0_

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Every team stands for product sales and brand advertising except for those that exist for the entertainment of a rich man or to further the rehabilitation of a dubious regime's reputation.

 

[El Pistolero]

Topsport Vlaanderen is easy: creating an environment for young talented Flemish cyclists to develop themselves, so they can earn a place on a bigger team, preferably a WT team.

 

[el chava]

The lack of serious answers to ghe OP illustrates very well why cycling never will be a team sport, fanwise. Unless something like Euskaltel returns.

 

[Ricco']

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Southeast - feed Pippo Pozzato's ever-expanding ego

Hmm, you know that Southeast team already existed before Pozzato going there and that it is a chinese steel company, right?

And if anybody benefited from that move was the Southeast team, because it gave them the notoriety they wouldn't have without Pozzato.