One of the longest running professional cycling team organizations on the European pro peloton will end operations after it has failed to find a new sponsor to replace Credit Agricole which is ending it’s sponsorship of the team.
Roger Legeay has run this team’s organization for 22 years under former sponsors Peugeot, Z, and Gan. He won a Tour de France with Greg Lemond in 1990 with Team Z.
The demise of the team will no doubt lead to some speculation about where some of the Team riders may end up including Norway’s Thor Hushovd. Is there a chance he could end up with the American based Garmin Chipotle team? Jonathan Vaughters was a former rider with Credit Agricole has some connections there. Current Garmin-Chipotle rider Julian Dean is the former lead out man for Hushovd at Credit Agricole.
Another rider from Credit Agricole the Garmin team may be interested in picking up is Nicholas Roche, the son of former Tour de France winner Stephen Roche, and cousin of current Garmin team member Daniel Martin.
Credit Agricole is just one of several teams that are having trouble finding sponsors. The German based Gerolsteiner team is still looking for a replacement sponsor even after a very succesfull Tour de France.
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