Baloise–Trek Lions
Belgian cycling team From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Belgian cycling team From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Baloise–Trek Lions (UCI Code: BTL) is a Belgian professional cycling team based in Belgium which focuses predominantly on the cyclo-cross season. The team is named after its main sponsors, Bâloise and Trek. The team had various different names in the past amongst which Spaar-Select and Telenet-Fidea.
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Registered | Belgium |
Founded | 2000 |
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Status | UCI Continental (2005–2020) UCI Cyclo-cross Team (2021–) |
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General manager | Hans Van Kasteren (until 2016) Sven Nys (since 2016) |
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2000–2004 2004–2009 2009–2016 2017–2019 2020 2021- | Spaarselect Fidea Cycling Team Telenet–Fidea Telenet–Fidea Lions Telenet–Baloise Lions Baloise–Trek Lions |
Previous leaders of the team are the former Cyclo-Cross World Champions – Erwin Vervecken and Bart Wellens as well as the double Under 23 Cyclo-Cross World Champion, Zdeněk Štybar. Kevin Pauwels also rode for the team. The team manager is Sven Nys and the directeur sportifs include two former Cyclo-Cross World Champions – Danny De Bie and Roland Liboton.
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