Cycling Teams 2007

Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team

Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team (UCI Team Code: DSC) is a US-based professional road bicycle racing team.
It is the continuation of the 2004 US Postal Service Pro Cycling Team.
On June 15, 2004, the Discovery Channel signed a deal to become sponsor of the team for the seasons of 2004 until 2008
Lance Armstrong, seven time Tour de France winner, was its leader (albeit only during the Tour) until July 2005.
Since 2005, the team is one of the 20 teams that compete in the new UCI ProTour
On February 10, 2007 Discovery Channel announced that it will not renew its sponsorship of the team at the end of the 2007 season.

Former members of Discovery Channel

Name	Nationality	Years	Career Highlight with Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
Lance Armstrong	United States	2005	2005 Tour de France
José Azevedo	Portugal	2005-2006
Michael Barry	Canada	2005-2006	2005, 1st Stage 5 Tour of Austria; 2006, 3rd Sachsen Tour International
Ivan Basso	Italy	2007
Manuel Beltran	Spain	2005-2006	9th 2006 Vuelta a Espana
Michael Creed	United States	2005
Antonio Cruz	United States	2005
Viatcheslav Ekimov	Russia	2005-2006	1st Stage 4 2005 Three Days of De Panne
Roger Hammond	United Kingdom	2005-2006
Ryder Hesjedal	Canada	2005
Leif Hoste	Belgium	2005-2006	2006 Three Days of De Panne, 2nd 2006 Tour of Flanders
Benoît Joachim	Luxembourg	2005-2006
Jonathan Patrick McCarty	United States	2005
Gennady Mikhaylov	Russia	2005-2006
Hayden Roulston	New Zealand	2005
Paolo Savoldelli	Italy	2005-2006	2005 Giro d'Italia, 1st Stage 17 2005 Tour de France
Jurgen Van Den Broeck	Belgium	2005-2006
Max Van Heeswijk	Netherlands	2005-2006	1st Stage 1 2006 Tour de Pologne