Mercury Cycling Team

The Mercury Cycling Team was an American professional cycling team. It was founded in 1992 as an amateur team by John Wordin and Thurlow Rogers, with Mrs. Gooch's Natural Foods Markets as the lead sponsor in 1992 and 1994. Before Mercury took over title sponsorship from 1998–1999 and 2001–2002 the team raced under various title sponsors including Miller Lite (1993), Nutra Fig (1995–1996), Comptel Data Systems (1997), and Manheim Auctions (2000).

Mercury
Team information
RegisteredUnited States
Founded1992
Disbanded2002
Discipline(s)Road
StatusGSII (1994–2000)
GSI (2001)
GSIII (2002)
BicyclesFuji
WebsiteTeam home page
Key personnel
General managerJohn Wordin(1992-2001)
Thurlow Rogers (2002)
Team name history
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998–1999
2000
2001
2002
Mrs. Gooch's
Miller Lite
Mrs. Gooch's
Nutra Fig
Nutra Fig-Colorado Cyclist
Comptel Data Systems-Colorado Cyclist
Mercury
Manheim Auctions-Mercury
Mercury-Viatel
Mercury

The team was named Velo News North American Team of the Year from 1996 to 2002 and won 535 races from 1998 to 2002. The team was disbanded after the 2002 season.

Main riders

Junior/U23 Development riders

References

    • "Mercury Cycling Team 1999". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
    • Alsedek, John (1999). "Team Mercury". cyclingnews.com. Archived from the original on August 20, 2008. Retrieved 9 August 2016.


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