T-Mobile?s new-look super team take centre stage in the November edition of Cycle Sport. The German communications giant was close to pulling out of sponsoring a cycling team after squad star Jan Ullrich was embroiled in the Operacion Puerto affair prior to the Tour.
Rather than pulling the plug, however, T-Mobile decided to overhaul the squad, dispensing with the old management and a number of riders and then introducing radical new anti-doping measures. The magazine talks to the team to find out why and how they?ve done it.
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'There are fewer teams than there have ever been in the last 10 years' - JAKROO launches Women’s Composite Team to bolster struggling US road sceneThe composite team is currently seeking riders for upcoming Redlands Classic and Armed Forces Cycling Classic
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