Lidl–Trek (men's team)
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| UCI code | LTK | ||||||||||||
| Registered | Luxembourg (2011–2013) United States (2014–2025) Germany (2026–present) | ||||||||||||
| Founded | 2011 | ||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road | ||||||||||||
| Status | UCI WorldTeam | ||||||||||||
| Bicycles | Trek | ||||||||||||
| Components | SRAM | ||||||||||||
| Website | Team home page | ||||||||||||
| Key personnel | |||||||||||||
| General manager | Luca Guercilena | ||||||||||||
| Team manager(s) | Kim Andersen, Adriano Baffi, Dirk Demol, Alain Gallopin, Josu Larrazabal, Luc Meersman, Yaroslav Popovych, Fabian Cancellara, Steven de Jongh | ||||||||||||
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Lidl–Trek (UCI team code: LTK) is a professional road bicycle racing team at UCI WorldTeam level licensed in Germany for 2026. Formerly RadioShack–Nissan, in 2014, Trek took over the ownership of the team and its ProTeam License.[1]
History
2011
The team was founded in 2011 under the name of Leopard Trek and officially stylized as LEOPARD TREK with Brian Nygaard and Kim Andersen as team managers.[2] The Schleck brothers were under contract with the Danish team Saxo Bank managed by Bjarne Riis through the end of the 2010 season. Several other Team Saxo Bank riders followed the Schleck brothers to the new team, including veterans Jens Voigt,[3] Fabian Cancellara[4] and Stuart O'Grady.[5] Subsequent signings included sprinter Daniele Bennati, Davide Viganò[6] and Joost Posthuma.[7]
The team became active at the start of the 2011 cycling season. On 13 December 2010, Jakob Fuglsang revealed that the team would be called Team Leopard, in reference to the management company run by Nygaard.[8] Trek, the bike supplier, confirmed shortly before the team was officially presented that they would be a co-title sponsor, giving the team a full name of "Leopard Trek."[9]
Team rider Wouter Weylandt died as a result of a high-speed, downhill crash during the 2011 Giro d'Italia. The remaining riders of Leopard Trek left the competition at the completion of the following day's stage.
2012
For the 2012 season, the team was renamed RadioShack–Nissan–Trek. The reason is that the American Team RadioShack ceased racing, and their former sponsors joined the Luxembourg Cycling Project. Johan Bruyneel along with several riders from Team RadioShack moved to the new team.[10][11] The lineup for 2012 was officially confirmed on 5 December 2011.[12] The official UCI name for the team is RadioShack Nissan[13] and it is registered in Luxembourg.
While the UCI ProTeam is now named RadioShack–Nissan–Trek, in December 2011 Leopard also launched a UCI Continental Team, consisting mainly of U23 riders, called Leopard-Trek.[14]
On 17 July 2012, Fränk Schleck was removed from the 2012 Tour de France by the team during the second rest day after his A-sample returned traces of Xipamide.[15] Team RadioShack–Nissan won the team classification of the Tour de France.
Johan Bruyneel stood down as General Manager on 12 October in the aftermath of the publication by the US Anti-Doping Agency of its "reasoned decision" on the Lance Armstrong doping case.[16]
On 21 December 2012, Nissan announced that they would cease to sponsor the team, with immediate effect.[17]
2013
During the 2013 Tour de France Team RadioShack-Leopard announced that they would not renew Fränk Schleck's contract, leaving him without a team. It also caused a serious and public rift between his brother Andy Schleck and team management, putting his future with the team into doubt.
In September 2013, Chris Horner beat Vincenzo Nibali to win the 2013 Vuelta a España becoming the oldest grand tour winner in history, winning two stages along the way.
2014
On 3 July, the team announced that Samsung would become a new minor sponsor of the team.[18]
2015
On 16 December 2015, the team announced that Italian coffee brand Segafredo had committed to a three-year co-title sponsorship effective 1 January 2016, with the team changing name to Trek–Segafredo.[19]
2016
In April the team announced US software company CA Technologies would sponsor the team with immediate effect until the end of the 2017 season.[20] In March 2017 the deal was extended through 2019.[21]
For the 2017 season, the team announced the signings of Alberto Contador,[22] John Degenkolb (until 2019),[23] Koen de Kort (until 2018),[23] Jarlinson Pantano,[24] and Ivan Basso.
2020
The team suspended the 2019 junior road race world champion Quinn Simmons for actions on Twitter, where he used a black hand emoji that Trek–Segafredo considered racially insensitive [25]
2023
In 2023, both the men's and women's teams were rebranded as Lidl–Trek, thanks to sponsorship from supermarket chain Lidl. This rebrand came into effect on 30 June, prior to the Giro Donne and the Tour de France / Tour de France Femmes.[26]
2025
In October 2025 Lidl became majority owner of the team.[27] With the majority ownership the teams license will be registered in Germany from 2026 onwards.[28]
Team roster
- As of 14 March 2026.[29]
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Doping
On 27 June 2017, the UCI announced André Cardoso tested positive for erythropoietin in an out-of-competition control on 18 June and has been provisionally suspended.[30] He had been due to support Alberto Contador in his bid for the 2017 Tour de France, with Haimar Zubeldia taking the empty roster place.[31]
In April 2019, Cycling Anti-Doping Foundation confirmed that Jarlinson Pantano had returned an adverse analytical finding for EPO, in a doping test carried out on 26 February. Pantano was immediately suspended by the team.[32]
Major wins
National & World champions
- 2011
- Luxembourg Road Race, Fränk Schleck
- Switzerland Road Race, Fabian Cancellara
- Germany Road Race, Robert Wagner
- 2012
- Luxembourg Road Race, Laurent Didier
- Denmark Time Trial, Jakob Fuglsang
- Switzerland Time Trial, Fabian Cancellara
- 2013
- New Zealand Road Race, Hayden Roulston
- Switzerland Time Trial, Fabian Cancellara
- Luxembourg Time Trial, Bob Jungels
- Luxembourg Road Race, Bob Jungels
- Belgium Road Race, Stijn Devolder
- Croatia Road Race, Robert Kišerlovski
- 2014
- New Zealand Road Race, Hayden Roulston
- Belgian Time Trial, Kristof Vandewalle
- Switzerland Time Trial, Fabian Cancellara
- Luxembourg Time Trial, Laurent Didier
- Japan Time Trial, Fumiyuki Beppu
- Austria Road Race, Riccardo Zoidl
- Luxembourg Road Race, Fränk Schleck
- 2015
- United States Road Race, Matthew Busche [33]
- Luxembourg Time Trial, Bob Jungels
- Luxembourg Road Race, Bob Jungels
- 2016
- Australia Road Race, Jack Bobridge
- Switzerland Time Trial, Fabian Cancellara
- Italy Road Race, Giacomo Nizzolo
- 2017
- Colombia Time Trial, Jarlinson Pantano
- Portugal Road Race, Ruben Guerreiro
- Denmark Road Race, Mads Pedersen
- 2018
- Ethiopia Time Trial, Tsgabu Grmay
- Ireland Time Trial, Ryan Mullen
- Latvia Time Trial, Toms Skujiņš
- 2019
- Ireland Time Trial, Ryan Mullen
- Latvia Road Race, Toms Skujiņš
- World Road Race, Mads Pedersen
- 2020
- Luxembourg U23 Time Trial, Michel Ries
- 2021
- Latvia Time Trial, Toms Skujiņš
- Latvia Road Race, Toms Skujiņš
- Ireland Time Trial, Ryan Mullen
- Ireland Road Race, Ryan Mullen
- 2022
- Latvia Time Trial, Toms Skujiņš
- Latvia Road Race, Emīls Liepiņš
- Netherlands Time Trial, Bauke Mollema
- 2023
- Eritrea Time Trial, Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier
- Latvia Time Trial, Toms Skujiņš
- Luxembourg Time Trial, Alex Kirsch
- Latvia Road Race, Emīls Liepiņš
- Czech Road Race, Mathias Vacek
- Denmark Road Race, Mattias Skjelmose
- Luxembourg Road Race, Alex Kirsch
- United States Road Race, Quinn Simmons
- Europe Gravel, Jasper Stuyven
- Belgium Gravel, Jasper Stuyven
- 2024
- South Africa Time Trial, Ryan Gibbons
- South Africa Road Race, Ryan Gibbons
- Eritrea Time Trial, Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier
- Eritrea Road Race, Natnael Tesfatsion
- Netherlands Time Trial, Daan Hoole
- Czech Time Trial, Mathias Vacek
- Danish Time Trial, Mattias Skjelmose
- 2025
- United States Road Race, Quinn Simmons
References
- ^ "Trek to take over WorldTour license from Becca in 2014". Cycling News. 26 June 2013. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
- ^ CS Blog: An open letter to Leopard Trek. Cyclesportmag.com (14 January 2011). Retrieved 21 August 2011.
- ^ Hood, Andrew. (22 October 2010) Jens Voigt to join Schleck brothers' Luxembourg squad. Velonews.competitor.com. Retrieved 21 August 2011.
- ^ Cancellara Joins New Luxembourg-Based Team Archived 1 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Stuart O'Grady signs with Luxembourg Pro Cycling Projet. Velonews.competitor.com (1 November 2010). Retrieved 21 August 2011.
- ^ Luxembourg Pro Cycling snaps up Bennati and Vigano. Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 21 August 2011.
- ^ Joost Posthuma confirms via Twitter joining the Luxembourg Pro Cycling project in 2011. Twitter.com (22 November 2010). Retrieved 21 August 2011.
- ^ Luxembourg Team To Be Called Team Leopard. Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 21 August 2011.
- ^ Team Leopard-Trek To Be Presented In Luxembourg. Cyclingnews.com (13 December 2010). Retrieved 21 August 2011.
- ^ "Becca Confirms Nygaard's Departure From Leopard Trek". Cyclingnews.com. 6 September 2011. Retrieved 30 December 2011.
- ^ "Leopard-Trek welcomes RadioShack and Nissan as new main sponsors. | LEOPARD TREK". Leopardtrek.lu. Archived from the original on 2 January 2012. Retrieved 30 December 2011.
- ^ "RADIOSHACK NISSAN TREK announces 2012 roster". leopardtrek.lu. Leopard Trek. 5 December 2011. Archived from the original on 7 January 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
- ^ "UCI to prevent inclusion of Trek name in RadioShack Nissan team title". Velonation.com. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
- ^ Hamilton, Alastair (8 December 2011). "EuroTrash Thursday!". PEZ Cycling News. Retrieved 28 June 2012.
- ^ Williams, Richard (17 July 2012). "Frank Schleck tests positive for banned diuretic and is out of Tour". The Guardian. UK. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
- ^ "Leopard SA and Johan Bruyneel end their collaboration". radioshackleopardtrek.com. 12 October 2012. Archived from the original on 24 January 2013.
- ^ "Nissan confirm immediate split with RadioShack". Cycling News. 21 December 2012. Retrieved 22 December 2012.
- ^ "Samsung new sponsor". Cycling News. 3 July 2014. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
- ^ "Segafredo joins Trek Factory Racing as co-title sponsor". Cycling News. 16 December 2015.
- ^ "Trek-Segafredo sign sponsorship deal with CA Technologies". Cyclingnews.com.
- ^ "CA Technologies extends multi-year partnership with Trek-Segafredo". 31 March 2017.
- ^ "Contador signs with Trek Segafredo on Tour de France rest day". Cyclingnews.com.
- ^ a b "Trek-Segafredo sign John Degenkolb". Cyclingnews.com.
- ^ "Pantano signs for Trek-Segafredo". Cyclingnews.com.
- ^ September 2020, Kirsten Frattini 30. "Trek-Segafredo suspend Quinn Simmons for 'divisive, incendiary, and detrimental' statements on social media". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
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{{cite web}}:|last2=has generic name (help) - ^ "Lidl becomes majority owner of Lidl-Trek". Escape Collective. 27 October 2025. Retrieved 27 October 2025.
- ^ Hood, Andrew (27 October 2025). "Lidl-Trek Is No Longer An American Team. Does It Matter?". Velo. Retrieved 14 December 2025.
- ^ "Lidl-Trek". UCI. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
- ^ "UCI statement on André Cardoso". 27 June 2017. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
- ^ "Andre Cardoso tests positive for EPO". Cyclingnews.com.
- ^ "Trek-Segafredo suspend Pantano after EPO positive".
- ^ Burns, Ted (26 May 2015). "Busche secures stars-and-stripes jersey at US pro road championships". Cycling News. Retrieved 16 December 2015.