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DvB
08-01-07, 09:00 AM
Does anyone know of a good resource for charting the history (i.e., progression of sponsorships) of the teams in the ProTour? For example, I know that Discovery was formerly Postal, which was formerly Motorola, which was formerly 7-11. And Caisse d'Epargne was formerly Banesto, and Astana was formerly Liberty Seguros, etc.

Someone, somewhere, must have charted out a fairly complete list. A couple of half-assed Google searches turned up nothing. Any ideas from the big brains around here? Thanks in advance!

--DvB

YMCA
08-01-07, 09:58 AM
Disco/USPS came from Subaru/Montgomery, not Motorola/7-Eleven.

Before Caisse/Banesto, they were Reynolds.

I think we had a thread about this before, might want to do a search.

It'd be fun to see a complete list. Ahh, memories...
CrimsonKarter21
08-01-07, 09:52 PM
And somewhere along the line, before 7-11, they were Wheaties, no?

redal
08-01-07, 10:37 PM
Montgomery/Bell was in between Subaru/Montgomery and USPS. There was no team in 1994 and two of my 1994 teammates left for Montgomery/Bell in 1995.

7-11 and Schwinn/Wheaties were two different teams that competed against each other as well as against Schwinn/Icy Hot

This has been covered somewhere.
classic1
08-02-07, 01:11 AM
Peugeot = Z = Gan = Credit Agricole.

Kwantum = Superconfex = Buckler = Novel = Rabobank
redal
08-02-07, 12:32 PM
Kwantum = Superconfex = Buckler = Novel = Rabobank
Wasn't Wordperfect in there somewhere?
USAZorro
08-02-07, 01:10 PM
Disco/USPS came from Subaru/Montgomery, not Motorola/7-Eleven.

Before Caisse/Banesto, they were Reynolds.

I think we had a thread about this before, might want to do a search.

It'd be fun to see a complete list. Ahh, memories...

Caisse d'Epargne was Isles Ballears two years ago.
voltman
08-02-07, 01:20 PM
It would be easier if teams kept sponsor names separate from team names, a la F1.
YMCA
08-02-07, 02:11 PM
Caisse d'Epargne was Isles Ballears two years ago.

Oh yeah.

So it was Reynolds-Banesto-Isles Ballears-Caisse Depargne (sp?)
ri_us
08-02-07, 03:15 PM
It's noted on many of their Wiki pages
classic1
08-02-07, 05:11 PM
Wasn't Wordperfect in there somewhere?

They were. I think it was Wordperfect>Novell.
CrimsonKarter21
08-02-07, 06:11 PM
It would be easier if teams kept sponsor names separate from team names, a la F1. Yeah, I always wish that everything was as simple as the organization of F1.