Mercury Cycling Team Explained

Mercury
Registered:United States
Founded:1992
Disbanded:2002
Discipline:Road
Status:GSII (1994–2000)
GSI (2001)
GSIII (2002)
Bicycles:Fuji
Website:http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/teamprofiles/1999/mercury99.shtml
Generalmanager:John Wordin(1992-2001)
Thurlow Rogers (2002)
Teammanager(S):Thurlow Rogers, Roy Knickman, Stan Barrett
Season:1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998–1999
2000
2001
2002
Oldname: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 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).

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

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