Tom Schuler Explained

Tom Schuler
Birth Date:28 November 1956
Birth Place:Birmingham, Michigan, U.S.
Currentteam:Retired
Discipline:Road bicycle racing
Role:Rider
Proyears1:1976, 1980
Proteam1:American Olympic Cycling Team
Proyears2:1991–2002
Proteam2:Volvo-Cannondale Mountain Bike Team
Proyears3:1991–2003
Proteam3:Saturn Cycling Team
Proyears4:2005
Proteam4:Advantage Benefits Endeavour Cycling Team
Proyears5:2006
Proteam5:TARGETRAINING
Proyears6:2007
Proteam6:Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wine
Proyears7:1999–2009
Proteam7:Timex Multisport Team
Proyears8:2008–2009
Proteam8:Zoot Ultra Triathlon Team
Proyears9:2008–2009
Proteam9:Team Type 1
Proyears10:2018 - present
Proteam10:Detroit Cycling Championship

Tom Schuler (born November 28, 1956, in Birmingham, Michigan) is a retired American professional road bicycle racer and founder of Team Sports Inc., a sports management company in cycling, mountain biking, triathlon, and roller blading. Since 2006, he has been directeur sportif (team manager) for Targettraining, a UCI Continental team riding USA Cycling's national racing calendar circuit, and Zoot Sports Triathlon Team. In 2009, he was general manager of Team Type 1, the Timex Multisport Team and the Zoot Ultra Triathlon Team.

Schuler was directeur sportif of Saturn Cycling Team, a professional cycling team from 1991 to 2003, and helped found the Volvo-Cannondale mountain bike team.

Schuler, a graduate from the University of Michigan, represented the United States at the 1976 and 1980 Summer Olympics and was one of the original seven members of the 7-Eleven Cycling Team. He was the 1987 USPRO national road champion and the 1981 US professional criterium champion.

Career

In 2009 Schuler became a co-founder of the Tour of America's Dairyland, a 10-day race in Wisconsin that attracts Pro-Teams and riders from around the world.

He also co-founded the Prairie State Cycling Series, a multi-venue race, sponsored by Intelligentsia Coffee and named the Intelligentsia Cup powered by SRAM.[1]

In October 2007 he was inducted into the U.S. Bicycling Hall of Fame.

Directeur sportif/team manager

Highlights

1979
1980
1986  - 7-Eleven Cycling Team
1987  - 7-Eleven Cycling Team

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Community rallies to ensure Glen Ellyn continues as 2017 series venue with Tour of Lake Ellyn . www.intelligentsiacup.com . 22 May 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170228160028/https://www.intelligentsiacup.com/ . February 28, 2017 . . en . February 23, 2017 . live.