The US Postal Service Pro Cycling Team presented by Berry Floor operated from 1996 through 2004, and during it's time fielded one of the biggest names in modern cycling: Lance Armstrong.

The United States Postal Service was the title (primary) sponsor since 1996. Berry Floor, a Belgian flooring company, is the secondary sponsor, also known as a Presenting Sponsor. Domestically the USPS Pro Cycling Team is presented by Alloc, the American subsidiary of Berry Floor.

Armstrong has won 6 Tours de France (1999-2004) with US Postal, and in 2003 Roberto Heras, then a US Postal rider, won the Vuelta a España.

The US Postal Service announced that they would cease sponsorship at the end of the 2004 racing season when their eight year contract expired. They had previously been under fire for the expenditure from groups such as Postal Watch, a Watchdog of the United States Postal Service. Armstrong has previously insisted that he would only continue to ride with the USPS team structure. This demand was met on June 15 2004 when Discovery Networks stepped in and agreed to sponsor the team for the next three years as the Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team.

Members of US Postal - Berry Floor

Lance Armstrong | José Azevedo | Manuel Beltrán | Viatcheslav Ekimov | George Hincapie | Floyd Landis | Benjamín Noval | Pavel Padrnos | José Luis Rubiera

Manager

Johan Bruyneel

External links

• USPS Pro Cycling Team Website (http://www.uspsprocycling.com/)