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HTC-Highroad

HTC–Highroad () was a former professional cycling team competing in international road bicycle races. Their last title sponsor was HTC Corporation, a Taiwanese manufacturer of smartphones but dissolved at the end of the 2011 season from a failure to find a new sponsor. High Road Sports was the management company of team manager Bob Stapleton. Past title sponsors include Columbia Sportswear and Deutsche Telekom.

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Cycling team.name: HTC–Highroad
Cycling team.image: 180px
Cycling team.code: THR
Cycling team.registered: USA
Cycling team.generalmanager: Bob Stapleton
Cycling team.discipline: Road
Cycling team.status: UCI ProTeam
Cycling team.bicycles: Specialized
Cycling team.season: 198919901991–20032004–20072007–20082008200920102011
Cycling team.oldname: Stuttgart-Merckx-GonsorStuttgart-Mercedes-Merckx-PumaTeam TelekomT-Mobile TeamTeam High RoadTeam ColumbiaTeam Columbia–High RoadTeam Columbia–HTCTeam HTC–ColumbiaHTC–Highroad
Cycling team.kitimage: Team HTC-High Road Jersey 2011.gif

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History
Team beginnings: 1988–1991
Team Telekom: 1991–2004
T-Mobile: 2004 – November 2007
Doping scandals: 2006–2007
Team High Road: November 2007 – June 2008
Team Columbia and Team Columbia–High Road: July 2008 – June 2009
Team Columbia–HTC: June 2009 – January 2010 and Team HTC–Columbia: January 2010 – 2011
Major wins
National, continental, world and Olympic champions
Riders
References
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The team was founded in 1991 as Team Telekom, sponsored by Deutsche Telekom. In 2004 their name changed to the T-Mobile Team. The team was under the management of Bob Stapleton and Rolf Aldag. Former leaders included Olaf Ludwig, Walter Godefroot and Eddy Vandenhecke (managers), Luuc Eisenga (spokesperson) and Brian Holm, Valerio Piva (sports directors).