The Saturn Cycling Team was an American cycling team, sponsored by the Saturn Corporation car company. The team existed from 1992 to 2003. It was originally created and managed by Warren Gibson of Los Gatos, CA. In 1993 former rider and US Pro road champion, Tom Schuler took over the team until it disbanded in 2003.
History For the 2003 season Saturn recruited top US cyclist Chris Horner, Tom Danielson and Phil Zajicek to lead the team. In September 2003 Saturn Corporation announced it would no longer be sponsoring the team, Tom Schuler tried looking for a new sponsor but ultimately could not find one.
Victories Sources:
1993 Stage 4 Vuelta de Bisbee, Brian Walton National Time Trial, Scott Mercier Prologue Ruta Mexico, Clark Sheehan Herald Sun Tour Stage 6, Scott Fortner Stage 9, Brian Walton Stage 6 Alpine Classic, Scott Fortner 1994 Stage 14 Herald Sun Tour, Nate Reiss 1995 National Road Race, Norman Alvis Stage 2 Valley of the Sun Stage Race, Brian Walton Redlands Bicycle Classic Stage 1, Michael McCarthy Stage 5, Ron Kiefel Road race, Pan American Road Championships, Brian Walton Road race, Pan American Games, Brian Walton Stage 2 West Virginia Classic, Bart Bowen Philadelphia International Cycling Classic, Norman Alvis Norwest Cycling Cup, Frank McCormack National Criterium , Frank McCormack Overall Killington Stage Race, Frank McCormack Stage 2, Frank McCormack Herald Sun Tour Stage 3, Norman Alvis Stage 9, Scott Mercier 1996 Giro del Capo, Scott Mercier Tour de Toona, Scott Mercier International Cycling Classic, Fred Rodriguez
1997 United States National Road Race Championships, Bart Bowen United States National Cyclo-cross Championships, Mark McCormack Herald Sun Tour, Norman Alvis Tour de Toona, Norman Alvis Tour of Japan, Bart Bowen
1998 International Cycling Classic, Frank McCormack Tour of Japan, Frank McCormack Fitchburg Longsjo Classic, Frank McCormack
1999 Fitchburg Longsjo Classic, Bart Bowen Tour de Beauce, Levi Leipheimer Sea Otter Classic, Frank McCormack
2000 Joe Martin Stage Race, Erin Hartwell Lancaster Classic, Trent Klasna Killington Stage Race, Chris Wherry
2001 United States National Time Trial Championships, Trent Klasna Canadian National Time Trial Championships, Eric Wohlberg United States National Criterium Championships, Harm Jansen Tour de Toona, Harm Jansen Redlands Bicycle Classic, Trent Klasna Sea Otter Classic, Trent Klasna Nature Valley Grand Prix, Frank McCormack Fitchburg Longsjo Classic, Eric Wohlberg Mount Washington Hillclimb, Tim Johnson
2002 Canadian National Road Race Championships, Eric Wohlberg GP Weltour, Chris Fisher International Cycling Classic, Viktor Rapinski Tour de Nez, Eric Wohlberg
2003 United States National Road Race Championships, Mark McCormack Canadian National Time Trial Championships, Eric Wohlberg Sea Otter Classic, Nathan O'Neill Fitchburg Longsjo Classic, Viktor Rapinski International Cycling Classic, Viktor Rapinski Redlands Bicycle Classic, Chris Horner Tour de Georgia, Chris Horner Herald Sun Tour, Tim Johnson Nature Valley Grand Prix, Trent Klasna Cascade Cycling Classic, Tom Danielson Mount Washington Hillclimb, Tom Danielson Pomona Valley Stage Race, Tom Danielson Tour de Langkawi, Tom Danielson Tour de Toona, Tom Danielson Tour de Delta, William Frischkorn San Francisco Grand Prix, Chris Horner
National champions
1993 American Time Trial, Scott Mercier 1995 American Criterium, Frank McCormack
List of riders
NameBirth dateNationalityYearsMatthew Anand 01/10/1971 1999Norman Alvis 12/07/1963 1995-1998Rahsaan Bahati 13/02/1982 2002-2003Darren Hugh Baker 13/06/19671994Michael Barry 18/12/1975 1999-2001Steve Bauer 12/06/1959 1996Bart Bowen 22/04/19671994-2000Jonas Carney 03/02/19711994-1995Taylor Centauri 10/09/19711994-1995Antonio Cruz 31/10/1971 2000Tom Danielson 13/03/1978 2003Matthew Decanio 05/04/1977 2001Charles Dionne 15/03/1979 2003Iván Domínguez 28/05/19762001-2003Jeff Evanshine 02/10/1973 1996-1997Christopher Fischer 04/07/1969 2001-2002Scott Fortner 22/05/19661993-1998Esteban Fraga 06/01/19651994Mariano Friedick 09/01/1975 1997-1998William Frischkorn 10/06/1981 2002-2003Jimmy Hansen 17/08/19781999Erin Hartwell 01/06/1969 2000-2001Steve Hegg 03/12/1963 1997Chris Horner 23/10/1971 2003Harm Jansen 08/11/1967 2000-2002Tim Johnson 05/08/19772001-2003Ron Kiefel 11/04/19601994-1995Trent Klasna 09/12/1969 2000-2003Damon Kluck 23/06/1977 2002Levi Leipheimer 24/10/19731998-1999John Loehner27/07/19681993Mike McCarthy 20/06/1968 1995-1998David Mac Cook24/12/19691993Frank McCormack 28/05/1969 1995-2002Mark McCormack 15/09/1970 1996-2003Steve Scott McGregor 29/10/19681994Scott McKinley 15/10/1968 1995-1996Chann McRae 11/10/1971 1997-1998Tommy Matush12/03/19681993Scott Mercier 24/01/19681993-1996Andrew Miller12/03/19681993Bob Mionske26/04/19621993Jan Neal27/10/19741993Nathan O'Neill 23/11/1974 2003Seth Pelusi 27/11/19761999-2000Soren Petersen 07/10/1967 2001-2002Viktor Rapinski 17/06/1981 2002-2003Nate Reiss 07/10/1963 1994Fred Rodriguez 03/09/1973 1996-1998Adham Sbeih 08/06/1963 1999Chris Sheehan 28/02/1969 1993Clark Sheehan07/04/1969 1993Gregory Strock 30/05/19721993Peter Stubenrauch 26/10/19691993Jose Hernandez 22/02/19742002-2003Jay Sweet 11/08/1975 2002Tim Swift 25/01/19641994-1995Burke Swindlehurst 10/03/1973 1999Fernando Tapia 08/07/1973 1994Robbie Ventura 05/05/1971 1994-1995, 1999-2000Brian Walton 18/12/19751993-2000Chris Wherry 18/07/19731997-2000Eric Wohlberg 08/01/1965 2001-2003Philip Zajicek 20/03/19792003
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