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Pedaltech-Cyclingnews-Jako
DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed
Team information
UCI code DFL
Based  United Kingdom
Founded 2001 (2001)
Disbanded 2007
Status Continental
Key personnel
General manager Nick Collins
Directeur sportif Rudi Dubois
Team name history
2001–2003
2004
2005
2006
Team Down Under
Team cyclingnews.com-Down Under
Team Cyclingnews.com Fondriest
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DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed (UCI Team Code: DFL) is a former professional cycling team in the United Kingdom that rode UCI Continental Circuits races. The leader for 2007 was Belgian Nico Mattan and the squad included 2006 British champion, Hamish Haynes. Eric Vanderaerden was a directeur sportif.[1]

In 2008 it wanted to become a professional continental team and signed Steffan Wesemann[2] and Bas Giling.[3] It also had an agreement with Marc Lotz but Pedaltech signed two British professionals instead.[4]

The UCI did not give the team the professional continental licence.[5] Potential sponsors pulled out, including Museeuw, the bike maker.[6] and Cyclingnews.com. Then the team manager, who was its owner, had cancer and could not run the team.[7] It collapsed.[8][9]

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Squad

Rider Date of birth
 Bjorn Cornelissen (NED) June 3, 1976 (1976-06-03) (age 35)
 Sven de Weerdt (BEL) March 29, 1978 (1978-03-29) (age 33)
 Dan Fleeman (GBR) October 3, 1982 (1982-10-03) (age 29)
 David Harrigan (AUS) May 26, 1975 (1975-05-26) (age 36)
 Hamish Haynes (GBR) March 5, 1974 (1974-03-05) (age 37)
 Matti Helminen (FIN) August 14, 1975 (1975-08-14) (age 36)
 Cameron Jennings (AUS) April 27, 1970 (1970-04-27) (age 41)
 Daniel Lloyd (GBR) August 11, 1980 (1980-08-11) (age 31)
 Nico Mattan (BEL) July 17, 1971 (1971-07-17) (age 40)
Rider Date of birth
 Robby Meul (BEL) September 4, 1981 (1981-09-04) (age 30)
 Jens Mouris (NED) March 12, 1980 (1980-03-12) (age 31)
 Kane Oakley (AUS) October 4, 1976 (1976-10-04) (age 35)
 Evan Oliphant (GBR) January 8, 1982 (1982-01-08) (age 29)
 Rhys Pollock (AUS) March 14, 1980 (1980-03-14) (age 31)
 Bernard Sulzberger (AUS) December 5, 1983 (1983-12-05) (age 27)
 Gert Vanderaerden (BEL) January 23, 1973 (1973-01-23) (age 38)
 Jeremy Vennel (NZL) October 6, 1980 (1980-10-06) (age 31)
 Juan Pablo Wilches Rodriguez (COL) January 22, 1982 (1982-01-22) (age 29)

Former Riders

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