US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor
The US Postal Service Pro Cycling Team presented by Berry Floor was the cycling team of Lance Armstrong from 1996 through 2004.
The United States Postal Service is the
primary sponsor. 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 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 expires. 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.
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