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{{Infobox cycling team
| name         = Cycle Collstrop
| image          = 
| code           = COS
| registered     = Netherlands
| founded        = 2001
| disbanded      = 2008
| generalmanager = Koen Terryn
| teammanager    = Jacques Hanegraaf
| discipline     = [[Road bicycle racing|Road]]
| status         = {{unbulleted list|Professional Continental (2004–2006, 2008)|[[UCI ProTour]] (2007)}}
| season         = 2004<br>2005<br>2006–2007<br>2008
| oldname        = MrBookmaker.com – Palmans<br>MrBookmaker – Sports Tech<br>Unibet.com<br>Cycle Collstrop
| pattern_la1=_greenlower|pattern_b1=|pattern_ra1=_greenlower|leftarm1=FFFFFF|body1=FFFFFF|rightarm1=FFFFFF|shorts1=008000|
}}
'''Cycle Collstrop''' ({{UCI code|COS}}) was a [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[UCI Professional Continental]] [[cycling team]]. It was the successor to '''Unibet.com''', which was mainly [[sponsor (commercial)|sponsor]]ed by the [[online gambling]] [[website]] Unibet.com and as a continuation of the '''MrBookmaker.com''' cycling team.

The team rode on the [[UCI Continental Circuits|European Continental Circuit]], until the beginning of the 2007 season, when they were granted a ProTour licence.<ref>{{Cite news| first = Shane | last = Stokes | title = Unibet in, Saiz out, ProTour place still possible for Astana | url = http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2006/dec06/dec16news | work = Cyclingnews.com | date = 15 December 2006 | access-date = 15 December 2006}}</ref> In 2008, they were awarded a Professional Continental licence. The new team was led by [[Steffen Wesemann]], and problems previously experienced through having had sponsorship from a betting company were avoided with new sponsorship from a wooden flooring company.

Unibet.com had also been drawn into the [[Operación Puerto doping case|''Operación Puerto'' doping investigation]]. The cyclist Carlos Quesada was named by the Spanish authorities as a patient of Dr. [[Eufemiano Fuentes]] and was suspended by the team.<ref name="unibet3">[http://www.unibetcycling.com/cycen/detail.php?id=174 Quesada temporarily suspended]{{dead link|date=August 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Although Quesada had been named, he has not yet been formally charged with doping, which led to the management of Unibet.com to lift its suspension of Quesada two weeks after it was imposed.<ref name="unibet4">[http://www.unibetcycling.com/cycen/detail.php?id=187 Quesada to compete again]{{dead link|date=August 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Nevertheless, the team did not pay the Spanish cyclist his salary, which led to a lawsuit, finally resolved with Quesada leaving the team in exchange for a compensation.

The team, whose sponsors have pulled out of cycling, failed to submit its application for renewal by the 20 November 2007 deadline and did not take part in the [[2008 UCI ProTour]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.uciprotour.com/Modules/ENews/ENewsDetails.asp?id=NTQwOQ&MenuId=MTY5Mw&BackLink=%2FTemplates%2FUCI%2FUCI5%2Flayout%2Easp%3FMenuID%3DMTY5Mw |title=uciprotour.com |access-date=27 December 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716172601/http://www.uciprotour.com/Modules/ENews/ENewsDetails.asp?id=NTQwOQ&MenuId=MTY5Mw&BackLink=%2FTemplates%2FUCI%2FUCI5%2Flayout.asp%3FMenuID=MTY5Mw |archive-date=16 July 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Many of the team members went to the newly formed team [[Vacansoleil]].

==Dispute with race organisers==
Despite obtaining a ProTour license for the 2007 season, Unibet.com were not granted entry in [[2007 Paris–Nice|Paris–Nice]], the inaugural race of the series. The organiser of the French race, [[Amaury Sport Organisation]], argued that French law bans gambling companies (except for [[Française des Jeux (lottery)|Française des Jeux]] and [[Parimutuel betting#France|PMU]], as well as some casinos). Nevertheless, Unibet.com took part in the French races [[Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise|GP La Marseillaise]] and [[Étoile de Bessèges]] with special jerseys without their sponsor's name.

[[Rizzoli-Corriere della Sera|RCS]] also snubbed Unibet.com for the [[2007 Tirreno–Adriatico|Tirreno–Adriatico]], explaining that Italian gambling law required a special license for [[Unibet]]. However, as the Unibet.com management pointed out, Unibet '''did''' have the license, while [[Predictor-Lotto]]'s sponsor (the [[Belgium|Belgian]] national lottery) did not, but the Belgian squad was allowed to race on Italian soil. RCS further contradicted themselves when they later invited Unibet.com to [[2007 Milan–San Remo|Milan–San Remo]] in which [[Jeremy Hunt (cyclist)|Jeremy Hunt]] was their best rider, finishing in 17th place, ahead of former winners such as [[Filippo Pozzato]] or [[Paolo Bettini]].

However, Unibet.com was not chosen to ride in any of the three Grand Tours.

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== Major wins ==
;2007
:[[Nationale Sluitingsprijs]] ([[Gorik Gardeyn]])
:[[Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise]], ([[Jeremy Hunt (cyclist)|Jeremy Hunt]])
:Stage 3, [[Tour Down Under]] ([[Baden Cooke]])
:Le Samyn, ([[Jimmy Casper]])
:[[General classification]], [[Record Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen]], (Jimmy Casper)
:[[Points classification]], Record Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen, (Jimmy Casper)
:Stage 1, Record Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen, (Jimmy Casper)
:[[General classification]], [[Tour of Ireland]], ((Stijn Vandenbergh))
:[[Mountains classification]], [[2007 Volta a Catalunya|Volta a Catalunya]] ([[Luis Pasamontes]])
:Stage 8, [[2007 Tour de Suisse|Tour de Suisse]] ([[Rigoberto Urán]])

==Final roster==
{| class="wikitable"
!Name
!Birthdate
!Nationality
!Team 2007
!Team 2009
|-
| [[Borut Božič]] || 8. August 1980 || {{SLO}} || [[Team L.P.R.]] || [[Vacansoleil]]
|-
| [[Tom Criel]] || 6. June 1983 || {{flagu|Belgium}} || Unibet.com || [[Topsport Vlaanderen]]
|-
| [[Bas Giling]] || 4. November 1982 || {{NLD}} || [[Wiesenhof–Felt]] || [[Team Designa Køkken]]
|-
| [[Michał Gołaś]] || 29. April 1984 || {{flagu|Poland}} || Unibet.com || [[Amica Chips-Knauf]]
|-
| [[Sergey Kolesnikov (cyclist)|Sergey Kolesnikov]] || 3. September 1986 || {{flagu|Russia}} || Unibet.com || [[Moscow (Cycling Team)|Moscow]]
|-
| [[David Kopp (cyclist)|David Kopp]] || 5. January 1979 || {{flagu|Germany}} || [[Team Gerolsteiner]] ||  Elite 2
|-
| [[Sergey Lagutin]] || 14. January 1981 || {{UZB}} || [[Navigators Insurance Cycling Team]] || [[Vacansoleil]]
|-
| [[Marco Marcato]] || 11. February 1984 || {{flagu|Italy}} || [[Team L.P.R.]] || [[Vacansoleil]]
|-
| [[Lucas Persson]] || 16. March 1984 || {{flagu|Sweden}} || [[Unibet.com Continental]] || [[Team Capinordic]]
|-
| [[Matthé Pronk]] || 1. July 1974 || {{NLD}} || Unibet.com || [[Vacansoleil]]
|-
| [[Sergey Rudaskov]] || 6. August 1984 || {{flagu|Russia}} || Neo-pro || Elite 2
|-
| [[Mirko Selvaggi]] || 11. February 1985 || {{flagu|Italy}} || Neo-pro || [[Amica Chips-Knauf]]
|-
| [[Raynold Smith]] || 20. November 1985 || {{flagu|South Africa}} || Ex-Pro ([[Fondas Imabo]] 2005) || Elite 2
|-
| [[Gil Suray]] || 29. August 1984 || {{flagu|Belgium}} || Unibet.com || 	[[Roubaix – Lille Metropole]]
|-
| [[Kenny Van Der Schueren]] || 20. July 1982 || {{flagu|Belgium}} || [[Unibet.com Continental]] || [[Palmans-Cras]]
|-
| [[Troels Vinther]] || 24. February 1987 || {{DEN}} || Unibet.com || [[Team Capinordic]]
|-
| [[Steffen Wesemann]] || 11. March 1971 || {{flagu|Switzerland}} || [[Wiesenhof–Felt]] || Retired
|}

==External links==
*{{Official website|http://www.cycle-collstrop.eu/}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{UCI WorldTeams}}

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