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{{Short description|Spanish cycling team}}
{{Redirect-distinguish|Footon-Servetto|Servetto Footon}}
{{Infobox cycling team
|  name = Geox-TMC
|    image = [[File:geoxlogo.jpg|200px]]
|    code = GEO
|    registered = Spain
|   founded = {{start date|2004}}
|  disbanded = 2011
|  bicycles = [[Fuji Advanced Sports|Fuji]]
|   generalmanager = [[Mauro Gianetti]]
| teammanager =
| discipline = [[Road bicycle racing|Road]]
|   status = [[UCI Professional Continental]]
|   season = 2004–2007<br>2008<br />2008<br />2009<br />2010<br />2011
|   oldname = Saunier Duval–Prodir<br/>Saunier Duval–Scott<br/>Scott–American Beef<br/>Fuji–Servetto<br />Footon–Servetto–Fuji<br />Geox-TMC
|  kitimage =
|   current =
}}

'''Geox-TMC''' was a Spanish-based [[road bicycle racing]] team, registered for 2011 as a [[UCI Professional Continental]] team. Established as Saunier Duval–Prodir in 2004, the team has had success in one-day races such as [[Clásica de San Sebastián]].

The team's final title sponsors were [[Geox]], an Italian shoe company, and TMC, a multinational company that develops electric transformers with cast resin windings.

==History==
After team cyclist [[Riccardo Riccò]] was arrested by police following a positive test for doping after the 4th stage of the [[2008 Tour de France]], the team left the 2008 [[Tour de France]] before the 12th stage of the race began. Both Riccò and [[Leonardo Piepoli]] were fired from the team,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gwjeGTpqX7OWckmA5Cw9uGxwBjcw|title=Spanish cycling team Saunier Duval sack Ricco|agency=Agence France-Presse|access-date=2008-07-18|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080802215832/http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gwjeGTpqX7OWckmA5Cw9uGxwBjcw|archive-date=2008-08-02}}</ref> but the team was still denied a place in the [[2008 Vuelta a España]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/07/sports/EU-CYC-Spanish-Vuelta-Scott-American-Beef.php|title=Scott–American Beef excluded from Spain's Vuelta|work=International Herald Tribune|access-date=2008-08-07|archive-date=2008-09-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080924020209/http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/07/sports/EU-CYC-Spanish-Vuelta-Scott-American-Beef.php|url-status=live}}</ref> and other [[UCI ProTour]] races. The team's sponsors withdrew their support,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2008/jul/23/tourdefrance.cycling3|title=Saunier Duval to withdraw from cycling sponsorship|work=The Guardian|access-date=2008-07-23|location=London|first=Robin|last=Lynch|date=2008-07-23|archive-date=2015-09-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150916172913/http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2008/jul/23/tourdefrance.cycling3|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://scottusa.com/news/bike/1503|title=Scott Bicycles Discontinues Sponsorship|publisher=scottusa.com|access-date=2008-08-28|archive-date=2009-02-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090211084559/http://scottusa.com/news/bike/1503|url-status=live}}</ref> but new sponsors were found to retain the team's participation at the top level of the sport. The team continued through the 2009 and 2010 season sponsored by Fuji–Servetto and then later as Footon–Servetto–Fuji.

For 2011 the team secured new sponsors Geox and TMC. They  entered the 2011 season as a pro continental team after failing to secure a World Tour Licence. They received a wild card invite to the  [[Vuelta a España]] which they won with [[Juan José Cobo]], although this result has been reversed by the UCI due to violation of anti-doping rules. On October 20 it was announced that Geox were withdrawing their sponsorship.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/geox-pulls-sponsorship-from-cycling|title=Geox pulls sponsorship from cycling|publisher=cyclingnews.com|access-date=|archive-date=2011-10-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111022202500/http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/geox-pulls-sponsorship-from-cycling|url-status=live}}</ref> It was later announced by the UCI that riders were free to move to other teams.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/geox-riders-free-to-leave-says-uci|title=Geox riders free to leave|publisher=cyclingnews.com|access-date=|archive-date=2011-10-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111022202104/http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/geox-riders-free-to-leave-says-uci|url-status=live}}</ref> On December 7, it was announced that management had failed to find a new sponsor, and would now turn their focus to helping riders find new teams, indicating that the team would not continue.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/geox-gives-up-hope-of-new-sponsor|title=Geox gives up hope of new sponsor|access-date=2011-12-08|archive-date=2012-01-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120107145253/http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/geox-gives-up-hope-of-new-sponsor|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:Saunier Duval-Prodir 2007.jpg|thumb|The team in 2007]]

== Major wins ==
{{palmares start}}

===2004===
:Stage 1 [[Tour of Qatar]], [[Francisco Ventoso]]
:Overall [[Vuelta a Andalucía]], [[Juan Carlos Domínguez]]
::Stage 3, [[Juan Carlos Domínguez]]
:Overall [[Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme]], [[Joaquim Rodríguez]]
:Stage 3 [[Vuelta a Aragón]], [[Constantino Zaballa]]
:Stage 4 [[Tour de Romandie]], [[Fabian Jeker]]
:Stage 5 [[Vuelta a Asturias]], [[Miguel Ángel Martín Perdiguero]]
:Stages 1 & 2 [[Euskal Bizikleta]], [[Miguel Ángel Martín Perdiguero]]
:[[Philadelphia International Championship|Wachovia USPRO Championships]], [[Francisco Ventoso]]
:Overall [[Volta a Catalunya]], [[Miguel Ángel Martín Perdiguero]]
::Stages 2, 3 & 4, [[Miguel Ángel Martín Perdiguero]]
:[[Clásica San Sebastián]], [[Miguel Ángel Martín Perdiguero]]
:[[Subida a Urkiola]], [[Leonardo Piepoli]]
:Stage 9 [[2004 Vuelta a España|Vuelta a España]], [[Leonardo Piepoli]]
:Stage 19 [[2004 Vuelta a España|Vuelta a España]], [[Constantino Zaballa]]

===2005===
:Stage 4 [[Volta a Catalunya]], [[Leonardo Piepoli]]
:Stage 5 [[Volta a Catalunya]], [[Íñigo Cuesta]]
:Stage 6 [[2005 Tour de Suisse|Tour de Suisse]], [[Chris Horner]]
:{{flagu|Italy}} Time Trial Championships, [[Marco Pinotti]]
:{{flagu|Spain}} Road Race Championships, [[Juan Manuel Gárate]]
:Overall [[Vuelta a Burgos]], [[Juan Carlos Domínguez]]
::Stage 4, [[Juan Carlos Domínguez]]
:[[2005 Clásica de San Sebastián|Clásica de San Sebastián]], [[Constantino Zaballa]]
:[[Subida a Urkiola]], [[Joaquim Rodríguez]]
:[[Image:Jersey red.svg|20px]] [[Mountains classification in the Vuelta a España]], [[Joaquim Rodríguez]]

===2006===
:Stage 5 [[Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali]], [[Riccardo Riccò]]
:Overall [[2006 Vuelta al Pais Vasco|Vuelta al Pais Vasco]], [[José Ángel Gómez Marchante]]
::Stage 6, [[José Ángel Gómez Marchante]]
:Overall [[Volta a Catalunya]], [[David Cañada]]
:Stages 13 & 17 [[2006 Giro d'Italia|Giro d'Italia]], [[Leonardo Piepoli]]
:Overall [[Euskal Bizikleta]], [[Koldo Gil]]
::Stages 1 & 4b, [[Koldo Gil]]
::Stage 4a, [[Francisco Ventoso]]
:Stage 6 [[2006 Tour de Suisse|Tour de Suisse]], [[Koldo Gil]]
:{{flagu|Poland}} Time Trial Championship, [[Piotr Mazur]]
:Stage 3 [[2006 Vuelta a España|Vuelta a España]], [[Francisco Ventoso]]
:Stage 14 [[2006 Vuelta a España|Vuelta a España]], [[David Millar]]
:[[Japan Cup (cycling)|Japan Cup]], [[Riccardo Riccò]]

===2007===
:Stage 4 [[Tour de San Luis]], [[Riccardo Riccò]]
:Prologue [[2007 Paris–Nice|Paris–Nice]], [[David Millar]]
:Stages 3 & 4 [[2007 Tirreno–Adriatico|Tirreno–Adriatico]], [[Riccardo Riccò]]
:Stages 2, 3 & 5 [[Vuelta a Castilla y León]], [[Francisco Ventoso]]
:Stage 5 [[Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali]], [[Riccardo Riccò]]
:Overall [[2007 Vuelta al País Vasco|Vuelta al País Vasco]], [[Juan José Cobo]]
::Stages 1 & 5, [[Juan José Cobo]]
:[[Subida al Naranco]], [[Koldo Gil]]
:Overall [[Vuelta a Asturias]], [[Koldo Gil]]
::Stage 3, [[Alberto Fernández de la Puebla]]
:Stage 10 [[2007 Giro d'Italia|Giro d'Italia]], [[Leonardo Piepoli]]
:Stage 15 [[2007 Giro d'Italia|Giro d'Italia]], [[Riccardo Riccò]]
:Stage 17 [[2007 Giro d'Italia|Giro d'Italia]], [[Gilberto Simoni]]
:Stage 19 [[2007 Giro d'Italia|Giro d'Italia]], [[Iban Mayo]]
:[[Image:Jersey green.svg|20px]] Mountains classification [[2007 Giro d'Italia|Giro d'Italia]], [[Leonardo Piepoli]]
:[[GP Llodio]], [[David de la Fuente]]
:Stage 1 [[Euskal Bizikleta]], [[Alberto Fernández de la Puebla]]
:{{LAT}} Time Trial Championships, [[Raivis Belohvoščiks]]
:{{flagu|United Kingdom}} Road Race Championships, [[David Millar]]
:{{flagu|United Kingdom}} Time Trial Championships, [[David Millar]]
:[[Subida a Urkiola]], [[José Ángel Gómez Marchante]]
:Stage 5 [[2007 Eneco Tour|Eneco Tour]], [[Luciano Pagliarini]]
:Stage 9 [[2007 Vuelta a España|Vuelta a España]], [[Leonardo Piepoli]]
:Stage 4 [[Tour of Missouri]], [[Luciano Pagliarini]]
:Stage 1 [[Vuelta Chihuahua Internacional|Vuelta a Chihuahua]], [[Javier Mejías]]
:[[Japan Cup (cycling)|Japan Cup]], [[Manuele Mori]]

===2008===
:Stage 5 [[Vuelta a Andalucía]], [[Denis Flahaut]]
:Stage 6 [[Tour of California]], [[Luciano Pagliarini]]
:Stages 2 & 8 [[2008 Giro d'Italia|Giro d'Italia]], [[Riccardo Riccò]]
:Overall [[Euskal Bizikleta]], [[Eros Capecchi]]
::Stage 3, [[Eros Capecchi]]
:{{LAT}} Time Trial Championships, [[Raivis Belohvoščiks]]
:Stage 10 [[2008 Tour de France|Tour de France]], [[Juan José Cobo]]
:Stage 5 [[Vuelta a Burgos]], [[Juan José Cobo]]
:Stage 9 [[Volta a Portugal]], [[Juan José Cobo]]
:Stage 7 [[2008 Eneco Tour|Eneco Tour]], [[Raivis Belohvoščiks]]
:Stage 2 [[Deutschland Tour]], [[David de la Fuente]]
:Stages 4 & 5 [[Vuelta Mexico]], [[José Alberto Benítez]]
:Stage 4 [[Vuelta Chihuahua Internacional|Vuelta a Chihuahua]], [[Iker Camaño]]
:[[Young rider classification in the Giro d'Italia]], [[Riccardo Riccò]]

*[[2008 Tour de France|Tour de France]]:<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.letour.fr/HISTO/fr/TDF/2008/vainqueurs.html |title=Historique du Tour de France |access-date=2009-08-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090717121150/http://www.letour.fr/HISTO/fr/TDF/2008/vainqueurs.html |archive-date=2009-07-17 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>Both Ricco and Piepoli subsequently tested positive for EPO Cera</ref>
:Stage 6: Riccardo Riccò
:Stage 9: Riccardo Riccò
:Stage 10: Leonardo Piepoli
''Tested Positive For [[MIRCERA]] – Stripped of stage wins ''

===2009===
:Stage 4 [[Vuelta a Castilla y León]], [[Juan José Cobo]]
:[[GP Miguel Induráin]], [[David de la Fuente]]
:Stage 1 [[2009 Tour de Romandie|Tour de Romandie]], [[Ricardo Serrano (cyclist)|Ricardo Serrano]]

===2010===
:Stage 2 [[Tour de San Luis]], [[Rafael Valls]]
:Stage 3 [[Tour Down Under]], [[Manuel Cardoso (cyclist)|Manuel Cardoso]]
:Overall [[Circuit de Lorraine]], [[Fabio Felline]]
::Stages 2 & 3, [[Fabio Felline]]

===2011===
:[[Clásica de Almería]], [[Matteo Pelucchi]]
:Stage 3 [[Giro del Trentino]], [[Fabio Duarte]]
:Stage 2a [[Brixia Tour]], [[Fabio Felline]]
{{clear}}
{{palmares end}}

==National champions==
;2005
: [[File:Jersey italianflag.svg|20px]] Time Trial Championships, Marco Pinotti
: [[Image:MaillotEspaña.PNG|20px]] Road Race Championships, Juan Manuel Gárate
;2006
: [[File:MaillotPolonia.PNG|20px]] Time Trial Championship, Piotr Mazur
;2007
: [[File:MaillotLetonia.PNG|20px]] Time Trial Championships, Raivis Belohvoščiks
: [[File:MaillotReinoUnido.PNG|20px]]  Road Race Championships, David Millar
: [[File:MaillotReinoUnido.PNG|20px]] Time Trial Championships, David Millar
;2008
: [[File:MaillotLetonia.PNG|20px]] Time Trial Championships, Raivis Belohvoščiks

==Supplementary statistics==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|style="background:#099BA8;" colspan=20|'''Grand Tours by highest finishing position'''
|-
!Race
!2004
!2005
!2006
!2007
!2008
!2009
!2010
!2011
|- align="center"
| style="text-align:center;"| '''[[Giro d'Italia]]'''
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2004 Giro d'Italia|16]]
| style="background:#ddf;"| [[2005 Giro d'Italia|5]]
| style="background:#ddf;"| [[2006 Giro d'Italia|'''3''']]
| style="background:#ddf;"| [[2007 Giro d'Italia|4]]
| style="background:#ddf;"| [[2008 Giro d'Italia|'''2''']]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2009 Giro d'Italia|38]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2010 Giro d'Italia|22]]
| style="background:#ddf;"| [[2011 Giro d'Italia|7]]
|- align="center"
| style="text-align:center;"| '''[[Tour de France]]'''
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2004 Tour de France|–]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2005 Tour de France|23]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2006 Tour de France|40]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2007 Tour de France|19]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2008 Tour de France|–]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2009 Tour de France|–]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2010 Tour de France|52]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2011 Tour de France|–]]
|- align="center"
| style="text-align:center;"| '''[[Vuelta a España]]'''
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2004 Vuelta a España|27]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2005 Vuelta a España|29]]
| style="background:#ddf;"| [[2006 Vuelta a España|5]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2007 Vuelta a España|34]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2008 Vuelta a España|–]]
| style="background:#ddf;"| [[2009 Vuelta a España|10]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2010 Vuelta a España|74]]
| style="background:#ddf;"| [[2011 Vuelta a España|4]]
|-
|style="background:#099BA8;" colspan=20| '''Monument races by highest finishing position'''
|-
!Race
!2004
!2005
!2006
!2007
!2008
!2009
!2010
!2011
|- align="center"
| style="text-align:center;"| '''[[Milan–San Remo]]'''
| style="background:#ddf;"| [[2004 Milan–San Remo|9]]
| style="background:#ddf;"| [[2005 Milan–San Remo|10]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2006 Milan–San Remo|54]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2007 Milan–San Remo|18]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2008 Milan–San Remo|27]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2009 Milan–San Remo|36]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2010 Milan–San Remo|–]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2011 Milan–San Remo|68]]
|- align="center"
| style="text-align:center;"| '''[[Tour of Flanders (men's race)|Tour of Flanders]]'''
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2004 Tour of Flanders|–]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2005 Tour of Flanders|30]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2006 Tour of Flanders|–]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2007 Tour of Flanders|11]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2008 Tour of Flanders|66]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2009 Tour of Flanders|57]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2010 Tour of Flanders|–]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2011 Tour of Flanders|–]]
|- align="center"
| style="text-align:center;"| '''[[Paris–Roubaix]]'''
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2004 Paris–Roubaix|–]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2005 Paris–Roubaix|42]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2006 Paris–Roubaix|76]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2007 Paris–Roubaix|54]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2008 Paris–Roubaix|64]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2009 Paris–Roubaix|–]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2010 Paris–Roubaix|–]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2011 Paris–Roubaix|–]]
|- align="center"
| style="text-align:center;"| '''[[Liège–Bastogne–Liège]]'''
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2004 Liège–Bastogne–Liège|36]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2005 Liège–Bastogne–Liège|25]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2006 Liège–Bastogne–Liège|22]]
| style="background:#ddf;"| [[2007 Liège–Bastogne–Liège|8]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2008 Liège–Bastogne–Liège|15]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2009 Liège–Bastogne–Liège|–]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2010 Liège–Bastogne–Liège|–]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2011 Liège–Bastogne–Liège|–]]
|- align="center"
| style="text-align:center;"| '''[[Giro di Lombardia]]'''
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2004 Giro di Lombardia|11]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2005 Giro di Lombardia|60]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2006 Giro di Lombardia|28]]
| style="background:silver;"| [[2007 Giro di Lombardia|'''2''']]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2008 Giro di Lombardia|25]]
| style="background:#ddf;"| [[2009 Giro di Lombardia|9]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2010 Giro di Lombardia|–]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2011 Giro di Lombardia|22]]
|-
|}

==See also==
*[[List of teams and cyclists in the 2008 Tour de France]]
*[[2008 Tour de France]]
*[[Tour de France]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
{{Commons category|Geox-TMC}}
* {{Official website|http://www.geox-tmc.com/}}

{{UCI WorldTeams}}
{{Giro d'Italia team classification winners}}
{{Vuelta a España team classification winners}}

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