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Comment by tremon | Hacker News Reader

Cycle racing exists in a symbiotic relationship with cycle manufacturing

How many racing teams are named after bicycle manufacturers?

Of the current world tour [1]: five.

  * BMC RACING TEAM
  * CANNONDALE PRO CYCLING TEAM
  * LAMPRE - MERIDA
  * TEAM GIANT - ALPECIN
  * TREK - SEGAFREDO

(I may have missed some)

But note that many if not all teams are sponsored by manufacturers (frames, wheels, geartrain, etc).

Edit: five. Forgot Merida.

Lampre-Merida too. So 5 total.

4 I think: Cannondale, Lampre Merida, Giant Alpecin, Trek Segafredo.