UCI code | IAM |
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Registered | Switzerland |
Founded | 2013 |
Disbanded | 2016 |
Discipline | Road |
Status | UCI Pro Continental (2013–2014) UCI WorldTeam (2015– ) |
Bicycles | Scott Sports |
Components | Shimano |
Website | Team home page |
IAM Cycling was a Swiss registered UCI WorldTour cycling team, managed by former French road race champion Serge Beucherie.
The title sponsor was IAM Independent Asset Management SA, a Swiss investment management company.
The team was officially launched in January 2013. IAM Cycling is a member of the Mouvement pour un cyclisme crédible. IAM Cycling was selected as a wild-card entry for the 2013 Paris-Nice race.
On 22 August 2013 the team announced that it had signed Sylvain Chavanel and Jérôme Pineau from Omega Pharma–Quick-Step, Mathias Frank from BMC Racing Team and Roger Kluge from NetApp–Endura for the 2014 season. On 28 January it was announced that IAM Cycling had been granted a "wild card" entry to Tour de France 2014, its first Grand Tour. It also raced the Vuelta a Espana. Subsequently in December 2014 the UCI announced that the team would be granted a WorldTour licence for the 2015 season.
In May 2016, the team announced they would fold at the end of the season due to not being able to secure a secondary sponsor.