Tom Schuler is a retired American

United States

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 professional road bicycle racer and founder

Entrepreneur

An entrepreneur is an owner or manager of a business enterprise who makes money through risk and initiative.The term was originally a loanword from French and was first defined by the Irish-French economist Richard Cantillon. Entrepreneur in English is a term applied to a person who is willing to...

 of Team Sports Inc., a sports management company in cycling

Cycling

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, mountain biking

Mountain biking

Mountain biking is a sport which consists of riding bicycles off-road, often over rough terrain, using specially adapted mountain bikes. Mountain bikes share similarities with other bikes, but incorporate features designed to enhance durability and performance in rough terrain.Mountain biking can...

, triathlon

Triathlon

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, and roller blading. Since 2006, he has been team manager

Directeur sportif

A directeur sportif is a person directing a cycling team during a road bicycle racing event...

 for Targettraining, a UCI Continental

UCI Continental Circuits

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 team riding USA Cycling

USA Cycling

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's national racing calendar circuit, and Zoot Sports Triathlon Team. In 2009, he was general manager of Team Type 1

Team Type 1

Team Type 1 is a professional cycling team based in the United States of America. It was founded in 2004 and is sponsored by Colnago. The team promotes type 1 diabetes awareness in cycling: a number of the team's riders have type 1 diabetes, including Javier Mejías, Fabio Calabria and Martijn...

, the Timex Multisport Team and the Zoot Ultra Triathlon Team.

Schuler was directeur sportif

Directeur sportif

A directeur sportif is a person directing a cycling team during a road bicycle racing event...

 of Team Saturn, a professional cycling team

Cycling team

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 from 1991 to 2003, and helped found the Volvo-Cannondale mountain bike team.

Schuler, a graduate from the University of Michigan

University of Michigan

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, represented the United States at the 1976 and 1980 Summer Olympics and was one of the original seven members of the 7-Eleven Cycling Team

7-Eleven Cycling Team

The 7-Eleven Cycling Team, later the Motorola Cycling Team, was a professional cycling team founded in the U.S. in 1981 by Jim Ochowicz, a former U.S. Olympic cyclist...

. He was the 1987 USPRO national road champion and the 1981 US professional criterium champion.

Major achievements

In 2009 Tom became a co-founder of the Tour of America's Dairyland, a 10 day race in Wisconsin that attracts Pro-Teams and riders from around the world. www.TourofAmericasDairyland.com

• In October 2007 he was inducted into the U.S. Bicycling Hall of Fame.

Directeur sportif/team manager

1991–2002

• Volvo-Cannondale Mountain Bike Team

1991–2003

• Team Saturn

1999–2009

• Timex Multisport Team

2005

• Advantage Benefits Endeavour Cycling Team

2006

• TARGETRAINING

2007

• Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wine. Men's and Women's Team

2008–2009

• Zoot Ultra Triathlon Team

2008–2009

• Team Type 1

Cyclist

1979

• Fitchburg Longsjo Classic
  Fitchburg Longsjo Classic
  Fitchburg Longsjo Classic is an annual road bicycle racing stage race held in and around Fitchburg, Massachusetts, United States. It is notably the second oldest cycling race in the United States....
  
  

1980

• U.S. Olympic Cycling Team
  1980 Summer Olympics
  The 1980 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event celebrated in Moscow in the Soviet Union. In addition, the yachting events were held in Tallinn, and some of the preliminary matches and the quarter-finals of the football tournament...
  
  

1986 – 7-Eleven Cycling Team

7-Eleven Cycling Team

The 7-Eleven Cycling Team, later the Motorola Cycling Team, was a professional cycling team founded in the U.S. in 1981 by Jim Ochowicz, a former U.S. Olympic cyclist...

• Athens Twilight Criterium

1987 – 7-Eleven Cycling Team

7-Eleven Cycling Team

The 7-Eleven Cycling Team, later the Motorola Cycling Team, was a professional cycling team founded in the U.S. in 1981 by Jim Ochowicz, a former U.S. Olympic cyclist...

• national road champion.

External links

• Team Type 1
• Timex Multisport Team
• Zoot Ultra Triathlon Team
• Team Sports Inc.
• Team Saturn: Hail and farewell
• TARGETRAINING

• http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Summerfest-Rock-n-Sole-Half-Marathon-and-10K-Run/101288066612160

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