Team Specialized Concept Store

Team Specialized Concept Store
Team data
UCI code	SCS
nationality	Germany
License	Continental team
operator	LT Cyclingmanagement Link & Täumler GbR
First season	2012
Last season	2012
discipline	Street
Wheel manufacturer	Specialized
staff
Team manager	Hartmut Täumler
Sportl. ladder	Nico Keinath Michael Schulz
Name story
Years	Surname
2012	Team Specialized Concept Store
Website
http://specialized-team.de/home/

The Team Specialized Concept Store was a German - Azerbaijani cycling team founded in 2012 , which was registered with the World Cycling Association UCI as a Continental Team and was dissolved again at the end of 2012.

Team manager and - in addition to Nico Keinath - sporting director were Hartmut Täumler , who was previously the sporting director of Team Ista , the farm team of what was then ProTeam Gerolsteiner . In addition to the name sponsor Specialized Concept Store , the team was sponsored by the Azerbaijani Ata Holding . The contact to Azerbaijan was established by the Olympic champion and former head of the Olympic base in Stuttgart , Karl Link .

At the end of the 2012 season, the team was disbanded for various organizational reasons.

2012 season

Success in the UCI Africa Tour

See also : UCI Africa Tour 2012

date	run	Cat.	winner
April 29	6th stage La Tropicale Amissa Bongo	2.1	Fabian Schnaidt

Success in the UCI Europe Tour

See also : UCI Europe Tour 2012

date	run	Cat.	winner
June 16	2nd stage Upper Austria tour	2.2	Fabian Schnaidt
June 22	Azerbaijani Championship - Individual Time Trial (U23)	CN	Tural Isgandarov
23rd June	Azerbaijani Championship - Individual Time Trial	CN	Elchin Asadov
June 24th	Azerbaijani Championship - Road Race	CN	Olexandr Surutkovich

Success in the UCI Asia Tour

See also : UCI Africa Tour 2012

date	run	Cat.	winner
June 29th	1st stage Tour of Qinghai Lake	2.HC	Fabian Schnaidt

team

driver	birthday	nationality	Team 2011	Team 2013
Elchin Asadov	February 12, 1987	Azerbaijan	Neoprofi	Synergy Baku Cycling Project
Emanuel Buchmann	November 18, 1992	Germany	Neoprofi	rad-net Rose team
Achim Burkart	June 30, 1992	Germany	Neoprofi	Rudy Project Racing Team
Mike Egger	July 20, 1991	Germany	Neoprofi	Team Bergstrasse-Jenatec
Nicodemus Holler	May 4th 1991	Germany	Neoprofi	Thuringian Energy Team
Tural Isgandarov	January 12, 1992	Azerbaijan	Neoprofi	Synergy Baku Cycling Project
Agshin Ismaylov	August 18, 1987	Azerbaijan	Neoprofi	Synergy Baku Cycling Project
Nico Knab	February 14, 1992	Germany	Neoprofi	Maca Loca Scott
Jonas Koch	June 25, 1993	Germany	Neoprofi	LKT Team Brandenburg
Thorsten Marth (until July 31)	November 13, 1992	Germany	Neoprofi
Ruslan Mustafayev	March 21, 1987	Azerbaijan	Neoprofi	Synergy Baku Cycling Project
Fabio Nappa	4th February 1992	Germany	Neoprofi	Team Bergstrasse-Jenatec
Fabian Schnaidt	October 27, 1990	Germany	Neoprofi	Champion system
Christoph Springer	October 30, 1985	Germany	SP tableware	Team Vorarlberg
Olexandr Surutkovich	January 8, 1984	Ukraine	Team Type 1 (2008)	Synergy Baku Cycling Project
Mario Vogt	17th January 1992	Germany	Team Heizomat	rad-net Rose team
Trainees		nationality
Andrea Cismondi		Italy

Placements in UCI rankings

UCI Africa Tour

season	Team ranking	Driver ranking
2012	12.	Fabian Schnaidt (54th)

UCI Asia Tour

season	Team ranking	Driver ranking
2012	26th	Fabian Schnaidt (49.)

UCI Europe Tour

season	Team ranking	Driver ranking
2012	65.	Elchin Asadov (268.)

Web links

• Official website
• The team in the UCI team database
• Team Specialized Concept Store in the Radsportseiten.net database

References and comments

1. ↑ Team Specialized: German-Azerbaijani cooperation , radsport-news.com from February 16, 2012
2. ↑ Specialized Concept Store: It's over after only one season , radsport-news.com of October 29, 2012
3. ↑ The Azerbaijani driver Aleksandr Surutkovic was not yet registered as a team member with the UCI until February 16, 2012.