Tom Schuler
{{short description|American cyclist}}
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| name = Tom Schuler
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1956|11|28}}
| birth_place = Birmingham, Michigan, U.S.
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| currentteam = Retired
| discipline = Road bicycle racing
| role = Rider
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| proteam1 = American Olympic Cycling Team
| proyears2 = 1991–2002
| proteam2 = Volvo-Cannondale Mountain Bike Team
| proyears3 = 1991–2003
| proteam3 = Saturn Cycling Team
| proyears4 = 2005
| proteam4 = Advantage Benefits Endeavour Cycling Team
| proyears5 = 2006
| proteam5 = TARGETRAINING
| proyears6 = 2007
| proteam6 = Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wine
| proyears7 = 1999–2009
| proteam7 = Timex Multisport Team
| proyears8 = 2008–2009
| proteam8 = Zoot Ultra Triathlon Team
| proyears9 = 2008–2009
| proteam9 = Team Type 1
| proyears10 = 2018 - present
| proteam10 = Detroit Cycling Championship
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Tom Schuler (born November 28, 1956, in Birmingham, Michigan) is a retired American professional road bicycle racer and founder of Team Sports Inc., a sports management company in cycling, mountain biking, triathlon, and roller blading. Since 2006, he has been directeur sportif (team manager) for Targettraining, a UCI Continental team riding USA Cycling's national racing calendar circuit, and Zoot Sports Triathlon Team. In 2009, he was general manager of Team Type 1, the Timex Multisport Team and the Zoot Ultra Triathlon Team.
Schuler was directeur sportif of Saturn Cycling Team, a professional cycling team from 1991 to 2003, and helped found the Volvo-Cannondale mountain bike team.
Schuler, a graduate from the University of Michigan, 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. He was the 1987 USPRO national road champion and the 1981 US professional criterium champion.
Career
In 2009 Schuler 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.
He also co-founded the Prairie State Cycling Series, a multi-venue race, sponsored by Intelligentsia Coffee and named the Intelligentsia Cup powered by SRAM.{{cite web |title=Community rallies to ensure Glen Ellyn continues as 2017 series venue with Tour of Lake Ellyn |url=http://www.intelligentsiacup.com/ |website=www.intelligentsiacup.com |access-date=22 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170228160028/https://www.intelligentsiacup.com/ |archive-date=February 28, 2017 |location=Chicago |language=en |date=February 23, 2017 |url-status=live}}
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: Saturn Cycling Team
- 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
- 2018–present: Detroit Cycling Championship (USA Cycling Pro Road Tour)
= Highlights =
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;1979
;1980
;1986 – 7-Eleven Cycling Team
- Athens Twilight Criterium
;1987 – 7-Eleven Cycling Team
- 20px national road champion.
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References
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External links
- [http://www.teamtype1.org/ Team Type 1]
- [http://teamtimex.timexblogs.com/ Timex Multisport Team]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090901180114/http://www.zootsports.com/pages.php?CDpath=1_21 Zoot Ultra Triathlon Team]
- [http://www.teamsportsinc.com/teamsportsstaff.html Team Sports Inc.]
- [http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/features/?id=2003/saturnfarewell Team Saturn: Hail and farewell]
- [https://archive.today/20060908174332/http://targetraining.com/racing/roster/roster_schuler.html TARGETRAINING]
- {{cycling Archives|5463}}
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Category:American male cyclists
Category:American cycling road race champions
Category:Sportspeople from Detroit
Category:University of Michigan alumni
Category:Cyclists from Michigan
Category:20th-century American sportsmen
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