Cervélo, along with Zipp, Speedplay, Vittoria, and 3T have created a new professional cycling team, Cervélo TestTeam.

The reason for leaving the top ranked Team CSC is due to the owner of CSC, Riis Cycling, change in priorities towards generating revenue, and profits.  This wasn’t aligned very well with the goals of Cervélo.

“Our main reason to work with a team is to develop new products, and how better to accomplish that than by owning the team.”

It will be interesting to see who will step up and take Cervélo’s place on Team CSC.

The roster has been confirmed as being filled out, but has not been announced yet.

”Cervélo TestTeam will be managed by Cycling United Racing out of Switzerland, together with the professional women’s team currently known as Team Cervélo-Lifeforce,. “As a partner of the women’s team, we have seen their very high level of professionalism and their impressive results,” said Andy Ording, President of Zipp. “So it was a natural decision to use the current platform and reinforce it with additional staff.”

The “TestTeam” name may change based on if Cervélo is able to gain a major sponsor.

The full press release.