Team Argos-Shimano Secures New Major Sponsor

Team Argos-Shimano is pleased to announce that a new major sponsor will come on board as of January 1, 2014. A yet-to-be-announced brand will take over the title sponsorship from Argos. The team name and further details of this sponsorship will be announced in the next few weeks. The sponsorship contract runs through 2016, and Shimano will remain the second sponsor in 2014. ?Very recently, a company expressed interest in taking over the main sponsorship. The new sponsor is a good fit with our ambitious team goals,? said the team?s general manager, Iwan Spekenbrink (NED). ?We would like to thank Argos for supporting the team and enabling it to reach its current level, and for giving us the space to further develop our project with our new major partner. We are also grateful to our new sponsor for expressing such confidence in our organization, athletes and staff and in the vision for top sports and pro cycling upon which our organization is based. ?We will soon announce our look and feel, jersey, and ambitions for next year, together with our new partner.? Argos released the following statement: ?The partnership has been a commercial and sporting success. We are very proud of the development of the team and its performance in the last two years. Team Argos-Shimano?s recent performance at the Tour de France was a particular highlight. Argos wishes the team ? supported by its new sponsor ? continuing success in the future.?