Lidl-Trek is a professional road cycling team competing at UCI WorldTeam level, founded in 2011 under the name Leopard Trek. Trek took over ownership of the team and its license in 2014, and the team has since raced as Trek Factory Racing and Trek-Segafredo before being rebranded Lidl-Trek in 2023 following sponsorship from the supermarket chain Lidl. Its UCI code is LTK; the team was licensed in Luxembourg from 2011 to 2013 and in the United States from 2014 to 2025, and became licensed in Germany from 2026 after Lidl became its majority owner in October 2025.
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1. Wikipedia, Lidl-Trek (men's team)
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2011
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Lidl-Trek is a professional road cycling team competing at UCI WorldTeam level, founded in 2011 under the name Leopard Trek. Trek took over ownership of the team and its license in 2014, and the team has since raced as Trek Factory Racing and Trek-Segafredo before being rebranded Lidl-Trek in 2023 following sponsorship from the supermarket chain Lidl. Its UCI code is LTK; the team was li
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Why is Lidl-Trek not still called Leopard Trek or Trek-Segafredo?
Lidl-Trek has raced under several different names since it was founded. The team began in 2011 as Leopard Trek. Trek took over its ownership and license in 2014, after which the team raced as Trek Factory Racing and then Trek-Segafredo. It took its current name, Lidl-Trek, in 2023 after the supermarket chain Lidl became a sponsor, and Lidl became the team's majority owner in October 2025, when the team's UCI license also moved from the United States to Germany.
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