Phonak (cycling team)

Phonak was a Swiss professional cycling team from 2000 until 2006. The team was one of 20 teams in the first UCI ProTour in 2005. It won one race – Santiago Botero's victory in the Tour de Romandie – and came second in the team ranking on the 2005 ProTour circuit.

History
A sponsor, iShares (subsidiary of Barclays Global Investors) signed a three-year contract in June 2006 to become the team's title sponsor from 2007. The team's name was to be iShares. Andy Rihs, owner of Phonak Hearing Systems, said on 15 August 2006 that the deal had been called off after the team's leader, Floyd Landis, tested positive for high levels of testosterone, and that the team would disband at the end of 2006.

During 2004 Phonak concentrated on supporting Tyler Hamilton in the Tour de France. He crashed and withdrew and was later suspended for blood doping. Hamilton was not the last rider removed for doping, leading Phonak to stop sponsorship after 2006.

The riders accused of doping in 2004 were Hamilton, Santiago Pérez, Oscar Camenzind, Fabrizio Guidi (who was cleared) and Sascha Urweider.

On 5 August 2006 Phonak dismissed Floyd Landis after confirmation that a urine sample taken after his Stage 17 win twice tested positive for synthetic testosterone as well as a ratio of testosterone to epitestosterone nearly three times the limit allowed by World Anti-Doping Agency rules. His 2006 Tour de France win was erased from the books by the Union Cycliste Internationale on September 20, 2007.

Team rankings
Phonak won the team classification at:
 * 2006 Giro d'Italia – Trofeo Fast Team and Trofeo Super Team (points)
 * 2006 Volta a Catalunya
 * 2006 Tour of Qatar
 * 2006 Paris–Nice
 * 2006 Tour de Georgia

Major wins

 * 2000
 * Berner Rundfahrt, Lukas Zumsteg
 * GP Winterthur, Pierre Bourquenoud
 * Vorarlberg GP, Matthias Buxhofer
 * Wartenberg-Rundfahrt, Matthias Buxhofer
 * Stage 5 Tour de l'Avenir, Alexandre Usov
 * Chrono des Herbiers, Jean Nuttli


 * 2001
 * GP de Genève, Roger Beuchat
 * Stage 3 & 5 Niedersachsen-Rundfahrt, Alexandre Usov
 * Stage 4 Niedersachsen-Rundfahrt, Bert Grabsch
 * Stage 5a Deutschland Tour, Matthias Buxhofer
 * Tour du Jura, Roger Beuchat
 * Stage 2 Tour de Wallonie, Bert Grabsch
 * Stage 4a Tour du Poitou-Charentes, Jean Nuttli
 * Stage 1 Tour de l'Avenir, Alexandre Usov
 * Time Trial Championship, Jean Nuttli
 * Giro del Mendrisiotto, Alexandre Moos
 * Chrono des Herbiers, Jean Nuttli


 * 2002
 * Clásica de Almería, Massimo Strazzer
 * Stausee Rundfahrt, Massimo Strazzer
 * Stage 2b Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme, Juan Carlos Domínguez
 * Stage 5 Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme, Óscar Pereiro
 * Stage 2, 3a & 4 Circuit de la Sarthe, Massimo Strazzer
 * Prologue Giro d'Italia, Juan Carlos Domínguez
 * Stage 6 Tour de Suisse, Alexandre Moos
 * Road Race Championship, Alexandre Moos
 * 🇧🇾 Road Race Championship, Alexandre Usov
 * Overall Sachsen Tour, Oscar Camenzind
 * Stage 2, Oscar Camenzind
 * Circuito de Getxo, Martin Elmiger
 * Stage 1 Vuelta a Burgos, Bert Grabsch
 * Stage 1 Tour du Poitou-Charentes, Alexandre Usov
 * Stage 2 Tour de l'Avenir, Alexandre Usov


 * 2003
 * Trofeo Cala Bona, Alexandre Usov
 * Stage 2 Circuit de la Sarthe, Massimo Strazzer
 * Stage 1 Clasica Alcobendas, Alexandre Usov
 * Stage 3b Tour de Picardie, Juan Carlos Domínguez
 * Stage 2b Bayern Rundfahrt, Massimo Strazzer
 * Grand Prix of Aargau Canton, Martin Elmiger
 * Stage 6 Tour de Suisse, Óscar Pereiro
 * Road Race Championship, Daniel Schnider
 * Stage 3 Sachsen Tour, Oscar Camenzind


 * 2004
 * Stage 5 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana, Alexandre Usov
 * Berner Rundfahrt, Alexandre Usov
 * Overall Tour de Romandie, Tyler Hamilton
 * Stage 3 Alexandre Moos
 * Stage 5 Tyler Hamilton
 * GP Krka, Uroš Murn
 * Stage 3 Tour du Languedoc-Roussillon, Martin Elmiger
 * Classique des Alpes, Óscar Pereiro
 * Stage 2 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré, José Enrique Gutiérrez
 * Stage 6 Tour de Suisse, Niki Aebersold
 * Road Race Championship, Grégory Rast
 * Road Race Championship, Uroš Murn
 * Stage 6 Tour of Qinghai Lake, Marco Fertonani
 * Olympic Games, Time Trial, Tyler Hamilton
 * Stage 8 Vuelta a España, Tyler Hamilton
 * Stage 14, 15 & 21 Vuelta a España, Santiago Pérez
 * Stage 20 Vuelta a España, José Enrique Gutiérrez


 * 2005
 * Doha GP, Robert Hunter
 * Stage 5 Tour Méditerranéen, Robert Hunter
 * Stage 1 Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme, Uroš Murn
 * Stage 4 Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme, Robert Hunter
 * Stage 1 Tour de Georgia, Robert Hunter
 * Stage 3 Tour de Georgia, Floyd Landis
 * Overall Tour de Romandie, Santiago Botero
 * Prologue, Óscar Pereiro
 * Stage 5, Santiago Botero
 * Stage 1 Volta a Catalunya, Team Time Trial
 * Grand Prix of Aargau Canton, Alexandre Moos
 * Stage 3 & 6 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré, Santiago Botero
 * Road Race Championship, Martin Elmiger
 * Stage 6 Tour of Austria, Fabrizio Guidi
 * Stage 16 Tour de France, Óscar Pereiro
 * Rund um die Hainleite, Bert Grabsch


 * 2006
 * Overall Tour of California, Floyd Landis
 * Stage 3, Floyd Landis
 * Overall Paris–Nice, Floyd Landis
 * Overall Tour de Georgia, Floyd Landis
 * Stage 3, Floyd Landis
 * Stage 2 Clasica Alcobendas, Aurélien Clerc
 * Stage 5 Tour de Suisse, Steve Morabito
 * Road Race Championship, Grégory Rast
 * Stage 7 Tour of Austria, Fabrizio Guidi
 * Overall Tour de Wallonie, Fabrizio Guidi
 * Stage 2 & 4, Fabrizio Guidi
 * Stage 3 Tour de Pologne, Fabrizio Guidi

National champions

 * 2001
 * MaillotSuiza.PNG Switzerland Time Trial Championship, Jean Nuttli


 * 2002
 * MaillotSuiza.PNG Switzerland Road Race Championship, Alexandre Moos
 * MaillotBielorrusia.PNG Belarus Road Race Championship, Alexandre Usov


 * 2003
 * MaillotSuiza.PNG Switzerland Road Race Championship, Daniel Schnider


 * 2004
 * MaillotSuiza.PNG Switzerland Road Race Championship, Grégory Rast
 * MaillotEslovenia.PNG Slovenia Road Race Championship, Uroš Murn


 * 2005
 * MaillotSuiza.PNG Switzerland Road Race Championship, Martin Elmiger


 * 2006
 * MaillotSuiza.PNG Switzerland Road Race Championship, Grégory Rast