Tom Schuler

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.

Major achievements[edit]

In 2009 Tom 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. www.TourofAmericasDairyland.com

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.^[1]

In October 2007 he was inducted into the U.S. Bicycling Hall of Fame.