What is HTC–Highroad?
{{redlinks|date=April 2012}} {{For|the women's team|Team Columbia-HTC Women}} {{Infobox_cycling_team | teamname=<center>HTC-Highroad</center> | image=[[File:Dockx 4JDD 2010.JPG|170px|Gert Dockx showing the Team HTC-Columbia jersey]] | code= THR | base= {{USA}} | founded=1991 | disbanded= <!-- Note: T-Mobile is NOT disbanded. It is being renamed. Please discuss on talk page before editing this field. --> | manager=[[Bob Stapleton]] | discipline=Road | status=ProTour | bicycles=[[Specialized Bicycle Components|Specialized]] | season=1991–2003<br />2004–2007<br/>2007–2008<br/>2008<br />2009<br/><br/>2010<br />2011– | oldname=Team Telekom<br />T-Mobile-Team<br/>Team High Road<br/>Team Columbia<br />Team Columbia-High Road<br/>Team Columbia-HTC<br/>Team HTC-Columbia<br />HTC-Highroad | current = 2011 Team HTC-High Road season }} '''HTC-Highroad''' (''[[Union Cycliste Internationale|UCI]] team code:'''''THR''') is a professional [[cycling team]] competing in international [[road bicycle race]]s. Their current title sponsor is [[HTC Corporation]], a [[Taiwan]]ese maker of [[Smartphone]]s. High Road Sports is the management company of team manager [[Bob Stapleton]]. Past title sponsors include [[Columbia Sportswear]] and [[Deutsche Telekom]]. The team was set up in 1991 as '''Team Telekom''', sponsored by Deutsche Telekom. In 2004 their name changed to the '''T-Mobile-Team'''. It has 29 riders, 9 physiotherapists or nurses, 9 mechanics and service persons, and has 22 partners. The team is managed by [[Bob Stapleton]] and [[Rolf Aldag]]. Former leaders include [[Olaf Ludwig]], [[Walter Godefroot]] and Eddy Vandenhecke (managers), Luuc Eisenga (spokesperson) and [[Brian Holm]], Valerio Piva (sports directors). ==History== ===Team beginnings: 1988 – 1991=== At the end of 1988, former World Champion [[Hennie Kuiper]] set up a German [[cycling team]] that was sponsored by the city of [[Stuttgart]] and rode on [[Eddy Merckx]] cycles. The team was called ''Stuttgart-Merckx-Gonsor'' for the 1989 season and had nine rider