Johan Bruyneel

Johan Bruyneel (born 23 August 1964, Izegem, Belgium) is a former road bicycle racer in professional cycling and a former directeur sportif for UCI ProTour team RadioShack-Nissan. Retiring from racing in 1998, he became director of US Postal (later known as Discovery Channel), a US-based UCI ProTour cycling team. He participated in eight Tour de France with US Postal/Discovery, with Lance Armstrong from 1999–2005 and Alberto Contador in 2007. Following the 2007 season, the team disbanded and Bruyneel became the director of the Astana team beginning in 2008, and achieved victories in each of cycling's Grand Tours with Contador with Astana. Bruyneel was dismissed from his post at RadioShack Nissan Trek on 12 October 2012 in the wake of the publication of the United States Anti-Doping Agency's reasoned decision into the investigation of Lance Armstrong.