February 20, 2014 (St. Paul, MN) – Park Tool, the world’s largest bicycle tool manufacturer, today announced its team sponsorships for 2014, which incude five World Tour Teams. Park Tool will supply the mechanics of sponsored teams with bicycle tools and repair stands. Founded in 1963, Park Tool has team relationships dating back more than 20 years and is proud to sponsor multi-discipline men’s and women’s teams around the world in 2014:

World Tour Teams

• Team Sky
• Team Garmin-Sharp
• BMC Racing Team
• Team Giant-Shimano
• Trek Factory Racing

Continental Pro Teams

• Team 3M
• Optum Pro Cycling p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
• Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis

Women’s Road Teams

• Optum Pro Cycling p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
• Team TIBCO
• Colavita/Fine Cooking Women’s Pro Cycling Team

Mountain Bike Teams

• Giant Factory Off-Road Team
• Scott-3Rox Racing
• KHS Factory Racing
• Norco Factory Racing
• Santa Cruz Syndicate
• Feenstra-Felt powered by Kenda

Cyclocross Teams

• BKCP-Powerplus
• Optum Pro Cycling p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
• Giant Factory Off-Road Team
• Scott-3Rox Racing

Development Teams

• Hincapie Development
• Bissel Pro Cycling

“Myself and my crew at Team Garmin-Sharp are very happy that we can continue to work with the best tools of our trade supplied to us by Park Tool” said Geoff Brown, Head Mechanic, Team Garmin-Sharp.

Park Tool will also continue one of the longest continuous sponsorships in the history of cycling supporting USA Cycling Programs, a relationship which stretches over 35 years and nine Olympic games.

“We are proud to support these great teams along with some of the best mechanics in the world,” said Director of Marketing at Park Tool, Paul Schoening. “The racing scene is an excellent proving ground for our legacy products, research and development, and new tools introduced to the market every year. Top level racing and the mechanical challenges teams face day-to-day provide us with great feedback and help us stay on the cutting edge of innovation and tool development.”

All the best to our sponsored teams in 2014.