 Reactions to the merger were widespread . Amid descriptions of the team as a " super @-@ team " from at least one analyst were Team Saxo Bank manager Bjarne Riis ' claims that he simply looked forward to defeating them . Cervélo co @-@ founder and former Cervélo TestTeam manager Gerard <unk> saw the merger on a strictly business level , with neither side having sufficient resources to field a team at the level they would like , while cooperatively they would . Trek had been bike supplier for both teams in 2011 , and funneling money they would normally spend on two teams into one , coupled with an expected reduction in support from the electronics company RadioShack , would make it all the simpler for them to back a top @-@ level team . The merger also drew criticism , as the two sides ' initial press releases describing it did not make it seem that they were in agreement over their perception of the merger and the newly combined entity . The fact that neither ridership nor lower @-@ level management nor ousted sponsors seemed to know about the move at all ahead of time also drew criticism . 
