The case

In 2003 Jan Ulrich and several other top riders signed a contract with Team Coast. After a few months Team Coast collapsed and all riders were unemployed. However in a few weeks time Jacques Hanegraaf managed to find a new sponsor. The new owner of Bianchi wanted to give the brand a new impulse. The results were better than expected. Jan Ulrich became second in the tour the France and the retro celeste green shirts of the Bianchi Team became a real hype. Even today everybody remembers this remarkable team, although it only existed even less than one season.