True to our original mission of developing the best athletes in the world, the Felt Under 23 Team includes some of cycling’s best young talents. Since its inception, the program has produced 17 national champions and this year’s squad is one of the strongest.
Leading the squad is the current junior world time trial champion Taylor Phinney and junior world cyclocross silver medalist Daniel Summerhill.
100% Clean - Our Mission
“Slipstream” writes the New York Times, “has among the strictest anti-doping programs in professional sports.” Since its beginnings in 2004, the team has been the standard-bearer for untainted sports performance - not just in cycling, but for all professional sports.
Slipstream is built on a mission that transcends cycling. A mission to usher authentic, worthy heroes back to the world’s stage by showing its riders can be both the best - and 100% clean.
Every rider is tested every 14 days. That’s over 600 annual reminders to the world that Slipstream stands behind its mission of clean sport.
The Agency for Cycling Ethics (ACE) independently administers the program. ACE tests Slipstream riders 20 times more often than is required by the Union Cycliste International (UCI), pro cycling’s governing body. True to its dedication to total transparency, Slipstream provides access to the riders testing results to approved 3rd parties.
The ground-breaking testing program breaks away from trying to play catch up with the latest drug. By testing attributes unique to each rider-blood composition and hormone levels-the program establishes baseline biological markers for each rider. Once established, any variance from this baseline can be immediately identified without needing to detect a specific banned substance.
Already, Slipstream’s no-nonsense enforcement is paying big dividends and none more clear than the bonding and team spirit the riders share.
