The story of Trek Segafredo began long before the team was known by that name. In 2010, Team Radio Shack raced its first race. They had a spectacular start, winning the team classification of the Tour de France in their first year.
The next year, in 2011, there was a new Trek Team, and they were skilled. Team Leopard Trek, including the defending champion of the Tour in Andy Schleck, rode to an impressive 2nd in the team category. On the 3rd to last day of racing, Schleck rode up Alp d'Huez, taking the yellow leader's jersey from Cadel Evans. Alas, Evans was a skilled time trialist, and he retook the maillot jaune on the next day's ITT, securing his lead for the next day's stage on the Champs-Elysées. While Evans won the 2011 Tour, Andy and his brother Frank Schleck, who also rode for Leopard Trek, finished in 2nd and 3rd, respectively.
For the 2012 year, Team Radio Shack and Team Leopard Trek merged to form Team Radio Shack Leopard Nissan Trek. They rode well, with Haimar Espzubeldia Agirre finishing 6th. This was especially impressive considering team leader Frank Schleck, as well as Tony Gallopin and Fabian Cancellara withdrawing from the race. With just 6 riders, Radio Shack Leopard Nissan Trek still managed to take first in the team classification.
In the Tour 2013, this team rode into 3rd place in the team classification, with Andy Schleck in 20th place GC.
In 2014, the team changed its name to the more concise "Trek Factory Racing", but they finished 8th in team classification and had Frank Schleck finishing in 12th place. The team had a veteran rider, Fabian Cancellara, crash out, and Andy Schleck suffered a career-ending crash on the cobbles of stage 4. In September of the same year, rider Jens Voigt set the record for distance ridden on a track bike in one hour. His record stood until one month later.
In 2015, Trek's Fabian Cancellara wore the yellow jersey for one day before crashing out, solidifying his title of the person who had worn the most leader's jerseys without having won the race. He unfortunately crashed out the next day. Trek Factory Racing finished 11th, and Bauke Mollema, the team leader, had finished 7th overall.
Name change! 2016 was the first year that this team became Team Trek Segafredo. On stage 2, rider Jasper Stuyven, the last member of a long breakaway, was caught 50m from the finish line. Had he won, he would have been the stage winner, maillot jaune holder, and polka-dot jersey wearer. Unfortunately, he only had the mountain jersey. Mollema was riding toward a 2nd place overall, but he crashed near the end of the tour and ended up in 11th. When the Tour ended, Trek had to bid farewell to Cancellara, who was retiring, but could look forwardto the future, because they had signed Tour, Giro, and Vuelta winner Alberto Contador for the 2017 tour.
In the 2017 Tour, which is yet to conclude, Contador is sitting in tenth place and is dilligently attacking on the mountains. He finished 3rd in a stage, and John Degenkolb finished 2nd in another. They are in 4th in the team classification, and The team also has picked up their first stage win with their new name, as Bauke Mollema won stage 15.
