Mike Tamayo has stepped down from his position as general manager and director of the UnitedHealthcare Professional Continental men's and UCI women's programs after eleven seasons contracted with the team's owners and operators Momentum Sports Group. Tamayo told Cyclingnews that he has been gradually moving away from the sport but felt that December was the best time to announce his departure, ahead of the 2018 season.
"It's not an easy decision to make, to walk away from an organisation that I've been part of for a long time, that I helped build, and after accomplishing everything that we've accomplished," Tamayo told Cyclingnews.
"Over the years, I kept moving the finish line to reach new goals and I feel like I’ve crossed a lot of those finish lines, met a lot of my goals. I want to take a step away for a moment, catch my breath, look back, and appreciate what I've been able to accomplish."
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UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling originated from the former Health Net Cycling team, which was launched by Momentum Sports Group in 2003. After six seasons of running the UCI women's team Victory Brewing, Tamayo took a job as Health Net Cycling's assistant director in 2007.
The team re-organised into OUCH presented by Maxxis in 2009 and then as UnitedHealthcare in 2010, which upgraded to Professional Continental status the following year. They launched the UCI women's team in 2014.
"I will not be replaced. The directors we have are driven. Rachel Heal, on the women's side, is focussed, and Sebastian Alexandre and Hendrik Redant, are learning how to work more and more together on the men's team," said Tamayo, who believes team will thrive in 2018.
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