From January 2015, shampoo company Alpecin will replace Shimano as team sponsor and Team Giant-Shimano will be renamed Team Giant-Alpecin. Alpecin's sponsorship of the ProTour team means a German company will be title sponsor of a road cycling team represented in cycling's highest tier for the first time in five years.

Giant bikes today announced it has taken over Argos' role as title sponsor of one of the most successful professional road cycling teams. Therefore, Team Argos-Shimano will be titled Team Giant-Shimano starting with the first race of the 2014 season.