Team Sunweb (men's team)
Team information | ||
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UCI code | TGA | |
Registered |
Netherlands (2005–2014) Germany (2015– ) | |
Founded | 2005 | |
Discipline | Road | |
Status |
UCI Professional Continental (2005–2012) UCI WorldTeam (2013– ) | |
Bicycles |
Colnago (2005) Koga (2006–2011) Felt (2012) Giant (2013– ) | |
Components | Shimano | |
Website | Team home page | |
Key personnel | ||
General manager | Iwan Spekenbrink | |
Team name history | ||
2005 2006–2011 2012 2012–2013 2014 2015–2016 2017– |
Shimano–Memory Corp Skil Shimano Project 1t4i Argos–Shimano Giant–Shimano Team Giant–Alpecin Team Sunweb | |
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Team Sunweb[1](UCI Team Code: TGA) is a professional German cycling team that participates in UCI WorldTour events and, when selected, in UCI Continental Circuits races. The team is managed by Iwan Spekenbrink and uses Giant bicycles.
History
The team has existed since 2005 but Skil previously sponsored a French cycling team, Skil-Sem, from 1984 to 1985, with a similar jersey. Thanks to aggressive strategies during Paris–Nice in 2008 and 2009, the team was awarded a wildcard for the 2009 Tour de France, making it their first appearance in a Grand Tour.
After losing its sponsors at the end of 2011, the team adopted the name "Project 1T4i", standing for "team spirit, inspiration, integrity, improvement and innovation",[2] until a new sponsor was secured. Ahead of the Tour of Flanders on 1 April 2012, the team became Argos-Shimano following the announcement of a three-year naming rights contract with the Argos North Sea Group, an independent oil company based in the Netherlands.[3][4]
In 2012, the team received their second wildcard invitation to the 2012 Tour de France, along with three French-registered teams: Cofidis, Team Europcar and Saur–Sojasun.[5]
In December 2012 it was announced that the team would compete at the World Tour level for the 2013 season.[6]
In September 2014 German shampoo manufacturer Alpecin announced that they would co-sponsor the team alongside Giant for the 2015 season.[7] In December 2014 Sunweb (a Dutch owned international tour operator) was announced as a new major sponsor of the team, signing a 2-year deal.[8] Sunweb also sponsor the cyclocross focussed UCI Continental team – Sunweb-Napoleon Games.
On 23 January 2016, six members of the team (John Degenkolb, Warren Barguil, Max Walscheid, Chad Haga, Fredrik Ludvigsson and Ramon Sinkeldam) while in training in Spain were hit by a car which drove into on-coming traffic. All riders were in stable condition.[9] On the first rest day of the 2016 Tour de France, the team announced that Sunweb would become a named sponsor of the team for the 2017 season.[10]
Team roster
- As of 29 March 2016.[11]
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Major results
- 2005
- 1st Stage 2 Tour of Siam, Kaoru Ouchi
- 1st Niedersachsen-Rundfahrt, Stefan Schumacher
- 1st Stage 1, 2 & 3 Rheinland-Pfalz Rundfahrt, Stefan Schumacher
- 1st Overall Ster Elektrotoer, Stefan Schumacher
- 1st Japanese National Road Race Championships, Hidenori Nodera
- 2006
- 1st Grand Prix Pino Cerami, Sebastian Langeveld
- 1st Overall Tour of Belgium, Maarten Tjallingii
- 1st Stage 1, Maarten Tjallingii
- 1st Stage 2 Tour du Luxembourg, Paul Martens
- 1st Stage 1 Ster Elektrotoer, Aart Vierhouten
- 1st Noord Nederland Tour, Aart Vierhouten
- 1st Overall Tour of Qinghai Lake, Maarten Tjallingii
- 1st Stage 1 & 2, René Weissinger
- 1st Stage 7, Maarten Tjallingii
- 1st Münsterland Giro, Paul Martens
- 3rd E3 Prijs Vlaanderen, Aart Vierhouten
- 2007
- 1st Ronde van Noord-Holland, Kenny van Hummel
- 1st Stage 2 Ster Elektrotoer, Paul Martens
- 1st Profronde van Friesland, Maarten Den Bakker
- 1st Nationale Sluitingsprijs, Floris Goesinnen
- 2008
- 1st Stage 7 Jelajah Malaysia, Yusuke Hatanaka
- 1st Ronde van Noord-Holland, Robert Wagner
- 1st Stage 1 Tour de Picardie, Sebastian Siedler
- 1st Japanese National Road Race Championships, Hidenori Nodera
- 1st Stage 1 Delta Tour Zeeland, Robert Wagner
- 1st Stage 1 Tour de Korea, Shinri Suzuki
- 1st Stage 7 Tour of Qinghai Lake, Tom Veelers
- 1st Stage 1b Brixia Tour, Team Time Trial
- 1st Stage 1 Tour de l'Ain, Floris Goesinnen
- 1st Stage 1 Tour of South China Sea, Ji Cheng
- 2nd Overall Four Days of Dunkirk, Clément Lhotellerie
- 2009
- 1st Ronde van Overijssel, Kenny van Hummel
- 1st Stage 1 Four Days of Dunkirk, Kenny van Hummel
- 1st Batavus Prorace, Kenny van Hummel
- 1st Dutch Food Valley Classic, Kenny van Hummel
- 1st Tour de Rijke, Kenny van Hummel
- 1st Stage 2 Delta Tour Zeeland, Robert Wagner
- 1st Stage 9 Tour of Qinghai Lake, Tom Veelers
- 2nd Scheldeprijs Vlaanderen, Kenny van Hummel
- 3rd Overall Four Days of Dunkirk, Cyril Lemoine
- 3rd Stage 3 Tour de France, Cyril Lemoine
- 2010
- 1st Stage 2 Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen, Robert Wagner
- 1st Hel van het Mergelland, Yann Huguet
- 1st Ronde van Noord-Holland, Robert Wagner
- 1st Ronde van Overijssel, Job Vissers
- 1st Stage 1 Tour de Picardie, Kenny van Hummel
- 1st Stage 2 Bayern-Rundfahrt, Robert Wagner
- 1st Stage 2 Tour of Belgium, Kenny van Hummel
- 1st Stage 4 Tour of Belgium, Dominique Cornu
- 1st Stage 1 Delta Tour Zeeland, Mitchell Docker
- 1st Stage 2 Delta Tour Zeeland, Robert Wagner
- 1st Stage 3 Route du Sud, Mitchell Docker
- 1st Stage 4, 5, 7 & 9 Tour of Hainan, Kenny van Hummel
- 2nd Overall Tour of Belgium, Dominique Cornu
- 2nd Dutch Food Valley Classic, Kenny van Hummel
- 2011
- 1st Stage 3 Tour de Langkawi, Marcel Kittel
- 1st Stage 2 Critérium International, Simon Geschke
- 1st Overall Ronde van Drenthe, Kenny van Hummel
- 1st Stages 1 & 2, Kenny van Hummel
- 1st Stage 8 Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey, Kenny van Hummel
- 1st Stages 1, 2, 3 & 5 Four Days of Dunkirk, Marcel Kittel
- 1st ProRace Berlin, Marcel Kittel
- 1st Overall Delta Tour Zeeland, Marcel Kittel
- 1st Stage 1, Marcel Kittel
- 1st Halle–Ingooigem, Roy Curvers
- 1st Stage 4 Tour of Austria, Alexandre Geniez
- 1st Stages 1, 2, 3 & 7 Tour de Pologne, Marcel Kittel
- 1st Stage 7 Vuelta a España, Marcel Kittel
- 1st Memorial Rik Van Steenbergen, Kenny van Hummel
- 1st Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen, Marcel Kittel
- 1st Stage 3 Circuit Franco-Belge, Tom Veelers
- 1st Münsterland Giro, Marcel Kittel
- 1st Stages 3 & 5 Herald Sun Tour, Marcel Kittel
- 1st Stage 3 Tour of Hainan, Tom Veelers
- 1st Stages 6, 7 & 9 Tour of Hainan, Kenny van Hummel
- 2012
- 1st Japanese National Road Race Championships, Yukihiro Doi
- 1st Overall UCI Europe Tour, John Degenkolb
- 1st Stage 2 Étoile de Bessèges, Marcel Kittel
- 1st Stages 3 & 6 Tour of Oman, Marcel Kittel
- 1st Prologue Vuelta a Andalucía, Patrick Gretsch
- 1st Stage 2 Three Days of De Panne, Marcel Kittel
- 1st Scheldeprijs, Marcel Kittel
- 1st Stages 1 & 2 Four Days of Dunkirk, John Degenkolb
- 1st Overall Tour de Picardie, John Degenkolb
- 1st Stages 1 & 3, John Degenkolb
- 1st Stages 1 & 4 Ster ZLM Toer, Marcel Kittel
- 1st Stage 7 Tour de Pologne, John Degenkolb
- 1st Stages 1 & 4 Eneco Tour, Marcel Kittel
- 1st Stages 2, 5, 7, 10 & 21 Vuelta a España, John Degenkolb
- 1st Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen, Ronan van Zandbeek
- 1st Grand Prix d'Isbergues, John Degenkolb
- 1st Omloop van het Houtland, Marcel Kittel
- 1st Stages 2 & 3 Tour de l'Eurometropole, Marcel Kittel
- 1st Münsterland Giro, Marcel Kittel
- 1st Stages 5 & 8 Tour of Hainan, Ramon Sinkeldam
- 2013
- 1st Stage 1 Tour of Oman, Marcel Kittel
- 1st Stage 2 Paris–Nice, Marcel Kittel
- 1st Stage 5 Volta a Catalunya, François Parisien
- 1st Scheldeprijs, Marcel Kittel
- 1st Stages 1, 7 & 8 Tour of Turkey, Marcel Kittel
- 1st Stage 5 Giro d'Italia, John Degenkolb
- 1st Overall Tour de Picardie, Marcel Kittel
- 1st Stages 1 & 3, Marcel Kittel
- 1st ProRace Berlin, Marcel Kittel
- 1st Stage 3 Ster ZLM Toer, Marcel Kittel
- 1st Stages 1, 10, 12 & 21 Tour de France, Marcel Kittel
- 1st Stage 3 Arctic Race of Norway, Nikias Arndt
- 1st Vattenfall Cyclassics, John Degenkolb
- 1st Stages 13 & 16 Vuelta a España, Warren Barguil
- 1st Grote Prijs Jef Scherens, Bert De Backer
- 1st Omloop van het Houtland, Marcel Kittel
- 1st Stages 2 & 4 Tour de l'Eurometropole, John Degenkolb
- 1st Binche–Chimay–Binche, Reinardt Janse van Rensburg
- 1st Paris–Bourges, John Degenkolb
- 1st Paris–Tours, John Degenkolb
- 1st Stage 5 Tour of Beijing, Luka Mezgec
- 2014
- 1st People's Choice Classic
- 1st Stages 2, 3 & 4 Dubai Tour, Marcel Kittel
- 1st Overall Étoile de Bessèges, Tobias Ludvigsson
- 1st Stage 5 (ITT), Tobias Ludvigsson
- 1st Stages 1, 2 & 3 Tour Méditerranéen, John Degenkolb
- 1st Stage 3 Paris–Nice, John Degenkolb
- 1st Handzame Classic, Luka Mezgec
- 1st Stages 1, 2 & 5 Volta a Catalunya, Luka Mezgec
- 1st Stage 2 (ITT) Critérium International, Tom Dumoulin
- 1st Gent–Wevelgem, John Degenkolb
- 1st Stage 2 Circuit de la Sarthe, Jonas Ahlstrand
- 1st Scheldeprijs, Marcel Kittel
- 1st Stages 2 & 3 Giro d'Italia, Marcel Kittel
- 1st Stage 4 Four Days of Dunkirk, Thierry Hupond
- 1st Stage 2 World Ports Classic, Ramon Sinkeldam
- 1st Stage 21 Giro d'Italia, Luka Mezgec
- 1st Stage 3 Critérium du Dauphiné, Nikias Arndt
- 1st Grand Prix of Aargau Canton, Simon Geschke
- 1st Stage 1 Ster ZLM Toer, Marcel Kittel
- 1st Netherlands National Time Trial Championships, Tom Dumoulin
- 1st Stage 1, 3, 4 and 21 Tour de France, Marcel Kittel
- 1st Stage 3 (ITT) Eneco Tour, Tom Dumoulin
- 1st Points classification Vuelta a España, John Degenkolb
- 1st Stages 4, 5, 12 & 17, John Degenkolb
- 1st Prologue Tour of Alberta, Tom Dumoulin
- 1st Stage 2 Tour of Alberta, Jonas Ahlstrand
- 1st Stages 1 & 8b Tour of Britain, Marcel Kittel
- 1st Paris–Bourges, John Degenkolb
- 1st Stage 1 Tour of Beijing, Luka Mezgec
- 2015
- 1st People's Choice Classic, Marcel Kittel
- 1st Stage 3 Dubai Tour, John Degenkolb
- 1st Stage 2 Tour du Haut Var, Luka Mezgec
- 1st Milan–San Remo, John Degenkolb
- 1st Stage 6 (ITT) Tour of the Basque Country, Tom Dumoulin
- 1st Paris - Roubaix, John Degenkolb
- 1st Stage 2 & 5 Bayern-Rundfahrt, John Degenkolb
- 1st Garmin Velothon Berlin, Ramon Sinkeldam
- 1st Stage 1 (ITT) & 9 (ITT) Tour de Suisse, Tom Dumoulin
- 1st Stage 17 Tour de France, Simon Geschke
- 1st Stage 1 Tour de Pologne, Marcel Kittel
- 1st Stage 9 & 17 (ITT) Vuelta a España, Tom Dumoulin
- 1st Kernen Omloop Echt-Susteren, Max Walscheid
- 1st Stage 6 Tour of Alberta, Nikias Arndt
- 1st Stage 21 Vuelta a España, John Degenkolb
- 2016
- 1st Stage 1 (ITT) Giro d'Italia, Tom Dumoulin
- 1st Stage 21 Giro d'Italia, Nikias Arndt
- 1st Stage 4 Tour of Belgium, Zico Waeytens
- 1st Netherlands National Time Trial Championships, Tom Dumoulin
- 1st Stages 9 & 13 (ITT) Tour de France, Tom Dumoulin
- 1st Overall Tour de l'Ain, Sam Oomen
- 1st Stage 3, Sam Oomen
- 1st Stage 4 Arctic Race of Norway, John Degenkolb
- 1st Münsterland Giro, John Degenkolb
- 1st Stage 3, 4, 5, 7 & 9 Tour of Hainan, Max Walscheid
National champions
- 2005
- 1st Japan Road Race, Hidenori Nodera
- 2008
- 1st Japan Road Race, Hidenori Nodera
- 2012
- 1st Japan Road Race, Yukihiro Doi
- 2014
- 1st Dutch Time Trial, Tom Dumoulin
- 2015
- 1st Austria Time Trial, Georg Preidler
- 2016
- 1st Dutch Time Trial, Tom Dumoulin
References
- ↑ ProCyclingStats. "Team Giant - Alpecin 2015". procyclingstats.com.
- ↑ Sam Dansie. "1T4I unveils young squad with big ambition". Cyclingnews.com.
- ↑ "1t4i-ploeg heet vanaf zondag Argos-Shimano" [1T4i-team is called Argos-Shimano from next Sunday on]. Sporza (in Dutch). Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroeporganisatie. 30 March 2012. Retrieved 30 March 2012.
- ↑ Benson, Daniel (30 March 2012). "Argos-Shimano cycling team presented in Rotterdam". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. Retrieved 30 March 2012.
- ↑ "Argos-Shimano receives Tour de France wildcard invitation". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 6 April 2012. Retrieved 5 July 2012.
- ↑ "Argos-Shimano Team celebrates its new WorldTour license". CyclingNews. Future Publishing Limited. 10 December 2012. Retrieved 13 February 2013.
- ↑ "German shampoo maker Alpecin to sponsor Giant". VeloNews. 24 September 2014. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
- ↑ Cycling News. "Sunweb signs two-year deal with Giant-Alpecin". Cyclingnews.com.
- ↑ "John Degenkolb and Warren Barguil among six Giant-Alpecin cyclists hospitalised after being hit by a car". Irish Independent. 23 January 2016.
- ↑ http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/giant-alpecin-confirm-sunweb-as-new-title-sponsor/
- ↑ "Team Giant-Shimano (GIA) – NED". UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
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