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Cycling team season
Team Sunweb
2018 season
UCI codeSUN
StatusUCI WorldTeam
ManagerIwan Spekenbrink
Main sponsor(s)Sunweb
BasedGermany
BicyclesGiant
GroupsetShimano
Season victories
One-day races4
Stage race stages7
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The 2018 season for Team Sunweb began in January with the Tour Down Under. As a UCI WorldTeam, they were automatically invited and obligated to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour.

Team roster

As of 31 March 2018.
Rider Date of birth
 Nikias Arndt (GER) (1991-11-18)18 November 1991 (aged 26)
 Phil Bauhaus (GER) (1994-07-08)8 July 1994 (aged 23)
 Roy Curvers (NED) (1979-12-27)27 December 1979 (aged 38)
 Tom Dumoulin (NED) (1990-11-11)11 November 1990 (aged 27)
 Johannes Fröhlinger (GER) (1985-06-09)9 June 1985 (aged 32)
 Simon Geschke (GER) (1986-03-13)13 March 1986 (aged 32)
 Chad Haga (USA) (1988-08-26)26 August 1988 (aged 29)
 Chris Hamilton (AUS) (1995-05-18)18 May 1995 (aged 22)
 Jai Hindley (AUS) (1996-05-05)5 May 1996 (aged 21)
 Lennard Hofstede (NED) (1994-12-29)29 December 1994 (aged 23)
 Lennard Kämna (GER) (1996-09-09)9 September 1996 (aged 21)
 Wilco Kelderman (NED) (1991-03-25)25 March 1991 (aged 27)
Rider Date of birth
 Søren Kragh Andersen (DNK) (1994-08-10)10 August 1994 (aged 23)
 Michael Matthews (AUS) (1990-09-26)26 September 1990 (aged 27)
 Sam Oomen (NED) (1995-08-15)15 August 1995 (aged 22)
 Tom Stamsnijder (NED) (1985-05-15)15 May 1985 (aged 32)
 Michael Storer (AUS) (1997-02-28)28 February 1997 (aged 21)
 Laurens ten Dam (NED) (1980-11-13)13 November 1980 (aged 37)
 Mike Teunissen (NED) (1992-08-25)25 August 1992 (aged 25)
 Edward Theuns (BEL) (1991-04-30)30 April 1991 (aged 26)
 Martijn Tusveld (NED) (1993-09-09)9 September 1993 (aged 24)
 Louis Vervaeke (BEL) (1993-10-06)6 October 1993 (aged 24)
 Max Walscheid (GER) (1993-06-13)13 June 1993 (aged 24)
Riders who joined the team for the 2018 season
Rider 2017 team
Jai Hindley Mitchelton Scott
Michael Storer Mitchelton Scott
Edward Theuns Trek–Segafredo
Martijn Tusveld Roompot–Nederlandse Loterij
Louis Vervaeke Lotto–Soudal
Riders who left the team during or after the 2017 season
Rider 2018 team
Warren Barguil Fortuneo–Samsic
Bert de Backer Vital Concept
Sindre Skjøstad Lunke Fortuneo–Samsic
Georg Preidler FDJ
Ramon Sinkeldam FDJ
Albert Timmer Retired
Zico Waeytens Vérandas Willems–Crelan

Season victories

Date Race Competition Rider Country Location
23 February Abu Dhabi Tour, Stage 3 UCI World Tour  Phil Bauhaus (GER)  United Arab Emirates
24 April Tour de Romandie, Prologue UCI World Tour  Michael Matthews (AUS)  Switzerland Fribourg
4 May Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 (ITT) UCI World Tour  Tom Dumoulin (NED)  Israel Jerusalem
5 May Tour de Yorkshire, Stage 3 UCI Europe Tour  Max Walscheid (GER)  United Kingdom Scarborough
14 June Tour de Suisse, Stage 6 UCI World Tour  Søren Kragh Andersen (DEN)  Switzerland Gommiswald
28 July Tour de France, Stage 20 (ITT) UCI World Tour  Tom Dumoulin (NED)  France Espelette
19 August BinckBank Tour, Stage 7 UCI World Tour  Michael Matthews (AUS)  Belgium Geraardsbergen
7 September Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec UCI World Tour  Michael Matthews (AUS)  Canada
9 September Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal UCI World Tour  Michael Matthews (AUS)  Canada
3 October Münsterland Giro UCI Europe Tour  Max Walscheid (GER)  Germany
7 October Paris–Tours UCI Europe Tour  Søren Kragh Andersen (DEN)  France

National, Continental and World champions 2018

Date Discipline Jersey Rider Country Location

Footnotes

References

  1. "Contador and Porte presented at Japan Cup - News shorts". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 20 October 2017. Retrieved 4 January 2018. Sunweb confirmed the 2018 line-ups for their elite men's and women's squads as well as their development team on Friday, while announcing one last addition to the latter in Taiwan's Sergio Tu.
  2. "Timmer retires from professional racing". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 10 December 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
  3. "Jai Hindley to skip Australian summer in debut season with Sunweb". Cyclingnews.com. 23 November 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
  4. ^ "Team Sunweb sign Theuns and Vervaeke". Cyclingnews.com. 19 August 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
  5. "Martijn Tusveld signs with Team Sunweb". Cyclingpub.com. 2 August 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
  6. "Transfer mechanics: Warren Barguil to Team Fortuneo-Oscaro". Cyclingnews.com. 21 August 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
  7. "Coquard confirmed as leader of new Vital Concept team". Cyclingnews.com. 17 August 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
  8. ^ "FDJ sign Sinkeldam to bolster Demare's sprint train". Cyclingnews.com. 1 August 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2018.

External links

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