2016 Team Giant–Alpecin season

Team Giant–Alpecin
2016 season
UCI code TGA
Status UCI ProTeam
Manager Iwan Spekenbrink
Main sponsor(s) Giant Bicycles & Alpecin
Based Germany
Bicycles Giant
Groupset Shimano
Season victories
Stage race overall 1
Stage race stages 12
National Championships 1

The 2016 season for the Team Giant–Alpecin is scheduled to begin in January with the Tour Down Under. As a UCI WorldTeam, they are automatically invited and obligated to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour.

Team roster

As of 29 February 2016.[1]
Rider Date of birth
 Asbjørn Kragh Andersen (DEN) (1992-04-09)9 April 1992 (aged 23)
 Nikias Arndt (GER) (1991-11-18)18 November 1991 (aged 23)
 Bert de Backer (BEL) (1984-04-02)2 April 1984 (aged 31)
 Warren Barguil (FRA) (1991-10-28)28 October 1991 (aged 23)
 Roy Curvers (NED) (1979-12-27)27 December 1979 (aged 35)
 John Degenkolb (GER) (1989-01-07)7 January 1989 (aged 25)
 Tom Dumoulin (NED) (1990-11-11)11 November 1990 (aged 24)
 Caleb Fairly (USA) (1987-02-19)19 February 1987 (aged 27)
 Johannes Fröhlinger (GER) (1985-06-09)9 June 1985 (aged 29)
 Simon Geschke (GER) (1986-03-13)13 March 1986 (aged 28)
 Lars van der Haar (NED) (1991-07-23)23 July 1991 (aged 23)
 Chad Haga (USA) (1988-08-26)26 August 1988 (aged 26)
 Ji Cheng (CHN) (1987-07-15)15 July 1987 (aged 27)
 Carter Jones (USA) (1989-02-27)27 February 1989 (aged 25)
Rider Date of birth
 Koen de Kort (NED) (1982-09-08)8 September 1982 (aged 32)
 Fredrik Ludvigsson (SWE) (1994-04-28)28 April 1994 (aged 20)
 Tobias Ludvigsson (SWE) (1991-02-22)22 February 1991 (aged 23)
 Sindre Lunke (NOR) (1993-04-17)17 April 1993 (aged 22)
 Sam Oomen (NED) (1995-08-15)15 August 1995 (aged 20)
 Georg Preidler (AUT) (1990-06-17)17 June 1990 (aged 24)
 Ramon Sinkeldam (NED) (1989-02-09)9 February 1989 (aged 25)
 Tom Stamsnijder (NED) (1985-05-15)15 May 1985 (aged 29)
 Laurens ten Dam (NED) (1980-11-13)13 November 1980 (aged 35)
 Albert Timmer (NED) (1985-06-13)13 June 1985 (aged 29)
 Tom Veelers (NED) (1984-09-14)14 September 1984 (aged 30)
 Zico Waeytens (BEL) (1991-09-29)29 September 1991 (aged 23)
 Max Walscheid (GER) (1993-06-13)13 June 1993 (aged 22)

    Season victories

    Date Race Competition Rider Country Location
    12 February Tour of Qatar, Young rider classification UCI Asia Tour  Andersen, Søren KraghSøren Kragh Andersen (DEN)  Qatar
    6 May Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 UCI World Tour  Dumoulin, TomTom Dumoulin (NED)  Netherlands Apeldoorn
    29 May Giro d'Italia, Stage 21 UCI World Tour  Arndt, NikiasNikias Arndt (GER)  Italy Torino
    29 May Tour of Belgium, Stage 4 UCI Europe Tour  Waeytens, ZicoZico Waeytens (BEL)  Belgium Tongeren
    10 July Tour de France, Stage 9 UCI World Tour  Dumoulin, TomTom Dumoulin (NED)  Andorra Andorra Arcalis
    15 July Tour de France, Stage 13 UCI World Tour  Dumoulin, TomTom Dumoulin (NED)  France Caverne du Pont-d'Arc
    12 August Tour de l'Ain, Stage 3 UCI Europe Tour  Oomen, SamSam Oomen (NED)  France Lelex Monts-Jura
    13 August Tour de l'Ain, Overall UCI Europe Tour  Oomen, SamSam Oomen (NED)  France
    13 August Tour de l'Ain, Young rider classification UCI Europe Tour  Oomen, SamSam Oomen (NED)  France
    14 August Arctic Race of Norway, Stage 4 UCI Europe Tour  Degenkolb, JohnJohn Degenkolb (GER)  Norway Bodø
    14 August Arctic Race of Norway, Points classification UCI Europe Tour  Degenkolb, JohnJohn Degenkolb (GER)  Norway
    24 October Tour of Hainan, Stage 3 UCI Asia Tour  Walscheid, MaxMax Walscheid (GER)  China Chengmai
    25 October Tour of Hainan, Stage 4 UCI Asia Tour  Walscheid, MaxMax Walscheid (GER)  China Danzhou
    26 October Tour of Hainan, Stage 5 UCI Asia Tour  Walscheid, MaxMax Walscheid (GER)  China Changjiang
    28 October Tour of Hainan, Stage 7 UCI Asia Tour  Walscheid, MaxMax Walscheid (GER)  China Sanya
    30 October Tour of Hainan, Stage 9 UCI Asia Tour  Walscheid, MaxMax Walscheid (GER)  China Xinglong
    30 October Tour of Hainan, Points classification UCI Asia Tour  Walscheid, MaxMax Walscheid (GER)  China

    National, Continental and World champions 2016

    Date Discipline Jersey Rider Country Location
    22 June Dutch National Time Trial Champion
    		 Dumoulin, TomTom Dumoulin (NED)  Netherlands Goeree-Overflakkee

    References

    1. ↑ "Team Giant-Shimano (GIA) – NED". UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
    2. ↑ "News shorts: Andersen as neo-pro to Giant-Alpecin". cyclingnews.com. 17 September 2015. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
    3. ↑ "Transfer news: Changes at LottoNL-Jumbo". cyclingnews.com. 2 October 2015. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
    4. ↑ "Laurens ten Dam signs for Giant-Alpecin". cyclingnews.com. 7 October 2015. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
    5. ↑ "Craddock joins Cannondale-Garmin in 2016". cyclingnews.com. 17 September 2015. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
    6. ↑ "Etixx-Quick Step announce Marcel Kittel signing". www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/. 5 October 2015. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
    7. ↑ Clarke, Stuart (11 September 2015). "Transfers: Van Den Broeck joins Katusha; Mezgec to Orica-GreenEdge". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
    8. ↑ "Dutch climbing talent announces retirement". www.cyclingquotes.com/. 6 June 2015. Retrieved 20 February 2016.

    External links

    This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/3/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.