Sporting Event
The 2013 season for the Belkin Pro Cycling team began in January at the Tour Down Under . As a UCI ProTeam , they were automatically invited and obligated to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour .
Having lost the sponsorship of Rabobank after seventeen years in the sport, the team were able to compete during the 2013 season due to Rabobank funding. As a result, the team ran as the Blanco Pro Cycling team for the first half of the season. Prior to the Tour de France , it was announced that Belkin , an American manufacturer of consumer electronics , acquired title sponsorship of the team in a 2+ 1 ⁄2 -year deal.[1]
2013 roster [ edit ] As of 9 September 2013. [2] Riders who joined the team for the 2013 season Riders who left the team during or after the 2012 season
Season victories [ edit ] Date Race Competition Rider Country Location 24 January Tour Down Under , Stage 3 UCI World Tour Tom-Jelte Slagter (NED ) Australia Stirling 27 January Tour Down Under , Overall UCI World Tour Tom-Jelte Slagter (NED ) Australia 27 January Tour Down Under , Young rider classification UCI World Tour Tom-Jelte Slagter (NED ) Australia 7 February Tour Méditerranéen , Stage 2 UCI Europe Tour Lars Boom (NED ) France Sète 14 February Volta ao Algarve , Stage 1 UCI Europe Tour Paul Martens (GER ) Portugal Albufeira 15 February Volta ao Algarve , Stage 2 UCI Europe Tour Theo Bos (NED ) Portugal Lagoa 17 February Tour du Haut Var , Stage 2 UCI Europe Tour Lars Boom (NED ) France Draguignan 21 February Tour de Langkawi , Stage 1 UCI Asia Tour Theo Bos (NED ) Malaysia Kulim 22 February Tour de Langkawi , Stage 2 UCI Asia Tour Theo Bos (NED ) Malaysia Kuala Kangsar 24 February Clásica de Almería UCI Europe Tour Mark Renshaw (AUS ) Spain Almería 26 February Tour de Langkawi , Stage 6 UCI Asia Tour Tom Leezer (NED ) Malaysia Kuantan 23 March Critérium International , Stage 1 UCI Europe Tour Theo Bos (NED ) France Porto-Vecchio 28 April Tour de Romandie , Young rider classification UCI World Tour Wilco Kelderman (NED ) Switzerland 17 May Glava Tour of Norway , Stage 3 UCI Europe Tour Theo Bos (NED ) Norway Drammen 26 May Tour of Belgium , Stage 5 UCI Europe Tour Luis León Sánchez (ESP ) Belgium Banneux 2 June Grote Prijs Wase Polders National event Sep Vanmarcke (BEL ) Belgium Verrebroek 9 June Tour de Suisse , Stage 2 UCI World Tour Bauke Mollema (NED ) Switzerland Crans-Montana 12 June Ster ZLM Toer , Stage 1 UCI Europe Tour Robert Wagner (GER ) Netherlands Goes 13 June Ster ZLM Toer , Stage 2 UCI Europe Tour Theo Bos (NED ) Netherlands Breda 15 June Ster ZLM Toer , Stage 4 UCI Europe Tour Lars Boom (NED ) Belgium La Gileppe -Jalhay 16 June Ster ZLM Toer , Overall UCI Europe Tour Lars Boom (NED ) Netherlands 16 June Tour de Luxembourg , Overall UCI Europe Tour Paul Martens (GER ) Luxembourg 16 June Tour de Luxembourg , Teams classification UCI Europe Tour [N 2] Luxembourg 3 August Danmark Rundt , Stage 5 UCI Europe Tour Wilco Kelderman (NED ) Denmark Holbæk 4 August Danmark Rundt , Overall UCI Europe Tour Wilco Kelderman (NED ) Denmark 4 August Danmark Rundt , Points classification UCI Europe Tour Wilco Kelderman (NED ) Denmark 4 August Danmark Rundt , Young rider classification UCI Europe Tour Wilco Kelderman (NED ) Denmark 11 August Arctic Race of Norway , Mountains classification UCI Europe Tour Lars Petter Nordhaug (NOR ) Norway 12 August Tour de l'Ain , Stage 3 UCI Europe Tour Luis León Sánchez (ESP ) France Lélex –Monts Jura 12 August Eneco Tour , Stage 1 UCI World Tour Mark Renshaw (AUS ) Belgium Ardooie 13 August Tour de l'Ain , Teams classification UCI Europe Tour [N 3] France 18 August Eneco Tour , Points classification UCI World Tour Lars Boom (NED ) [N 4] 31 August World Ports Classic , Stage 2 UCI Europe Tour Maarten Tjallingii (NED ) Belgium Antwerp 8 September Tour of Alberta , Mountains classification UCI America Tour Tom-Jelte Slagter (NED ) Canada 11 September Vuelta a España , Stage 17 UCI World Tour Bauke Mollema (NED ) Spain Burgos 13 September Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec UCI World Tour Robert Gesink (NED ) Canada Quebec City 21 September GP Impanis-Van Petegem UCI Europe Tour Sep Vanmarcke (BEL ) Belgium Haacht 3 October Münsterland Giro UCI Europe Tour Jos van Emden (NED ) Germany Münster 20 October Tour of Hainan , Stage 1 UCI Asia Tour Moreno Hofland (NED ) China Chengmai 21 October Tour of Hainan , Stage 2 UCI Asia Tour Theo Bos (NED ) China Haikou 22 October Tour of Hainan , Stage 3 UCI Asia Tour Theo Bos (NED ) China Qionghai 23 October Tour of Hainan , Stage 4 UCI Asia Tour Theo Bos (NED ) China Xinglong–Wanning 24 October Tour of Hainan , Stage 5 UCI Asia Tour Theo Bos (NED ) China Sanya 25 October Tour of Hainan , Stage 6 UCI Asia Tour Moreno Hofland (NED ) China Wuzhishan 26 October Tour of Hainan , Stage 7 UCI Asia Tour Theo Bos (NED ) China Dongfang 27 October Tour of Hainan , Stage 8 UCI Asia Tour Moreno Hofland (NED ) China Danzhou 28 October Tour of Hainan , Stage 9 UCI Asia Tour Theo Bos (NED ) China Chengmai 28 October Tour of Hainan , Overall UCI Asia Tour Moreno Hofland (NED ) China 28 October Tour of Hainan , Points classification UCI Asia Tour Moreno Hofland (NED ) China 28 October Tour of Hainan , Teams classification UCI Asia Tour [N 5] China
^ Slik joined the team on 15 August as a stagiaire , from the Rabobank Development Team .[3] ^ The riders on the squad were Paul Martens , Robert Gesink , Dennis van Winden , Moreno Hofland , Maarten Wynants , Laurens ten Dam and Maarten Tjallingii ^ The riders on the squad were Stef Clement , Juan Manuel Gárate , Marc Goos , Steven Kruijswijk , Luis León Sánchez and Tom-Jelte Slagter ^ Race held in Belgium and the Netherlands. ^ The riders on the squad were Lars Boom , Theo Bos , Jos van Emden , Moreno Hofland , Tom Leezer , Dennis van Winden and Marc Goos References [ edit ]