2018 Team Sunweb (men's 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

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As of 31 March 2018.[1][2]
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)

Season victories

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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

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Date Discipline Jersey Rider Country Location

Footnotes

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References

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  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. ^ a b "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. ^ a b "FDJ sign Sinkeldam to bolster Demare's sprint train". Cyclingnews.com. 1 August 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
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