2020 Lotto–Soudal season

The 2020 season for the Lotto–Soudal cycling team will began in January at the Tour Down Under.

Lotto-Soudal
2020 season
UCI code	LTS
Status	UCI WorldTeam
Manager	Marc Sergeant
Main sponsor(s)	Soudal
Based	Belgium
Bicycles	Ridley
Groupset	Campagnolo
Jersey

Team roster

As of 1 January 2020.[1][2]

Rider Date of birth  Sander Armée (BEL) (1985-12-10)10 December 1985 (aged 34)  Steff Cras (BEL) (1996-02-13)13 February 1996 (aged 23)  Jasper De Buyst (BEL) (1993-11-24)24 November 1993 (aged 26)  Thomas De Gendt (BEL) (1986-11-06)6 November 1986 (aged 33)  John Degenkolb (GER) (1989-01-07)7 January 1989 (aged 30)  Stan Dewulf (BEL) (1997-12-20)20 December 1997 (aged 22)  Jonathan Dibben (GBR) (1994-02-12)12 February 1994 (aged 25)  Caleb Ewan (AUS) (1994-07-11)11 July 1994 (aged 25)  Frederik Frison (BEL) (1992-07-28)28 July 1992 (aged 27)  Philippe Gilbert (BEL) (1982-07-05)5 July 1982 (aged 37)  Kobe Goossens (BEL) (1996-04-29)29 April 1996 (aged 23)  Carl Fredrik Hagen (NOR) (1991-09-26)26 September 1991 (aged 28)  Adam Hansen (AUS) (1981-05-11)11 May 1981 (aged 38)  Matthew Holmes (GBR) (1993-12-08)8 December 1993 (aged 26)

Rider Date of birth  Rasmus Byriel Iversen (DEN) (1997-09-16)16 September 1997 (aged 22)  Roger Kluge (GER) (1986-02-05)5 February 1986 (aged 33)  Nikolas Maes (BEL) (1986-04-09)9 April 1986 (aged 33)  Tomasz Marczyński (POL) (1984-03-06)6 March 1984 (aged 35)  Rémy Mertz (BEL) (1995-07-17)17 July 1995 (aged 24)  Stefano Oldani (ITA) (1998-01-10)10 January 1998 (aged 21)  Gerben Thijssen (BEL) (1998-06-21)21 June 1998 (aged 21)  Tosh Van der Sande (BEL) (1990-11-28)28 November 1990 (aged 29)  Brian van Goethem (NED) (1991-04-16)16 April 1991 (aged 28)  Brent Van Moer (BEL) (1998-01-12)12 January 1998 (aged 21)  Harm Vanhoucke (BEL) (1997-06-17)17 June 1997 (aged 22)  Florian Vermeersch (BEL) (1999-04-12)12 April 1999 (aged 20)  Jelle Wallays (BEL) (1989-05-11)11 May 1989 (aged 30)  Tim Wellens (BEL) (1991-05-10)10 May 1991 (aged 28)

Riders who joined the team for the 2020 season Rider 2019 team Steff Cras[2] Team Katusha–Alpecin John Degenkolb[3] Trek–Segafredo Jonathan Dibben[4] Madison Genesis Philippe Gilbert[5] Deceuninck–Quick-Step Kobe Goossens[6] neo-pro (Lotto–Soudal U23) Matthew Holmes[2] Madison Genesis Stefano Oldani[7] neo-pro (Kometa Cycling Team) Gerben Thijssen[8] neo-pro (Lotto–Soudal U23) Brent Van Moer[8] neo-pro (Lotto–Soudal U23) Florian Vermeersch[9] neo-pro (Lotto–Soudal U23)

Riders who left the team during or after the 2019 season Rider 2020 team Tiesj Benoot[10] Team Sunweb Adam Blythe[11] Retired Victor Campenaerts[12] NTT Pro Cycling Jens Keukeleire[13] EF Pro Cycling Bjorg Lambrecht[14] Deceased Maxime Monfort[15] Retired Lawrence Naesen[16] AG2R La Mondiale Jelle Vanendert[17] Bingoal–Wallonie Bruxelles Enzo Wouters[6] Tarteletto–Isorex

Season victories

Date	Race	Competition	Rider	Country	Location
21 January	Tour Down Under, Stage 2	UCI World Tour	Caleb Ewan (AUS)	Australia	Stirling
23 January	Tour Down Under, Stage 4	UCI World Tour	Caleb Ewan (AUS)	Australia	Murray Bridge
25 January	Tour Down Under, Stage 6	UCI World Tour	Matthew Holmes (GBR)	Australia	Willunga Hill
24 February	UAE Tour, Stage 2	UCI World Tour	Caleb Ewan (AUS)	United Arab Emirates	Hatta Dam
27 February	UAE Tour, Points classification	UCI World Tour	Caleb Ewan (AUS)	United Arab Emirates
16 August	Tour de Wallonie, Stage 1	UCI Europe Tour UCI ProSeries	Caleb Ewan (AUS)	France	Templeuve

National, Continental and World champions

Date	Discipline	Jersey	Rider	Country	Location

Footnotes

References

1. "Lotto Soudal 2020 Roster". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
2. "Steff Cras and Matthew Holmes complete Lotto Soudal's 2020 roster". CyclingNews. 27 October 2019. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
3. "Lotto Soudal add John Degenkolb on a two-year deal". CyclingNews. 22 August 2019. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
4. "Jonathan Dibben signs for Lotto Soudal". CyclingNews. 9 September 2019. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
5. "Philippe Gilbert joins Lotto Soudal on three-year contract". CyclingNews. 19 August 2019. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
6. Fletcher, Patrick (25 November 2019). "Transfer Mechanics: Analysing teams 2020 – Part 3". CyclingNews. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
7. "Italian Stefano Oldani, new rider of the Belgian Lotto-Soudal". Kometa Cycling Team. 11 September 2019. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
8. "Lotto Soudal elevates Gerben Thijssen and Brent Van Moer to pro team". bikeworldnews.com. 10 December 2018. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
9. "Verschaeve and Vermeersch graduate to Lotto Soudal from development team". CyclingNews. 15 December 2018. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
10. "Team Sunweb confirm signing of Tiesj Benoot". CyclingNews. 14 August 2019. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
11. Ballinger, Alex (31 October 2018). "Adam Blythe announces retirement at 30". CyclingWeekly. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
12. "Dimension Data announce signing of Victor Campenaerts". CyclingNews. 19 August 2019. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
13. "EF Education First strengthens Classics squad with Keukeleire". EF Education First. 23 September 2019. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
14. "Bjorg Lambrecht dies at age 22". Cycling News. 5 August 2019. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
15. Ostanek, Daniel (6 September 2019). "Maxime Monfort announces retirement". CyclingNews. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
16. "Lawrence Naesen to join brother Oliver at AG2R in 2020". CyclingNews. 7 August 2019. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
17. "Vanendert to leave Lotto Soudal". CyclingNews. 25 October 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2020.

External links

• 2020 Lotto–Soudal season at ProCyclingStats
• Official website