2020 Team Sunweb (men's team) season

The 2020 season for Team Sunweb began in January with the Tour Down Under.

Team Sunweb
2020 season
UCI code	SUN
Status	UCI WorldTeam
Manager	Iwan Spekenbrink
Main sponsor(s)	Sunweb
Based	Germany
Bicycles	Cervélo
Groupset	Shimano
Jersey

Team roster

As of 15 May 2020.[1]

Rider Date of birth  Thymen Arensman (GER) (1999-12-04)4 December 1999 (aged 20)  Nikias Arndt (GER) (1991-11-18)18 November 1991 (aged 28)  Tiesj Benoot (BEL) (1994-03-11)11 March 1994 (aged 25)  Cees Bol (NED) (1995-07-27)27 July 1995 (aged 24)  Alberto Dainese (ITA) (1998-03-25)25 March 1998 (aged 21)  Nico Denz (GER) (1994-02-15)15 February 1994 (aged 25)  Mark Donovan (GBR) (1999-04-03)3 April 1999 (aged 20)  Nils Eekhoff (NED) (1998-01-23)23 January 1998 (aged 21)  Felix Gall (AUT) (1998-02-27)27 February 1998 (aged 21)  Chad Haga (USA) (1988-08-26)26 August 1988 (aged 31)  Chris Hamilton (AUS) (1995-05-18)18 May 1995 (aged 24)  Jai Hindley (AUS) (1996-05-05)5 May 1996 (aged 23)  Marc Hirschi (SUI) (1998-08-24)24 August 1998 (aged 21)  Max Kanter (GER) (1997-10-22)22 October 1997 (aged 22)  Wilco Kelderman (NED) (1991-03-25)25 March 1991 (aged 28)

Rider Date of birth  Asbjørn Kragh Andersen (DEN) (1992-04-09)9 April 1992 (aged 27)  Søren Kragh Andersen (DEN) (1994-08-10)10 August 1994 (aged 25)  Michael Matthews (AUS) (1990-09-26)26 September 1990 (aged 29)  Joris Nieuwenhuis (NED) (1996-02-11)11 February 1996 (aged 23)  Sam Oomen (NED) (1995-08-15)15 August 1995 (aged 24)  Casper Pedersen (DEN) (1996-03-15)15 March 1996 (aged 23)  Robert Power (AUS) (1995-05-11)11 May 1995 (aged 24)  Nicolas Roche (IRL) (1984-07-03)3 July 1984 (aged 35)  Martin Salmon (GER) (1997-10-29)29 October 1997 (aged 22)  Michael Storer (AUS) (1997-02-28)28 February 1997 (aged 22)  Florian Stork (GER) (1997-04-27)27 April 1997 (aged 22)  Jasha Sütterlin (GER) (1992-11-04)4 November 1992 (aged 27)  Martijn Tusveld (NED) (1993-09-09)9 September 1993 (aged 26)  Ilan Van Wilder (BEL) (2000-05-14)14 May 2000 (aged 19)

Riders who joined the team for the 2020 season Rider 2019 team Thymen Arensman[2] neo-pro (SEG Racing Academy) Tiesj Benoot[3][4] Lotto–Soudal Alberto Dainese[2] neo-pro (SEG Racing Academy) Mark Donovan[2] neo-pro (Team Wiggins Le Col) Nico Denz[5] AG2R La Mondiale Nils Eekhoff[6] neo-pro (Development Team Sunweb) Felix Gall[6] neo-pro (Development Team Sunweb) Martin Salmon[6] neo-pro (Development Team Sunweb) Jasha Sutterlin[5][7] Movistar Team Ilan Van Wilder[8] neo-pro

Riders who left the team during or after the 2019 season Rider 2020 team Jan Bakelants[9] Circus–Wanty Gobert Roy Curvers[10] Retired Tom Dumoulin[11][12] Team Jumbo–Visma Johannes Fröhlinger[13][14] Retired Lennard Kämna[15] Bora–Hansgrohe Louis Vervaeke[16] Alpecin–Fenix Max Walscheid[17] NTT Pro Cycling

Season victories

Date	Race	Competition	Rider	Country	Location
5 February	Herald Sun Tour, Stage 1	UCI Oceania Tour	Alberto Dainese (ITA)	Australia	Shepparton
6 February	Herald Sun Tour, Stage 2	UCI Oceania Tour	Jai Hindley (AUS)	Australia	Falls Creek
8 February	Herald Sun Tour, Stage 4	UCI Oceania Tour	Jai Hindley (AUS)	Australia	Mount Buller
9 February	Herald Sun Tour, Overall	UCI Oceania Tour	Jai Hindley (AUS)	Australia
9 February	Herald Sun Tour, Points classification	UCI Oceania Tour	Jai Hindley (AUS)	Australia
9 February	Herald Sun Tour, Teams classification	UCI Oceania Tour	[N 1]	Australia
21 February	Volta ao Algarve, Stage 3	UCI Europe Tour UCI ProSeries	Cees Bol (NED)	Portugal	Tavira
11 March	Paris–Nice, Stage 4	UCI World Tour	Søren Kragh Andersen (DEN)	France	Saint-Amand-Montrond
13 March	Paris–Nice, Stage 6	UCI World Tour	Tiesj Benoot (BEL)	France	Apt
14 March	Paris–Nice, Points classification	UCI World Tour	Tiesj Benoot (BEL)	France
14 March	Paris–Nice, Teams classification	UCI World Tour	[N 2]	France

National, Continental and World champions 2019

Date	Discipline	Jersey	Rider	Country	Location

Footnotes

1. The riders in the squad were Alberto Dainese, Jai Hindley, Max Kanter, Asbjørn Kragh Andersen, Robert Power, Michael Storer, and Florian Stork.
2. The riders in the squad were Nikias Arndt, Tiesj Benoot, Cees Bol, Nico Denz, Nils Eekhoff, Chris Hamilton, Søren Kragh Andersen, and Michael Matthews.

References

1. "Team Sunweb". Team Sunweb. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
2. "Team Sunweb recruits three top talents". Team Sunweb. 8 August 2019. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
3. "Team Sunweb confirm signing of Tiesj Benoot". CyclingNews. 14 August 2019. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
4. "Team Sunweb strengthen squad with Tiesj Benoot". Team Sunweb. 14 August 2019. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
5. "Team Sunweb sign quality German duo". Team Sunweb. 9 August 2019. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
6. "Eekhoff, Gall and Salmon promoted to the WorldTour with Team Sunweb". Team Sunweb. 13 September 2019. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
7. Benson, Daniel (17 December 2019). "Sutterlin: I want to focus on the Classics". CyclingNews. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
8. "Team Sunweb sign promising youngster Ilan Van Wilder". Team Sunweb. 9 October 2019. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
9. "Bakelants signs with Circus-Wanty Gobert-Tormans". CyclingNews. 6 January 2020. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
10. "Roy Curvers retires from professional peloton, makes transition to coaching staff". Team Sunweb. 11 October 2019. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
11. "Team Sunweb and Tom Dumoulin part ways". Team Sunweb. 19 August 2019. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
12. "Tom Dumoulin leaves Sunweb". CyclingNews. 19 August 2019. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
13. "Johannes Fröhlinger retires from professional cycling". Team Sunweb. 11 November 2019. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
14. "Fröhlinger calls time on 13-year pro career". CyclingNews. 18 November 2019. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
15. "Bora-Hansgrohe sign Lennard Kamna from Team Sunweb". CyclingNews. 21 August 2019. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
16. Ostanek, Daniel (10 November 2019). "Modolo reportedly close to Corendon-Circus deal". CyclingNews. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
17. "Dimension Data add Walscheid and Gogl for 2020". CyclingNews. 10 September 2019. Retrieved 15 May 2020.

External links

• 2020 Team Sunweb (men's team) season at ProCyclingStats