IAM Cycling
IAM Cycling was a Swiss registered UCI WorldTour cycling team, managed by former French road race champion Serge Beucherie.[1][2]
The title sponsor was IAM Independent Asset Management SA, a Swiss investment management company.[3]
Team information | ||
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UCI code | IAM | |
Registered | Switzerland | |
Founded | 2013 | |
Disbanded | 2016 | |
Discipline(s) | Road | |
Status | UCI Pro Continental (2013–2014) UCI WorldTeam (2015–2016) | |
Bicycles | Scott Sports | |
Components | Shimano | |
Website | Team home page | |
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History
2013
The team was officially launched in January 2013.[4] IAM Cycling is a member of the Mouvement pour un cyclisme crédible. IAM Cycling was selected as a wild-card entry for the 2013 Paris-Nice race.[5]
2014
On 22 August 2013 the team announced that it had signed Sylvain Chavanel and Jérôme Pineau from Omega Pharma–Quick-Step, Mathias Frank from BMC Racing Team and Roger Kluge from NetApp–Endura for the 2014 season.[6] On 28 January it was announced that IAM Cycling had been granted a "wild card" entry to Tour de France 2014, its first Grand Tour. It also raced the Vuelta a Espana. Subsequently, in December 2014 the UCI announced that the team would be granted a WorldTour licence for the 2015 season.[7]
2015
2016
In May 2016, the team announced they would fold at the end of the season due to not being able to secure a secondary sponsor.[8]
Final roster (2016)
- As of 29 March 2016
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Major wins
- 2013
- Overall
Tour Méditerranéen, Thomas Löfkvist - Stage 1 Circuit de la Sarthe, Matteo Pelucchi
- Tour de Berne, Marcel Wyss
Austria Time Trial Championships, Matthias Brändle - Stage 5 Bayern-Rundfahrt, Heinrich Haussler
Sweden Time Trial Championships, Gustav Larsson Latvia Road Race Championships, Aleksejs Saramotins - Trofeo Matteotti, Sébastien Reichenbach
- Overall
Tour du Limousin, Martin Elmiger - Stage 1, Martin Elmiger
- Tour du Jura, Matthias Brändle
- Tour du Doubs, Aleksejs Saramotins
- 2014
- Stage 2 Tirreno–Adriatico, Matteo Pelucchi
- Stage 3 Critérium International, Mathias Frank
- Stage 3 Four Days of Dunkirk, Sylvain Chavanel
- Tour de Berne, Matthias Brändle
- Stage 1 Bayern-Rundfahrt, Heinrich Haussler
- Stage 2 Bayern-Rundfahrt, Mathias Frank
France Time Trial Championships, Sylvain Chavanel Austria Time Trial Championships, Matthias Brändle Switzerland Road Race Championships, Martin Elmiger - Stage 2 Vuelta a Burgos, Matteo Pelucchi
- Stage 5 (ITT) Vuelta a Burgos, Aleksejs Saramotins
- Overall
Tour du Poitou-Charentes, Sylvain Chavanel - Stage 4 (ITT), Sylvain Chavanel
- GP Ouest-France, Sylvain Chavanel
- Stages 5 & 6 Tour of Britain, Matthias Brändle
- Chrono des Nation, Sylvain Chavanel
- 2015
Australia Road Race Championships, Heinrich Haussler - Trofeo Santanyi-Ses Salines-Campos, Matteo Pelucchi
- Trofeo Playa de Palma-Palma, Matteo Pelucchi
- Stage 6 Tour of Oman, Matthias Brändle
- Prologue (ITT) Tour of Belgium, Matthias Brändle
- Prologue (ITT) Ster ZLM Toer, Roger Kluge
France Time Trial Championships, Jerome Coppel Latvia Road Race Championships, Aleksejs Saramotins - Stage 1 Tour of Austria, Sondre Holst Enger
- Stage 2 Tour of Austria, David Tanner
- Stage 4 Tour de Wallonie, Jonas Vangenechten
- Stages 2 & 3 Tour de Pologne, Matteo Pelucchi
- 2016
- Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise, Dries Devenyns
- Clásica de Almería, Leigh Howard
- Overall
Étoile de Bessèges, Jérôme Coppel - Stage 5 (ITT), Jérôme Coppel
- Stage 6 Tour of Croatia, Sondre Holst Enger
- Stage 17 Giro d'Italia, Roger Kluge
- Overall
Tour of Belgium, Dries Devenyns - Stage 2, Dries Devenyns
- Stage 9 Tour de Suisse, Jarlinson Pantano
Austria Road Race Championships, Matthias Brändle Austria Time Trial Championships, Matthias Brändle Switzerland Road Race Championships, Jonathan Fumeaux - Stage 15 Tour de France, Jarlinson Pantano
Overall Tour de Wallonie, Dries Devenyns - Stage 5, Dries Devenyns
- Stage 7 Vuelta a España, Jonas van Genechten
- GP Ouest-France, Oliver Naesen
- Stage 16 Vuelta a España, Mathias Frank
National champions
- 2013
Austrian Time Trial Matthias Brändle Swedish Time Trial Gustav Larsson Latvian Road Race Aleksejs Saramotins - 2014
French Time Trial Sylvain Chavanel Austrian Time Trial Matthias Brändle Swiss Road Race Martin Elmiger - 2015
Australian Road Race Heinrich Haussler French Time Trial Jerome Coppel Latvian Road Race Aleksejs Saramotins - 2016
Austrian Road Race Matthias Brändle Austrian Time Trial Matthias Brändle Swiss Road Race Jonathan Fumeaux
References
- "IAM Cycling Announces 2013 Roster". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
- "Lovkvist, Haussler lead new Swiss IAM team". Velonews.competitor.com. 20 September 2012. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
- "Home - IAM : Independent Asset Management". iam.ch.
- "IAM Cycling Team Presented to the Public". SCOTT Sports. 16 January 2013. Retrieved 8 February 2013.
- "ASO announces wildcards for Paris-Nice, Dauphine". Velonews.competitor.com. 23 January 2013. Retrieved 8 February 2013.
- "IAM Cycling signs Chavanel, Frank, Pineau, Reynes and Kluge". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 22 August 2013. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
- Powlison, Spencer (11 December 2014). "IAM Cycling celebrates jump to WorldTour level". VeloNews. Competitor Group, Inc. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
- "IAM Cycling to fold at the end of 2016". Cyclingnews.com.