Team Sunweb (men's team)

Team Sunweb[1] (UCI team code: SUN) is a professional German cycling team at UCI WorldTeam level. The team is managed by Iwan Spekenbrink and uses Cervélo bicycles.

For the women's team, see Team Sunweb (women's team).
Team Sunweb
Team information
UCI codeSUN
RegisteredNetherlands (2005–2014)
Germany (2015–)
Founded2005 (2005)
Discipline(s)Road
StatusUCI Professional Continental (2005–2012)
UCI WorldTeam (2013–)
BicyclesColnago (2005)
Koga (2006–2011)
Felt (2012)
Giant (2013–2018)
Cervélo (2019–)
ComponentsShimano
WebsiteTeam home page
Key personnel
General managerIwan Spekenbrink
Team name history
2005
2006–2011
2012
2012–2013
2014
2015–2016
2017–
Shimano–Memory Corp
Skil Shimano
Project 1t4i
Argos–Shimano
Giant–Shimano
Team Giant–Alpecin
Team Sunweb
Team Sunweb (men's team) jersey
Jersey

History

Team Sunweb was founded in 2005 under the name "Shimano-Memory Corp", sponsored by Skil and Shimano, and was based in the Netherlands.[2] Thanks to aggressive strategies during Paris–Nice in 2008 and 2009, the team was awarded a wildcard for the 2009 Tour de France, making it their first appearance in a Grand Tour.

After losing its sponsors at the end of 2011, the team adopted the name "Project 1T4i", standing for "team spirit, inspiration, integrity, improvement and innovation",[3] until a new sponsor was secured. Ahead of the Tour of Flanders on 1 April 2012, the team became Argos-Shimano following the announcement of a three-year naming rights contract with the Argos North Sea Group, an oil company based in the Netherlands.[4][5]

In 2012, the team received their second wildcard invitation to the 2012 Tour de France, along with three French-registered teams: Cofidis, Team Europcar and Saur–Sojasun.[6]

In December 2012 it was announced that the team would compete at the World Tour level for the 2013 season.[7]

In September 2014 German shampoo manufacturer Alpecin announced that they would co-sponsor the team alongside Giant for the 2015 season.[8] In December 2014 Sunweb (a Dutch-owned international tour operator) was announced as a new major sponsor of the team, signing a 2-year deal.[9]

On 23 January 2016 during training in Spain, six members of the team (John Degenkolb, Warren Barguil, Max Walscheid, Chad Haga, Fredrik Ludvigsson and Ramon Sinkeldam) were hit by a car that was driven into the on-coming traffic. All riders were in stable condition.[10] On the first rest day of the 2016 Tour de France, the team announced that Sunweb would become a named sponsor of the team for the 2017 season, and the team would move their registration from the Netherlands to Germany.[2][11] In 2017, Team Sunweb won its first Grand Tour: the 2017 Giro d'Italia with Tom Dumoulin. At the 2017 Tour de France, the team won four stages and two major jerseys: Warren Barguil won the Mountains classification and Combativity Award while reaching 10th overall, and Michael Matthews won the Points classification.

Team roster
As of 1 July 2020.[12][13]
Rider Date of birth
 Thymen Arensman (NED) (1999-12-04) 4 December 1999
 Nikias Arndt (GER) (1991-11-18) 18 November 1991
 Tiesj Benoot (BEL) (1994-03-11) 11 March 1994
 Cees Bol (NED) (1995-07-27) 27 July 1995
 Alberto Dainese (ITA) (1998-03-25) 25 March 1998
 Nico Denz (GER) (1994-02-15) 15 February 1994
 Mark Donovan (GBR) (1999-04-03) 3 April 1999
 Nils Eekhoff (NED) (1998-01-23) 23 January 1998
 Felix Gall (AUT) (1998-02-27) 27 February 1998
 Chad Haga (USA) (1988-08-26) 26 August 1988
 Chris Hamilton (AUS) (1995-05-18) 18 May 1995
 Jai Hindley (AUS) (1996-05-05) 5 May 1996
 Marc Hirschi (SUI) (1998-08-24) 24 August 1998
 Max Kanter (GER) (1997-10-22) 22 October 1997
 Wilco Kelderman (NED) (1991-03-25) 25 March 1991
Rider Date of birth
 Asbjørn Kragh Andersen (DEN) (1992-04-09) 9 April 1992
 Søren Kragh Andersen (DEN) (1994-08-10) 10 August 1994
 Michael Matthews (AUS) (1990-09-26) 26 September 1990
 Joris Nieuwenhuis (NED) (1996-02-11) 11 February 1996
 Sam Oomen (NED) (1995-08-15) 15 August 1995
 Casper Pedersen (DEN) (1996-03-15) 15 March 1996
 Robert Power (AUS) (1995-05-11) 11 May 1995
 Nicolas Roche (IRL) (1984-07-03) 3 July 1984
 Martin Salmon (GER) (1997-10-29) 29 October 1997
 Michael Storer (AUS) (1997-02-28) 28 February 1997
 Florian Stork (GER) (1997-04-27) 27 April 1997
 Jasha Sütterlin (GER) (1992-11-04) 4 November 1992
 Martijn Tusveld (NED) (1993-09-09) 9 September 1993
 Ilan Van Wilder (BEL) (2000-05-14) 14 May 2000

Major wins
Main article: List of wins by Shimano–Memory Corp and its successors

National and world champions
2005
Japan Road Race, Hidenori Nodera
2008
Japan Road Race, Hidenori Nodera
2012
Japan Road Race, Yukihiro Doi
2014
Dutch Time Trial, Tom Dumoulin
2015
Austria Time Trial, Georg Preidler
2016
Dutch Time Trial, Tom Dumoulin
2017
Dutch Time Trial, Tom Dumoulin
Austria Time Trial, Georg Preidler
Dutch Road Race, Ramon Sinkeldam
World Team Time Trial
World Time Trial, Tom Dumoulin
gollark: Yes.
gollark: They *do* self-replicate, but there are no good manuals and they're really hard to repair.
gollark: They just reflect away a ton of their input light, and are something like 2% efficient.
gollark: Plants are bad, actually.
gollark: Run them directly off thermal energy beamed from orbit with giant mirrors.

References
  1. ProCyclingStats. "Team Giant - Alpecin 2015". procyclingstats.com.
  2. "Profil of TEAM SUNWEB - Tour de France 2018". www.letour.fr. Retrieved 2018-07-30.
  3. Sam Dansie. "1T4I unveils young squad with big ambition". Cyclingnews.com.
  4. "1t4i-ploeg heet vanaf zondag Argos-Shimano" [1T4i-team is called Argos-Shimano from next Sunday on]. Sporza (in Dutch). Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroeporganisatie. 30 March 2012. Archived from the original on 1 April 2012. Retrieved 30 March 2012.
  5. Benson, Daniel (30 March 2012). "Argos-Shimano cycling team presented in Rotterdam". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. Retrieved 30 March 2012.
  6. "Argos-Shimano receives Tour de France wildcard invitation". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 6 April 2012. Retrieved 5 July 2012.
  7. "Argos-Shimano Team celebrates its new WorldTour license". CyclingNews. Future Publishing Limited. 10 December 2012. Retrieved 13 February 2013.
  8. "German shampoo maker Alpecin to sponsor Giant". VeloNews. 24 September 2014. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
  9. Cycling News. "Sunweb signs two-year deal with Giant-Alpecin". Cyclingnews.com.
  10. "John Degenkolb and Warren Barguil among six Giant-Alpecin cyclists hospitalised after being hit by a car". Irish Independent. 23 January 2016.
  11. "Giant-Alpecin confirm Sunweb as new title sponsor".
  12. "Team Sunweb". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 3 January 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  13. "Arensman tekent contract bij Team Sunweb" [Arensman signs contract with Team Sunweb]. De Gelderlander (in Dutch). DPG Media. 8 August 2019. Retrieved 1 July 2020. De 19-jarige wielrenner uit Deil treedt per 1 juli 2020 in dienst van de Duitse WorldTour-ploeg. [The 19-year-old cyclist from Deil will join the German WorldTour team on 1 July 2020.]
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