2017 Team Sunweb (men's team) season

Team Sunweb
2017 season
UCI code	SUN
Status	UCI WorldTeam
Manager	Iwan Spekenbrink
Main sponsor(s)	Sunweb
Based	Germany
Bicycles	Giant
Groupset	Shimano
Season victories
One-day races	1
Stage race overall	2
Stage race stages	11
Grand Tours	1
National Championships	3
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The 2017 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

As of 1 January 2017.

Rider Date of birth   Søren Kragh Andersen  (DEN) (1994-08-10)10 August 1994 (aged 22)   Nikias Arndt  (GER) (1991-11-18)18 November 1991 (aged 25)   Warren Barguil  (FRA) (1991-10-28)28 October 1991 (aged 25)   Phil Bauhaus  (GER) (1994-07-08)8 July 1994 (aged 22)   Roy Curvers  (NED) (1979-12-27)27 December 1979 (aged 37)   Bert De Backer  (BEL) (1984-04-02)2 April 1984 (aged 32)   Tom Dumoulin  (NED) (1990-11-11)11 November 1990 (aged 26)   Johannes Fröhlinger  (GER) (1985-06-09)9 June 1985 (aged 31)   Simon Geschke  (GER) (1986-03-13)13 March 1986 (aged 30)   Chad Haga  (USA) (1988-08-26)26 August 1988 (aged 28)   Chris Hamilton  (AUS) (1995-05-18)18 May 1995 (aged 21)   Lennard Hofstede  (NED) (1994-12-29)29 December 1994 (aged 22)   Wilco Kelderman  (NED) (1991-03-25)25 March 1991 (aged 25)

Rider Date of birth   Lennard Kämna  (GER) (1996-09-09)9 September 1996 (aged 20)   Sindre Lunke  (NOR) (1993-04-17)17 April 1993 (aged 23)   Michael Matthews  (AUS) (1990-09-26)26 September 1990 (aged 26)   Sam Oomen  (NED) (1995-08-15)15 August 1995 (aged 21)   Georg Preidler  (AUT) (1990-06-17)17 June 1990 (aged 26)   Ramon Sinkeldam  (NED) (1989-02-09)9 February 1989 (aged 27)   Tom Stamsnijder  (NED) (1985-05-15)15 May 1985 (aged 31)   Laurens ten Dam  (NED) (1980-11-13)13 November 1980 (aged 36)   Mike Teunissen  (NED) (1992-08-25)25 August 1992 (aged 24)   Albert Timmer  (NED) (1985-06-13)13 June 1985 (aged 31)   Zico Waeytens  (BEL) (1991-09-29)29 September 1991 (aged 25)   Max Walscheid  (GER) (1993-06-13)13 June 1993 (aged 23)

Riders who joined the team for the 2017 season Rider 2016 team Phil Bauhaus [1] Bora–Argon 18 Chris Hamilton [2] Avanti IsoWhey Sports Lennard Hofstede neo-pro(Rabobank Development Team) Wilco Kelderman [3] LottoNL–Jumbo Lennard Kämna [1] Stölting Service Group Michael Matthews [4] Orica–BikeExchange Mike Teunissen [5] LottoNL–Jumbo

Riders who left the team during or after the 2016 season Rider 2017 team Koen de Kort [6] Trek–Segafredo John Degenkolb [6] Trek–Segafredo Caleb Fairly [7] Retired Ji Cheng [8] Retired Carter Jones [9] Retired Fredrik Ludvigsson [10] Copenhagen Pro Cycling Tobias Ludvigsson [11] FDJ Lars van der Haar [12] Telenet–Fidea Lions Tom Veelers [13] Retired

Season victories

Date	Race	Competition	Rider	Country	Location
29 January	Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race	UCI World Tour	Nikias Arndt  (GER)	Australia	Geelong
16 February	Tour of Oman, Stage 3	UCI Asia Tour	Søren Kragh Andersen  (DEN)	Oman	Qurayyat
19 February	Vuelta a Andalucía, Mountains classification	UCI Europe Tour	Georg Preidler  (AUT)	Spain
3 April	Tour of the Basque Country, Stage 1	UCI World Tour	Michael Matthews  (AUS)	Spain	Valle de Egüés
16 May	Giro d'Italia, Stage 10	UCI World Tour	Tom Dumoulin  (NED)	Italy	Montefalco
20 May	Giro d'Italia, Stage 14	UCI World Tour	Tom Dumoulin  (NED)	Italy	Sanctuary of Oropa
28 May	Giro d'Italia, Overall	UCI World Tour	Tom Dumoulin  (NED)	Italy
4 June	Hammer Series, Stage 3	UCI Europe Tour	Team stage [N 1]	Netherlands	Sittard-Geleen
8 June	Critérium du Dauphiné, Stage 5	UCI World Tour	Phil Bauhaus  (GER)	France	Mâcon
12 June	Tour de Suisse, Stage 3	UCI World Tour	Michael Matthews  (AUS)	Switzerland	Bern
14 July	Tour de France, Stage 13	UCI World Tour	Warren Barguil  (FRA)	France	Foix
15 July	Tour de France, Stage 14	UCI World Tour	Michael Matthews  (AUS)	France	Rodez
18 July	Tour de France, Stage 16	UCI World Tour	Michael Matthews  (AUS)	France	Romans-sur-Isère
20 July	Tour de France, Stage 18	UCI World Tour	Warren Barguil  (FRA)	France	Col d'Izoard
23 July	Tour de France, Points classification	UCI World Tour	Michael Matthews  (AUS)	France
23 July	Tour de France, Mountains classification	UCI World Tour	Warren Barguil  (FRA)	France
23 July	Tour de France, Super-combativity award	UCI World Tour	Warren Barguil  (FRA)	France
13 August	BinckBank Tour, Overall	UCI World Tour	Tom Dumoulin  (NED)	Belgium   Netherlands

National, Continental and World champions 2017

Date	Discipline	Jersey	Rider	Country	Location
21 June	Dutch National Time Trial Champion		Tom Dumoulin  (NED)	Netherlands	Montferland
21 June	Austrian National Time Trial Champion		Georg Preidler  (AUT)	Austria	Grünau im Almtal
25 June	Dutch National Road Race Champion		Ramon Sinkeldam  (NED)	Netherlands	Montferland

Footnotes

1. The riders on the stage were Lennard Kämna, Ramon Sinkeldam, Albert Timmer, Zico Waeytens and Max Walscheid

References

1. "Giant-Alpecin sign Kamna, Bauhaus". Cyclingnews.com . 10 August 2016. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
2. "Chris Hamilton signs for Giant-Alpecin". Cyclingnews.com . 25 August 2016. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
3. "Wilco Kelderman joins Giant-Alpecin on two-year contract". Cyclingnews.com . 6 September 2016. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
4. "Michael Matthews signs for Giant-Alpecin". Cyclingnews.com . 4 August 2016. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
5. "Sagan to use private jet to make European Champs and Eneco Tour - News shorts". Cyclingnews.com . 8 September 2016. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
6. "Trek-Segafredo sign John Degenkolb". Cyclingnews.com . 12 August 2016. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
7. "Fairly to retire after Tour of California". Cyclingnews.com . 15 May 2016. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
8. "Cheng Ji to retire after Tour of Hainan". Cyclingnews.com . 20 October 2016. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
9. "Carter Jones announces retirement from cycling". Cyclingnews.com . 24 June 2016. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
10. "Fredrik Ludvigsson hoping Twitter call out can land him a WorldTour contract for 2017". Cyclingnews.com . 1 November 2016. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
11. "FDJ announce Guarnieri, Tobias Ludvigsson and Rudy Molard signings". Cyclingnews.com . 2 August 2016. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
12. "Van der Haar signs with Nys' Telenet-Fidea cyclo-cross team". Cyclingnews.com . 12 May 2016. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
13. "Veelers forced to retire due to knee injury". Cyclingnews.com . 1 December 2016. Retrieved 18 April 2017.

External links

• 2017 Team Sunweb (men's team) season at ProCyclingStats