2018 Team Sky season

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Team Sky
UCI codeSKY
Status UCI WorldTeam
World Tour Rank 2nd
Manager Dave Brailsford
Main sponsor(s) Sky
Based National Cycling Centre
Manchester
England
Bicycles Pinarello
Groupset Shimano
Season victories
One-day races 2
Stage race overall10
Stage race stages21
Grand Tours 2
National Championships 8
Most wins Michał Kwiatkowski
Best ranked rider Geraint Thomas (4th)
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2019  

The 2018 cycling season began in Australia at the Tour Down Under for Team Sky in January.

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As a UCI WorldTeam, they are automatically invited and obliged to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour.

2018 roster

As of 21 October 2018
RiderDate of birth
Flag of Italy.svg  Leonardo Basso  (ITA) (1993-12-25)25 December 1993 (aged 24)
Flag of Colombia.svg  Egan Bernal  (COL) (1997-01-13)13 January 1997 (aged 21)
Flag of Spain.svg  Jonathan Castroviejo  (ESP) (1987-04-27)27 April 1987 (aged 31)
Flag of Spain.svg  David de la Cruz  (ESP) (1989-05-06)6 May 1989 (aged 29)
Flag of Ireland.svg  Philip Deignan  (IRL) (1983-09-07)7 September 1983 (aged 35)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Jonathan Dibben  (GBR) (1994-02-12)12 February 1994 (aged 24)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Mark Donovan [N 1]  (GBR) (1999-04-03)3 April 1999 (aged 19)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Owain Doull  (GBR) (1993-05-02)2 May 1993 (aged 25)
Flag of Ireland.svg  Eddie Dunbar [N 2]  (IRL) (1996-09-01)1 September 1996 (aged 22)
Flag of France.svg  Kenny Elissonde  (FRA) (1991-07-22)22 July 1991 (aged 27)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Chris Froome  (GBR) (1985-05-20)20 May 1985 (aged 33)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Tao Geoghegan Hart  (GBR) (1995-03-30)30 March 1995 (aged 23)
Flag of Poland.svg  Michał Gołaś  (POL) (1984-04-29)29 April 1984 (aged 34)
Flag of Norway.svg  Kristoffer Halvorsen  (NOR) (1996-04-13)13 April 1996 (aged 22)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Ethan Hayter [N 3]  (GBR) (1998-09-18)18 September 1998 (aged 20)
Flag of Colombia.svg  Sebastián Henao  (COL) (1993-08-05)5 August 1993 (aged 25)
Flag of Colombia.svg  Sergio Henao  (COL) (1987-12-10)10 December 1987 (aged 30)
RiderDate of birth
Flag of Spain.svg  Beñat Intxausti  (ESP) (1986-03-20)20 March 1986 (aged 32)
Flag of Belarus.svg  Vasil Kiryienka  (BLR) (1981-06-28)28 June 1981 (aged 37)
Flag of Germany.svg  Christian Knees  (GER) (1981-03-05)5 March 1981 (aged 37)
Flag of Poland.svg  Michał Kwiatkowski  (POL) (1990-06-02)2 June 1990 (aged 28)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Chris Lawless  (GBR) (1995-11-04)4 November 1995 (aged 22)
Flag of Spain.svg  David López  (ESP) (1981-05-13)13 May 1981 (aged 37)
Flag of Italy.svg  Gianni Moscon  (ITA) (1994-04-20)20 April 1994 (aged 24)
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Wout Poels  (NED) (1987-10-01)1 October 1987 (aged 31)
Flag of Italy.svg  Salvatore Puccio  (ITA) (1989-08-31)31 August 1989 (aged 29)
Flag of Italy.svg  Diego Rosa  (ITA) (1989-03-27)27 March 1989 (aged 29)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Luke Rowe  (GBR) (1990-03-10)10 March 1990 (aged 28)
Flag of Russia.svg  Pavel Sivakov  (RUS) (1997-07-11)11 July 1997 (aged 21)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Ian Stannard  (GBR) (1987-05-25)25 May 1987 (aged 31)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Geraint Thomas  (GBR) (1986-05-25)25 May 1986 (aged 32)
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Dylan van Baarle  (NED) (1992-05-21)21 May 1992 (aged 26)
Flag of Poland.svg  Łukasz Wiśniowski  (POL) (1991-12-07)7 December 1991 (aged 26)


    Season victories

    DateRaceCompetitionRiderCountryLocation
    21 January Tour Down Under, Young rider classification UCI World Tour Flag of Colombia.svg  Egan Bernal  (COL)Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
    11 February Colombia Oro y Paz, Overall UCI America Tour Flag of Colombia.svg  Egan Bernal  (COL)Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
    11 February Colombia Oro y Paz, Young rider classification UCI America Tour Flag of Colombia.svg  Egan Bernal  (COL)Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
    11 February Colombia Oro y Paz, Mountains classification UCI America Tour Flag of Colombia.svg  Egan Bernal  (COL)Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
    15 February Volta ao Algarve, Stage 2 UCI Europe Tour Flag of Poland.svg  Michał Kwiatkowski  (POL)Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal Monchique
    15 February Vuelta a Andalucía, Stage 2 UCI Europe Tour Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Wout Poels  (NED)Flag of Spain.svg Spain Alto de Allanadas
    16 February Volta ao Algarve, Stage 3 UCI Europe Tour Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Geraint Thomas  (GBR)Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal Lagoa
    18 February Vuelta a Andalucía, Stage 4 UCI Europe Tour Flag of Spain.svg  David de la Cruz  (ESP)Flag of Spain.svg Spain Barbate
    18 February Vuelta a Andalucía, Points classification UCI Europe Tour Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Wout Poels  (NED)Flag of Spain.svg Spain
    18 February Volta ao Algarve, Stage 5 UCI Europe Tour Flag of Poland.svg  Michał Kwiatkowski  (POL)Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal Alto do Malhão
    18 February Volta ao Algarve, Overall UCI Europe Tour Flag of Poland.svg  Michał Kwiatkowski  (POL)Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
    18 February Volta ao Algarve, Points classification UCI Europe Tour Flag of Poland.svg  Michał Kwiatkowski  (POL)Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
    18 February Volta ao Algarve, Teams classification UCI Europe Tour [N 4] Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
    7 March Paris–Nice, Stage 4 UCI World Tour Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Wout Poels  (NED)Flag of France.svg France Saint-Étienne
    11 March Paris–Nice, Stage 8 UCI World Tour Flag of Spain.svg  David de la Cruz  (ESP)Flag of France.svg France Nice
    13 March Tirreno–Adriatico, Overall UCI World Tour Flag of Poland.svg  Michał Kwiatkowski  (POL)Flag of Italy.svg Italy
    22 March Settimana Coppi e Bartali, Stage 1b UCI Europe Tour [N 5] Flag of Italy.svg Italy Gatteo
    24 March Settimana Coppi e Bartali, Stage 3 UCI Europe Tour Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Chris Lawless  (GBR)Flag of Italy.svg Italy Crevalcore
    25 March Settimana Coppi e Bartali, Overall UCI Europe Tour Flag of Italy.svg  Diego Rosa  (ITA)Flag of Italy.svg Italy
    25 March Settimana Coppi e Bartali, Young Rider Classification UCI Europe Tour Flag of Russia.svg  Pavel Sivakov  (RUS)Flag of Italy.svg Italy
    25 March Settimana Coppi e Bartali, Points Classification UCI Europe Tour Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Chris Lawless  (GBR)Flag of Italy.svg Italy
    27 April Tour de Romandie, Stage 3 (ITT) UCI World Tour Flag of Colombia.svg  Egan Bernal  (COL)Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Villars
    29 April Tour de Romandie, Young Rider Classification UCI World Tour Flag of Colombia.svg  Egan Bernal  (COL)Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
    14 May Tour of California, Stage 2 UCI World Tour Flag of Colombia.svg  Egan Bernal  (COL)Flag of the United States.svg United States Gibraltar Road
    18 May Tour of California, Stage 6 UCI World Tour Flag of Colombia.svg  Egan Bernal  (COL)Flag of the United States.svg United States South Lake Tahoe
    19 May Giro d'Italia, Stage 14 UCI World Tour Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Chris Froome  (GBR)Flag of Italy.svg Italy Monte Zoncolan
    19 May Tour of California, Overall UCI World Tour Flag of Colombia.svg  Egan Bernal  (COL)Flag of the United States.svg United States
    19 May Tour of California, Young Rider Classification UCI World Tour Flag of Colombia.svg  Egan Bernal  (COL)Flag of the United States.svg United States
    19 May Tour of California, Teams classification UCI World Tour [N 6] Flag of the United States.svg United States
    25 May Giro d'Italia, Stage 19 UCI World Tour Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Chris Froome  (GBR)Flag of Italy.svg Italy Bardonecchia
    27 May Giro d'Italia, Overall UCI World Tour Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Chris Froome  (GBR)Flag of Italy.svg Italy
    27 May Giro d'Italia, Mountains classification UCI World Tour Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Chris Froome  (GBR)Flag of Italy.svg Italy
    27 May Giro d'Italia, Teams classification UCI World Tour [N 7] Flag of Italy.svg Italy
    3 June Critérium du Dauphiné, Prologue UCI World Tour Flag of Poland.svg  Michał Kwiatkowski  (POL)Flag of France.svg France Valence
    6 June Critérium du Dauphiné, Stage 3 (TTT) UCI World Tour [N 8] Flag of France.svg France Louhans-Châteaurenaud
    10 June Critérium du Dauphiné, Overall UCI World Tour Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Geraint Thomas  (GBR)Flag of France.svg France
    10 June Critérium du Dauphiné, Teams classification UCI World Tour [N 9] Flag of France.svg France
    18 July Tour de France, Stage 11 UCI World Tour Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Geraint Thomas  (GBR)Flag of France.svg France La Rosière
    19 July Tour de France, Stage 12 UCI World Tour Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Geraint Thomas  (GBR)Flag of France.svg France Alpe d'Huez
    29 July Tour de France, Overall UCI World Tour Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Geraint Thomas  (GBR)Flag of France.svg France
    7 August Tour de Pologne, Stage 4 UCI World Tour Flag of Poland.svg  Michał Kwiatkowski  (POL)Flag of Poland.svg Poland Szczyrk
    8 August Tour de Pologne, Stage 5 UCI World Tour Flag of Poland.svg  Michał Kwiatkowski  (POL)Flag of Poland.svg Poland Bielsko-Biała
    10 August Tour de Pologne, Overall UCI World Tour Flag of Poland.svg  Michał Kwiatkowski  (POL)Flag of Poland.svg Poland
    10 August Tour de Pologne, Points classification UCI World Tour Flag of Poland.svg  Michał Kwiatkowski  (POL)Flag of Poland.svg Poland
    7 September Tour of Britain, Stage 6 UCI Europe Tour Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Wout Poels  (NED)Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom Whinlatter
    8 September Tour of Britain, Stage 7 UCI Europe Tour Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Ian Stannard  (GBR)Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom Mansfield
    15 September Coppa Ugo Agostoni UCI Europe Tour Flag of Italy.svg  Gianni Moscon  (ITA)Flag of Italy.svg Italy Lissone
    19 September Giro della Toscana UCI Europe Tour Flag of Italy.svg  Gianni Moscon  (ITA)Flag of Italy.svg Italy Pontedera
    19 October Tour of Guangxi, Stage 4 UCI World Tour Flag of Italy.svg  Gianni Moscon  (ITA)Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  People's Republic of China Mashan Nongla Scenic Spot
    21 October Tour of Guangxi, Overall UCI World Tour Flag of Italy.svg  Gianni Moscon  (ITA)Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  People's Republic of China
    21 October Tour of Guangxi, Youth classification UCI World Tour Flag of Italy.svg  Gianni Moscon  (ITA)Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  People's Republic of China

    National, Continental and World champions 2018

    DateDisciplineJerseyRiderCountryLocation
    2 February Colombian National Time Trial Championships
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    Flag of Colombia.svg  Egan Bernal  (COL)Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia Bogotá
    4 February Colombian National Road Race Championships
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    Flag of Colombia.svg  Sergio Henao  (COL)Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia Bogotá
    22 June Spanish National Time Trial Champion
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    Flag of Spain.svg  Jonathan Castroviejo  (ESP)Flag of Spain.svg Spain Castellón
    24 June Polish National Road Race Champion
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    Flag of Poland.svg  Michał Kwiatkowski  (POL)Flag of Poland.svg Poland Ostróda
    27 June Dutch National Time Trial Champion
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    Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Dylan van Baarle  (NED)Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands Bergen op Zoom
    28 June British National Time Trial Champion
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    Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Geraint Thomas  (GBR)Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom Northumberland
    29 June Belarusian National Time Trial Champion
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    Flag of Belarus.svg  Vasil Kiryienka  (BLR)Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus
    4 October Italian National Time Trial Champion
    Jersey italianflag.svg
    Flag of Italy.svg  Gianni Moscon  (ITA)Flag of Italy.svg Italy Cavour

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