2018 Team Sunweb (men's team) season

Team Sunweb
2018 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	4
Stage race stages	7
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The 2018 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 31 March 2018. ^{[1] [2]}

Rider Date of birth   Nikias Arndt  (GER) (1991-11-18)18 November 1991 (aged 26)   Phil Bauhaus  (GER) (1994-07-08)8 July 1994 (aged 23)   Roy Curvers  (NED) (1979-12-27)27 December 1979 (aged 38)   Tom Dumoulin  (NED) (1990-11-11)11 November 1990 (aged 27)   Johannes Fröhlinger  (GER) (1985-06-09)9 June 1985 (aged 32)   Simon Geschke  (GER) (1986-03-13)13 March 1986 (aged 32)   Chad Haga  (USA) (1988-08-26)26 August 1988 (aged 29)   Chris Hamilton  (AUS) (1995-05-18)18 May 1995 (aged 22)   Jai Hindley  (AUS) (1996-05-05)5 May 1996 (aged 21)   Lennard Hofstede  (NED) (1994-12-29)29 December 1994 (aged 23)   Lennard Kämna  (GER) (1996-09-09)9 September 1996 (aged 21)   Wilco Kelderman  (NED) (1991-03-25)25 March 1991 (aged 27)

Rider Date of birth   Søren Kragh Andersen  (DNK) (1994-08-10)10 August 1994 (aged 23)   Michael Matthews  (AUS) (1990-09-26)26 September 1990 (aged 27)   Sam Oomen  (NED) (1995-08-15)15 August 1995 (aged 22)   Tom Stamsnijder  (NED) (1985-05-15)15 May 1985 (aged 32)   Michael Storer  (AUS) (1997-02-28)28 February 1997 (aged 21)   Laurens ten Dam  (NED) (1980-11-13)13 November 1980 (aged 37)   Mike Teunissen  (NED) (1992-08-25)25 August 1992 (aged 25)   Edward Theuns  (BEL) (1991-04-30)30 April 1991 (aged 26)   Martijn Tusveld  (NED) (1993-09-09)9 September 1993 (aged 24)   Louis Vervaeke  (BEL) (1993-10-06)6 October 1993 (aged 24)   Max Walscheid  (GER) (1993-06-13)13 June 1993 (aged 24)

Riders who joined the team for the 2018 season Rider 2017 team Jai Hindley [3] Mitchelton Scott Michael Storer Mitchelton Scott Edward Theuns [4] Trek–Segafredo Martijn Tusveld [5] Roompot–Nederlandse Loterij Louis Vervaeke [4] Lotto–Soudal

Riders who left the team during or after the 2017 season Rider 2018 team Warren Barguil [6] Fortuneo–Samsic Bert de Backer [7] Vital Concept Sindre Skjøstad Lunke Fortuneo–Samsic Georg Preidler [8] FDJ Ramon Sinkeldam [8] FDJ Albert Timmer Retired Zico Waeytens Vérandas Willems–Crelan

Season victories

Date	Race	Competition	Rider	Country	Location
23 February	Abu Dhabi Tour, Stage 3	UCI World Tour	Phil Bauhaus  (GER)	United Arab Emirates
24 April	Tour de Romandie, Prologue	UCI World Tour	Michael Matthews  (AUS)	Switzerland	Fribourg
4 May	Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 (ITT)	UCI World Tour	Tom Dumoulin  (NED)	Israel	Jerusalem
5 May	Tour de Yorkshire, Stage 3	UCI Europe Tour	Max Walscheid  (GER)	United Kingdom	Scarborough
14 June	Tour de Suisse, Stage 6	UCI World Tour	Søren Kragh Andersen  (DEN)	Switzerland	Gommiswald
28 July	Tour de France, Stage 20 (ITT)	UCI World Tour	Tom Dumoulin  (NED)	France	Espelette
19 August	BinckBank Tour, Stage 7	UCI World Tour	Michael Matthews  (AUS)	Belgium	Geraardsbergen
7 September	Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec	UCI World Tour	Michael Matthews  (AUS)	Canada
9 September	Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal	UCI World Tour	Michael Matthews  (AUS)	Canada
3 October	Münsterland Giro	UCI Europe Tour	Max Walscheid  (GER)	Germany
7 October	Paris–Tours	UCI Europe Tour	Søren Kragh Andersen  (DEN)	France

National, Continental and World champions 2018

Date	Discipline	Jersey	Rider	Country	Location

References

1. "Contador and Porte presented at Japan Cup - News shorts". Cyclingnews.com . Immediate Media Company. 20 October 2017. Retrieved 4 January 2018. Sunweb confirmed the 2018 line-ups for their elite men's and women's squads as well as their development team on Friday, while announcing one last addition to the latter in Taiwan's Sergio Tu.
2. "Timmer retires from professional racing". Cyclingnews.com . Immediate Media Company. 10 December 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
3. "Jai Hindley to skip Australian summer in debut season with Sunweb". Cyclingnews.com . 23 November 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
4. "Team Sunweb sign Theuns and Vervaeke". Cyclingnews.com . 19 August 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
5. "Martijn Tusveld signs with Team Sunweb". Cyclingpub.com . 2 August 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
6. "Transfer mechanics: Warren Barguil to Team Fortuneo-Oscaro". Cyclingnews.com . 21 August 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
7. "Coquard confirmed as leader of new Vital Concept team". Cyclingnews.com . 17 August 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
8. "FDJ sign Sinkeldam to bolster Demare's sprint train". Cyclingnews.com . 1 August 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2018.

External links

• 2018 Team Sunweb (men's team) season at ProCyclingStats