2021 Ineos Grenadiers season

Ineos Grenadiers
Ineos Grenadiers leading the peloton on Stage 15 of the Giro d'Italia with Egan Bernal wearing the maglia rosa
UCI code	IGD
Status	UCI WorldTeam
World Tour Rank	2nd
Manager	Dave Brailsford  (GBR)
Main sponsor(s)	Ineos
Based	National Cycling Centre, Manchester England
Bicycles	Pinarello
Groupset	Shimano
Season victories
One-day races	3
Stage race overall	7
Stage race stages	23
Grand Tours	1
World Championships	1
National Championships	3
Most wins	Ethan Hayter  (GBR) (13)
Best ranked rider	Egan Bernal  (COL) (5th)
Jersey
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The 2021 season for Ineos Grenadiers was the eleventh season in the team's existence, all of which have been as a UCI WorldTeam. This was the third season with Ineos as the title sponsor and the first full season with the current name.

Team roster

As of 1 August 2021. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Rider Date of birth   Andrey Amador  (CRC) (1986-08-29)29 August 1986 (aged 34)   Leonardo Basso  (ITA) (1993-12-25)25 December 1993 (aged 27)   Egan Bernal  (COL) (1997-01-13)13 January 1997 (aged 23)   Richard Carapaz  (ECU) (1993-05-29)29 May 1993 (aged 27)   Jonathan Castroviejo  (ESP) (1987-04-27)27 April 1987 (aged 33)   Laurens De Plus  (BEL) (1995-09-04)4 September 1995 (aged 25)   Rohan Dennis  (AUS) (1990-05-28)28 May 1990 (aged 30)   Owain Doull  (GBR) (1993-05-02)2 May 1993 (aged 27)   Eddie Dunbar  (IRL) (1996-09-01)1 September 1996 (aged 24)   Filippo Ganna  (ITA) (1996-07-25)25 July 1996 (aged 24)   Tao Geoghegan Hart  (GBR) (1995-03-30)30 March 1995 (aged 25)   Michał Gołaś  (POL) (1984-04-29)29 April 1984 (aged 36)   Ethan Hayter  (GBR) (1998-09-18)18 September 1998 (aged 22)   Sebastián Henao  (COL) (1993-08-05)5 August 1993 (aged 27)   Michał Kwiatkowski  (POL) (1990-06-02)2 June 1990 (aged 30)   Daniel Martínez  (COL) (1996-04-25)April 25, 1996 (aged 24)

Rider Date of birth   Gianni Moscon  (ITA) (1994-04-20)20 April 1994 (aged 26)   Jhonatan Narváez  (ECU) (1997-03-04)4 March 1997 (aged 23)   Tom Pidcock  (GBR) (1999-07-30)30 July 1999 (aged 21)   Luke Plapp [a]  (AUS) (2000-12-25)25 December 2000 (aged 20)   Richie Porte  (AUS) (1985-01-30)30 January 1985 (aged 35)   Salvatore Puccio  (ITA) (1989-08-31)31 August 1989 (aged 31)   Brandon Rivera  (COL) (1996-03-21)21 March 1996 (aged 24)   Carlos Rodriguez  (ESP) (2001-02-02)2 February 2001 (aged 19)   Luke Rowe  (GBR) (1990-03-10)10 March 1990 (aged 30)   Pavel Sivakov  (RUS) (1997-07-11)11 July 1997 (aged 23)   Iván Sosa  (COL) (1997-10-31)31 October 1997 (aged 23)   Ben Swift  (GBR) (1987-11-05)5 November 1987 (aged 33)   Geraint Thomas  (GBR) (1986-05-25)25 May 1986 (aged 34)   Dylan van Baarle  (NED) (1992-05-21)21 May 1992 (aged 28)   Cameron Wurf  (AUS) (1983-08-03)3 August 1983 (aged 37)   Adam Yates  (GBR) (1992-08-07)7 August 1992 (aged 28)

1. Plapp joined as a stagiaire from Inform TM Insight Make on 1 August. ^[5]

Riders who joined the team for the 2021 season Rider 2020 team Laurens De Plus [6] [7] Team Jumbo–Visma Daniel Martínez [6] EF Pro Cycling Tom Pidcock [8] [9] neo-pro(Trinity Racing) Richie Porte [8] [10] Trek–Segafredo Adam Yates [11] [12] Mitchelton–Scott

Riders who left the team during or after the 2020 season Rider 2021 team Chris Froome [13] [14] Israel Start-Up Nation Vasil Kiryienka [a] Retired Christian Knees [17] Retired Chris Lawless [18] [19] Total Direct Énergie Ian Stannard [20] [21] Retired

Season victories

Date	Race	Competition	Rider	Country	Location	Ref.
6 February	Étoile de Bessèges, Stage 4	UCI Europe Tour	Filippo Ganna  (ITA)	France	Saint-Siffret	[22]
7 February	Étoile de Bessèges, Stage 5 (ITT)	UCI Europe Tour	Filippo Ganna  (ITA)	France	Alès	[23]
13 February	Tour de la Provence, Stage 3	UCI Europe Tour UCI ProSeries	Iván Sosa  (COL)	France	Mont Ventoux–Chalet Reynard	[24]
14 February	Tour de la Provence, Overall	UCI Europe Tour UCI ProSeries	Iván Sosa  (COL)	France		[25]
14 February	Tour de la Provence, Young rider classification	UCI Europe Tour UCI ProSeries	Iván Sosa  (COL)	France		[25]
14 February	Tour de la Provence, Team classification	UCI Europe Tour UCI ProSeries	[b]	France		[25]
22 February	UAE Tour, Stage 2 (ITT)	UCI World Tour	Filippo Ganna  (ITA)	United Arab Emirates	Al Hudayriat Island	[26]
23 March	Volta a Catalunya, Stage 2 (ITT)	UCI World Tour	Rohan Dennis  (AUS)	Spain	Banyoles	[27]
24 March	Volta a Catalunya, Stage 3	UCI World Tour	Adam Yates  (GBR)	Spain	Vallter 2000	[28]
25 March	Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali, Stage 3	UCI Europe Tour	Ethan Hayter  (GBR)	Italy	Riccione	[29]
27 March	Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali, Young rider classification	UCI Europe Tour	Ethan Hayter  (GBR)	Italy		[30] [31]
27 March	Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali, Team classification	UCI Europe Tour	[c]	Italy		[31]
28 March	Volta a Catalunya, Overall	UCI World Tour	Adam Yates  (GBR)	Spain		[32]
28 March	Volta a Catalunya, Team classification	UCI World Tour	[d]	Spain		[32]
31 March	Dwars door Vlaanderen	UCI World Tour	Dylan van Baarle  (NED)	Belgium	Waregem	[33]
14 April	Brabantse Pijl	UCI Europe Tour UCI ProSeries	Tom Pidcock  (GBR)	Belgium	Overijse	[34]
19 April	Tour of the Alps, Stage 1	UCI Europe Tour UCI ProSeries	Gianni Moscon  (ITA)	Austria	Innsbruck	[35]
21 April	Tour of the Alps, Stage 3	UCI Europe Tour UCI ProSeries	Gianni Moscon  (ITA)	Italy	Naturns	[36]
23 April	Tour of the Alps, Team classification	UCI Europe Tour UCI ProSeries	[e]	Italy		[37]
27 April	Tour de Romandie, Prologue (ITT)	UCI World Tour	Rohan Dennis  (AUS)	Switzerland	Oron	[38]
2 May	Tour de Romandie, Overall	UCI World Tour	Geraint Thomas  (GBR)	Switzerland		[39]
2 May	Tour de Romandie, Team classification	UCI World Tour	[f]	Switzerland		[39]
6 May	Volta ao Algarve, Stage 2	UCI Europe Tour UCI ProSeries	Ethan Hayter  (GBR)	Portugal	Fóia	[40]
8 May	Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 (ITT)	UCI World Tour	Filippo Ganna  (ITA)	Italy	Turin	[41] [42]
16 May	Giro d'Italia, Stage 9	UCI World Tour	Egan Bernal  (COL)	Italy	Campo Felice (Rocca di Cambio)	[43] [44]
19 May	Vuelta a Andalucía, Stage 2	UCI Europe Tour UCI ProSeries	Ethan Hayter  (GBR)	Spain	Alcalá la Real	[45]
22 May	Vuelta a Andalucía, Stage 5	UCI Europe Tour UCI ProSeries	Ethan Hayter  (GBR)	Spain	Pulpí	[46] [47]
22 May	Vuelta a Andalucía, Points classification	UCI Europe Tour UCI ProSeries	Ethan Hayter  (GBR)	Spain		[47]
24 May	Giro d'Italia, Stage 16	UCI World Tour	Egan Bernal  (COL)	Italy	Cortina d'Ampezzo	[48] [49]
24 May	Giro d'Italia, Stage 21 (ITT)	UCI World Tour	Filippo Ganna  (ITA)	Italy	Milan	[50] [51]
30 May	Giro d'Italia, Overall	UCI World Tour	Egan Bernal  (COL)	Italy		[50] [51]
30 May	Giro d'Italia, Young rider classification	UCI World Tour	Egan Bernal  (COL)	Italy		[50] [51]
30 May	Giro d'Italia, Team classification	UCI World Tour	[g]	Italy		[50] [51]
3 June	Critérium du Dauphiné, Stage 5	UCI World Tour	Geraint Thomas  (GBR)	France	Saint-Vallier	[52]
6 June	Critérium du Dauphiné, Overall	UCI World Tour	Richie Porte  (AUS)	France		[53]
6 June	Critérium du Dauphiné, Team classification	UCI World Tour	[h]	France		[53]
10 June	Tour de Suisse, Stage 5	UCI World Tour	Richard Carapaz  (ECU)	Switzerland	Leukerbad	[54]
13 June	Tour de Suisse, Overall	UCI World Tour	Richard Carapaz  (ECU)	Switzerland		[55]
13 June	Tour de Suisse, Young rider classification	UCI World Tour	Eddie Dunbar  (IRL)	Switzerland		[55]
27 June	Gran Premio di Lugano	UCI Europe Tour	Gianni Moscon  (ITA)	Switzerland	Lugano	[56]
19 August	Tour of Norway, Stage 1	UCI Europe Tour UCI ProSeries	Ethan Hayter  (GBR)	Norway	Sokndal	[57]
20 August	Tour of Norway, Stage 2	UCI Europe Tour UCI ProSeries	Ethan Hayter  (GBR)	Norway	Sirdal	[58]
22 August	Tour of Norway, Overall	UCI Europe Tour UCI ProSeries	Ethan Hayter  (GBR)	Norway		[59]
7 September	Tour of Britain, Stage 3 (TTT)	UCI Europe Tour UCI ProSeries	[i]	United Kingdom	National Botanic Garden of Wales	[60]
9 September	Tour of Britain, Stage 5	UCI Europe Tour UCI ProSeries	Ethan Hayter  (GBR)	United Kingdom	Warrington	[61]
12 September	Tour of Britain, Points classification	UCI Europe Tour UCI ProSeries	Ethan Hayter  (GBR)	United Kingdom		[62]

National, Continental, and World Champions

Date	Discipline	Jersey	Rider	Country	Location	Ref.
19 September	World Time Trial Championships		Filippo Ganna  (ITA)	Belgium	Bruges	[63]
14 October	British National Time Trial Championships		Ethan Hayter  (GBR)	United Kingdom	Tealby	[64]
15 October	British National Circuit Race Championships		Ethan Hayter  (GBR)	United Kingdom	Lincoln	[65]
17 October	British National Road Race Championships		Ben Swift  (GBR)	United Kingdom	Lincoln	[66]
23 October	World Omnium Championships		Ethan Hayter  (GBR)	France	Roubaix	[67]

Notes

1. Kiryienka retired on 30 January 2020 due to recurring cardiac issues. ^{[15] [16]}
2. The riders in the squad were Egan Bernal, Laurens De Plus, Eddie Dunbar, Gianni Moscon, Carlos Rodriguez, Iván Sosa and Ben Swift.
3. The riders in the squad were Eddie Dunbar, Ethan Hayter, Sebastián Henao, Gianni Moscon, Carlos Rodriguez, Iván Sosa and Ben Swift.
4. The riders in the squad were Richard Carapaz, Jonathan Castroviejo, Rohan Dennis, Richie Porte, Luke Rowe, Geraint Thomas, and Adam Yates.
5. The riders in the squad were Leonardo Basso, Sebastián Henao, Daniel Martínez, Gianni Moscon, Salvatore Puccio, Pavel Sivakov, and Iván Sosa.
6. The riders in the squad were Andrey Amador, Rohan Dennis, Owain Doull, Eddie Dunbar, Filippo Ganna, Richie Porte, and Geraint Thomas.
7. The riders in the squad were Egan Bernal, Jonathan Castroviejo, Filippo Ganna, Daniel Martínez, Gianni Moscon, Jhonatan Narváez, Salvatore Puccio, and Pavel Sivakov.
8. The riders in the squad were Andrey Amador, Tao Geoghegan Hart, Michał Kwiatkowski, Richie Porte, Carlos Rodriguez, Geraint Thomas, and Dylan van Baarle.
9. The winning riders were Rohan Dennis, Owain Doull, Ethan Hayter, Michał Kwiatkowski, Richie Porte, and Carlos Rodriguez.

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External links

• 2021 Ineos Grenadiers season at ProCyclingStats