2021 Team DSM (men's team) season

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Team DSM
2021 season
2021 AGR finish Tiesj Benoot2.jpg
Tiesj Benoot after the Amstel Gold Race
UCI codeDSM
Status UCI WorldTeam
World Tour Rank 21st
ManagerFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Iwan Spekenbrink  (NED)
Main sponsor(s) DSM
BasedFlag of Germany.svg  Germany
Bicycles Scott
Groupset Shimano
Season victories
Stage race overall1
Stage race stages7
Most WinsFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Michael Storer  (AUS) (7)
Best ranked riderFlag of France.svg  Romain Bardet  (FRA) (54th)
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The 2021 season for Team DSM was the team's ninth season as a UCI WorldTeam and its 17th overall. After four years with Dutch travel agency and tour operator Sunweb as the team's title sponsor, Dutch health and materials company DSM took over as the title sponsor. [1] [2]

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Team roster

As of 18 November 2021. [3] [4] [5]
RiderDate of birth
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Thymen Arensman  (NED) (1999-12-04)4 December 1999 (aged 21)
Flag of Germany.svg  Nikias Arndt  (GER) (1991-11-18)18 November 1991 (aged 29)
Flag of France.svg  Romain Bardet  (FRA) (1990-11-09)9 November 1990 (aged 30)
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Tiesj Benoot  (BEL) (1994-03-11)11 March 1994 (aged 26)
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Cees Bol  (NED) (1995-07-27)27 July 1995 (aged 25)
Flag of Germany.svg  Marco Brenner  (GER) (2002-08-27)27 August 2002 (aged 18)
Flag of France.svg  Romain Combaud  (FRA) (1991-04-01)1 April 1991 (aged 29)
Flag of Italy.svg  Alberto Dainese  (ITA) (1998-03-25)25 March 1998 (aged 22)
Flag of Germany.svg  Nico Denz  (GER) (1994-02-15)15 February 1994 (aged 26)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Mark Donovan  (GBR) (1999-04-03)3 April 1999 (aged 21)
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Nils Eekhoff  (NED) (1998-01-23)23 January 1998 (aged 22)
Flag of Austria.svg  Felix Gall  (AUT) (1998-02-27)27 February 1998 (aged 22)
Flag of the United States.svg  Chad Haga  (USA) (1988-08-26)26 August 1988 (aged 32)
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Chris Hamilton  (AUS) (1995-05-18)18 May 1995 (aged 25)
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Jai Hindley  (AUS) (1996-05-05)5 May 1996 (aged 24)
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Marc Hirschi [lower-alpha 1]  (SUI) (1998-08-24)24 August 1998 (aged 22)
RiderDate of birth
Flag of Germany.svg  Max Kanter  (GER) (1997-10-22)22 October 1997 (aged 23)
Flag of Denmark.svg  Asbjørn Kragh Andersen  (DEN) (1992-04-09)9 April 1992 (aged 28)
Flag of Denmark.svg  Søren Kragh Andersen  (DEN) (1994-08-10)10 August 1994 (aged 26)
Flag of Norway.svg  Andreas Leknessund  (NOR) (1999-05-21)21 May 1999 (aged 21)
Flag of Germany.svg  Niklas Märkl  (GER) (1999-03-03)3 March 1999 (aged 21)
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Joris Nieuwenhuis  (NED) (1996-02-11)11 February 1996 (aged 24)
Flag of Denmark.svg  Casper Pedersen  (DEN) (1996-03-15)15 March 1996 (aged 24)
Flag of Ireland.svg  Nicolas Roche  (IRL) (1984-07-03)3 July 1984 (aged 36)
Flag of Germany.svg  Martin Salmon  (GER) (1997-10-29)29 October 1997 (aged 23)
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Michael Storer  (AUS) (1997-02-28)28 February 1997 (aged 23)
Flag of Germany.svg  Florian Stork  (GER) (1997-04-27)27 April 1997 (aged 23)
Flag of Germany.svg  Jasha Sütterlin  (GER) (1992-11-04)4 November 1992 (aged 28)
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Martijn Tusveld  (NED) (1993-09-09)9 September 1993 (aged 27)
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Ilan Van Wilder [lower-alpha 2]  (BEL) (2000-05-14)14 May 2000 (aged 20)
Flag of the United States.svg  Kevin Vermaerke  (USA) (2000-10-16)16 October 2000 (aged 20)
  1. ↑ Hirschi's contract, which was originally set to expire at the end of the 2021 season, was terminated with immediate effect on 5 January. He subsequently joined UAE Team Emirates. [6] [7]
  2. ↑ After a contractual dispute between Van Wilder and Team DSM, his contracted was terminated and he joined Deceuninck–Quick-Step with immediate effect on 18 November. [8]

Season victories

DateRaceCompetitionRiderCountryLocationRef.
21 February Tour des Alpes-Maritimes et du Var, Mountains classification UCI Europe Tour Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Martijn Tusveld  (NED)Flag of France.svg  France [28]
8 March Paris–Nice, Stage 2 UCI World Tour Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Cees Bol  (NED)Flag of France.svg  France Amilly [29]
2 May Tour de Romandie, Young rider classification UCI World Tour Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Thymen Arensman  (NED)Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland [30]
30 May Boucles de la Mayenne, Young rider classification UCI Europe Tour
UCI ProSeries 		Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Nils Eekhoff  (NED)Flag of France.svg  France [31]
31 July Tour de l'Ain, Stage 3 UCI Europe Tour Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Michael Storer  (AUS)Flag of France.svg  France Lélex Monts-Jura [32]
31 July Tour de l'Ain, Overall UCI Europe Tour Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Michael Storer  (AUS)Flag of France.svg  France [32]
31 July Tour de l'Ain, Points classification UCI Europe Tour Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Michael Storer  (AUS)Flag of France.svg  France [32]
31 July Tour de l'Ain, Mountains classification UCI Europe Tour Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Michael Storer  (AUS)Flag of France.svg  France [32]
5 August Vuelta a Burgos, Stage 3 UCI Europe Tour
UCI ProSeries 		Flag of France.svg  Romain Bardet  (FRA)Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Espinosa de los Monteros [33]
7 August Vuelta a Burgos, Mountains classification UCI Europe Tour
UCI ProSeries 		Flag of France.svg  Romain Bardet  (FRA)Flag of Spain.svg  Spain [34]
13 August Tour de Pologne, Stage 5 UCI World Tour Flag of Germany.svg  Nikias Arndt  (GER)Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Bielsko-Biała [35]
20 August Vuelta a España, Stage 7 UCI World Tour Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Michael Storer  (AUS)Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Balcón de Alicante [36] [37]
24 August Vuelta a España, Stage 10 UCI World Tour Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Michael Storer  (AUS)Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Rincón de la Victoria [38] [39]
28 August Vuelta a España, Stage 14 UCI World Tour Flag of France.svg  Romain Bardet  (FRA)Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Pico Villuercas [40] [41]
5 September Vuelta a España, Mountains classification UCI World Tour Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Michael Storer  (AUS)Flag of Spain.svg  Spain [42] [43]
19 September Okolo Slovenska, Team classification UCI Europe Tour [lower-alpha 1] Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia [44]

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