2021 Team DSM (men's team) season

Team DSM
2021 season
Tiesj Benoot after the Amstel Gold Race
UCI code	DSM
Status	UCI WorldTeam
World Tour Rank	21st
Manager	Iwan Spekenbrink  (NED)
Main sponsor(s)	DSM
Based	Germany
Bicycles	Scott
Groupset	Shimano
Season victories
Stage race overall	1
Stage race stages	7
Most wins	Michael Storer  (AUS) (7)
Best ranked rider	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]}

Team roster

As of 18 November 2021. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

Rider Date of birth   Thymen Arensman  (NED) (1999-12-04)4 December 1999 (aged 21)   Nikias Arndt  (GER) (1991-11-18)18 November 1991 (aged 29)   Romain Bardet  (FRA) (1990-11-09)9 November 1990 (aged 30)   Tiesj Benoot  (BEL) (1994-03-11)11 March 1994 (aged 26)   Cees Bol  (NED) (1995-07-27)27 July 1995 (aged 25)   Marco Brenner  (GER) (2002-08-27)27 August 2002 (aged 18)   Romain Combaud  (FRA) (1991-04-01)1 April 1991 (aged 29)   Alberto Dainese  (ITA) (1998-03-25)25 March 1998 (aged 22)   Nico Denz  (GER) (1994-02-15)15 February 1994 (aged 26)   Mark Donovan  (GBR) (1999-04-03)3 April 1999 (aged 21)   Nils Eekhoff  (NED) (1998-01-23)23 January 1998 (aged 22)   Felix Gall  (AUT) (1998-02-27)27 February 1998 (aged 22)   Chad Haga  (USA) (1988-08-26)26 August 1988 (aged 32)   Chris Hamilton  (AUS) (1995-05-18)18 May 1995 (aged 25)   Jai Hindley  (AUS) (1996-05-05)5 May 1996 (aged 24)   Marc Hirschi [a]  (SUI) (1998-08-24)24 August 1998 (aged 22)

Rider Date of birth   Max Kanter  (GER) (1997-10-22)22 October 1997 (aged 23)   Asbjørn Kragh Andersen  (DEN) (1992-04-09)9 April 1992 (aged 28)   Søren Kragh Andersen  (DEN) (1994-08-10)10 August 1994 (aged 26)   Andreas Leknessund  (NOR) (1999-05-21)21 May 1999 (aged 21)   Niklas Märkl  (GER) (1999-03-03)3 March 1999 (aged 21)   Joris Nieuwenhuis  (NED) (1996-02-11)11 February 1996 (aged 24)   Casper Pedersen  (DEN) (1996-03-15)15 March 1996 (aged 24)   Nicolas Roche  (IRL) (1984-07-03)3 July 1984 (aged 36)   Martin Salmon  (GER) (1997-10-29)29 October 1997 (aged 23)   Michael Storer  (AUS) (1997-02-28)28 February 1997 (aged 23)   Florian Stork  (GER) (1997-04-27)27 April 1997 (aged 23)   Jasha Sütterlin  (GER) (1992-11-04)4 November 1992 (aged 28)   Martijn Tusveld  (NED) (1993-09-09)9 September 1993 (aged 27)   Ilan Van Wilder [b]  (BEL) (2000-05-14)14 May 2000 (aged 20)   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]

Riders who joined the team for the 2021 season Rider 2020 team Romain Bardet [9] [10] AG2R La Mondiale Marco Brenner [11] [12] neo-pro(Team Auto Eder Bayern) Romain Combaud [13] [14] Nippo–Delko–One Provence Andreas Leknessund [15] [16] Uno-X Pro Cycling Team Niklas Märkl [17] [18] neo-pro(Development Team Sunweb) Kevin Vermaerke [19] [20] neo-pro(Hagens Berman Axeon)

Riders who left the team during or after the 2020 season Rider 2021 team Marc Hirschi [6] [7] UAE Team Emirates Wilco Kelderman [21] [22] Bora–Hansgrohe Michael Matthews [23] [24] Team BikeExchange Sam Oomen [25] [26] Team Jumbo–Visma Robert Power [27] Team Qhubeka Assos

Season victories

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

Notes

1. The riders in the squad were Cees Bol, Leon Heinschke, Jai Hindley, Asbjørn Kragh Andersen, Niklas Märkl, Casper Pedersen, and Hannes Wilksch.

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External links

• 2021 Team DSM (men's team) season at ProCyclingStats