Team Bahrain Victorious

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Team Bahrain Victorious
Team Bahrain Victorious Logo.png
Team information
UCI codeTBV
RegisteredBahrain
Founded2017
Discipline(s) Road
Status UCI WorldTeam
Bicycles Merida
Components Shimano
Website Team home page
Key personnel
General managerMilan Eržen
Team manager(s)
Team name history
2017–2019 Bahrain–Merida
2020 Bahrain–McLaren
2021– Team Bahrain Victorious [1]
Cycling current event.svg Current season

Team Bahrain Victorious ( UCI team code:TBV [2] ) is a UCI WorldTeam cycling team from Bahrain which was founded in 2017. [3] Its title sponsor is the government of Bahrain.

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The team at the 2023 Paris-Nice Bahrain Victorious, 2023 Paris-Nice (52917278281).jpg
The team at the 2023 Paris–Nice

History

The idea for a Bahrain pro cycling team was started in August 2016 by Sheikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa. [4] The team is financed by the government of Bahrain to promote the country worldwide.

Doping

On 5 September 2018, the UCI announced that an out-of-competition test had resulted in an adverse analytical finding of erythropoietin in a sample collected 31 July 2018. Kanstantsin Sivtsov was provisionally suspended pending the result of any B sample test. [5]

Following Stage 17 of the 2021 Tour de France, French police raided the team's hotel and bus on the suspicion of doping. [6] The Police confirmed they conducted the raids and have the riders' training files in their possession, and "A preliminary enquiry has been opened to see if there has been, or not, acquisition, transport or possession of banned substances". [7]

On 27 June 2022, four days before the first stage of the 2022 Tour de France, Europol raided residences of several Team Bahrain Victorious staff and riders in several countries including Slovenia, Poland, and Spain. The team stated that the raids were directly linked to the hotel searches that took place at the previous year’s Tour, while Matej Mohorič and Jan Tratnik denied that their properties had been searched. [8]

Death of Gino Mäder

During the fifth stage of the Tour de Suisse on 15 June 2023, Swiss rider Gino Mäder fell in a turn when descending from the stage's highest point at Albula Pass. Mäder, 26, was found to be unconscious and submerged in water. He was resuscitated and airlifted to a hospital in Chur. Mäder died from his injuries a day later. [9] [10] Bahrain Victorious, along with two other teams, withdrew from the Tour on the next stage of competitive racing on 17 June 2023. [11]

Team roster

As of 5 January 2025. [12]
RiderDate of birth
Flag of Germany.svg  Nikias Arndt  (GER) (1991-11-18) 18 November 1991 (age 33)
Flag of Germany.svg  Phil Bauhaus  (GER) (1994-07-08) 8 July 1994 (age 30)
Flag of Spain.svg  Pello Bilbao  (ESP) (1990-02-25) 25 February 1990 (age 34)
Flag of Italy.svg  Alberto Bruttomesso  (ITA) (2003-10-30) 30 October 2003 (age 21)
Flag of Colombia.svg  Santiago Buitrago  (COL) (1999-09-26) 26 September 1999 (age 25)
Flag of Italy.svg  Nicolò Buratti  (ITA) (2001-07-07) 7 July 2001 (age 23)
Flag of Italy.svg  Damiano Caruso  (ITA) (1987-10-12) 12 October 1987 (age 37)
Flag of Russia.svg  Roman Ermakov  (RUS) (2004-10-06) 6 October 2004 (age 20)
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Žak Eržen  (SLO) (2005-10-19) 19 October 2005 (age 19)
Flag of Portugal.svg  Afonso Eulálio  (POR) (2001-09-30) 30 September 2001 (age 23)
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Matevž Govekar  (SLO) (2000-04-17) 17 April 2000 (age 24)
Flag of Poland.svg  Kamil Gradek  (POL) (1990-09-17) 17 September 1990 (age 34)
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Jack Haig  (AUS) (1993-09-06) 6 September 1993 (age 31)
Flag of Austria.svg  Rainer Kepplinger  (AUT) (1997-08-19) 19 August 1997 (age 27)
Flag of France.svg  Lenny Martinez  (FRA) (2003-07-11) 11 July 2003 (age 21)
RiderDate of birth
Flag of Croatia.svg  Fran Miholjević  (CRO) (2002-08-02) 2 August 2002 (age 22)
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Matej Mohorič  (SLO) (1994-10-19) 19 October 1994 (age 30)
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Mathijs Paasschens  (NED) (1996-03-18) 18 March 1996 (age 28)
Flag of Italy.svg  Andrea Pasqualon  (ITA) (1988-01-02) 2 January 1988 (age 37)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Finlay Pickering  (GBR) (2003-01-27) 27 January 2003 (age 22)
Flag of Italy.svg  Daniel Skerl  (ITA) (2003-03-21) 21 March 2003 (age 21)
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Robert Stannard  (AUS) (1998-09-16) 16 September 1998 (age 26)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Oliver Stockwell  (GBR) (2002-06-07) 7 June 2002 (age 22)
Flag of Italy.svg  Antonio Tiberi  (ITA) (2001-06-24) 24 June 2001 (age 23)
Flag of Norway.svg  Torstein Træen  (NOR) (1995-07-16) 16 July 1995 (age 29)
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Sergio Tu  (TPE) (1997-02-24) 24 February 1997 (age 27)
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Max van der Meulen  (NED) (2004-01-13) 13 January 2004 (age 21)
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Vlad Van Mechelen  (BEL) (2004-06-02) 2 June 2004 (age 20)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Fred Wright  (GBR) (1999-06-13) 13 June 1999 (age 25)
Flag of Italy.svg  Edoardo Zambanini  (ITA) (2001-04-21) 21 April 2001 (age 23)

Major wins

World, National and continental champions

2017
Maillot ethiopia.png Ethiopia Time Trial, Tsgabu Grmay
2018
MaillotEspana.PNG Spain Road Race, Gorka Izagirre
MaillotEslovenia.PNG Slovenia Road Race, Matej Mohorič
2019
NC Taipei Taiwan.jpg Taiwan Time Trial, Chun Kai Feng
MaillotUcrania.PNG Ukrainian Time Trial, Mark Padun
MaillotEslovenia.PNG Slovenia Road Race, Domen Novak
2020
MaillotEspana.PNG Spain Time Trial, Pello Bilbao
2021
MaillotEslovenia.PNG Slovenia Time Trial, Jan Tratnik
MaillotItalia.svg Italy Road Race, Sonny Colbrelli
MaillotEslovenia.PNG Slovenia Road Race, Matej Mohorič
European champion jersey 2016.svg European Road Race, Sonny Colbrelli
NC Taipei Taiwan.jpg Taiwan Road Race, Chun Kai Feng
2022
MaillotBahrain.png Bahrain Road Race, Ahmed Madan
MaillotEslovenia.PNG Slovenia Time Trial, Jan Tratnik
MaillotJapon.PNG Japan Road Race, Yukiya Arashiro
Asian Championship Jersey.svg Asia U23 Time Trial Ahmed Madan
2023
MaillotCroacia.PNG Croatia Time Trial, Fran Miholjević
MaillotReinoUnido.PNG British Road Race, Fred Wright
MaillotSerbia.png Serbia Road Race, Dušan Rajović
Jersey rainbow.svg UCI World Gravel Championships, Matej Mohorič
NC Taipei Taiwan.jpg Taiwan Time Trial, Sergio Tu
2024
MaillotEslovenia.PNG Slovenia Time Trial, Matej Mohorič

References

  1. "Bahrain Victorious". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  2. "Bahrain Victorious". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 January 2022. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  3. "Bahrain–Merida Pro Cycling Team 2017 season". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  4. "Who is really behind the Bahrain-Merida team? - Cycling Weekly". Cycling Weekly. 19 September 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
  5. "UCI Statement on Kanstantsin Siutsou".
  6. Benson, Daniel; July 2021, Simone Giuliani 15 (15 July 2021). "Police raid Bahrain Victorious hotel at Tour de France". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 15 July 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  7. "Police target Tour team Bahrain Victorious in anti-doping raid". France 24. 15 July 2021. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  8. "Police raid homes of Bahrain-Victorious riders, staffers on the eve of Tour de France". VeloNews. 27 June 2022. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
  9. "Chute de Gino Mäder: le champion du monde s'indigne". Le Matin. 16 June 2023. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
  10. Fotheringham, Alasdair. "Gino Mäder dies after Tour de Suisse crash". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
  11. "Evenepoel leads tributes to Gino Mäder after winning Tour de Suisse stage seven". The Guardian. PA Media. 17 June 2023. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
  12. "Bahrain Victorious". UCI . Retrieved 5 January 2025.

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