Unibet Tietema Rockets

This article is about the cycling team established in 2023. For the cycling team sponsored by Unibet in the 2000s, see Cycle Collstrop.

Unibet Tietema Rockets

The team at the 2023 Fyen Rundt
Team information
UCI code	RKT
Registered	France
Founded	2023 (2023)
Discipline(s)	Road
Status	UCI Continental (2023) UCI ProTeam (2024–)
Bicycles	Cannondale
Website	Team home page
Key personnel
General manager	Julia Soek and Josse Wester
Team manager(s)	Rob Harmeling Bas Tietema Sverre Vik Gaëtan Pons
Team name history
2023–2024 2025–	TDT–Unibet Cycling Team Unibet Tietema Rockets
Current season

The Unibet Tietema Rockets are a Dutch UCI ProTeam status cycling team on a French license focusing on road bicycle racing. ^[1] Bas Tietema created the team in 2023. The team upgraded from UCI Continental to UCI ProTeam status in 2024. ^{[2] [3]}

History

The main sponsor of the team is Unibet who sponsored a team back in 2006/2007 (Unibet.com) but because of a dispute with major race organizers over gambling companies being sponsors they pulled out. Now with other teams having sponsors which are lotteries, Unibet decided to come back to professional cycling, ^[4] although from 2028 teams sponsored by gambling companies will not be able to race in Belgium. ^[5]

2023

Hugo Haak joined as Team Manager in 2023 after coaching on the Track for the past few years. ^[6]

The team's calendar for 2023 consisted of mostly Belgian and Dutch races. ^[7] The team's biggest victory was stage 1 of the ZLM Tour by Yentl Vandevelde. Despite this success, Vandevelde was let go by the team for 2024. ^[8]

2024

They started their season with 12 new riders, and started their first race in Turkey at the Tour of Antalya where they won stage 1 with the rider Hartthijs de Vries Then they participated in they're first UCI WorldTour race, the Amstel Gold Race. They also won the general classification and a stage in the Oberösterreich Rundfahrt. Then they rode their second UCI Worldtour race the Renewi Tour where they got a top 10 on a stage with Davide Bomboi, then they finished the year with this. On 17 October 2024 the team announced that it would be renamed to Unibet Tietema Rockets and would ride on a French license from 2025 on.

Equipment

The team uses Cannondale bicycles in a bright blue-pink colour scheme. ^[9] The bike has Shimano Ultegra Di2 12 speed gearing with Scope wheels ^[10] and Pirelli tires. ^[11]

Team roster

As of 11 January 2025. ^[12]

Rider Date of birth   Joren Bloem  (NED) (1999-12-21) 21 December 1999 (age 25)   Davide Bomboi  (BEL) (2000-03-27) 27 March 2000 (age 25)   Martijn Budding  (NED) (1995-08-31) 31 August 1995 (age 30)   Giovanni Carboni  (ITA) (1995-08-31) 31 August 1995 (age 30)   Cedrik Bakke Christophersen  (NOR) (2001-12-11) 11 December 2001 (age 23)   Hartthijs de Vries  (NED) (1996-07-11) 11 July 1996 (age 29)   Odd Christian Eiking  (NOR) (1994-12-28) 28 December 1994 (age 30)   Owen Geleijn  (NED) (2001-01-14) 14 January 2001 (age 24)   Axel Huens  (FRA) (2001-09-05) 5 September 2001 (age 24)   Baptiste Huyet  (FRA) (2000-07-06) 6 July 2000 (age 25)   Kevin Inkelaar  (NED) (1997-07-08) 8 July 1997 (age 28)   Jelle Johannink  (NED) (1996-10-22) 22 October 1996 (age 28)   Tomáš Kopecký  (CZE) (2000-04-08) 8 April 2000 (age 25)

Rider Date of birth   Lukáš Kubiš  (SVK) (2000-01-31) 31 January 2000 (age 25)   Zeb Kyffin  (GBR) (1998-02-23) 23 February 1998 (age 27)   Lander Loockx  (BEL) (1997-04-25) 25 April 1997 (age 28)   Adrien Maire  (FRA) (2000-11-17) 17 November 2000 (age 24)   Sergio Meris  (ITA) (2001-03-10) 10 March 2001 (age 24)   Wessel Mouris  (NED) (2002-12-30) 30 December 2002 (age 22)   Sebastian Nielsen  (DEN) (2000-08-27) 27 August 2000 (age 25)   Charles Paige  (GBR) (2001-07-07) 7 July 2001 (age 24)   Abram Stockman  (BEL) (1996-07-31) 31 July 1996 (age 29)   Andreas Stokbro  (DEN) (1997-04-08) 8 April 1997 (age 28)   Adam Ťoupalík  (CZE) (1996-05-09) 9 May 1996 (age 29)   Killian Verschuren  (FRA) (2002-10-20) 20 October 2002 (age 22)

Major wins

2023

Stage 1 ZLM Tour, Yentl Vandevelde

Overall Kreiz Breizh Elites, Hartthijs de Vries

Stage 3, Tomáš Kopecký

2024

Stage 4 Tour of Antalya, Hartthijs de Vries

Ster van Zwolle, Nicklas Amdi Pedersen

Overall Oberösterreich Rundfahrt, Adrien Maire

Stage 3, Adrien Maire

2025

Cholet Agglo Tour, Lukáš Kubiš

Paris - Camembert, Lander Loockx

References

1. "UNIBET TIETEMA ROCKETS". UCI. Retrieved 15 January 2025.
2. Hood, Ed (3 January 2023). "Harry Tanfield - with Tour de Tietema-Unibet for 2023". VeloVeritas. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
3. Poole, George (20 November 2023). "'The past few months have felt like playing ProCyclingManager': TDT-Unibet aim for 2026 Tour de France". Global Cycling Network . Archived from the original on 24 November 2023. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
4. "Unibet signs partnership with Dutch cycling team Tour de Tietema". www.prnewswire.com. 9 November 2022. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
5. "Total ban on gambling advertisements in Belgium from 2028". Wielerflits (in Dutch). 18 February 2023. Retrieved 15 January 2025.
6. "Succescoach Haak aan de slag bij nieuwe Nederlandse wegploeg". nos.nl (in Dutch). 9 November 2022. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
7. McGrath, Andy (12 November 2022). "Unibet returns to pro cycling with Dutch YouTuber's new Continental team". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
8. "ZLM Tour stage winner Yentl Vandevelde has to look for new team". cyclinguptodate.com. 22 September 2023. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
9. Smythe, Simon (5 January 2023). "New Dutch team TDT-Unibet unveils a Cannondale even louder than EF's". cyclingweekly.com. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
10. "Tour de Tietema Unibet ‐ Scope Cycling". Scope Cycling. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
11. Hood, Edmond (9 January 2023). "Tour de Tietema Unibet's Bas Tietema Gets PEZ'd!". PezCycling News. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
12. "Unibet Tietema Rockets". UCI.org. Retrieved 11 January 2025.

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