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| Team information | ||
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| UCI code | IAM | |
| Registered | Switzerland | |
| Founded | 2013 | |
| Disbanded | 2016 | |
| Discipline(s) | Road | |
| Status | UCI Pro Continental (2013–2014) UCI WorldTeam (2015–2016) | |
| Bicycles | Scott Sports | |
| Components | Shimano | |
| Website | Team home page | |
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IAM Cycling was a Swiss registered UCI WorldTour cycling team, managed by former French road race champion Serge Beucherie. [1] [2]
The title sponsor was IAM Independent Asset Management SA, a Swiss investment management company. [3]
The team was officially launched in January 2013. [4] IAM Cycling is a member of the Mouvement pour un cyclisme crédible. IAM Cycling was selected as a wild-card entry for the 2013 Paris–Nice race. [5]
On 22 August 2013 the team announced that it had signed Sylvain Chavanel and Jérôme Pineau from Omega Pharma–Quick-Step, Mathias Frank from BMC Racing Team and Roger Kluge from NetApp–Endura for the 2014 season. [6] On 28 January it was announced that IAM Cycling had been granted a "wild card" entry to Tour de France 2014, its first Grand Tour. It also raced the Vuelta a España. Subsequently, in December 2014 the UCI announced that the team would be granted a WorldTour licence for the 2015 season. [7]
In May 2016, the team announced they would fold at the end of the season due to not being able to secure a secondary sponsor. [8]
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Tour Méditerranéen, Thomas Löfkvist 
Austria Time Trial Championships, Matthias Brändle 
Sweden Time Trial Championships, Gustav Larsson 
Latvia Road Race Championships, Aleksejs Saramotins Tour du Limousin, Martin Elmiger 
France Time Trial Championships, Sylvain Chavanel Austria Time Trial Championships, Matthias Brändle 
Switzerland Road Race Championships, Martin Elmiger 
Tour du Poitou-Charentes, Sylvain Chavanel 
Australia Road Race Championships, Heinrich Haussler France Time Trial Championships, Jérôme Coppel Latvia Road Race Championships, Aleksejs Saramotins 
Étoile de Bessèges, Jérôme Coppel 
Tour of Belgium, Dries Devenyns Austria Road Race Championships, Matthias Brändle Austria Time Trial Championships, Matthias Brändle Switzerland Road Race Championships, Jonathan Fumeaux Overall Tour de Wallonie, Dries Devenyns 
Austrian Time Trial Matthias Brändle 
Swedish Time Trial Gustav Larsson 
Latvian Road Race Aleksejs Saramotins 
French Time Trial Sylvain Chavanel Austrian Time Trial Matthias Brändle 
Swiss Road Race Martin Elmiger 
Australian Road Race Heinrich Haussler French Time Trial Jérôme Coppel Latvian Road Race Aleksejs Saramotins Austrian Road Race Matthias Brändle Austrian Time Trial Matthias Brändle Swiss Road Race Jonathan Fumeaux 
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The 2014 season for the IAM Cycling cycling team began in February at the Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise. The team participated in UCI Continental Circuits and UCI World Tour events when given a wildcard invitation.
The 2015 season for the IAM Cycling cycling team began in January at the Tour Down Under. As a UCI WorldTeam, they were automatically invited and obligated to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour.
The 2013 IAM Cycling season was the first season of the IAM Cycling team, which was founded in 2012. The team competed on the UCI Professional Continental level. They began the season on 27 January at the Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise, and finished in October at the 2013 Giro di Lombardia. The team participated in UCI Continental Circuits and UCI World Tour events when given a wildcard invitation.
The 2016 season for the IAM Cycling cycling team began in January at the Tour Down Under. As a UCI WorldTeam, they were automatically invited and obligated to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour.
