2014 Lampre–Merida season explained

Team:Lampre–Merida
Season:2014
Men:yes
Ucicode:LAM
Status:UCI ProTeam
Manager:Giuseppe Saronni
Sponsor:Lampre & Merida
Base:Italy
Bikes:Merida
Groupset:?
Onedaywins:6
Stageraceoverall:1
Stageracestages:17
Natcwins:2
Previous:2013
Next:2015

The 2014 season for began in January at the Tour de San Luis. As a UCI ProTeam, they were automatically invited and obligated to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour.

Team roster

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Riders who joined the team for the 2014 season
Rider2013 team
Niccolo Bonifazioneo-pro (Viris Vegevano)
Valerio Contineo-pro (Mastromarco-Chanti Sensi)
Rui Costa[2]
Chris Horner[3]
Sacha Modolo[4]
Nelson Oliveira[5]
Rafael Valls[6]
Gang Xu
Riders who left the team during or after the 2013 season
Rider2014 team
Massimo Graziato
Matthew Lloyd
Adriano Malori[7]
Alessandro Petacchi[8] Retired (until August)
(from August)
Daniele Pietropolli
Michele Scarponi[9]
Simone Stortoni
Miguel Ubeto[10] Suspended
Davide Viganò[11]

Season victories

Date Race Competition Rider Country Location
Tour Down Under, Stage 2 Stirling
Tour de San Luis, Stage 7
Palma de Mallorca
Santanyí
Volta ao Algarve, Stage 1 Albufeira
Liguria
Volta ao Algarve, Points classification
Volta ao Algarve, Teams classification [12]
Camaiore
Three Days of De Panne, Stage 2 KoksijdeOostduinkerke
Three Days of De Panne, Stage 3a De Panne
Three Days of De Panne, Points classification
Giro d'Italia, Stage 5 Viggiano
Giro d'Italia, Stage 8 Montecopiolo
Tour of Japan, Stage 6 Tokyo
Tour de Suisse, Stage 5 Büren an der Aare
Tour de Suisse, Stage 9 Saas-Fee
Tour de Suisse, Overall
Tour of Utah, Teams classification [13]
Vuelta a España, Stage 9 Aramón Valdelinares
Vuelta a España, Stage 15 Lagos de Covadonga
Coppa Ugo AgostoniLissone
Gran Premio Bruno BeghelliMonteveglio
Tour of Beijing, Stage 5 Bird's Nest Piazza
Tour of Hainan, Stage 2 Haikou
Tour of Hainan, Stage 5 Sanya
Tour of Hainan, Stage 6 Dongfang
Tour of Hainan, Stage 8 Danzhou
Tour of Hainan, Points classification

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Lampre–Merida (LAM) – ITA. https://archive.today/20140102050633/http://62.50.72.82/UCIBWS/(S(juhnxycdwbv5tbcixhvnfyby))/Teams/detail/en/ROA/2999. dead. 2 January 2014. 2 January 2014. UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale.
  2. News: Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa al Team Lampre–Merida. Italian. Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa to Team Lampre–Merida. 24 August 2013. 23 February 2014. . CGS Cycling Team AG. https://web.archive.org/web/20130828213534/http://www.teamlampremerida.com/2013/08/costa/. 28 August 2013. dead.
  3. News: Chris Horner signs to Lampre–Merida. Cycling Weekly. 30 January 2014. 23 February 2014.
  4. News: Modolo joins Team Lampre–Merida. . CGS Cycling Team AG. 16 August 2013. 23 February 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140103065215/http://www.teamlampremerida.com/en/2013/08/un-modolo-in-piu-per-vincere/. 3 January 2014. dead.
  5. News: Nélson Filipe Santos Simões Oliveira: Portuguese youth for Lampre–Merida. . New Master SRL. 26 September 2013. 23 February 2014. 16 October 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131016095808/http://www.teamlampremerida.com/en/2013/09/nelson-filipe-santos-simoes-oliveira-gioventu-portoghese-per-la-lampre-merida/. dead.
  6. News: Spanish reinforcement: Rafael Valls Ferri in Lampre–Merida. 12 September 2013. 23 February 2014. . New Master SRL. 2 November 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131102122503/http://www.teamlampremerida.com/en/2013/09/rinforzo-spagnolo-rafael-valls-ferri-con-la-lampre-merida/. dead.
  7. News: Malori, rumbo al Movistar Team. Spanish. Biciciclismo. Cycling Total comunicación y servicios S.L.. 7 August 2013. 23 February 2014. Malori, direction of the Movistar Team.
  8. News: Petacchi to start with Omega Pharma-Quickstep August 1. Cyclingnews.com. 13 July 2013. 23 February 2014.
  9. News: Scarponi joins Nibali on Astana, will lead 2014 Giro team. Gregor. Brown. VeloNews. 1 November 2013. 23 February 2014. 3 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303235522/http://velonews.competitor.com/2013/11/news/scarponi-joins-nibali-on-astana-will-lead-2014-giro-team_306720. dead.
  10. News: Ubeto Aponte provisionally suspended following a doping test. Cyclingnews.com. 15 May 2013. 23 February 2014.
  11. News: Caja Rural-RGA completes 2014 team roster with 18 riders. Alasdair. Fotheringham. Alasdair Fotheringham. Cyclingnews.com. 16 November 2013. 23 February 2014. These are Angel Madrazo (Movistar), Davide Viganò (Lampre–Merida), Peilo Bilbao (Euskaltel–Euskadi), Heiner Parra (4-72 Colombia), Lluis Mas (Burgos-BH) and amateur riders Fernando Grijalva and Antonio Molina..
  12. The riders on the squad were Rui Costa, Mattia Cattaneo, Chris Horner, Roberto Ferrari, Sacha Modolo, Jan Polanc, Maximiliano Richeze and Nelson Oliveira
  13. The riders on the squad were Chris Horner, Winner Anacona, Valerio Conti, Luca Dodi, Ilia Koshevoy, Andrea Palini, Andrea Vaccher and Luca Wackermann