2016 IAM Cycling season explained

Team:IAM Cycling
Season:2016
Men:yes
Ucicode:IAM
Status:UCI ProTeam
Manager:Serge Beucherie
Sponsor:IAM Independent Asset Management
Base:Switzerland
Bikes:Scott
Groupset:Shimano
Onedaywins:3
Stageraceoverall:3
Stageracestages:9
Natcwins:3
Previous:2015

The 2016 season for the 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 team disbanded at the end of the season.[1]

Team roster

Riders who joined the team for the 2016 season
Rider2015 team
Leigh Howard[2]
Vegard Stake Laengen[3]
Oliver Naesen
Oliver Zaugg[4]
Riders who left the team during or after the 2015 season
Rider2016 team
Sylvain Chavanel[5]
Thomas Degand[6]
Jérôme PineauRetired
Sébastien Reichenbach[7]
Patrick Schelling

Season victories

Date Race Competition Rider Country Location
Marseille
Étoile de Bessèges, Stage 5 Alès
Étoile de Bessèges, Overall
Almeria
Tour of Croatia, Stage 6 Zagreb
Tour of Norway, Points classification
Giro d'Italia, Stage 17 Cassano d'Adda
Tour of Belgium, Stage 2 Herzele
Tour of Belgium, Overall
Tour of Belgium, Team classification [8]
Tour de Suisse, Stage 9 Davos
Tour de France, Stage 15 Culoz
Tour de Wallonie, Stage 5 Dison
Tour de Wallonie, Overall
Plouay
Tour des Fjords, Stage 1 Bergen
Vuelta a España, Stage 17 Llucena

National, Continental and World champions 2016

Date Discipline Jersey Rider Country Location
Neumarkt am Wallersee
Strasswalchen
Martigny

Notes and References

  1. Web site: IAM Cycling to fold at the end of 2016 . . 23 May 2016 . 19 April 2017 .
  2. Web site: Leigh Howard, Vegard Stake Laengen and Oliver Naesen confirmed for IAM Cycling. 28 September 2015 . cyclingnews.com. 20 February 2016.
  3. Web site: News shorts: Vuillermoz wins Rio Olympics test event. 17 August 2015 . . 20 February 2016.
  4. Web site: Transfer news: Rowney signs for Orica-AIS. 6 October 2015. cyclingnews.com. 20 February 2016.
  5. Web site: Bernaudeau announces Direct Energie as new sponsor . . 16 September 2015 . . 20 February 2016.
  6. Web site: Thomas Degand de retour chez Wanty-Groupe Gobert en 2016 . . 16 September 2015 . RTBF. French . Thomas Degand to return to Wanty-Groupe Gobert in 2016. 20 February 2016.
  7. Web site: News Shorts: Brammeier returns home after Utah crash . . 18 August 2015 . . 20 February 2016.
  8. The riders on the squad were Dries Devenyns, Martin Elmiger, Clément Chevrier, Reto Hollenstein, Oliver Naesen, Vicente Reynès, Aleksejs Saramotins and Jonas Vangenechten