2016 Lotto–Soudal season explained

Team:Lotto–Soudal
Season:2016
Men:yes
Ucicode:LTS
Status:UCI WorldTeam
Manager:Marc Sergeant
Sponsor:Soudal
Base:Belgium
Bikes:Ridley
Groupset:Campagnolo
Onedaywins:4
Stageraceoverall:2
Stageracestages:13
Natcwins:1
Previous:2015

The 2016 season for the Lotto–Soudal 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.

Team roster

Rider2015 team
Tomasz Marczyński[1]
Rafael Valls[2]
Rider2016 team
Kenny Dehaes[3]
Jurgen Van den Broeck[4]

Season victories

Date Race Competition Rider Country Location
Mallorca
Mallorca
Volta ao Algarve, Youth Classification
Three Days of West Flanders, Overall
Three Days of West Flanders, Youth classification
Three Days of West Flanders, Teams classification [5]
Paris–Nice, Stage 7 Nice
Waregem
Volta a Catalunya, Stage 4 Port Ainé
Volta a Catalunya, Mountains classification
Presidential Tour of Turkey, Stage 3 Konya
Tour de Romandie, Mountains classification
Giro d'Italia, Stage 5 Benevento
Giro d'Italia, Stage 6 Roccaraso
Giro d'Italia, Stage 7 Foligno
Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 Bibione
Tour de Luxembourg, Stage 1 Hesperange
Tour de France, Stage 12 Mont Ventoux
Tour de Pologne, Stage 5 Zakopane
Tour de Pologne, Overall
Tour de Pologne, Mountains classification
Tour de Pologne, Teams classification [6]
Tour de France, Stage 21 Paris
Tour de l'Ain, Stage 2 Montreal-la Cluse
Tour de l'Ain, Mountains classification
Tour of Britain, Stage 1 Castle Douglas
Namur

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Transfer news: Bouhanni extends with Cofidis, Marczynski signs for Lotto–Soudal. 25 September 2015 . . 20 February 2016.
  2. Web site: Lotto Soudal sign Rafa Valls on two-year contract. 25 September 2015 . . 20 February 2016.
  3. Web site: News shorts: Zandio to retire at end of 2016, Veikkenan announces retirement . . 29 September 2015 . cyclingnews.com. 20 February 2016.
  4. Web site: Transfers: Van Den Broeck joins Katusha; Mezgec to Orica-GreenEdge . Clarke . Stuart. 11 September 2015 . . 20 February 2016.
  5. The riders on the squad were Jelle Wallays, Sean De Bie, Gert Dockx, Tosh Van der Sande, Louis Vervaeke, Sander Armée and Frederik Frison
  6. The riders on the squad were Tiesj Benoot, Jasper De Buyst, Bart De Clercq, Sander Armée, Maxime Monfort, Rafael Valls, Louis Vervaeke and Tim Wellens