2016 Team Giant–Alpecin season explained

Team:Team Giant–Alpecin
Season:2016
Men:yes
Ucicode:TGA
Status:UCI ProTeam
Manager:Iwan Spekenbrink
Sponsor:Giant Bicycles & Alpecin
Base:Germany
Bikes:Giant
Groupset:Shimano
Onedaywins:1
Stageraceoverall:1
Stageracestages:12
Natcwins:1
Previous:2015
Next:2017

The 2016 season for the began in January with 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

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Riders who joined the team for the 2016 season
Rider2015 team
Søren Kragh Andersen[2] neo-pro
Sindre Skjølstad Lunkeneo-pro
Sam Oomen[3] neo-pro
Laurens ten Dam[4]
Maximilian Walscheidneo-pro (Kuota-Lotto)
Riders who left the team during or after the 2015 season
Rider2016 team
Lawson Craddock[5]
Thierry Hupond
Marcel Kittel[6]
Luka Mezgec[7]
Daan Olivier[8] Retired

Season victories

Date Race Competition Rider Country Location
Tour of Qatar, Young rider classification
Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 Apeldoorn
Giro d'Italia, Stage 21 Torino
Tour of Belgium, Stage 4 Tongeren
Tour de France, Stage 9 Andorra Arcalis
Tour de France, Stage 13 Caverne du Pont-d'Arc
Tour de l'Ain, Stage 3 Lelex Monts-Jura
Tour de l'Ain, Overall
Tour de l'Ain, Young rider classification
Arctic Race of Norway, Stage 4 Bodø
Arctic Race of Norway, Points classification
Münster
Tour of Hainan, Stage 3 Chengmai
Tour of Hainan, Stage 4 Danzhou
Tour of Hainan, Stage 5 Changjiang
Tour of Hainan, Stage 7 Sanya
Tour of Hainan, Stage 9
Tour of Hainan, Points classification

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Team Giant-Shimano (GIA) – NED. 29 March 2016. UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. https://web.archive.org/web/20150120035926/http://teamgiantalpecin.com/riders/. 20 January 2015. dead.
  2. Web site: News shorts: Andersen as neo-pro to Giant-Alpecin. 17 September 2015 . . 20 February 2016.
  3. Web site: Transfer news: Changes at LottoNL-Jumbo. 2 October 2015 . cyclingnews.com. 20 February 2016.
  4. Web site: Laurens ten Dam signs for Giant-Alpecin. 7 October 2015 . . 20 February 2016.
  5. Web site: Craddock joins Cannondale-Garmin in 2016. 17 September 2015 . cyclingnews.com. 20 February 2016.
  6. Web site: Etixx-Quick Step announce Marcel Kittel signing. 5 October 2015 . cyclingweekly.co.uk. 20 February 2016.
  7. Web site: Transfers: Van Den Broeck joins Katusha; Mezgec to Orica-GreenEdge . Clarke . Stuart. 11 September 2015 . . 20 February 2016.
  8. Web site: Dutch climbing talent announces retirement. 6 June 2015. cyclingquotes.com. 20 February 2016.