2016 Tinkoff season explained

Team:Team Tinkoff
Season:2016
Men:yes
Ucicode:TNK
Status:UCI ProTeam
Owner:Oleg Tinkov
Manager:Steven de Jongh
Sponsor:Tinkoff Bank
Base:Russia
Bikes:Specialized
Groupset:Shimano
Onedaywins:4
Stageraceoverall:3
Stageracestages:19
Natcwins:5
Previous:2015

The 2016 season for 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

Riders who joined the team for the 2015 season
Rider2015 team
Erik Baškaneo-pro
Adam Blythe[1]
Oscar Gatto[2]
Michael Gogl
Yuri Trofimov
Riders who left the team during or after the 2015 season
Rider2016 team
Ivan Basso[3] Retired
Edward Beltrán
Matti Breschel[4]
Christopher Juul-Jensen[5]
Michael Mørkøv[6]
Bruno Pires
Chris Anker Sørensen[7]
Oliver Zaugg[8]

Season victories

Date Race Competition Rider Country Location
Tour Down Under, Stage 2 Stirling
Tour Down Under, Young rider classification
Vuelta a Andalucía, Stage 1 Seville
Vuelta a Andalucía, Stage 3 El Padul
Volta ao Algarve, Stage 5 Alto do Malhaõ
Tirreno–Adriatico, Points classification San Benedetto del Tronto
Handzame
Wevelgem
Three Days of De Panne, Stage 3b De Panne
Oudenaarde
Tour of the Basque Country, Stage 6 Eibar
Tour of the Basque Country, Overall
Tour of Croatia, Stage 5 (TTT) [9] Umag
Tour of California, Stage 1 San Diego
Tour of California, Stage 4 Monterey County
Tour of California, Points classification
Critérium du Dauphiné, Prologue Les Gets
Tour de Suisse, Stage 2 Baar
Tour de Suisse, Stage 3 Rheinfelden
Tour de France, Stage 2 Cherbourg-Octeville
Tour de France, Stage 11 Montpellier
Tour de France, Stage 16 Bern
Tour de France, Points classification
Tour de France, Mountains classification
Tour de France, Super-combativity award
Danmark Rundt, Stage 1 Esbjerg
Danmark Rundt, Stage 3 Vejle
Danmark Rundt, Overall
Danmark Rundt, Points classification
Danmark Rundt, Team classification [10]
Vuelta a Burgos, Overall
Quebec
Vuelta a España, Super-combativity award
Eneco Tour, Stage 3 Ardooie
Eneco Tour, Stage 4 Sint-Pieters-Leeuw
Eneco Tour, Points classification

National, Continental and World champions 2016

Date Discipline Jersey Rider Country Location
Świdnica
Świdnica
Kyjov
Kyjov
Stockton-on-Tees
Plumelec

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Adam Blythe to join Tinkoff-Saxo from Orica-GreenEdge for 2016 season. 25 August 2015 . . 20 February 2016.
  2. Web site: Team Tinkoff sign Oscar Gatto for 2016. 21 October 2015 . . 20 February 2016.
  3. Web site: Ivan Basso announces retirement from professional cycling. 5 October 2015 . . 20 February 2016.
  4. News: Breschel joins Cannondale-Garmin in 2016. 20 February 2016. Cyclingnews.com. 16 September 2015.
  5. Web site: Juul-Jensen signs for Orica-GreenEdge. 3 August 2015 . . 20 February 2016.
  6. Web site: Mørkøv signs for Katusha at the request of Kristoff. 16 August 2015 . . 20 February 2016.
  7. Web site: Chris Anker Sorensen to Bretagne-Seche Environnement in 2016. 24 September 2015 . . 20 February 2016.
  8. Web site: Transfer news: Rowney signs for Orica-AIS. 6 October 2015. cyclingnews.com. 20 February 2016.
  9. The riders on the squad were Erik Baška, Sérgio Paulinho, Jay McCarthy, Jesper Hansen and Nikolay Trusov, and Kolar and Juraj Sagan
  10. The riders on the squad were Michael Valgren, Daniele Bennati, Manuele Boaro, Erik Baška, Nikolay Trusov, Pavel Brutt, Michael Kolář and Michael Gogl