2017 Team Sunweb (men's team) season explained

Team:Team Sunweb
Season:2017
Men:yes
Ucicode:SUN
Status:UCI WorldTeam
Manager:Iwan Spekenbrink
Sponsor:Sunweb
Base:Germany
Bikes:Giant
Groupset:Shimano
Onedaywins:1
Stageraceoverall:2
Stageracestages:11
Gtwins:1
Natcwins:3
Previous:2016
Next:2018

The 2017 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 2017 season
Rider2016 team
Phil Bauhaus[1]
Chris Hamilton[2]
neo-pro
Wilco Kelderman[3]
Michael Matthews[4]
Mike Teunissen[5]
Riders who left the team during or after the 2016 season
Rider2017 team
Koen de Kort[6]
John Degenkolb
Caleb Fairly[7] Retired
Ji Cheng[8] Retired
Carter Jones[9] Retired
Fredrik Ludvigsson[10]
Tobias Ludvigsson[11]
Lars van der Haar[12]
Tom Veelers[13] Retired

Season victories

Date Race Competition Rider Country Location
Geelong
Tour of Oman, Stage 3 Qurayyat
Vuelta a Andalucía, Mountains classification
Tour of the Basque Country, Stage 1 Valle de Egüés
Giro d'Italia, Stage 10 Montefalco
Giro d'Italia, Stage 14 Sanctuary of Oropa
Giro d'Italia, Overall
Hammer Series, Stage 3 Team stage[14] Sittard-Geleen
Critérium du Dauphiné, Stage 5 Mâcon
Tour de Suisse, Stage 3 Bern
Tour de France, Stage 13 Foix
Tour de France, Stage 14 Rodez
Tour de France, Stage 16 Romans-sur-Isère
Tour de France, Stage 18 Col d'Izoard
Tour de France, Points classification
Tour de France, Mountains classification
Tour de France, Super-combativity award
BinckBank Tour, Overall

National, Continental and World champions 2017

Date Discipline Jersey Rider Country Location
Montferland
Grünau im Almtal
Montferland

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Giant-Alpecin sign Kamna, Bauhaus . 10 August 2016 . . 18 April 2017 .
  2. Web site: Chris Hamilton signs for Giant-Alpecin . 25 August 2016 . . 18 April 2017 .
  3. Web site: Wilco Kelderman joins Giant-Alpecin on two-year contract . 6 September 2016 . . 18 April 2017 .
  4. Web site: Michael Matthews signs for Giant-Alpecin . 4 August 2016 . . 18 April 2017 .
  5. Web site: Sagan to use private jet to make European Champs and Eneco Tour - News shorts . 8 September 2016 . . 18 April 2017 .
  6. Web site: Trek-Segafredo sign John Degenkolb . 12 August 2016 . . 18 April 2017 .
  7. Web site: Fairly to retire after Tour of California . 15 May 2016 . . 18 April 2017 .
  8. Web site: Cheng Ji to retire after Tour of Hainan . 20 October 2016 . . 18 April 2017 .
  9. Web site: Carter Jones announces retirement from cycling . 24 June 2016 . . 18 April 2017 .
  10. Web site: Fredrik Ludvigsson hoping Twitter call out can land him a WorldTour contract for 2017 . 1 November 2016 . . 18 April 2017 .
  11. Web site: FDJ announce Guarnieri, Tobias Ludvigsson and Rudy Molard signings . 2 August 2016 . . 18 April 2017 .
  12. Web site: Van der Haar signs with Nys' Telenet-Fidea cyclo-cross team . 12 May 2016 . . 18 April 2017 .
  13. Web site: Veelers forced to retire due to knee injury . 1 December 2016 . . 18 April 2017 .
  14. The riders on the stage were Lennard Kämna, Ramon Sinkeldam, Albert Timmer, Zico Waeytens and Max Walscheid