IAM Cycling explained
| IAM Cycling |
| Code: | IAM |
| Registered: | Switzerland |
| Bicycles: | Scott Sports |
| Components: | Shimano |
| Website: | http://www.iamcycling.ch |
| Discipline: | Road |
| Status: | UCI Pro Continental (2013–2014)
UCI WorldTeam (2015–2016) |
| Kitimage: | IAM Cycling jersey.png |
| Current: | 2016 IAM Cycling season |
IAM Cycling was a Swiss registered UCI WorldTour cycling team. It is managed by former French road race champion Serge Beucherie.[1] [2]
The title sponsor was IAM Independent Asset Management SA, a Swiss investment management company.[3]
History
2013
See main article: 2013 IAM Cycling season. The team was officially launched in January 2013.[4] IAM Cycling is a member of the Mouvement pour un cyclisme crédible. IAM Cycling was selected as a wild-card entry for the 2013 Paris–Nice race.[5]
2014
See main article: 2014 IAM Cycling season. On 22 August 2013 the team announced that it had signed Sylvain Chavanel and Jérôme Pineau from, Mathias Frank from and Roger Kluge from for the 2014 season.[6] On 28 January it was announced that IAM Cycling had been granted a "wild card" entry to Tour de France 2014, its first Grand Tour. It also raced the Vuelta a España. Subsequently, in December 2014 the UCI announced that the team would be granted a WorldTour licence for the 2015 season.[7]
2015
See main article: 2015 IAM Cycling season.
2016
See main article: 2016 IAM Cycling season. In May 2016, the team announced they would fold at the end of the season due to not being able to secure a secondary sponsor.[8]
Major wins
- 2013
Overall Tour Méditerranéen, Thomas Löfkvist
Stage 1 Circuit de la Sarthe, Matteo Pelucchi
Tour de Berne, Marcel Wyss
Time Trial Championships, Matthias Brändle
Stage 5 Bayern Rundfahrt, Heinrich Haussler
Time Trial Championships, Gustav Larsson
Road Race Championships, Aleksejs Saramotins
Trofeo Matteotti, Sébastien Reichenbach
Overall Tour du Limousin, Martin Elmiger
Stage 1, Martin Elmiger
Tour du Jura, Matthias Brändle
Tour du Doubs, Aleksejs Saramotins
- 2014
Stage 2 Tirreno–Adriatico, Matteo Pelucchi
Stage 3 Critérium International, Mathias Frank
Stage 3 Four Days of Dunkirk, Sylvain Chavanel
Tour de Berne, Matthias Brändle
Stage 1 Bayern Rundfahrt, Heinrich Haussler
Stage 2 Bayern Rundfahrt, Mathias Frank
Time Trial Championships, Sylvain Chavanel
Time Trial Championships, Matthias Brändle
Road Race Championships, Martin Elmiger
Stage 2 Vuelta a Burgos, Matteo Pelucchi
Stage 5 (ITT) Vuelta a Burgos, Aleksejs Saramotins
Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes, Sylvain Chavanel
Stage 4 (ITT), Sylvain Chavanel
GP Ouest–France, Sylvain Chavanel
Stages 5 & 6 Tour of Britain, Matthias Brändle
Chrono des Nation, Sylvain Chavanel
- 2015
Road Race Championships, Heinrich Haussler
Trofeo Santanyi-Ses Salines-Campos, Matteo Pelucchi
Trofeo Playa de Palma-Palma, Matteo Pelucchi
Stage 6 Tour of Oman, Matthias Brändle
Prologue Tour of Belgium, Matthias Brändle
Prologue Ster ZLM Toer, Roger Kluge
Time Trial Championships, Jérôme Coppel
Road Race Championships, Aleksejs Saramotins
Stage 1 Tour of Austria, Sondre Holst Enger
Stage 2 Tour of Austria, David Tanner
Stage 4 Tour de Wallonie, Jonas van Genechten
Stages 2 & 3 Tour de Pologne, Matteo Pelucchi
- 2016
Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise, Dries Devenyns
Clásica de Almería, Leigh Howard
Overall Étoile de Bessèges, Jérôme Coppel
Stage 5 (ITT), Jérôme Coppel
Stage 6 Tour of Croatia, Sondre Holst Enger
Stage 17 Giro d'Italia, Roger Kluge
Overall Tour of Belgium, Dries Devenyns
Stage 2, Dries Devenyns
Stage 9 Tour de Suisse, Jarlinson Pantano
Road Race Championships, Matthias Brändle
Time Trial Championships, Matthias Brändle
Road Race Championships, Jonathan Fumeaux
Stage 15 Tour de France, Jarlinson Pantano
Overall Tour de Wallonie, Dries Devenyns
Stage 5, Dries Devenyns
Stage 7 Vuelta a España, Jonas van Genechten
Bretagne Classic Ouest–France, Oliver Naesen
Stage 16 Vuelta a España, Mathias FrankSupplementary statistics
National champions
- 2013
Austrian Time Trial Matthias Brändle
Swedish Time Trial Gustav Larsson
- Latvian Road Race Aleksejs Saramotins 2014
French Time Trial Sylvain Chavanel
Austrian Time Trial Matthias Brändle
Swiss Road Race Martin Elmiger
- 2015
Australian Road Race Heinrich Haussler
French Time Trial Jérôme Coppel
- Latvian Road Race Aleksejs Saramotins 2016
Austrian Road Race Matthias Brändle
Austrian Time Trial Matthias Brändle
Swiss Road Race Jonathan FumeauxNotes and References
- Web site: IAM Cycling Announces 2013 Roster . Cyclingnews.com. 4 February 2013.
- Web site: Lovkvist, Haussler lead new Swiss IAM team . Velonews.competitor.com . 20 September 2012 . 4 February 2013 . 7 December 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141207031437/http://velonews.competitor.com/2012/09/news/lovkvist-haussler-lead-new-swiss-iam-team_239342 . dead .
- Web site: Home – IAM : Independent Asset Management. iam.ch.
- Web site: IAM Cycling Team Presented to the Public . SCOTT Sports . 16 January 2013 . 8 February 2013.
- Web site: ASO announces wildcards for Paris–Nice, Dauphine . Velonews.competitor.com . 23 January 2013 . 8 February 2013.
- News: IAM Cycling signs Chavanel, Frank, Pineau, Reynes and Kluge. Cyclingnews.com. 22 August 2013 . 25 August 2013.
- Web site: IAM Cycling celebrates jump to WorldTour level . Powlison . Spencer . 11 December 2014 . . . 19 December 2014 . 19 December 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141219033333/http://velonews.competitor.com/2014/12/news/iam-cycling-celebrates-jump-worldtour-level_355749 . dead .
- Web site: IAM Cycling to fold at the end of 2016. Cyclingnews.com.
