2013 Vacansoleil–DCM season

The 2013 season for Vacansoleil–DCM began in January at the Tour Down Under. As a UCI ProTeam, they were automatically invited and obligated to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour.

2013 Vacansoleil–DCM season
Manager	Daan Luijkx
One-day victories	2
Stage race overall victories	–
Stage race stage victories	6
Previous season

Team roster

As of 9 September 2013.^[1]

Rider Date of birth  Kris Boeckmans (BEL) (1987-02-13) 13 February 1987 (age 37)  Grega Bole (SLO) (1985-08-13) 13 August 1985 (age 39)  Thomas De Gendt (BEL) (1986-11-06) 6 November 1986 (age 38)  Romain Feillu (FRA) (1984-04-16) 16 April 1984 (age 40)  Juan Antonio Flecha (ESP) (1977-09-17) 17 September 1977 (age 47)  Johnny Hoogerland (NED) (1983-05-13) 13 May 1983 (age 41)  Martijn Keizer (NED) (1988-03-25) 25 March 1988 (age 36)  Wesley Kreder (NED) (1990-11-04) 4 November 1990 (age 34)  Sergey Lagutin (UZB) (1981-01-14) 14 January 1981 (age 43)  Maurits Lammertink (NED) (1990-08-31) 31 August 1990 (age 34)  Björn Leukemans (BEL) (1977-07-01) 1 July 1977 (age 47)  Pim Ligthart (NED) (1988-06-16) 16 June 1988 (age 36)  Bert-Jan Lindeman (NED) (1989-06-16) 16 June 1989 (age 35)  Marco Marcato (ITA) (1984-02-11) 11 February 1984 (age 40)

Rider Date of birth  Tomasz Marczyński (POL) (1984-03-06) 6 March 1984 (age 40)  Barry Markus (NED) (1991-07-17) 17 July 1991 (age 33)  Wouter Mol (NED) (1982-04-17) 17 April 1982 (age 42)  Nikita Novikov (RUS) (1989-11-10) 10 November 1989 (age 35)  Rob Ruijgh (NED) (1986-11-12) 12 November 1986 (age 38)  José Rujano[N 1] (VEN) (1982-02-18) 18 February 1982 (age 42)  Mirko Selvaggi (ITA) (1985-02-11) 11 February 1985 (age 39)  Rafael Valls (ESP) (1987-06-25) 25 June 1987 (age 37)  Kenny van Hummel (NED) (1982-09-30) 30 September 1982 (age 42)  Boy van Poppel (NED) (1988-01-18) 18 January 1988 (age 36)  Danny van Poppel (NED) (1993-07-26) 26 July 1993 (age 31)  Frederik Veuchelen (BEL) (1978-09-04) 4 September 1978 (age 46)  Willem Wauters (BEL) (1989-11-10) 10 November 1989 (age 35)  Lieuwe Westra (NED) (1982-09-11) 11 September 1982 (age 42)

1. Rujano left the team on 24 June, later announcing his retirement from cycling.^[2]

Riders who joined the team for the 2013 season Rider 2012 team Grega Bole[1] Lampre–ISD Juan Antonio Flecha[3] Team Sky Wesley Kreder[1] Rabobank Continental Team José Rujano[4] Androni Giocattoli–Venezuela Boy van Poppel[5] UnitedHealthcare Danny van Poppel Rabobank Continental Team Willem Wauters neo-pro (Lotto-Belisol U23)

Riders who left the team during or after the 2012 season Rider 2013 team Matteo Carrara Retired Stefan Denifl[6] IAM Cycling Stijn Devolder[7] RadioShack–Leopard Gustav Larsson[8] IAM Cycling Jacek Morajko[9] CCC–Polsat–Polkowice Martin Mortensen Concordia Forsikring–Riwal Kevin van Impe[10] Retired

Season victories

Date	Race	Competition	Rider	Country	Location
24 March	Volta a Catalunya, Stage 7	UCI World Tour	Thomas De Gendt (BEL)	Spain	Barcelona
12 May	Tour of California, Stage 1	UCI America Tour	Lieuwe Westra (NED)	United States	Escondido
16 June	Ster ZLM Toer, Stage 5	UCI Europe Tour	Pim Ligthart (NED)	Netherlands	Boxtel
16 June	Ster ZLM Toer, Mountains classification	UCI Europe Tour	Martijn Keizer (NED)	Netherlands
3 August	Tour de Pologne, Mountains classification	UCI World Tour	Tomasz Marczyński (POL)	Poland
8 August	Arctic Race of Norway, Stage 1	UCI Europe Tour	Kenny van Hummel (NED)	Norway	Bodø
11 August	Tour de l'Ain, Stage 2	UCI Europe Tour	Grega Bole (SLO)	France	Oyonnax
13 August	Tour de l'Ain, Stage 4	UCI Europe Tour	Wout Poels (NED)	France	Belley
21 August	Druivenkoers Overijse	UCI Europe Tour	Björn Leukemans (BEL)	Belgium	Overijse
2 November	Amstel Curaçao Race	National event	Johnny Hoogerland (NED)	Curaçao	Willemstad

References

1. "Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team (VCD) - NED". UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
2. "Rujano retires from pro cycling". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 24 June 2013. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
3. "Flecha to leave Sky for Vacansoleil". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 20 August 2012. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
4. "Vacansoleil unveils 2013 jersey". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 17 December 2012. Retrieved 17 December 2012.
5. "Boy van Poppel joins Vacansoleil-DCM". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 27 December 2012. Retrieved 28 December 2012.
6. "IAM Cycling announces 2013 roster". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 20 September 2012. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
7. "Devolder signs two-year deal with RadioShack-Nissan". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 14 September 2012. Retrieved 6 October 2012.
8. "IAM Cycling announces 2013 roster". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 20 September 2012. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
9. Atkins, Ben (22 November 2012). "Jarosłąw Marycz joins CCC Polsat Polkowice on two year contract". VeloNation. VeloNation LLC. Retrieved 16 January 2013. Fellow Pole Jacek Morajko returns to the team he rode for in 2011, after a year at Vacansoleil-DCM; while controversial 41-year-old Italian Davide Rebellin steps back up to the sport's upper levels, after spending the second half of the last two seasons at Continental Miche-Guerciotti and Meridiana-Kamen.
10. Stokes, Shane (23 March 2012). "Kevin Van Impe retires with immediate effect". VeloNation. VeloNation LLC. Retrieved 24 March 2012.