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 38)  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 37)  Wesley Kreder (NED) (1990-11-04) 4 November 1990 (age 34)  Sergey Lagutin (UZB) (1981-01-14) 14 January 1981 (age 44)  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 41)

Rider Date of birth  Tomasz Marczyński (POL) (1984-03-06) 6 March 1984 (age 41)  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 43)  Mirko Selvaggi (ITA) (1985-02-11) 11 February 1985 (age 40)  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 37)  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