2016 IAM Cycling season

The 2016 season for the IAM Cycling cycling team began in January at 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.

IAM Cycling
2016 season
UCI code	IAM
Status	UCI ProTeam
Manager	Serge Beucherie
Main sponsor(s)	IAM Independent Asset Management
Based	Switzerland
Bicycles	Scott
Groupset	Shimano
Season victories
One-day races	3
Stage race overall	3
Stage race stages	9
National Championships	3
← 2015

The team disbanded at the end of the season.^[1]

Team roster

As of 29 March 2016

Rider Date of birth  Marcel Aregger (SUI) (1990-08-26)August 26, 1990 (aged 25)  Matthias Brändle (AUT) (1989-12-07)December 7, 1989 (aged 26)  Clément Chevrier (FRA) (1992-06-29)June 29, 1992 (aged 23)  Stef Clement (NED) (1982-09-24)September 24, 1982 (aged 33)  Jérôme Coppel (FRA) (1986-08-06)August 6, 1986 (aged 29)  Stefan Denifl (AUT) (1987-09-20)September 20, 1987 (aged 28)  Dries Devenyns (BEL) (1983-07-22)July 22, 1983 (aged 32)  Martin Elmiger (SUI) (1978-09-23)September 23, 1978 (aged 37)  Sondre Holst Enger (NOR) (1993-12-17)December 17, 1993 (aged 22)  Mathias Frank (SUI) (1986-12-09)December 9, 1986 (aged 29)  Jonathan Fumeaux (SUI) (1988-03-07)March 7, 1988 (aged 28)  Heinrich Haussler (AUS) (1984-02-25)February 25, 1984 (aged 32)  Reto Hollenstein (SUI) (1985-08-22)August 22, 1985 (aged 30)  Leigh Howard (AUS) (1989-10-18)October 18, 1989 (aged 26)

Rider Date of birth  Roger Kluge (GER) (1986-02-05)February 5, 1986 (aged 30)  Vegard Stake Laengen (NOR) (1989-02-07)February 7, 1989 (aged 27)  Pirmin Lang (SUI) (1984-11-25)November 25, 1984 (aged 31)  Oliver Naesen (BEL) (1990-09-16)September 16, 1990 (aged 25)  Jarlinson Pantano (COL) (1988-11-19)November 19, 1988 (aged 27)  Simon Pellaud (SUI) (1992-11-06)November 6, 1992 (aged 23)  Matteo Pelucchi (ITA) (1989-01-21)January 21, 1989 (aged 27)  Vicente Reynés (ESP) (1981-07-30)July 30, 1981 (aged 34)  Aleksejs Saramotins (LAT) (1982-04-08)April 8, 1982 (aged 33)  David Tanner (AUS) (1984-09-30)September 30, 1984 (aged 31)  Jonas van Genechten (BEL) (1986-09-16)September 16, 1986 (aged 29)  Larry Warbasse (USA) (1990-06-28)June 28, 1990 (aged 25)  Marcel Wyss (SUI) (1986-06-25)June 25, 1986 (aged 29)  Oliver Zaugg (SUI) (1981-05-09)May 9, 1981 (aged 34)

Riders who joined the team for the 2016 season Rider 2015 team Leigh Howard[2] Orica–GreenEDGE Vegard Stake Laengen[3] Team Joker Oliver Naesen Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise Oliver Zaugg[4] Tinkoff–Saxo

Riders who left the team during or after the 2015 season Rider 2016 team Sylvain Chavanel[5] Direct Énergie Thomas Degand[6] Wanty–Groupe Gobert Jérôme Pineau Retired Sébastien Reichenbach[7] FDJ Patrick Schelling Team Vorarlberg

Season victories

Date	Race	Competition	Rider	Country	Location
31 January	Grand Prix Cycliste la Marseillaise	UCI Europe Tour	Dries Devenyns (BEL)	France	Marseille
7 February	Étoile de Bessèges, Stage 5	UCI Europe Tour	Jérôme Coppel (FRA)	France	Alès
7 February	Étoile de Bessèges, Overall	UCI Europe Tour	Jérôme Coppel (FRA)	France
14 February	Clásica de Almería	UCI Europe Tour	Leigh Howard (AUS)	Spain	Almeria
24 April	Tour of Croatia, Stage 6	UCI Europe Tour	Sondre Holst Enger (NOR)	Croatia	Zagreb
22 May	Tour of Norway, Points classification	UCI Europe Tour	Sondre Holst Enger (NOR)	Norway
25 May	Giro d'Italia, Stage 17	UCI World Tour	Roger Kluge (GER)	Italy	Cassano d'Adda
27 May	Tour of Belgium, Stage 2	UCI Europe Tour	Dries Devenyns (BEL)	Belgium	Herzele
29 May	Tour of Belgium, Overall	UCI Europe Tour	Dries Devenyns (BEL)	Belgium
29 May	Tour of Belgium, Team classification	UCI Europe Tour	[N 1]	Belgium
19 June	Tour de Suisse, Stage 9	UCI World Tour	Jarlinson Pantano (COL)	Switzerland	Davos
17 July	Tour de France, Stage 15	UCI World Tour	Jarlinson Pantano (COL)	France	Culoz
27 July	Tour de Wallonie, Stage 5	UCI Europe Tour	Dries Devenyns (BEL)	Belgium	Dison
27 July	Tour de Wallonie, Overall	UCI Europe Tour	Dries Devenyns (BEL)	Belgium
28 August	GP Ouest-France	UCI World Tour	Oliver Naesen (BEL)	France	Plouay
31 August	Tour des Fjords, Stage 1	UCI Europe Tour	Leigh Howard (AUS)	Norway	Bergen
7 September	Vuelta a España, Stage 17	UCI World Tour	Mathias Frank (SUI)	Spain	Llucena

National, Continental and World champions 2016

Date	Discipline	Jersey	Rider	Country	Location
25 June	Austrian National Time Trial Champion		Matthias Brändle (AUT)	Austria	Neumarkt am Wallersee
26 June	Austrian National Road Race Champion		Matthias Brändle (AUT)	Austria	Strasswalchen
26 June	Swiss National Road Race Champion		Jonathan Fumeaux (SUI)	Switzerland	Martigny

Footnotes

1. The riders on the squad were Dries Devenyns, Martin Elmiger, Clément Chevrier, Reto Hollenstein, Oliver Naesen, Vicente Reynès, Aleksejs Saramotins and Jonas Vangenechten

References

1. "IAM Cycling to fold at the end of 2016". Cyclingnews.com. 23 May 2016. Retrieved 19 April 2017.
2. "Leigh Howard, Vegard Stake Laengen and Oliver Naesen confirmed for IAM Cycling". cyclingnews.com. 28 September 2015. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
3. "News shorts: Vuillermoz wins Rio Olympics test event". cyclingnews.com. 17 August 2015. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
4. "Transfer news: Rowney signs for Orica-AIS". cyclingnews.com. 6 October 2015. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
5. "Bernaudeau announces Direct Energie as new sponsor". cyclingnews.com. 16 September 2015. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
6. "Thomas Degand de retour chez Wanty-Groupe Gobert en 2016" [Thomas Degand to return to Wanty-Groupe Gobert in 2016]. RTBF (in French). 16 September 2015. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
7. "News Shorts: Brammeier returns home after Utah crash". cyclingnews.com. 18 August 2015. Retrieved 20 February 2016.

External links

• 2016 IAM Cycling season at ProCyclingStats