2016 Team Giant–Alpecin season

The 2016 season for the Team Giant–Alpecin 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 Giant–Alpecin
2016 season
UCI code	TGA
Status	UCI ProTeam
Manager	Iwan Spekenbrink
Main sponsor(s)	Giant Bicycles & Alpecin
Based	Germany
Bicycles	Giant
Groupset	Shimano
Season victories
One-day races	1
Stage race overall	1
Stage race stages	12
National Championships	1
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Team roster

As of 29 March 2016^[1]

Rider Date of birth  Søren Kragh Andersen (DEN) (1994-08-10)10 August 1994 (aged 21)  Nikias Arndt (GER) (1991-11-18)18 November 1991 (aged 24)  Bert De Backer (BEL) (1984-04-02)2 April 1984 (aged 31)  Warren Barguil (FRA) (1991-10-28)28 October 1991 (aged 24)  Roy Curvers (NED) (1979-12-27)27 December 1979 (aged 36)  John Degenkolb (GER) (1989-01-07)7 January 1989 (aged 27)  Tom Dumoulin (NED) (1990-11-11)11 November 1990 (aged 25)  Caleb Fairly[N 1] (USA) (1987-02-19)19 February 1987 (aged 29)  Johannes Fröhlinger (GER) (1985-06-09)9 June 1985 (aged 30)  Simon Geschke (GER) (1986-03-13)13 March 1986 (aged 30)  Lars van der Haar (NED) (1991-07-23)23 July 1991 (aged 24)  Chad Haga (USA) (1988-08-26)26 August 1988 (aged 27)  Ji Cheng (CHN) (1987-07-15)15 July 1987 (aged 28)  Carter Jones[N 2] (USA) (1989-02-27)27 February 1989 (aged 27)

Rider Date of birth  Max Kanter[N 3] (GER) (1997-10-22)22 October 1997 (aged 18)  Koen de Kort (NED) (1982-09-08)8 September 1982 (aged 33)  Fredrik Ludvigsson (SWE) (1994-04-28)28 April 1994 (aged 21)  Tobias Ludvigsson (SWE) (1991-02-22)22 February 1991 (aged 25)  Sindre Lunke (NOR) (1993-04-17)17 April 1993 (aged 22)  Sam Oomen (NED) (1995-08-15)15 August 1995 (aged 20)  Georg Preidler (AUT) (1990-06-17)17 June 1990 (aged 25)  Ramon Sinkeldam (NED) (1989-02-09)9 February 1989 (aged 27)  Tom Stamsnijder (NED) (1985-05-15)15 May 1985 (aged 30)  Laurens ten Dam (NED) (1980-11-13)13 November 1980 (aged 35)  Albert Timmer (NED) (1985-06-13)13 June 1985 (aged 30)  Tom Veelers (NED) (1984-09-14)14 September 1984 (aged 31)  Zico Waeytens (BEL) (1991-09-29)29 September 1991 (aged 24)  Max Walscheid (GER) (1993-06-13)13 June 1993 (aged 22)

1. Fairly retired from cycling on May 22.
2. Jones retired from cycling on July 1.
3. Kanter joined the team on 1 August as a stagiaire, from LKT Team Brandenburg.

Riders who joined the team for the 2016 season Rider 2015 team Søren Kragh Andersen[2] neo-pro (Team TreFor–Blue Water) Sindre Skjølstad Lunke neo-pro (Team Joker) Sam Oomen[3] neo-pro (Rabobank Development Team) Laurens ten Dam[4] LottoNL–Jumbo Maximilian Walscheid neo-pro (Kuota-Lotto)

Riders who left the team during or after the 2015 season Rider 2016 team Lawson Craddock[5] Cannondale Thierry Hupond Team Marseille 13 KTM Marcel Kittel[6] Etixx–Quick-Step Luka Mezgec[7] Orica–GreenEDGE Daan Olivier[8] Retired

Season victories

Date	Race	Competition	Rider	Country	Location
12 February	Tour of Qatar, Young rider classification	UCI Asia Tour	Søren Kragh Andersen (DEN)	Qatar
6 May	Giro d'Italia, Stage 1	UCI World Tour	Tom Dumoulin (NED)	Netherlands	Apeldoorn
29 May	Giro d'Italia, Stage 21	UCI World Tour	Nikias Arndt (GER)	Italy	Torino
29 May	Tour of Belgium, Stage 4	UCI Europe Tour	Zico Waeytens (BEL)	Belgium	Tongeren
10 July	Tour de France, Stage 9	UCI World Tour	Tom Dumoulin (NED)	Andorra	Andorra Arcalis
15 July	Tour de France, Stage 13	UCI World Tour	Tom Dumoulin (NED)	France	Caverne du Pont-d'Arc
12 August	Tour de l'Ain, Stage 3	UCI Europe Tour	Sam Oomen (NED)	France	Lelex Monts-Jura
13 August	Tour de l'Ain, Overall	UCI Europe Tour	Sam Oomen (NED)	France
13 August	Tour de l'Ain, Young rider classification	UCI Europe Tour	Sam Oomen (NED)	France
14 August	Arctic Race of Norway, Stage 4	UCI Europe Tour	John Degenkolb (GER)	Norway	Bodø
14 August	Arctic Race of Norway, Points classification	UCI Europe Tour	John Degenkolb (GER)	Norway
3 October	Münsterland Giro	UCI Europe Tour	John Degenkolb (GER)	Germany	Münster
24 October	Tour of Hainan, Stage 3	UCI Asia Tour	Max Walscheid (GER)	China	Chengmai
25 October	Tour of Hainan, Stage 4	UCI Asia Tour	Max Walscheid (GER)	China	Danzhou
26 October	Tour of Hainan, Stage 5	UCI Asia Tour	Max Walscheid (GER)	China	Changjiang
28 October	Tour of Hainan, Stage 7	UCI Asia Tour	Max Walscheid (GER)	China	Sanya
30 October	Tour of Hainan, Stage 9	UCI Asia Tour	Max Walscheid (GER)	China	Xinglong [de]
30 October	Tour of Hainan, Points classification	UCI Asia Tour	Max Walscheid (GER)	China

National, Continental and World champions 2016

Date	Discipline	Jersey	Rider	Country	Location
22 June	Dutch National Time Trial Champion		Tom Dumoulin (NED)	Netherlands	Goeree-Overflakkee

References

1. "Team Giant-Shimano (GIA) – NED". UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 20 January 2015. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
2. "News shorts: Andersen as neo-pro to Giant-Alpecin". cyclingnews.com. 17 September 2015. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
3. "Transfer news: Changes at LottoNL-Jumbo". cyclingnews.com. 2 October 2015. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
4. "Laurens ten Dam signs for Giant-Alpecin". cyclingnews.com. 7 October 2015. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
5. "Craddock joins Cannondale-Garmin in 2016". cyclingnews.com. 17 September 2015. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
6. "Etixx-Quick Step announce Marcel Kittel signing". cyclingweekly.co.uk. 5 October 2015. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
7. Clarke, Stuart (11 September 2015). "Transfers: Van Den Broeck joins Katusha; Mezgec to Orica-GreenEdge". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
8. "Dutch climbing talent announces retirement". cyclingquotes.com. 6 June 2015. Retrieved 20 February 2016.

External links

• 2016 Team Giant–Alpecin season at ProCyclingStats