2017 Team Bahrain–Merida season

The 2017 Bahrain–Merida Pro Cycling season was the first season of the Bahrain–Merida team, which was founded in 2016. As a UCI WorldTeam, they were automatically invited and obligated to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour, and their season began in January with the Tour Down Under.

Bahrain–Merida Pro Cycling Team
2017 season
UCI codeTBM
StatusUCI WorldTeam
ManagerBrent Copeland
BasedBahrain
Season victories
One-day races1
Stage race overall1
Stage race stages4
National Championships1

Team roster
As of 1 January 2017.
Rider Date of birth
 Valerio Agnoli (ITA) (1985-01-06)6 January 1985 (aged 31)
 Yukiya Arashiro (JPN) (1984-09-22)22 September 1984 (aged 32)
 Manuele Boaro (ITA) (1987-03-12)12 March 1987 (aged 29)
 Grega Bole (SLO) (1985-08-13)13 August 1985 (aged 31)
 Niccolò Bonifazio (ITA) (1993-10-09)9 October 1993 (aged 23)
 Borut Božič (SLO) (1980-08-08)8 August 1980 (aged 36)
 Janez Brajkovič (SLO) (1983-12-18)18 December 1983 (aged 33)
 Ondřej Cink (CZE) (1990-12-07)7 December 1990 (aged 26)
 Sonny Colbrelli (ITA) (1990-05-17)17 May 1990 (aged 26)
 Chun-kai Feng (TWN) (1988-11-02)2 November 1988 (aged 28)
 Iván García (ESP) (1995-11-20)20 November 1995 (aged 21)
 Enrico Gasparotto (ITA) (1982-03-22)22 March 1982 (aged 34)
 Tsgabu Grmay (ETH) (1991-08-25)25 August 1991 (aged 25)
 Heinrich Haussler (AUS) (1984-02-25)25 February 1984 (aged 32)
Rider Date of birth
 Jon Ander Insausti (ESP) (1982-12-13)13 December 1982 (aged 34)
 Ion Izagirre (ESP) (1989-02-04)4 February 1989 (aged 27)
 Javier Moreno (ESP) (1984-07-18)18 July 1984 (aged 32)
 Ramūnas Navardauskas (LTU) (1988-01-30)30 January 1988 (aged 28)
 Antonio Nibali (ITA) (1992-09-23)23 September 1992 (aged 24)
 Vincenzo Nibali (ITA) (1984-11-14)14 November 1984 (aged 32)
 Domen Novak (SLO) (1995-07-12)12 July 1995 (aged 21)
 Franco Pellizotti (ITA) (1978-01-15)15 January 1978 (aged 38)
 David Per (SLO) (1995-02-13)13 February 1995 (aged 21)
 Luka Pibernik (SLO) (1993-10-23)23 October 1993 (aged 23)
 Kanstantsin Sivtsov (BLR) (1982-08-09)9 August 1982 (aged 34)
 Giovanni Visconti (ITA) (1983-01-13)13 January 1983 (aged 33)
 Wang Meiyin (CHN) (1988-12-26)26 December 1988 (aged 28)


    Season victories
    DateRaceCompetitionRiderCountryLocation
    25 JanuaryVuelta a San Juan, Stage 3UCI America Tour Ramūnas Navardauskas (LTU) ArgentinaSan Juan
    29 JanuaryVuelta a San Juan, Teams classificationUCI America Tour[N 1] Argentina
    6 MarchParis–Nice, Stage 2UCI World Tour Sonny Colbrelli (ITA) FranceAmilly
    8 AprilTour of the Basque Country, Teams classificationUCI World Tour[N 2] Spain
    12 AprilBrabantse PijlUCI Europe Tour Sonny Colbrelli (ITA) BelgiumOverijse
    23 AprilTour of Croatia, OverallUCI Europe Tour Vincenzo Nibali (ITA) Croatia
    23 MayGiro d'Italia, Stage 16UCI World Tour Vincenzo Nibali (ITA) ItalyBormio
    28 MayTour of Japan, Stage 8UCI Asia Tour Jon Ander Insausti (ESP) JapanTokyo
    28 MayTour of Japan, Youth classificationUCI Asia Tour Domen Novak (SLO) JapanTokyo

    National, Continental and World champions 2017
    DateDisciplineJerseyRiderCountryLocation
    23 JuneEthiopian National Time Trial Champion
    		 Tsgabu Grmay (ETH) Ethiopia

    Footnotes
    1. The riders on the squad were Vincenzo Nibali, Valerio Agnoli, Manuele Boaro, Ramūnas Navardauskas, Franco Pellizotti and Kanstantsin Sivtsov
    2. The riders on the squad were Ion Izagirre, Yukiya Arashiro, Grega Bole, Ondřej Cink, Tsgabu Grmay, Antonio Nibali, Janez Brajkovič and Giovanni Visconti

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