2019 Team Sunweb (men's team) season

The 2019 season for Team Sunweb will begin in January with the Tour Down Under. As a UCI WorldTeam, they will be automatically invited and obligated to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour.

Team Sunweb
2019 season
UCI code	SUN
Status	UCI WorldTeam
World Tour Rank	15th
Manager	Iwan Spekenbrink
Main sponsor(s)	Sunweb
Based	Germany
Bicycles	Cervélo
Groupset	Shimano
Season victories
One-day races	3
Stage race stages	6
Most Wins	Michael Matthews, (3 Wins)
Best ranked rider	Michael Matthews, (33rd)

Team roster

As of 25 November 2018.[1]

Rider Date of birth  Nikias Arndt (GER) 18 November 1991 (aged 27)  Jan Bakelants (BEL) 14 February 1986 (aged 32)  Cees Bol (NED) 27 July 1995 (aged 23)  Roy Curvers (NED) 27 December 1979 (aged 38)  Tom Dumoulin (NED) 11 November 1990 (aged 28)  Johannes Fröhlinger (GER) 9 June 1985 (aged 33)  Chad Haga (USA) 26 August 1988 (aged 30)  Chris Hamilton (AUS) 18 May 1995 (aged 23)  Jai Hindley (AUS) 5 May 1996 (aged 22)  Marc Hirschi (SUI) 24 August 1998 (aged 20)  Lennard Kämna (GER) 9 September 1996 (aged 22)  Max Kanter (GER) 22 October 1997 (aged 21)  Wilco Kelderman (NED) 25 March 1991 (aged 27)

Rider Date of birth  Asbjørn Kragh Andersen (DEN) 9 April 1992 (aged 26)  Søren Kragh Andersen (DNK) 10 August 1994 (aged 24)  Michael Matthews (AUS) 26 September 1990 (aged 28)  Joris Nieuwenhuis (NED) 11 February 1996 (aged 22)  Sam Oomen (NED) 15 August 1995 (aged 23)  Casper Pedersen (DEN) 15 March 1996 (aged 22)  Robert Power (AUS) 11 May 1995 (aged 23)  Nicolas Roche (IRL) 3 July 1984 (aged 34)  Michael Storer (AUS) 28 February 1997 (aged 21)  Martijn Tusveld (NED) 9 September 1993 (aged 25)  Louis Vervaeke (BEL) 6 October 1993 (aged 25)  Max Walscheid (GER) 13 June 1993 (aged 25)

Riders who joined the team for the 2019 season Rider 2018 team Asbjørn Kragh Andersen[2] Team Waoo Jan Bakelants[2] AG2R La Mondiale Cees Bol SEG Racing Academy Marc Hirschi[3] Development Team Sunweb Max Kanter[3] Development Team Sunweb Joris Nieuwenhuis Development Team Sunweb Casper Pedersen[4] Aqua Blue Sport Robert Power[5] Mitchelton–BikeExchange Nicolas Roche[5] BMC Racing Team

Riders who left the team during or after the 2018 season Rider 2019 team Phil Bauhaus[6] Bahrain–Merida Simon Geschke[7] CCC Team Lennard Hofstede[8] Team Jumbo–Visma Tom Stamsnijder[9] Retired Laurens ten Dam[10] CCC Team Mike Teunissen[11] Team Jumbo–Visma Edward Theuns[12] Trek–Segafredo

Season victories

Date	Race	Competition	Rider	Country	Location
20 January	Tour Down Under, Young rider classification	UCI World Tour	Chris Hamilton (AUS)	Australia
19 March	Tirreno–Adriatico, Young rider classification	UCI World Tour	Sam Oomen (NED)	Italy
20 March	Nokere Koerse	UCI Europe Tour	Cees Bol (NED)	Belgium	Nokere
26 March	Volta a Catalunya, Stage 2	UCI World Tour	Michael Matthews (AUS)	Spain	Sant Feliu de Guíxols
30 March	Volta a Catalunya, Stage 6	UCI World Tour	Michael Matthews (AUS)	Spain	Vila-seca
31 March	Volta a Catalunya, Points classification	UCI World Tour	Michael Matthews (AUS)	Spain
18 May	Tour of California, Stage 7	UCI World Tour	Cees Bol (NED)	United States	Pasadena
28 May	Tour of Norway, Stage 1	UCI Europe Tour	Cees Bol (NED)	Norway	Egersund
2 June	Giro d'Italia, Stage 21	UCI World Tour	Chad Haga (USA)	Italy	Verona
31 August	Vuelta a España, Stage 8	UCI World Tour	Nikias Arndt (GER)	Spain	Igualada
13 September	Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec	UCI World Tour	Michael Matthews (AUS)	Canada	Québec
25 September	Omloop van het Houtland	UCI Europe Tour	Max Walscheid (GER)	Belgium	Lichtervelde

National, Continental and World champions 2019

Date	Discipline	Jersey	Rider	Country	Location

Footnotes

References

1. "Team Sunweb confirm 2019 men's and women's roster". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 23 November 2018. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
2. "Bakelants and Asbjorn Kragh Andersen sign for Team Sunweb". Cyclingnews.com. 17 October 2018. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
3. "Remco Evenepoel, Tadej Pogacar & other young prospects for 2019". velon.cc. 14 November 2018. Archived from the original on 25 November 2018. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
4. "Team Sunweb sign Marc Hirschi and Casper Pedersen to WorldTour Program". teamsunweb.com. Archived from the original on 25 November 2018. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
5. "Sunweb confirms signings of Nicolas Roche and Robert Power". cyclingpub.com. 5 September 2018. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
6. "Bauhaus and Sieberg join forces at Bahrain-Merida for 2019". Cyclingnews.com. 7 August 2018. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
7. "Geschke signs with CCC for 2019". Cyclingnews.com. 15 August 2018. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
8. "Team LottoNL-Jumbo signs Hofstede and continues with Olivier". Biketoday.news. 11 August 2018. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
9. "Sunweb's Tom Stamsnijder retires". Cyclingnews.com. 23 November 2018. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
10. "Ten Dam signs for CCC team". Cyclingnews.com. 21 September 2018. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
11. "Teunissen returns to Team LottoNL-Jumbo". teamlottojumbo.nl. 24 August 2018. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
12. "Theuns returns to Trek-Segafredo for 2019". Cyclingnews.com. 21 October 2018. Retrieved 25 November 2018.

External links

• 2019 Team Sunweb (men's team) season at ProCyclingStats