2015 Team Giant–Alpecin season

Team Giant–Alpecin
2015 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	4
Stage race overall	–
Stage race stages	13
National Championships	1

The 2015 season for the Giant–Alpecin is scheduled to begin in January with the Tour Down Under. As a UCI WorldTeam, they are automatically invited and obligated to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour.

In September 2014 German shampoo manufacturer Alpecin announced that they would co-sponsor the team alongside Giant for the 2015 season.^[1] In December 2014 Sunweb (a Dutch owned international tour operator) was announced as a new major sponsor of the team, signing a 2-year deal.^[2]

Team roster

As of 1 January 2015.^[3]

Rider Date of birth  Nikias Arndt (GER) 18 November 1991 (aged 23)  Bert de Backer (BEL) 2 April 1984 (aged 30)  Warren Barguil (FRA) 28 October 1991 (aged 23)  Lawson Craddock (USA) 20 March 1992 (aged 22)  Roy Curvers (NED) 27 December 1979 (aged 35)  John Degenkolb (GER) 7 January 1989 (aged 25)  Tom Dumoulin (NED) 11 November 1990 (aged 24)  Caleb Fairly (USA) 19 February 1987 (aged 27)  Johannes Fröhlinger (GER) 9 June 1985 (aged 29)  Simon Geschke (GER) 13 March 1986 (aged 28)  Lars van der Haar (NED) 23 July 1991 (aged 23)  Chad Haga (USA) 26 August 1988 (aged 26)  Thierry Hupond (FRA) 10 November 1984 (aged 30)  Ji Cheng (CHN) 15 July 1987 (aged 27)

Rider Date of birth  Carter Jones (USA) 27 February 1989 (aged 25)  Koen de Kort (NED) 8 September 1982 (aged 32)  Fredrik Ludvigsson (SWE) 28 April 1994 (aged 20)  Tobias Ludvigsson (SWE) 22 February 1991 (aged 23)  Luka Mezgec (SLO) 27 June 1988 (aged 26)  Daan Olivier[N 1] (NED) 24 November 1992 (aged 22)  Georg Preidler (AUT) 17 June 1990 (aged 24)  Ramon Sinkeldam (NED) 9 February 1989 (aged 25)  Tom Stamsnijder (NED) 15 May 1985 (aged 29)  Albert Timmer (NED) 13 June 1985 (aged 29)  Tom Veelers (NED) 14 September 1984 (aged 30)  Zico Waeytens (BEL) 29 September 1991 (aged 23)

1. Olivier retired from cycling in June.

Riders who joined the team for the 2015 season Rider 2014 team Carter Jones neo-pro (Optum–Kelly Benefit Strategies) Fredrik Ludvigsson neo-pro (Development Giant-Shimano) Lars van der Haar neo-pro (Development Giant-Shimano) Zico Waeytens Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise

Riders who left the team during or after the 2014 season Rider 2015 team Jonas Ahlstrand[4] Cofidis Brian Bulgaç[5] LottoNL–Jumbo Thomas Damuseau Roubaix-Lille Métropole Dries Devenyns[6] IAM Cycling Reinardt Janse van Rensburg[7] MTN–Qhubeka Loh Sea Keong SEG Racing Development Tom Peterson Retired Matthieu Sprick Retired

Season victories

Date	Race	Competition	Rider	Country	Location
6 February	Dubai Tour, Stage 3	UCI Asia Tour	Degenkolb, JohnJohn Degenkolb (GER)	United Arab Emirates	Hatta
22 February	Tour du Haut Var, Stage 2	UCI Europe Tour	Mezgec, LukaLuka Mezgec (SLO)	France	Draguignan
22 March	Milan–San Remo	UCI World Tour	Degenkolb, JohnJohn Degenkolb (GER)	Italy	Sanremo
11 April	Tour of the Basque Country, Stage 6	UCI World Tour	Dumoulin, TomTom Dumoulin (NED)	Spain	Aia
12 April	Paris–Roubaix	UCI World Tour	Degenkolb, JohnJohn Degenkolb (GER)	France	Roubaix
14 May	Bayern-Rundfahrt, Stage 2	UCI Europe Tour	Degenkolb, JohnJohn Degenkolb (GER)	Germany	Selb
17 May	Bayern-Rundfahrt, Stage 5	UCI Europe Tour	Degenkolb, JohnJohn Degenkolb (GER)	Germany	Nürnberg
17 May	Bayern-Rundfahrt, Points classification	UCI Europe Tour	Degenkolb, JohnJohn Degenkolb (GER)	Germany
31 May	Velothon Berlin	UCI Europe Tour	Sinkeldam, RamonRamon Sinkeldam (NED)	Germany	Berlin
13 June	Tour de Suisse, Prologue	UCI World Tour	Dumoulin, TomTom Dumoulin (NED)	Switzerland	Risch-Rotkreuz
21 June	Tour de Suisse, Stage 9	UCI World Tour	Dumoulin, TomTom Dumoulin (NED)	Switzerland	Bern
22 July	Tour de France, Stage 17	UCI World Tour	Geschke, SimonSimon Geschke (GER)	France	Pra Loup
2 August	Tour de Pologne, Stage 1	UCI World Tour	Kittel, MarcelMarcel Kittel (GER)	Poland	Warsaw
8 August	Tour de Pologne, Points classification	UCI World Tour	Kittel, MarcelMarcel Kittel (GER)	Poland
30 August	Vuelta a España, Stage 9	UCI World Tour	Dumoulin, TomTom Dumoulin (NED)	Spain	Benitachell
7 September	Tour of Alberta, Stage 6	UCI America Tour	Arndt, NikiasNikias Arndt (GER)	Canada
9 September	Vuelta a España, Stage 17	UCI World Tour	Dumoulin, TomTom Dumoulin (NED)	Spain	Burgos
13 September	Vuelta a España, Stage 21	UCI World Tour	Degenkolb, JohnJohn Degenkolb (GER)	Spain	Madrid
13 September	Vuelta a España, Super-combativity award	UCI World Tour	Dumoulin, TomTom Dumoulin (NED)	Spain
6 October	Binche–Chimay–Binche	UCI Europe Tour	Sinkeldam, RamonRamon Sinkeldam (NED)	Belgium	Binche

National, Continental and World champions 2015

Date	Discipline	Jersey	Rider	Country	Location
26 June	Austrian National Time Trial Champion		Preidler, GeorgGeorg Preidler (AUT)	Austria	Sulz im Burgenland

References

1. "German shampoo maker Alpecin to sponsor Giant". VeloNews. 24 September 2014. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
2. http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/sunweb-signs-two-year-deal-with-giant-alpecin
3. "Team Giant-Shimano (GIA) – NED". UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
4. Larsson, Henric (1 August 2014). "Ahlstrand byter stall - klar för Cofidis: "Får fler chanser"" [Ahlstrand changing stable - ready for Cofidis, "May be more chances"]. Eurosport (in Swedish). Retrieved 8 February 2015.
5. Horssels, Maxim. "Brian Bulgac naar LottoNL-Jumbo" [Bulgac to LottoNL-Jumbo]. Wielerflits (in Dutch). Retrieved 8 February 2015.
6. Windsor, Richard (11 December 2014). "IAM Cycling announce 2015 lineup, with 10 new signings". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
7. O'Shea, Sadhbh (18 September 2014). "MTN-Qhubeka: Building for a future". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 8 February 2015.

External links

• 2015 Team Giant–Alpecin season profile at ProCyclingStats