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) (1991-11-18)18 November 1991 (aged 23)
 Bert de Backer (BEL) (1984-04-02)2 April 1984 (aged 30)
 Warren Barguil (FRA) (1991-10-28)28 October 1991 (aged 23)
 Lawson Craddock (USA) (1992-03-20)20 March 1992 (aged 22)
 Roy Curvers (NED) (1979-12-27)27 December 1979 (aged 35)
 John Degenkolb (GER) (1989-01-07)7 January 1989 (aged 25)
 Tom Dumoulin (NED) (1990-11-11)11 November 1990 (aged 24)
 Caleb Fairly (USA) (1987-02-19)19 February 1987 (aged 27)
 Johannes Fröhlinger (GER) (1985-06-09)9 June 1985 (aged 29)
 Simon Geschke (GER) (1986-03-13)13 March 1986 (aged 28)
 Lars van der Haar (NED) (1991-07-23)23 July 1991 (aged 23)
 Chad Haga (USA) (1988-08-26)26 August 1988 (aged 26)
 Thierry Hupond (FRA) (1984-11-10)10 November 1984 (aged 30)
 Ji Cheng (CHN) (1987-07-15)15 July 1987 (aged 27)
Rider Date of birth
 Carter Jones (USA) (1989-02-27)27 February 1989 (aged 25)
 Koen de Kort (NED) (1982-09-08)8 September 1982 (aged 32)
 Fredrik Ludvigsson (SWE) (1994-04-28)28 April 1994 (aged 20)
 Tobias Ludvigsson (SWE) (1991-02-22)22 February 1991 (aged 23)
 Luka Mezgec (SLO) (1988-06-27)27 June 1988 (aged 26)
 Daan Olivier[N 1] (NED) (1992-11-24)24 November 1992 (aged 22)
 Georg Preidler (AUT) (1990-06-17)17 June 1990 (aged 24)
 Ramon Sinkeldam (NED) (1989-02-09)9 February 1989 (aged 25)
 Tom Stamsnijder (NED) (1985-05-15)15 May 1985 (aged 29)
 Albert Timmer (NED) (1985-06-13)13 June 1985 (aged 29)
 Tom Veelers (NED) (1984-09-14)14 September 1984 (aged 30)
 Zico Waeytens (BEL) (1991-09-29)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 Jonesneo-pro (Optum–Kelly Benefit Strategies)
Fredrik Ludvigssonneo-pro (Development Giant-Shimano)
Lars van der Haarneo-pro (Development Giant-Shimano)
Zico WaeytensTopsport 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 KeongSEG Racing Development
Tom PetersonRetired
Matthieu SprickRetired

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 JuneAustrian National Time Trial Champion
 Preidler, GeorgGeorg Preidler (AUT)  Austria Sulz im Burgenland

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