2016 Lotto–Soudal season

Lotto-Soudal
2016 season

UCI code	LTS
Status	UCI WorldTeam
Manager	Marc Sergeant
Main sponsor(s)	Soudal
Based	Belgium
Bicycles	Ridley
Groupset	Campagnolo
Season victories
One-day races	3
Stage race overall	1
Stage race stages	3

The 2016 season for the Lotto-Soudal cycling team began in January at 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.

Team Roster

As of 29 March 2016.

	Rider	Date of birth
Sander Armée (BEL)		(1985-12-10)10 December 1985 (aged 30)
Lars Bak (DEN)		(1980-01-16)16 January 1980 (aged 36)
Tiesj Benoot (BEL)		(1994-03-11)11 March 1994 (aged 22)
Kris Boeckmans (BEL)		(1987-02-13)13 February 1987 (aged 29)
Stig Broeckx (BEL)		(1990-05-10)10 May 1990 (aged 25)
Sean De Bie (BEL)		(1991-10-03)3 October 1991 (aged 24)
Jasper De Buyst (BEL)		(1993-11-24)24 November 1993 (aged 22)
Bart De Clercq (BEL)		(1986-08-26)26 August 1986 (aged 29)
Thomas De Gendt (BEL)		(1986-11-06)6 November 1986 (aged 29)
Jens Debusschere (BEL)		(1989-08-28)28 August 1989 (aged 26)
Gert Dockx (BEL)		(1988-07-04)4 July 1988 (aged 27)
Frederik Frison (BEL)		(1992-07-28)28 July 1992 (aged 23)
Tony Gallopin (FRA)		(1988-04-19)19 April 1988 (aged 27)
André Greipel (GER)		(1982-07-16)16 July 1982 (aged 33)

	Rider	Date of birth
Adam Hansen (AUS)		(1981-05-11)11 May 1981 (aged 34)
Greg Henderson (NZL)		(1976-09-10)10 September 1976 (aged 39)
Pim Ligthart (NED)		(1988-06-16)16 June 1988 (aged 27)
Tomasz Marczynski (POL)		(1984-03-06)06 March 1984 (aged 32)
Maxime Monfort (BEL)		(1983-01-14)14 January 1983 (aged 33)
Jürgen Roelandts (BEL)		(1985-07-02)2 July 1985 (aged 30)
Marcel Sieberg (GER)		(1982-04-30)30 April 1982 (aged 33)
Rafael Valls (ESP)		(1987-06-27)27 June 1987 (aged 28)
Tosh Van der Sande (BEL)		(1990-11-28)28 November 1990 (aged 25)
Jelle Vanendert (BEL)		(1985-02-19)19 February 1985 (aged 31)
Louis Vervaeke (BEL)		(1993-11-06)6 November 1993 (aged 22)
Jelle Wallays (BEL)		(1989-05-11)11 May 1989 (aged 26)
Tim Wellens (BEL)		(1991-05-10)10 May 1991 (aged 24)

Rider	2015 team
Tomasz Marczyński^[1]	Torku Şekerspor
Rafael Valls^[2]	Lampre–Merida
Jelle Wallays	Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise

Rider	2016 team
Vegard Breen	Fortuneo–Vital Concept
Kenny Dehaes ^[3]	Wanty–Groupe Gobert
Boris Vallée	Fortuneo–Vital Concept
Jurgen Van den Broeck^[4]	Team Katusha
Dennis Vanendert

Season victories

Date	Race	Competition	Rider	Country	Location
000000002016-01-28-000028 January	Trofeo Felanitx-Ses Salines-Campos-Porreres	UCI Europe Tour	Greipel, AndreAndre Greipel (GER)	Spain	Mallorca
000000002016-01-31-000031 January	Trofeo Playa de Palma	UCI Europe Tour	Greipel, AndreAndre Greipel (GER)	Spain	Mallorca
000000002016-02-21-000021 February	Volta ao Algarve, Youth Classification	UCI Europe Tour	Benoot, TiesjTiesj Benoot (BEL)	Portugal
000000002016-03-06-00006 March	Three Days of West Flanders, Overall	UCI Europe Tour	De Bie, SeanSean De Bie (BEL)	Belgium
000000002016-03-06-00006 March	Three Days of West Flanders, Youth classification	UCI Europe Tour	De Bie, SeanSean De Bie (BEL)	Belgium
000000002016-03-06-00006 March	Three Days of West Flanders, Teams classification	UCI Europe Tour	^{[N 1]}	Belgium
000000002016-03-13-000013 March	Paris–Nice, Stage 7	UCI World Tour	Wellens, TimTim Wellens (BEL)	France	Nice
000000002016-03-23-000023 March	Dwars door Vlaanderen	UCI Europe Tour	Debusschere, JensJens Debusschere (BEL)	Belgium	Waregem
000000002016-03-24-000024 March	Volta a Catalunya, Stage 4	UCI World Tour	De Gendt, ThomasThomas De Gendt (BEL)	Spain	Port Ainé
000000002016-03-27-000027 March	Volta a Catalunya, Mountains classification	UCI World Tour	De Gendt, ThomasThomas De Gendt (BEL)	Spain
000000002016-04-26-000026 April	Presidential Tour of Turkey, Stage 3	UCI Europe Tour	Greipel, AndreAndre Greipel (GER)	Turkey	Konya
000000002016-05-01-00001 May	Tour de Romandie, Mountains classification	UCI World Tour	Armée, SanderSander Armée (BEL)	Switzerland

Footnotes

↑ The riders on the squad were Jelle Wallays, Sean De Bie, Gert Dockx, Tosh Van der Sande, Louis Vervaeke, Sander Armée and Frederik Frison

References

↑ "Transfer news: Bouhanni extends with Cofidis, Marczynski signs for Lotto-Soudal". cyclingnews.com. 25 September 2015. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
↑ "Lotto Soudal sign Rafa Valls on two-year contract". cyclingnews.com. 25 September 2015. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
↑ "News shorts: Zandio to retire at end of 2016, Veikkenan announces retirement". cyclingnews.com. 29 September 2015. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
↑ Clarke, Stuart (11 September 2015). "Transfers: Van Den Broeck joins Katusha; Mezgec to Orica-GreenEdge". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 20 February 2016.

External links

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List of 2016 UCI WorldTeams and riders

AG2R La Mondiale Astana BMC Racing Team Cannondale Dimension Data Etixx–Quick-Step FDJ Giant–Alpecin IAM Cycling Team Katusha Lampre–Merida LottoNL–Jumbo Lotto–Soudal Movistar Team Orica–GreenEDGE Team Sky Tinkoff Trek–Segafredo

List of 2016 UCI Professional Continental and Continental teams

Androni Giocattoli Bardiani–CSF Bora–Argon 18 Caja Rural–Seguros RGA CCC–Sprandi–Polkowice Cofidis Delko–Marseille Provence KTM Direct Énergie Drapac Cycling Fortuneo-Vital Concept Funvic Soul Cycles-Carrefour RusVelo Nippo–Vini Fantini One Pro Cycling Novo Nordisk Southeast–Venezuela Team Roth Roompot–Oranje Peloton Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise UnitedHealthcare Verva ActiveJet Wanty–Groupe Gobert

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