2016 Tinkoff season

Team Tinkoff
2016 season
UCI code TNK
Status UCI ProTeam
Owner Oleg Tinkov
Manager Steven de Jongh
Main sponsor(s) Tinkoff Bank
Based Russia
Bicycles Specialized
Groupset Shimano
Season victories
One-day races 3
Stage race overall 1
Stage race stages 7

The 2016 season for Tinkoff 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.

2016 roster

As of 29 March 2016.
Rider Date of birth
 Erik Baška (SVK) (1994-01-12)12 January 1994 (aged 22)
 Daniele Bennati (ITA) (1980-09-24)24 September 1980 (aged 35)
 Adam Blythe (GBR) (1989-10-01)1 October 1989 (aged 26)
 Manuele Boaro (ITA) (1987-03-12)12 March 1987 (aged 29)
 Maciej Bodnar (POL) (1985-03-07)7 March 1985 (aged 31)
 Pavel Brutt (RUS) (1982-01-29)29 January 1982 (aged 34)
 Alberto Contador (ESP) (1982-12-06)6 December 1982 (aged 33)
 Oscar Gatto (ITA) (1985-01-01)1 January 1985 (aged 31)
 Michael Gogl (AUT) (1993-11-04)4 November 1993 (aged 22)
 Jesper Hansen (DEN) (1990-10-23)23 October 1990 (aged 25)
 Jesús Hernández (ESP) (1981-09-28)28 September 1981 (aged 34)
 Robert Kišerlovski (CRO) (1986-08-09)9 August 1986 (aged 29)
 Michael Kolář (SVK) (1992-12-21)21 December 1992 (aged 23)
 Roman Kreuziger (CZE) (1986-05-06)6 May 1986 (aged 29)
Rider Date of birth
 Rafał Majka (POL) (1989-09-12)12 September 1989 (aged 26)
 Jay McCarthy (AUS) (1992-09-08)8 September 1992 (aged 23)
 Sérgio Paulinho (POR) (1980-03-26)26 March 1980 (aged 36)
 Evgeni Petrov (RUS) (1978-05-25)25 May 1978 (aged 37)
 Paweł Poljański (POL) (1990-05-06)6 May 1990 (aged 25)
 Michael Rogers (AUS) (1979-12-20)20 December 1979 (aged 36)
 Ivan Rovny (RUS) (1987-09-30)30 September 1987 (aged 28)
 Juraj Sagan (SVK) (1988-12-23)23 December 1988 (aged 27)
 Peter Sagan (SVK) (1990-01-26)26 January 1990 (aged 26)
 Matteo Tosatto (ITA) (1974-05-14)14 May 1974 (aged 41)
 Yuri Trofimov (RUS) (1984-01-26)26 January 1984 (aged 32)
 Nikolay Trusov (RUS) (1985-07-02)2 July 1985 (aged 30)
 Michael Valgren (DEN) (1992-02-07)7 February 1992 (aged 24)

Riders who joined the team for the 2015 season
Rider 2015 team
Erik Baškaneo-pro (AWT-Greenway)
Adam Blythe[1]Orica–GreenEDGE
Oscar Gatto[2]Androni Giocattoli
Michael GoglTirol Cycling Team
Yuri TrofimovTeam Katusha
Riders who left the team during or after the 2015 season
Rider 2016 team
Ivan Basso[3] Retired
Edward BeltránEPM–UNE–Área Metropolitana
Matti Breschel[4]Cannondale
Christopher Juul-Jensen[5] Orica–GreenEDGE
Michael Mørkøv[6]Team Katusha
Bruno PiresTeam Roth
Chris Anker Sørensen[7]Fortuneo–Vital Concept
Oliver Zaugg[8]IAM Cycling

Season victories

Date Race Competition Rider Country Location
20 January Tour Down Under, Stage 2 UCI World Tour  McCarthy, JayJay McCarthy (AUS)  Australia Stirling
24 January Tour Down Under, Young rider classification UCI World Tour  McCarthy, JayJay McCarthy (AUS)  Australia
17 February Vuelta a Andalucía, Stage 1 UCI Europe Tour  Bennati, DanieleDaniele Bennati (ITA)  Spain Seville
19 February Vuelta a Andalucía, Stage 3 UCI Europe Tour  Gatto, OscarOscar Gatto (ITA)  Spain El Padul
21 February Volta ao Algarve, Stage 5 UCI Europe Tour  Contador, AlbertoAlberto Contador (ESP)  Portugal Alto do Malhaõ
15 March Tirreno–Adriatico, Points classification UCI World Tour  Sagan, PeterPeter Sagan (SVK)  Italy San Benedetto del Tronto
18 March Handzame Classic UCI Europe Tour  Baška, ErikErik Baška (SVK)  Belgium Handzame
27 March Gent–Wevelgem UCI World Tour  Sagan, PeterPeter Sagan (SVK)  Belgium Wevelgem
31 March Three Days of De Panne, Stage 3b UCI Europe Tour  Bodnar, MaciejMaciej Bodnar (POL)  Belgium De Panne
3 April Tour of Flanders UCI World Tour  Sagan, PeterPeter Sagan (SVK)  Belgium Oudenaarde
9 April Tour of the Basque Country, Stage 6 UCI World Tour  Contador, AlbertoAlberto Contador (ESP)  Spain Eibar
9 April Tour of the Basque Country, Overall UCI World Tour  Contador, AlbertoAlberto Contador (ESP)  Spain
23 April Tour of Croatia, Stage 5 (TTT) UCI Europe Tour [N 1]  Croatia Umag

National, Continental and World champions 2015

Date Discipline Jersey Rider Country Location

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The riders on the squad were Erik Baška, Sérgio Paulinho, Jay McCarthy, Jesper Hansen and Nikolay Trusov

References

  1. ↑ "Adam Blythe to join Tinkoff-Saxo from Orica-GreenEdge for 2016 season". theguardian.com. 25 August 2015. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  2. ↑ "Team Tinkoff sign Oscar Gatto for 2016". cyclingnews.com. 21 October 2015. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  3. ↑ "Ivan Basso announces retirement from professional cycling". cyclingnews.com. 5 October 2015. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  4. ↑ "Breschel joins Cannondale-Garmin in 2016". Cyclingnews.com. 16 September 2015. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  5. ↑ "Juul-Jensen signs for Orica-GreenEdge". cyclingnews.com. 3 August 2015. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  6. ↑ "Mørkøv signs for Katusha at the request of Kristoff". cyclingnews.com. 16 August 2015. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  7. ↑ "Chris Anker Sorensen to Bretagne-Seche Environnement in 2016". cyclingnews.com. 24 September 2015. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  8. ↑ "Transfer news: Rowney signs for Orica-AIS". cyclingnews.com. 6 October 2015. Retrieved 20 February 2016.

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