IAM Cycling

IAM Cycling

Team information
UCI code	IAM
Registered	Switzerland
Founded	2013
Discipline	Road
Status	UCI Pro Continental (2013–2014) UCI WorldTeam (2015– )
Bicycles	SCOTT Sports
Components	Shimano
Website	Team home page
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IAM Cycling is a Swiss registered UCI WorldTour cycling team, managed by former French road race champion Serge Beucherie.^[1][2]
The title sponsor is IAM Independent Asset Management SA, a Swiss investment management company.^[3]

History

2013

The team was officially launched in January 2013.^[4] IAM Cycling is a member of the Mouvement pour un cyclisme crédible. IAM Cycling was selected as a wild-card entry for the 2013 Paris-Nice race.^[5]

2014

On 22 August 2013 the team announced that it had signed Sylvain Chavanel and Jérôme Pineau from Omega Pharma–Quick-Step, Mathias Frank from BMC Racing Team and Roger Kluge from NetApp–Endura for the 2014 season.^[6] On 28 January it was announced that IAM Cycling had been granted a "wild card" entry to Tour de France 2014, its first Grand Tour. It also raced the Vuelta a Espana. Subsequently in December 2014 the UCI announced that the team would be granted a WorldTour licence for the 2015 season.^[7]

Team roster

As of 29 March 2016.

Rider Date of birth  Marcel Aregger (SUI) August 26, 1990 (aged 25)  Matthias Brändle (AUT) December 7, 1989 (aged 26)  Clément Chevrier (FRA) June 29, 1992 (aged 23)  Stef Clement (NED) September 24, 1982 (aged 33)  Jérôme Coppel (FRA) August 6, 1986 (aged 29)  Stefan Denifl (AUT) September 20, 1987 (aged 28)  Dries Devenyns (BEL) July 22, 1983 (aged 32)  Martin Elmiger (SUI) September 23, 1978 (aged 37)  Sondre Holst Enger (NOR) December 17, 1993 (aged 22)  Mathias Frank (SUI) December 9, 1986 (aged 29)  Jonathan Fumeaux (SUI) March 7, 1988 (aged 28)  Heinrich Haussler (AUS) February 25, 1984 (aged 32)  Reto Hollenstein (SUI) August 22, 1985 (aged 30)  Leigh Howard (AUS) October 18, 1989 (aged 26)

Rider Date of birth  Roger Kluge (GER) February 5, 1986 (aged 30)  Vegard Laengen (NOR) February 7, 1989 (aged 27)  Pirmin Lang (SUI) November 25, 1984 (aged 31)  Oliver Naesen (BEL) September 16, 1990 (aged 25)  Jarlinson Pantano (COL) November 19, 1988 (aged 27)  Simon Pellaud (SUI) November 6, 1992 (aged 23)  Matteo Pelucchi (ITA) January 21, 1989 (aged 27)  Vicente Reynès (ESP) July 30, 1981 (aged 34)  Aleksejs Saramotins (LAT) April 8, 1982 (aged 33)  David Tanner (AUS) September 30, 1984 (aged 31)  Jonas Vangenechten (BEL) September 16, 1986 (aged 29)  Larry Warbasse (USA) June 28, 1990 (aged 25)  Marcel Wyss (SUI) June 25, 1986 (aged 29)  Oliver Zaugg (SUI) May 9, 1981 (aged 34)

Major results

2013

1st Overall Tour Méditerranéen, Thomas Löfkvist

1st Stage 1 Circuit de la Sarthe, Matteo Pelucchi

1st Tour de Berne, Marcel Wyss

1st  Austria Time Trial Championships, Matthias Brändle

1st Stage 5 Bayern-Rundfahrt, Heinrich Haussler

1st  Sweden Time Trial Championships, Gustav Larsson

1st  Latvia Road Race Championships, Aleksejs Saramotins

1st Trofeo Matteotti, Sébastien Reichenbach

1st Overall Tour du Limousin, Martin Elmiger

1st Stage 1, Martin Elmiger

1st Tour du Jura, Matthias Brändle

1st Tour du Doubs, Aleksejs Saramotins

2014

1st Stage 2 Tirreno–Adriatico, Matteo Pelucchi

1st Stage 3 Critérium International, Mathias Frank

1st Stage 3 Four Days of Dunkirk, Sylvain Chavanel

1st Tour de Berne, Matthias Brändle

1st Stage 1 Bayern-Rundfahrt, Heinrich Haussler

1st Stage 2 Bayern-Rundfahrt, Mathias Frank

1st  France Time Trial Championships, Sylvain Chavanel

1st  Austria Time Trial Championships, Matthias Brändle

1st   Switzerland Road Race Championships, Martin Elmiger

1st Stage 2 Vuelta a Burgos, Matteo Pelucchi

1st Stage 5 (ITT) Vuelta a Burgos, Aleksejs Saramotins

1st Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes, Sylvain Chavanel

1st Stage 4 (ITT), Sylvain Chavanel

1st GP Ouest-France, Sylvain Chavanel

1st Stages 5 & 6 Tour of Britain, Matthias Brändle

1st Chrono des Nation, Sylvain Chavanel

2015

1st  Australia Road Race Championships, Heinrich Haussler

1st Trofeo Santanyi-Ses Salines-Campos, Matteo Pelucchi

1st Trofeo Playa de Palma-Palma, Matteo Pelucchi

1st Stage 6 Tour of Oman, Matthias Brändle

1st Prologue (ITT) Tour of Belgium, Matthias Brändle

1st Prologue (ITT) Ster ZLM Toer, Roger Kluge

1st  France Time Trial Championships, Jerome Coppel

1st  Latvia Road Race Championships, Aleksejs Saramotins

1st Stage 1 Tour of Austria, Sondre Holst Enger

1st Stage 2 Tour of Austria, David Tanner

1st Stage 4 Tour de Wallonie, Jonas Vangenechten

1st Stages 2 & 3 Tour de Pologne, Matteo Pelucchi

2016

1st Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise, Dries Devenyns

1st Clásica de Almería, Leigh Howard

1st Overall Étoile de Bessèges, Jérôme Coppel

1st Stage 5 (ITT), Jérôme Coppel

1st Stage 6 Tour of Croatia, Sondre Holst Enger

National champions

2013

Austrian Time Trial Matthias Brändle

Swedish Time Trial Gustav Larsson

Latvian Road Race Aleksejs Saramotins

2014

French Time Trial Sylvain Chavanel

Austrian Time Trial Matthias Brändle

Swiss Road Race Martin Elmiger

2015

Australian Road Race Heinrich Haussler

French Time Trial Jerome Coppel

Latvian Road Race Aleksejs Saramotins

References

1. "IAM Cycling Announces 2013 Roster". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
2. "Lovkvist, Haussler lead new Swiss IAM team". Velonews.competitor.com. 20 September 2012. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
3. "Home - IAM : Independent Asset Management". iam.ch.
4. "IAM Cycling Team Presented to the Public". SCOTT Sports. 16 January 2013. Retrieved 8 February 2013.
5. "ASO announces wildcards for Paris-Nice, Dauphine". Velonews.competitor.com. 23 January 2013. Retrieved 8 February 2013.
6. "IAM Cycling signs Chavanel, Frank, Pineau, Reynes and Kluge". Cyclingnews.com (Future plc). 22 August 2013. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
7. Powlison, Spencer (11 December 2014). "IAM Cycling celebrates jump to WorldTour level". VeloNews. Competitor Group, Inc. Retrieved 19 December 2014.

External links

• Official website