2015 Team Giant–Alpecin season

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Team Giant–Alpecin
2015 season
UCI codeTGA
StatusUCI ProTeam
ManagerIwan Spekenbrink
Main sponsor(s)Giant Bicycles & Alpecin
BasedGermany
BicyclesGiant
GroupsetShimano
Season victories
One-day races4
Stage race overall–
Stage race stages13
National Championships1
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The 2015 season for the Team Giant–Alpecin began in January with the Tour Down Under. As a UCI WorldTeam, they were 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 (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)
 Marcel Kittel (GER) (1988-05-11)11 May 1988 (aged 26)
 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.

Season victories[]

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

National, Continental and World champions 2015[]

Date Discipline Jersey Rider Country Location
26 June Austrian National Time Trial Champion
MaillotAustria.PNG
  Georg Preidler (AUT)  Austria


References[]

  1. ^ "German shampoo maker Alpecin to sponsor Giant". VeloNews. 24 September 2014. Archived from the original on 26 September 2014. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
  2. ^ "Sunweb signs two-year deal with Giant-Alpecin".
  3. ^ "Team Giant-Shimano (GIA) – NED". UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 20 January 2015. 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 (January 2015). "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.

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