2018 Team Sky season

Team Sky
Team Sky
UCI code	SKY
Status	UCI WorldTeam
World Tour Rank	2nd
Manager	Dave Brailsford
Main sponsor(s)	Sky
Based	National Cycling Centre; Manchester; England
Bicycles	Pinarello
Groupset	Shimano
Season victories
One-day races	2
Stage race overall	10
Stage race stages	21
Grand Tours	2
National Championships	8
Most Wins	Michał Kwiatkowski
Best ranked rider	Geraint Thomas (4th)
	← 2017 2019 →

The 2018 cycling season began in Australia at the Tour Down Under for Team Sky in January.

As a UCI WorldTeam, they are automatically invited and obliged to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour.

2018 roster[]

As of 21 October 2018.

	Rider	Date of birth
Leonardo Basso (ITA)		(1993-12-25)25 December 1993 (aged 24)
Egan Bernal (COL)		(1997-01-13)13 January 1997 (aged 21)
Jonathan Castroviejo (ESP)		(1987-04-27)27 April 1987 (aged 31)
David de la Cruz (ESP)		(1989-05-06)6 May 1989 (aged 29)
Philip Deignan (IRL)		(1983-09-07)7 September 1983 (aged 35)
Jonathan Dibben (GBR)		(1994-02-12)12 February 1994 (aged 24)
Mark Donovan^{[N 1]} (GBR)		(1999-04-03)3 April 1999 (aged 19)
Owain Doull (GBR)		(1993-05-02)2 May 1993 (aged 25)
Eddie Dunbar^{[N 2]} (IRL)		(1996-09-01)1 September 1996 (aged 22)
Kenny Elissonde (FRA)		(1991-07-22)22 July 1991 (aged 27)
Chris Froome (GBR)		(1985-05-20)20 May 1985 (aged 33)
Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBR)		(1995-03-30)30 March 1995 (aged 23)
Michał Gołaś (POL)		(1984-04-29)29 April 1984 (aged 34)
Kristoffer Halvorsen (NOR)		(1996-04-13)13 April 1996 (aged 22)
Ethan Hayter^{[N 3]} (GBR)		(1998-09-18)18 September 1998 (aged 20)
Sebastián Henao (COL)		(1993-08-05)5 August 1993 (aged 25)
Sergio Henao (COL)		(1987-12-10)10 December 1987 (aged 30)

	Rider	Date of birth
Beñat Intxausti (ESP)		(1986-03-20)20 March 1986 (aged 32)
Vasil Kiryienka (BLR)		(1981-06-28)28 June 1981 (aged 37)
Christian Knees (GER)		(1981-03-05)5 March 1981 (aged 37)
Michał Kwiatkowski (POL)		(1990-06-02)2 June 1990 (aged 28)
Chris Lawless (GBR)		(1995-11-04)4 November 1995 (aged 22)
David López (ESP)		(1981-05-13)13 May 1981 (aged 37)
Gianni Moscon (ITA)		(1994-04-20)20 April 1994 (aged 24)
Wout Poels (NED)		(1987-10-01)1 October 1987 (aged 31)
Salvatore Puccio (ITA)		(1989-08-31)31 August 1989 (aged 29)
Diego Rosa (ITA)		(1989-03-27)27 March 1989 (aged 29)
Luke Rowe (GBR)		(1990-03-10)10 March 1990 (aged 28)
Pavel Sivakov (RUS)		(1997-07-11)11 July 1997 (aged 21)
Ian Stannard (GBR)		(1987-05-25)25 May 1987 (aged 31)
Geraint Thomas (GBR)		(1986-05-25)25 May 1986 (aged 32)
Dylan van Baarle (NED)		(1992-05-21)21 May 1992 (aged 26)
Łukasz Wiśniowski (POL)		(1991-12-07)7 December 1991 (aged 26)

Riders who joined the team for the 2018 season

Rider	2017 team
Leonardo Basso^[4]	neo-pro (Trek Factory Racing)
Egan Bernal^[5]	Androni–Sidermec–Bottecchia
David de la Cruz^[6]	Quick-Step Floors
Jonathan Castroviejo^[7]	Movistar Team
Pavel Sivakov^[8]	BMC Development Team
Kristoffer Halvorsen^[9]	Joker Icopal
Chris Lawless^[10]	Axeon–Hagens Berman
Dylan van Baarle^[11]	Cannondale–Drapac
Eddie Dunbar^[12]	Aqua Blue Sport

Riders who left the team during or after the 2017 season

Rider	2018 team
Ian Boswell^[13]	Team Katusha–Alpecin
Peter Kennaugh^[14]	Bora–Hansgrohe
Mikel Landa^[15]	Movistar Team
Mikel Nieve^[16]	Mitchelton–Scott
Elia Viviani^[17]	Quick-Step Floors
Danny van Poppel^[18]	LottoNL–Jumbo

Season victories[]

Date	Race	Competition	Rider	Country	Location
21 January	Tour Down Under, Young rider classification	UCI World Tour	Egan Bernal (COL)	Australia
11 February	Colombia Oro y Paz, Overall	UCI America Tour	Egan Bernal (COL)	Colombia
11 February	Colombia Oro y Paz, Young rider classification	UCI America Tour	Egan Bernal (COL)	Colombia
11 February	Colombia Oro y Paz, Mountains classification	UCI America Tour	Egan Bernal (COL)	Colombia
15 February	Volta ao Algarve, Stage 2	UCI Europe Tour	Michal Kwiatkowski (POL)	Portugal	Monchique
15 February	Vuelta a Andalucía, Stage 2	UCI Europe Tour	Wout Poels (NED)	Spain	Alto de Allanadas
16 February	Volta ao Algarve, Stage 3	UCI Europe Tour	Geraint Thomas (GBR)	Portugal	Lagoa
18 February	Vuelta a Andalucía, Stage 4	UCI Europe Tour	David de la Cruz (ESP)	Spain	Barbate
18 February	Vuelta a Andalucía, Points classification	UCI Europe Tour	Wout Poels (NED)	Spain
18 February	Volta ao Algarve, Stage 5	UCI Europe Tour	Michal Kwiatkowski (POL)	Portugal	Alto do Malhão
18 February	Volta ao Algarve, Overall	UCI Europe Tour	Michal Kwiatkowski (POL)	Portugal
18 February	Volta ao Algarve, Points classification	UCI Europe Tour	Michal Kwiatkowski (POL)	Portugal
18 February	Volta ao Algarve, Teams classification	UCI Europe Tour	^{[N 4]}	Portugal
7 March	Paris-Nice, Stage 4	UCI World Tour	Wout Poels (NED)	France	Saint-Étienne
11 March	Paris-Nice, Stage 8	UCI World Tour	David de la Cruz (ESP)	France	Nice
13 March	Tirreno–Adriatico, Overall	UCI World Tour	Michal Kwiatkowski (POL)	Italy
22 March	Settimana Coppi e Bartali, Stage 1b	UCI Europe Tour	^{[N 5]}	Italy	Gatteo
24 March	Settimana Coppi e Bartali, Stage 3	UCI Europe Tour	Chris Lawless (GBR)	Italy	Crevalcore
25 March	Settimana Coppi e Bartali, Overall	UCI Europe Tour	Diego Rosa (ITA)	Italy
25 March	Settimana Coppi e Bartali, Young Rider Classification	UCI Europe Tour	Pavel Sivakov (RUS)	Italy
25 March	Settimana Coppi e Bartali, Points Classification	UCI Europe Tour	Chris Lawless (GBR)	Italy
27 April	Tour de Romandie, Stage 3 (ITT)	UCI World Tour	Egan Bernal (COL)	Switzerland	Villars
29 April	Tour de Romandie, Young Rider Classification	UCI World Tour	Egan Bernal (COL)	Switzerland
14 May	Tour of California, Stage 2	UCI World Tour	Egan Bernal (COL)	United States	Gibraltar Road
18 May	Tour of California, Stage 6	UCI World Tour	Egan Bernal (COL)	United States	South Lake Tahoe
19 May	Giro d'Italia, Stage 14	UCI World Tour	Chris Froome (GBR)	Italy	Monte Zoncolan
19 May	Tour of California, Overall	UCI World Tour	Egan Bernal (COL)	United States
19 May	Tour of California, Young Rider Classification	UCI World Tour	Egan Bernal (COL)	United States
19 May	Tour of California, Teams classification	UCI World Tour	^{[N 6]}	United States
25 May	Giro d'Italia, Stage 19	UCI World Tour	Chris Froome (GBR)	Italy	Bardonecchia
27 May	Giro d'Italia, Overall	UCI World Tour	Chris Froome (GBR)	Italy
27 May	Giro d'Italia, Mountains classification	UCI World Tour	Chris Froome (GBR)	Italy
27 May	Giro d'Italia, Teams classification	UCI World Tour	^{[N 7]}	Italy
3 June	Critérium du Dauphiné, Prologue	UCI World Tour	Michal Kwiatkowski (POL)	France	Valence
6 June	Critérium du Dauphiné, Stage 3 (TTT)	UCI World Tour	^{[N 8]}	France	Louhans-Châteaurenaud
10 June	Critérium du Dauphiné, Overall	UCI World Tour	Geraint Thomas (GBR)	France
10 June	Critérium du Dauphiné, Teams classification	UCI World Tour	^{[N 9]}	France
18 July	Tour de France, Stage 11	UCI World Tour	Geraint Thomas (GBR)	France	La Rosière
19 July	Tour de France, Stage 12	UCI World Tour	Geraint Thomas (GBR)	France	Alpe d'Huez
29 July	Tour de France, Overall	UCI World Tour	Geraint Thomas (GBR)	France
7 August	Tour de Pologne, Stage 4	UCI World Tour	Michal Kwiatkowski (POL)	Poland	Szczyrk
8 August	Tour de Pologne, Stage 5	UCI World Tour	Michal Kwiatkowski (POL)	Poland	Bielsko-Biała
10 August	Tour de Pologne, Overall	UCI World Tour	Michal Kwiatkowski (POL)	Poland
10 August	Tour de Pologne, Points classification	UCI World Tour	Michal Kwiatkowski (POL)	Poland
7 September	Tour of Britain, Stage 6	UCI Europe Tour	Wout Poels (NED)	United Kingdom	Whinlatter
8 September	Tour of Britain, Stage 7	UCI Europe Tour	Ian Stannard (GBR)	United Kingdom	Mansfield
15 September	Coppa Agostoni	UCI Europe Tour	Gianni Moscon (ITA)	Italy	Lissone
19 September	Giro della Toscana	UCI Europe Tour	Gianni Moscon (ITA)	Italy	Pontedera
19 October	Tour of Guangxi, Stage 4	UCI World Tour	Gianni Moscon (ITA)	People's Republic of China	Mashan Nongla Scenic Spot
21 October	Tour of Guangxi, Overall	UCI World Tour	Gianni Moscon (ITA)	People's Republic of China
21 October	Tour of Guangxi, Youth classification	UCI World Tour	Gianni Moscon (ITA)	People's Republic of China

National, Continental and World champions 2018[]

Date	Discipline	Rider	Country	Location
2 February	Colombian National Time Trial Championships	Egan Bernal (COL)	Colombia	Bogotá
4 February	Colombian National Road Race Championships	Sergio Henao (COL)	Colombia	Bogotá
22 June	Spanish National Time Trial Champion	Jonathan Castroviejo (ESP)	Spain	Castellón
24 June	Polish National Road Race Champion	Michał Kwiatkowski (POL)	Poland	Ostróda
27 June	Dutch National Time Trial Champion	Dylan van Baarle (NED)	Netherlands	Bergen op Zoom
28 June	British National Time Trial Champion	Geraint Thomas (GBR)	United Kingdom	Northumberland
29 June	Belarusian National Time Trial Champion	Vasil Kiryienka (BLR)	Belarus
4 October	Italian National Time Trial Champion	Gianni Moscon (ITA)	Italy	Cavour

Footnotes[]

^ Donovan joined the team on 1 August, as a stagiaire, from Team Wiggins^[1]
^ Dunbar joined the team on 15 September, from Aqua Blue Sport^[2]
^ Hayter joined the team on 1 August, as a stagiaire^[3]
^ The riders on the squad were Owain Doull, Kenny Elissonde, Michał Gołaś, Vasil Kiryienka, Michał Kwiatkowski, Geraint Thomas and Łukasz Wiśniowski
^ The winning riders were Leonardo Basso, Jonathan Dibben, Chris Lawless, Diego Rosa, Luke Rowe and Pavel Sivakov
^ The riders on the squad were Egan Bernal, Tao Geoghegan Hart, Sebastián Henao, Luke Rowe, Pavel Sivakov, Ian Stannard and Łukasz Wiśniowski
^ The riders on the squad were Chris Froome, Kenny Elissonde, Wout Poels, Sergio Henao, David de la Cruz, Vasil Kiryienka, Salvatore Puccio and Christian Knees
^ The winning riders were Jonathan Castroviejo, Tao Geoghegan Hart, Michal Kwiatkowski, Gianni Moscon, Luke Rowe, Geraint Thomas and Dylan van Baarle
^ The riders on this squad were Jonathan Castroviejo, Tao Geoghegan Hart, Michal Kwiatkowski, Gianni Moscon, Luke Rowe, Geraint Thomas and Dylan van Baarle

References[]

^ "Donovan ready for stagiaire experience". Team Sky. BSkyB. 14 September 2018. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
^ "Eddie Dunbar joins Team Sky". Team Sky. BSkyB. 13 September 2018. Archived from the original on 12 April 2019. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
^ "Hayter ready to 'get stuck in' on debut". Team Sky. BSkyB. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
^ https://www.teamsky.com/article/team-sky-2018-roster-complete-with-signing-of-leonardo-basso
^ "Egan Bernal signs for Team Sky". Cyclingnews.com. 27 August 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
^ "Team Sky sign Jonathan Castroviejo and David de la Cruz for 2018". . 17 August 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
^ "Team Sky sign Jonathan Castroviejo and David de la Cruz for 2018". . 17 August 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
^ "Pavel Sivakov signs for Team Sky". . 28 August 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
^ "Young sprint talent Kristoffer Halvorsen joins Team Sky". . 28 August 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
^ "YTeam Sky sign Chris Lawless". cyclingnews.com. 4 September 2017. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
^ "Van Baarle joins Team Sky". . 18 September 2017. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
^ "Eddie Dunbar joins Team Sky". . 13 September 2018. Archived from the original on 12 April 2019. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
^ "Ian Boswell signs for Katusha-Alpecin". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
^ "Peter Kennaugh signs two-year deal with Bora Hansgrohe". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
^ "Mikel Landa signs two-year deal with Movistar". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
^ "Mikel Nieve leaves Team Sky for Orica-Scott". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
^ "Team Sky's Elia Viviani to leave for Quick-Step Floors at end of season". Skysports.com. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
^ "Danny van Poppel signs two-year deal with LottoNL-Jumbo". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 21 September 2017.

External links[]

2018 Team Sky season at ProCyclingStats

[2] Donovan joined the team on 1 August, as a stagiaire, from Team Wiggins^[1]

[4] Dunbar joined the team on 15 September, from Aqua Blue Sport^[2]

[6] Hayter joined the team on 1 August, as a stagiaire^[3]

[22] The riders on the squad were Owain Doull, Kenny Elissonde, Michał Gołaś, Vasil Kiryienka, Michał Kwiatkowski, Geraint Thomas and Łukasz Wiśniowski

[23] The winning riders were Leonardo Basso, Jonathan Dibben, Chris Lawless, Diego Rosa, Luke Rowe and Pavel Sivakov

[24] The riders on the squad were Egan Bernal, Tao Geoghegan Hart, Sebastián Henao, Luke Rowe, Pavel Sivakov, Ian Stannard and Łukasz Wiśniowski

[25] The riders on the squad were Chris Froome, Kenny Elissonde, Wout Poels, Sergio Henao, David de la Cruz, Vasil Kiryienka, Salvatore Puccio and Christian Knees

[26] The winning riders were Jonathan Castroviejo, Tao Geoghegan Hart, Michal Kwiatkowski, Gianni Moscon, Luke Rowe, Geraint Thomas and Dylan van Baarle

[27] The riders on this squad were Jonathan Castroviejo, Tao Geoghegan Hart, Michal Kwiatkowski, Gianni Moscon, Luke Rowe, Geraint Thomas and Dylan van Baarle

[1] "Donovan ready for stagiaire experience". Team Sky. BSkyB. 14 September 2018. Retrieved 22 October 2018.

[3] "Eddie Dunbar joins Team Sky". Team Sky. BSkyB. 13 September 2018. Archived from the original on 12 April 2019. Retrieved 22 October 2018.

[5] "Hayter ready to 'get stuck in' on debut". Team Sky. BSkyB. Retrieved 22 October 2018.

[7] ttps://www.teamsky.com/article/team-sky-2018-roster-complete-with-signing-of-leonardo-basso

[8] "Egan Bernal signs for Team Sky". Cyclingnews.com. 27 August 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2017.

[9] "Team Sky sign Jonathan Castroviejo and David de la Cruz for 2018". . 17 August 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2017.

[10] "Team Sky sign Jonathan Castroviejo and David de la Cruz for 2018". . 17 August 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2017.

[11] "Pavel Sivakov signs for Team Sky". . 28 August 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2017.

[12] "Young sprint talent Kristoffer Halvorsen joins Team Sky". . 28 August 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2017.

[13] "YTeam Sky sign Chris Lawless". cyclingnews.com. 4 September 2017. Retrieved 8 October 2017.

[14] "Van Baarle joins Team Sky". . 18 September 2017. Retrieved 18 September 2017.

[15] "Eddie Dunbar joins Team Sky". . 13 September 2018. Archived from the original on 12 April 2019. Retrieved 22 October 2018.

[16] "Ian Boswell signs for Katusha-Alpecin". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 28 August 2017.

[17] "Peter Kennaugh signs two-year deal with Bora Hansgrohe". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 28 August 2017.

[18] "Mikel Landa signs two-year deal with Movistar". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 28 August 2017.

[19] "Mikel Nieve leaves Team Sky for Orica-Scott". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 28 August 2017.

[20] "Team Sky's Elia Viviani to leave for Quick-Step Floors at end of season". Skysports.com. Retrieved 28 August 2017.

[21] "Danny van Poppel signs two-year deal with LottoNL-Jumbo". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 21 September 2017.

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