2016 Team Giant–Alpecin season

The 2016 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.

Team Giant–Alpecin
2016 season
UCI codeTGA
StatusUCI ProTeam
ManagerIwan Spekenbrink
Main sponsor(s)Giant Bicycles & Alpecin
BasedGermany
BicyclesGiant
GroupsetShimano
Season victories
One-day races1
Stage race overall1
Stage race stages12
National Championships1

Team roster

As of 29 March 2016[1]
Rider Date of birth
 Søren Kragh Andersen (DEN) (1994-08-10)10 August 1994 (aged 21)
 Nikias Arndt (GER) (1991-11-18)18 November 1991 (aged 24)
 Bert De Backer (BEL) (1984-04-02)2 April 1984 (aged 31)
 Warren Barguil (FRA) (1991-10-28)28 October 1991 (aged 24)
 Roy Curvers (NED) (1979-12-27)27 December 1979 (aged 36)
 John Degenkolb (GER) (1989-01-07)7 January 1989 (aged 27)
 Tom Dumoulin (NED) (1990-11-11)11 November 1990 (aged 25)
 Caleb Fairly[N 1] (USA) (1987-02-19)19 February 1987 (aged 29)
 Johannes Fröhlinger (GER) (1985-06-09)9 June 1985 (aged 30)
 Simon Geschke (GER) (1986-03-13)13 March 1986 (aged 30)
 Lars van der Haar (NED) (1991-07-23)23 July 1991 (aged 24)
 Chad Haga (USA) (1988-08-26)26 August 1988 (aged 27)
 Ji Cheng (CHN) (1987-07-15)15 July 1987 (aged 28)
 Carter Jones[N 2] (USA) (1989-02-27)27 February 1989 (aged 27)
Rider Date of birth
 Max Kanter[N 3] (GER) (1997-10-22)22 October 1997 (aged 18)
 Koen de Kort (NED) (1982-09-08)8 September 1982 (aged 33)
 Fredrik Ludvigsson (SWE) (1994-04-28)28 April 1994 (aged 21)
 Tobias Ludvigsson (SWE) (1991-02-22)22 February 1991 (aged 25)
 Sindre Lunke (NOR) (1993-04-17)17 April 1993 (aged 22)
 Sam Oomen (NED) (1995-08-15)15 August 1995 (aged 20)
 Georg Preidler (AUT) (1990-06-17)17 June 1990 (aged 25)
 Ramon Sinkeldam (NED) (1989-02-09)9 February 1989 (aged 27)
 Tom Stamsnijder (NED) (1985-05-15)15 May 1985 (aged 30)
 Laurens ten Dam (NED) (1980-11-13)13 November 1980 (aged 35)
 Albert Timmer (NED) (1985-06-13)13 June 1985 (aged 30)
 Tom Veelers (NED) (1984-09-14)14 September 1984 (aged 31)
 Zico Waeytens (BEL) (1991-09-29)29 September 1991 (aged 24)
 Max Walscheid (GER) (1993-06-13)13 June 1993 (aged 22)
  1. Fairly retired from cycling on May 22.
  2. Jones retired from cycling on July 1.
  3. Kanter joined the team on 1 August as a stagiaire, from LKT Team Brandenburg.

Season victories
DateRaceCompetitionRiderCountryLocation
12 FebruaryTour of Qatar, Young rider classificationUCI Asia Tour Søren Kragh Andersen (DEN) Qatar
6 MayGiro d'Italia, Stage 1UCI World Tour Tom Dumoulin (NED) NetherlandsApeldoorn
29 MayGiro d'Italia, Stage 21UCI World Tour Nikias Arndt (GER) ItalyTorino
29 MayTour of Belgium, Stage 4UCI Europe Tour Zico Waeytens (BEL) BelgiumTongeren
10 JulyTour de France, Stage 9UCI World Tour Tom Dumoulin (NED) AndorraAndorra Arcalis
15 JulyTour de France, Stage 13UCI World Tour Tom Dumoulin (NED) FranceCaverne du Pont-d'Arc
12 AugustTour de l'Ain, Stage 3UCI Europe Tour Sam Oomen (NED) FranceLelex Monts-Jura
13 AugustTour de l'Ain, OverallUCI Europe Tour Sam Oomen (NED) France
13 AugustTour de l'Ain, Young rider classificationUCI Europe Tour Sam Oomen (NED) France
14 AugustArctic Race of Norway, Stage 4UCI Europe Tour John Degenkolb (GER) NorwayBodø
14 AugustArctic Race of Norway, Points classificationUCI Europe Tour John Degenkolb (GER) Norway
3 OctoberMünsterland GiroUCI Europe Tour John Degenkolb (GER) GermanyMünster
24 OctoberTour of Hainan, Stage 3UCI Asia Tour Max Walscheid (GER) ChinaChengmai
25 OctoberTour of Hainan, Stage 4UCI Asia Tour Max Walscheid (GER) ChinaDanzhou
26 OctoberTour of Hainan, Stage 5UCI Asia Tour Max Walscheid (GER) ChinaChangjiang
28 OctoberTour of Hainan, Stage 7UCI Asia Tour Max Walscheid (GER) ChinaSanya
30 OctoberTour of Hainan, Stage 9UCI Asia Tour Max Walscheid (GER) ChinaXinglong
30 OctoberTour of Hainan, Points classificationUCI Asia Tour Max Walscheid (GER) China

National, Continental and World champions 2016
DateDisciplineJerseyRiderCountryLocation
22 JuneDutch National Time Trial Champion
 Tom Dumoulin (NED) NetherlandsGoeree-Overflakkee


References
  1. "Team Giant-Shimano (GIA) – NED". UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 20 January 2015. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  2. "News shorts: Andersen as neo-pro to Giant-Alpecin". cyclingnews.com. 17 September 2015. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  3. "Transfer news: Changes at LottoNL-Jumbo". cyclingnews.com. 2 October 2015. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  4. "Laurens ten Dam signs for Giant-Alpecin". cyclingnews.com. 7 October 2015. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  5. "Craddock joins Cannondale-Garmin in 2016". cyclingnews.com. 17 September 2015. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  6. "Etixx-Quick Step announce Marcel Kittel signing". cyclingweekly.co.uk. 5 October 2015. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  7. Clarke, Stuart (11 September 2015). "Transfers: Van Den Broeck joins Katusha; Mezgec to Orica-GreenEdge". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  8. "Dutch climbing talent announces retirement". cyclingquotes.com. 6 June 2015. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
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