IAM Cycling
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| Team information | ||
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| UCI code | IAM | |
| Registered | Switzerland | |
| Founded | 2013 | |
| Disbanded | 2016 | |
| Discipline(s) | Road | |
| Status | UCI Pro Continental (2013–2014) UCI WorldTeam (2015–2016) | |
| Bicycles | Scott Sports | |
| Components | Shimano | |
| Website | Team home page | |
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IAM Cycling was a Swiss registered UCI WorldTour cycling team. It is managed by former French road race champion Serge Beucherie.[1][2]
The title sponsor was IAM Independent Asset Management SA, a Swiss investment management company.[3]
History
[edit]2013
[edit]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
[edit]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 España. Subsequently, in December 2014 the UCI announced that the team would be granted a WorldTour licence for the 2015 season.[7]
2015
[edit]2016
[edit]In May 2016, the team announced they would fold at the end of the season due to not being able to secure a secondary sponsor.[8]
Final roster (2016)
[edit]- As of 29 March 2016
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Major wins
[edit]- 2013
- Overall
Tour Méditerranéen, Thomas Löfkvist - Stage 1 Circuit de la Sarthe, Matteo Pelucchi
- Tour de Berne, Marcel Wyss
Austria Time Trial Championships, Matthias Brändle- Stage 5 Bayern Rundfahrt, Heinrich Haussler
Sweden Time Trial Championships, Gustav Larsson
Latvia Road Race Championships, Aleksejs Saramotins- Trofeo Matteotti, Sébastien Reichenbach
- Overall Tour du Limousin, Martin Elmiger
- Stage 1, Martin Elmiger
- Tour du Jura, Matthias Brändle
- Tour du Doubs, Aleksejs Saramotins
- 2014
- Stage 2 Tirreno–Adriatico, Matteo Pelucchi
- Stage 3 Critérium International, Mathias Frank
- Stage 3 Four Days of Dunkirk, Sylvain Chavanel
- Tour de Berne, Matthias Brändle
- Stage 1 Bayern Rundfahrt, Heinrich Haussler
- Stage 2 Bayern Rundfahrt, Mathias Frank
France Time Trial Championships, Sylvain Chavanel- Austria Time Trial Championships, Matthias Brändle
Switzerland Road Race Championships, Martin Elmiger- Stage 2 Vuelta a Burgos, Matteo Pelucchi
- Stage 5 (ITT) Vuelta a Burgos, Aleksejs Saramotins
- Overall
Tour du Poitou-Charentes, Sylvain Chavanel
- Stage 4 (ITT), Sylvain Chavanel
- GP Ouest–France, Sylvain Chavanel
- Stages 5 & 6 Tour of Britain, Matthias Brändle
- Chrono des Nation, Sylvain Chavanel
- 2015
Australia Road Race Championships, Heinrich Haussler- Trofeo Santanyi-Ses Salines-Campos, Matteo Pelucchi
- Trofeo Playa de Palma-Palma, Matteo Pelucchi
- Stage 6 Tour of Oman, Matthias Brändle
- Prologue Tour of Belgium, Matthias Brändle
- Prologue Ster ZLM Toer, Roger Kluge
- France Time Trial Championships, Jérôme Coppel
- Latvia Road Race Championships, Aleksejs Saramotins
- Stage 1 Tour of Austria, Sondre Holst Enger
- Stage 2 Tour of Austria, David Tanner
- Stage 4 Tour de Wallonie, Jonas van Genechten
- Stages 2 & 3 Tour de Pologne, Matteo Pelucchi
- 2016
- Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise, Dries Devenyns
- Clásica de Almería, Leigh Howard
- Overall
Étoile de Bessèges, Jérôme Coppel
- Stage 5 (ITT), Jérôme Coppel
- Stage 6 Tour of Croatia, Sondre Holst Enger
- Stage 17 Giro d'Italia, Roger Kluge
- Overall
Tour of Belgium, Dries Devenyns
- Stage 2, Dries Devenyns
- Stage 9 Tour de Suisse, Jarlinson Pantano
- Austria Road Race Championships, Matthias Brändle
- Austria Time Trial Championships, Matthias Brändle
- Switzerland Road Race Championships, Jonathan Fumeaux
- Stage 15 Tour de France, Jarlinson Pantano
- Overall Tour de Wallonie, Dries Devenyns
- Stage 5, Dries Devenyns
- Stage 7 Vuelta a España, Jonas van Genechten
- Bretagne Classic Ouest–France, Oliver Naesen
- Stage 16 Vuelta a España, Mathias Frank
Supplementary statistics
[edit]National champions
[edit]- 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 Jérôme Coppel
- Latvian Road Race Aleksejs Saramotins
- 2016
- Austrian Road Race Matthias Brändle
- Austrian Time Trial Matthias Brändle
- Swiss Road Race Jonathan Fumeaux
References
[edit]- ^ "IAM Cycling Announces 2013 Roster". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
- ^ "Lovkvist, Haussler lead new Swiss IAM team". Velonews.competitor.com. 20 September 2012. Archived from the original on 7 December 2014. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
- ^ "Home – IAM : Independent Asset Management". iam.ch.
- ^ "IAM Cycling Team Presented to the Public". SCOTT Sports. 16 January 2013. Retrieved 8 February 2013.
- ^ "ASO announces wildcards for Paris–Nice, Dauphine". Velonews.competitor.com. 23 January 2013. Retrieved 8 February 2013.
- ^ "IAM Cycling signs Chavanel, Frank, Pineau, Reynes and Kluge". Cyclingnews.com. 22 August 2013. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
- ^ Powlison, Spencer (11 December 2014). "IAM Cycling celebrates jump to WorldTour level". VeloNews. Competitor Group, Inc. Archived from the original on 19 December 2014. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
- ^ "IAM Cycling to fold at the end of 2016". Cyclingnews.com.
External links
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