Bahrain–Merida Pro Cycling Team
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Team information | |
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UCI code | TBM |
Registered | Bahrain |
Founded | 2017 |
Discipline | Road |
Status | UCI WorldTeam |
Website | Team home page |
Key personnel | |
Team manager(s) | Brent Copeland |
Team name history | |
2017– | Bahrain–Merida |
Bahrain–Merida Pro Cycling Team is a UCI WorldTeam cycling team from Bahrain which was founded in 2017.[1] Its title sponsors are the government of Bahrain and the Taiwanese bicycle manufacturer Merida.
History
The idea for a Bahrain Pro Cycling team was started in August 2016 by Sheikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa.[2] The team is financed by the government of Bahrain to promote the country worldwide.
Doping
On 5 September 2018, the UCI announced that an out of competition test had resulted in an adverse analytical finding of Erythropoietin in a sample collected 31 July 2018. Kanstantsin Sivtsov was provisionaly suspended pending the result of any B sample test. [3] This followed his back injury sustained whilst carrying out a recon of the time trial at the Giro earlier that year.[4]
Team roster
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Major wins
- 2017
- Stage 3 (ITT) Vuelta a San Juan, Ramunas Navardauskas
- Stage 2 Paris–Nice, Sonny Colbrelli
- Brabantse Pijl, Sonny Colbrelli
Overall Tour of Croatia, Vincenzo Nibali - Stage 16 Giro d'Italia, Vincenzo Nibali
- Stage 8 Tour of Japan, Jon Ander Insausti
Ethiopia Time Trial Championships, Tsgabu Grmay - Stage 3 Vuelta a España, Vincenzo Nibali
- Giro dell'Emilia, Giovanni Visconti
- Giro di Lombardia, Vincenzo Nibali
- 2018
- Stage 4 Dubai Tour, Sonny Colbrelli
- GP Industria & Artigianato, Matej Mohorič
- Milan–San Remo, Vincenzo Nibali
Overall Tour of Croatia, Kanstantsin Siutsou - Stage 1, Niccolo Bonifazio
- Stage 3, Kanstantsin Siutsou
- Stage 5, Manuele Boaro
- Stage 5 Tour of the Alps, Mark Padun
- Stage 10 Giro d'Italia, Matej Mohorič
- Stages 3 & 7 Tour of Japan, Grega Bole
- Stage 1 Hammer Sportzone Limburg
- Gran Premio di Lugano, Hermann Pernsteiner
- Stage 3 Tour de Suisse, Sonny Colbrelli
Spain Road Race Championships, Gorka Izagirre Slovenia Road Race Championships, Matej Mohorič - Stage 1 Tour of Austria, Matej Mohorič
- Stages 2, 4 & 8 Tour of Austria, Giovanni Visconti
- Stage 7 Tour of Austria, Antonio Nibali
Overall BinckBank Tour, Matej Mohorič Overall Deutschland Tour, Matej Mohorič - Stage 3, Matej Mohorič
- Coppa Bernocchi, Sonny Colbrelli
- Gran Piemonte, Sonny Colbrelli
National champions
- 2017
Ethiopia Time Trial, Tsgabu Grmay - 2018
Spain Road Race, Gorka Izagirre Slovenia Road Race, Matej Mohorič
References
- ↑ "Bahrain–Merida Pro Cycling Team 2017 season". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
- ↑ "Who is really behind the Bahrain-Merida team? - Cycling Weekly". Cycling Weekly. 2016-09-19. Retrieved 2017-01-15.
- ↑ http://www.uci.org/inside-uci/press-releases/uci-statement-on-kanstantsin-siutsou
- ↑ http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/siutsou-out-for-three-months-after-vertebrae-fracture-in-giro-ditalia-tt-recon-crash/
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