Lotto–Soudal

Lotto–Soudal

Team information
UCI code	LTS
Registered	Belgium
Founded	1985 (1985)
Discipline	Road
Status	UCI WorldTeam
Bicycles	Ridley
Components	Campagnolo
Website	Team home page
Key personnel
General manager	Cees Pille
Team manager(s)	Marc Sergeant
Team name history
1985 Lotto 1986 Lotto-Emerxil–Merckx 1986[N 1] Joker–Emerxil–Merckx 1987 Lotto–Merckx 1987[N 2] Joker–Merckx 1988 Lotto 1988–1989 Lotto–Vlaanderen–Jong–Mbk–Merckx 1990 Lotto–Superclub 1991 Lotto 1992 Lotto–Mavic–MBK 1993–1994 Lotto 1995 Lotto–Isoglass 1996 Lotto 1997 Lotto–Mobistar–Isoglass 1998–1999 Lotto–Mobistar 2000–2002 Lotto–Adecco 2003–2004 Lotto–Domo (LOT) 2005–2006 Davitamon–Lotto (DVL) 2007 Predictor–Lotto (PRL) 2008–2009 Silence–Lotto (SIL) 2010–2011 Omega Pharma–Lotto (OLO) 2012–2014 Lotto–Belisol (LTB) 2015– Lotto–Soudal[N 3]
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Lotto–Soudal (UCI team code: LTS) is a Belgian professional cycling team sponsored by the Belgian lottery and Soudal, an adhesives manufacturer. For the 2016 and 2017 editions of Paris–Nice, and the 2018 Giro d'Italia, the team raced under the name Lotto Fix ALL, and in a different colour of kit, to promote a particular product from the Soudal range. The same organisations also sponsor a women's cycling team, Lotto–Soudal Ladies.

Sponsorship

For the 2015 Tour of Belgium the team changed their kit from red to orange to reflect one of their sponsors, Joker+.

Lotto has a long history of cycling sponsorship, they began sponsoring 1984 with Tönissteiner-Lotto-Mavic-Pecotex. In 1985, it became prime sponsor of a team bearing only its name. Walter Godefroot and Patrick Lefevere were early directeurs sportifs. The fusion of the Lotto-Adecco and Domo-Farm Frites teams for the start of the 2003 season created the current team and structure in the guise of Lotto-Domo.

Omega Pharma had previously been a co-sponsor of the Quick Step-Davitamon team in 2003 and 2004. Omega Pharma became the main sponsors in 2005, under their Davitamon brand name. The team name switched to Omega Pharma's Predictor brand name in 2007 and the Silence brand in 2008. From 2010 the team became known as Omega Pharma-Lotto, before moving to the Quick-Step setup for the 2012 season.

Belisol became co-sponsors in 2012, and are a Belgian company making windows and doors and solar panels.

On the final day of the 2014 Tour de France the team announced that they had secured new sponsorship for the team with Soudal. Soudal was founded in 1966 and produces a range of sealants, adhesives and foams. Soudal will become a co-naming sponsor for the next six seasons, ensuring the team continues until the 2020 season, the team name becoming Lotto Soudal. Lotto will continue to sponsor the team, as well as the women's team and under-23 team.^[1]

For one stage race each year since 2016 (at the 2016 Paris–Nice, 2017 Paris–Nice, and 2018 Giro d'Italia), the team raced under the name Lotto Fix ALL and changed the team kit to a grey colour to reflect one of Soudal's key brands.^[2]

Current team structure

The team is managed by Marc Sergeant and Bill Olivier and they are assisted by Herman Frison, Jean-Pierre Heynderickx, Bart Leysen, Marc Wauters, Mario Aerts and Michiel Elijzen. Johan Mordijck is the media officer.

Team roster

Rider Date of birth  Sander Armée (BEL) (1985-12-10) 10 December 1985  Lars Bak (DEN) (1980-01-16) 16 January 1980  Tiesj Benoot (BEL) (1994-03-11) 11 March 1994  Victor Campenaerts (BEL) (1991-10-28) 28 October 1991  Jasper De Buyst (BEL) (1993-11-24) 24 November 1993  Thomas De Gendt (BEL) (1986-11-06) 6 November 1986  Jens Debusschere (BEL) (1989-08-28) 28 August 1989  Frederik Frison (BEL) (1992-07-28) 28 July 1992  André Greipel (GER) (1982-07-16) 16 July 1982  Adam Hansen (AUS) (1981-05-11) 11 May 1981  Moreno Hofland (NED) (1991-08-31) 31 August 1991  Jens Keukeleire (BEL) (1988-11-23) 23 November 1988  Bjorg Lambrecht (BEL) (1997-04-02) 2 April 1997

Rider Date of birth  Nikolas Maes (BEL) (1986-04-09) 9 April 1986  Tomasz Marczyński (POL) (1984-03-06) 6 March 1984  Rémy Mertz (BEL) (1995-07-17) 17 July 1995  Maxime Monfort (BEL) (1983-01-14) 14 January 1983  Lawrence Naesen (BEL) (1992-08-28) 28 August 1992  James Shaw (GBR) (1996-06-13) 13 June 1996  Marcel Sieberg (GER) (1982-04-30) 30 April 1982  Tosh Van der Sande (BEL) (1990-11-28) 28 November 1990  Jelle Vanendert (BEL) (1985-02-19) 19 February 1985  Jelle Wallays (BEL) (1989-05-11) 11 May 1989  Tim Wellens (BEL) (1991-05-10) 10 May 1991  Enzo Wouters (BEL) (1996-03-21) 21 March 1996  Carl Fredrik Hagen (NOR) (1991-09-26) 26 September 1991

Major wins

National champions

Notes

References

External links

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