Team Bahrain McLaren

Team Bahrain McLaren is a UCI WorldTeam cycling team from Bahrain which was founded in 2017.[1] Its title sponsors are the government of Bahrain and the British sports car manufacturer McLaren.

Team Bahrain McLaren
Team information
UCI codeTBM
RegisteredBahrain
Founded2017
Discipline(s)Road
StatusUCI WorldTeam
BicyclesMerida
ComponentsShimano
WebsiteTeam home page
Key personnel
General managerRod Ellingworth
Team manager(s)Brent Copeland
Team name history
2017–2019
2020–
Bahrain–Merida
Team Bahrain McLaren

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 provisionally suspended pending the result of any B sample test.[3]

Team roster
As of 3 January 2020.[4][5]
Rider Date of birth
 Yukiya Arashiro (JPN) (1984-09-22) 22 September 1984
 Enrico Battaglin (ITA) (1989-11-17) 17 November 1989
 Phil Bauhaus (GER) (1994-07-08) 8 July 1994
 Pello Bilbao (ESP) (1990-02-25) 25 February 1990
 Grega Bole (SLO) (1985-08-13) 13 August 1985
 Santiago Buitrago (COL) (1999-09-26) 26 September 1999
 Eros Capecchi (ITA) (1986-06-13) 13 June 1986
 Damiano Caruso (ITA) (1987-10-12) 12 October 1987
 Mark Cavendish (GBR) (1985-05-21) 21 May 1985
 Sonny Colbrelli (ITA) (1990-05-17) 17 May 1990
 Scott Davies (GBR) (1995-08-05) 5 August 1995
 Feng Chun-kai (TWN) (1988-11-02) 2 November 1988
 Iván García (ESP) (1995-11-20) 20 November 1995
 Marco Haller (AUT) (1991-04-01) 1 April 1991
 Heinrich Haussler (AUS) (1984-02-25) 25 February 1984
Rider Date of birth
 Kevin Inkelaar (NED) (1997-07-08) 8 July 1997
 Mikel Landa (ESP) (1989-12-13) 13 December 1989
 Matej Mohorič (SLO) (1994-10-19) 19 October 1994
 Domen Novak (SLO) (1995-07-12) 12 July 1995
 Mark Padun (UKR) (1996-07-06) 6 July 1996
 Hermann Pernsteiner (AUT) (1990-08-07) 7 August 1990
 Luka Pibernik (SLO) (1993-10-23) 23 October 1993
 Wout Poels (NED) (1987-10-01) 1 October 1987
 Marcel Sieberg (GER) (1982-04-30) 30 April 1982
 Dylan Teuns (BEL) (1992-03-01) 1 March 1992
 Jan Tratnik (SLO) (1990-02-23) 23 February 1990
 Rafael Valls (ESP) (1987-06-25) 25 June 1987
 Stephen Williams (GBR) (1996-06-09) 9 June 1996
 Fred Wright (GBR) (1999-06-13) 13 June 1999

Major wins

National champions
2017
Ethiopia Time Trial, Tsgabu Grmay
2018
Spain Road Race, Gorka Izagirre
Slovenia Road Race, Matej Mohorič
2019
Taiwan Time Trial, Chun Kai Feng
Ukrainian Time Trial, Mark Padun
Slovenia Road Race, Domen Novak

References
  1. "Bahrain–Merida Pro Cycling Team 2017 season". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  2. "Who is really behind the Bahrain-Merida team? - Cycling Weekly". Cycling Weekly. 19 September 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
  3. http://www.uci.org/inside-uci/press-releases/uci-statement-on-kanstantsin-siutsou
  4. Ostanek, Daniel (26 December 2019). "2020 Team Preview: Bahrain McLaren". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  5. "Enrico Battaglin passa ufficialmente alla Bahrain McLaren" [Enrico Battaglin officially passes to Bahrain McLaren]. Cicloweb.it (in Italian). Cicloweb. 3 January 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
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