Team Sunweb (men's team)

Team Sunweb was founded in 2005 under the name "Shimano-Memory Corp", sponsored by Skil and Shimano, and was based in the Netherlands.[2] Thanks to aggressive strategies during Paris–Nice in 2008 and 2009, the team was awarded a wildcard for the 2009 Tour de France, making it their first appearance in a Grand Tour.

After losing its sponsors at the end of 2011, the team adopted the name "Project 1T4i", standing for "team spirit, inspiration, integrity, improvement and innovation",[3] until a new sponsor was secured. Ahead of the Tour of Flanders on 1 April 2012, the team became Argos-Shimano following the announcement of a three-year naming rights contract with the Argos North Sea Group, an oil company based in the Netherlands.[4][5]

In 2012, the team received their second wildcard invitation to the 2012 Tour de France, along with three French-registered teams: Cofidis, Team Europcar and Saur–Sojasun.[6]

In December 2012 it was announced that the team would compete at the World Tour level for the 2013 season.[7]

In September 2014 German shampoo manufacturer Alpecin announced that they would co-sponsor the team alongside Giant for the 2015 season.[8] In December 2014 Sunweb (a Dutch-owned international tour operator) was announced as a new major sponsor of the team, signing a 2-year deal.[9]

On 23 January 2016 during training in Spain, six members of the team (John Degenkolb, Warren Barguil, Max Walscheid, Chad Haga, Fredrik Ludvigsson and Ramon Sinkeldam) were hit by a car that was driven into the on-coming traffic. All riders were in stable condition.[10] On the first rest day of the 2016 Tour de France, the team announced that Sunweb would become a named sponsor of the team for the 2017 season, and the team would move their registration from the Netherlands to Germany.[2][11] In 2017, Team Sunweb won its first Grand Tour: the 2017 Giro d'Italia with Tom Dumoulin. At the 2017 Tour de France, the team won four stages and two major jerseys: Warren Barguil won the Mountains classification and Combativity Award while reaching 10th overall, and Michael Matthews won the Points classification.

As of 3 January 2020.[12]

Rider Date of birth  Nikias Arndt (GER) (1991-11-18) 18 November 1991  Tiesj Benoot (BEL) (1994-03-11) 11 March 1994  Cees Bol (NED) (1995-07-27) 27 July 1995  Alberto Dainese (ITA) (1998-03-25) 25 March 1998  Nico Denz (GER) (1994-02-15) 15 February 1994  Mark Donovan (GBR) (1999-04-03) 3 April 1999  Nils Eekhoff (NED) (1998-01-23) 23 January 1998  Felix Gall (AUT) (1998-02-27) 27 February 1998  Chad Haga (USA) (1988-08-26) 26 August 1988  Chris Hamilton (AUS) (1995-05-18) 18 May 1995  Jai Hindley (AUS) (1996-05-05) 5 May 1996  Marc Hirschi (SUI) (1998-08-24) 24 August 1998  Max Kanter (GER) (1997-10-22) 22 October 1997  Wilco Kelderman (NED) (1991-03-25) 25 March 1991

Rider Date of birth  Asbjørn Kragh Andersen (DEN) (1992-04-09) 9 April 1992  Søren Kragh Andersen (DEN) (1994-08-10) 10 August 1994  Michael Matthews (AUS) (1990-09-26) 26 September 1990  Joris Nieuwenhuis (NED) (1996-02-11) 11 February 1996  Sam Oomen (NED) (1995-08-15) 15 August 1995  Casper Pedersen (DEN) (1996-03-15) 15 March 1996  Robert Power (AUS) (1995-05-11) 11 May 1995  Nicolas Roche (IRL) (1984-07-03) 3 July 1984  Martin Salmon (GER) (1997-10-29) 29 October 1997  Michael Storer (AUS) (1997-02-28) 28 February 1997  Florian Stork (GER) (1997-04-27) 27 April 1997  Jasha Sütterlin (GER) (1992-11-04) 4 November 1992  Martijn Tusveld (NED) (1993-09-09) 9 September 1993  Ilan Van Wilder (BEL) (2000-05-14) 14 May 2000

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