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]
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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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History
edit2013
editThe 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
editOn 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
edit2016
editIn 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
editGrand Tours by highest finishing position | ||||
Race | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
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Giro d'Italia | — | — | 36 | 40 |
Tour de France | — | 32 | 8 | 18 |
Vuelta a España | — | 61 | 38 | 21 |
Major week-long stage races by highest finishing position | ||||
Race | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
Tour Down Under | — | — | — | 30 |
Paris–Nice | 29 | 7 | 11 | 40 |
Tirreno–Adriatico | — | 56 | 38 | 28 |
Volta a Catalunya | — | — | 11 | 16 |
Tour of the Basque Country | — | — | 66 | 85 |
Tour de Romandie | 10 | 4 | 12 | 8 |
Critérium du Dauphiné | — | 14 | 38 | 15 |
Tour de Suisse | 16 | 2 | 13 | 4 |
Tour de Pologne | — | — | 12 | 7 |
Eneco Tour | — | — | 15 | 2 |
Monument races by highest finishing position | ||||
Race | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
Milan–San Remo | 13 | 21 | 23 | 7 |
Tour of Flanders | 6 | 19 | 10 | 22 |
Paris–Roubaix | 11 | 44 | 5 | 6 |
Liège–Bastogne–Liège | 22 | 20 | 24 | 116 |
Giro di Lombardia | 26 | 29 | 55 | DNF |
Classics by highest finishing position | ||||
Classic | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad | 6 | 26 | 25 | 13 |
Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne | NH | 12 | 10 | 9 |
Strade Bianche | 5 | 25 | — | — |
E3 Harelbeke | 11 | 29 | 20 | 11 |
Gent–Wevelgem | 4 | 52 | 20 | 14 |
Amstel Gold Race | 50 | 36 | 35 | 35 |
La Flèche Wallonne | 24 | 15 | 17 | 29 |
Clásica de San Sebastián | — | — | 37 | 10 |
Paris–Tours | 6 | 5 | 7 | 3 |
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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