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IAM Cycling

Swiss cycling team


Summary

Swiss cycling team

FieldValue
nameIAM Cycling
image[[File:IAM Cycling logo.png180px]]
codeIAM
registeredSwitzerland
founded
disbanded
bicyclesScott Sports
componentsShimano
websitehttp://www.iamcycling.ch
disciplineRoad
statusUCI Pro Continental (2013–2014)
UCI WorldTeam (2015–2016)
kitimageIAM Cycling jersey.png
current2016 IAM Cycling season

UCI WorldTeam (2015–2016) IAM Cycling was a Swiss registered UCI WorldTour cycling team. It was managed by former French road race champion Serge Beucherie.

The title sponsor was IAM Independent Asset Management SA, a Swiss investment management company.

History

2013

Main article: 2013 IAM Cycling season

The team was officially launched in January 2013. 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.

2014

Main article: 2014 IAM Cycling season

On 22 August 2013 the team announced that it had signed Sylvain Chavanel and Jérôme Pineau from , Mathias Frank from and Roger Kluge from for the 2014 season. 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.

2015

Main article: 2015 IAM Cycling season

2016

Main article: 2016 IAM Cycling season

In May 2016, the team announced they would fold at the end of the season due to not being able to secure a secondary sponsor.

Final roster (2016)

Major wins

;2013 :Overall [[File:Jersey yellow.svg|20px]] Tour Méditerranéen, Thomas Löfkvist :Stage 1 Circuit de la Sarthe, Matteo Pelucchi :Tour de Berne, Marcel Wyss : Time Trial Championships, Matthias Brändle :Stage 5 Bayern Rundfahrt, Heinrich Haussler :Sweden Time Trial Championships, Gustav Larsson : Road Race Championships, Aleksejs Saramotins :Trofeo Matteotti, Sébastien Reichenbach :Overall [[File:Jersey yellow.svg|20px]] Tour du Limousin, 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 : 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 [[File:Jersey white.svg|20px]] Tour du Poitou-Charentes, 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 : 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 6 Tour of Croatia, Sondre Holst Enger :Stage 17 Giro d'Italia, Roger Kluge :Overall Tour of Belgium, Dries Devenyns

:Stage 9 Tour de Suisse, Jarlinson Pantano : Road Race Championships, Matthias Brändle : Time Trial Championships, Matthias Brändle :Switzerland Road Race Championships, Jonathan Fumeaux :Stage 15 Tour de France, Jarlinson Pantano :[[File:Jersey yellow.svg|20px]] Overall Tour de Wallonie, 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

Race2013201420152016Giro d'ItaliaTour de FranceVuelta a EspañaRace2013201420152016Tour Down UnderParis–NiceTirreno–AdriaticoVolta a CatalunyaTour of the Basque CountryTour de RomandieCritérium du DauphinéTour de SuisseTour de PologneEneco TourRace2013201420152016Milan–San RemoTour of FlandersParis–RoubaixLiège–Bastogne–LiègeGiro di LombardiaClassic2013201420152016Omloop Het NieuwsbladKuurne–Brussels–KuurneStrade BiancheE3 HarelbekeGent–WevelgemAmstel Gold RaceLa Flèche WallonneClásica de San SebastiánParis–Tours
3640
32818
613821
****
30
2971140
563828
1116
6685
104128
143815
16**2**134
127
15**2**
****
1321237
6191022
114456
222024116
262955DNF
****
6262513
12109
525
11292011
4522014
50363535
24151729
3710
657**3**

National champions

;2013 :[[File:MaillotAustria.PNG|20px]] Austrian Time Trial Matthias Brändle :[[File:MaillotSuecia.PNG|20px]] Swedish Time Trial Gustav Larsson :[[File:MaillotLetonia.PNG|20px]] Latvian Road Race Aleksejs Saramotins ;2014 :[[File:MaillotFra.PNG|20px]] French Time Trial Sylvain Chavanel :[[File:MaillotAustria.PNG|20px]] Austrian Time Trial Matthias Brändle :[[File:MaillotSuiza.svg|20px]] Swiss Road Race Martin Elmiger ;2015 :[[File:MaillotAustralia.PNG|20px]] Australian Road Race Heinrich Haussler :[[File:MaillotFra.PNG|20px]] French Time Trial Jérôme Coppel :[[File:MaillotLetonia.PNG|20px]] Latvian Road Race Aleksejs Saramotins ;2016 :[[File:MaillotAustria.PNG|20px]] Austrian Road Race Matthias Brändle :[[File:MaillotAustria.PNG|20px]] Austrian Time Trial Matthias Brändle :[[File:MaillotSuiza.svg|20px]] Swiss Road Race Jonathan Fumeaux

References

References

  1. "IAM Cycling Announces 2013 Roster". [[Cyclingnews.com]].
  2. (20 September 2012). "Lovkvist, Haussler lead new Swiss IAM team". Velonews.competitor.com.
  3. "Home – IAM : Independent Asset Management". iam.ch.
  4. (16 January 2013). "IAM Cycling Team Presented to the Public". SCOTT Sports.
  5. (23 January 2013). "ASO announces wildcards for Paris–Nice, Dauphine". Velonews.competitor.com.
  6. (22 August 2013). "IAM Cycling signs Chavanel, Frank, Pineau, Reynes and Kluge".
  7. (11 December 2014). "IAM Cycling celebrates jump to WorldTour level". [[Competitor Group, Inc.]].
  8. "IAM Cycling to fold at the end of 2016". Cyclingnews.com.
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