From Surf Wiki (app.surf) — the open knowledge base
Unibet Rose Rockets
The Unibet Rose Rockets are a Dutch UCI ProTeam status cycling team on a French license focusing on road bicycle racing. Bas Tietema created the team in 2023. The team upgraded from UCI Continental to UCI ProTeam status in 2024.
body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox table{display:table}body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox caption{display:table-caption}
| Column 1 |
|---|
| The team at the 2023 Fyen Rundt |
| URR |
| France |
| 2023 (2023) |
| Road |
| .mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}UCI Continental (2023)UCI ProTeam (2024–) |
| Rose Bikes |
| Team home page |
| Julia Soek and Josse Wester |
| Rob HarmelingBas TietemaSverre VikGaëtan Pons |
| TDT–Unibet Cycling TeamUnibet Tietema RocketsUnibet Rose Rockets |
The Unibet Rose Rockets are a Dutch UCI ProTeam status cycling team on a French license focusing on road bicycle racing. Bas Tietema created the team in 2023. The team upgraded from UCI Continental to UCI ProTeam status in 2024.
The main sponsor of the team is Unibet. They previously sponsored a different team in 2006/2007 (Unibet.com). However, owing to a dispute with major race organizers over gambling companies being sponsors they pulled out. Now with other teams having sponsors which are lotteries, Unibet decided to come back to professional cycling, although from 2028 teams sponsored by gambling companies will not be able to race in Belgium.
Hugo Haak joined as Team Manager in 2023 after coaching on the Track for the past few years.
The team's calendar for 2023 consisted of mostly Belgian and Dutch races. The team's biggest victory was stage 1 of the ZLM Tour by Yentl Vandevelde. Despite this success, Vandevelde was let go by the team for 2024.
They started their season with 12 new riders, and started their first race in Turkey at the Tour of Antalya where they won stage 1 with the rider Hartthijs de Vries. They then participated in their first UCI WorldTour race, the Amstel Gold Race. The team went on to win the general classification and a stage in the Oberösterreich Rundfahrt. In the summer of 2024, they rode their second UCI World Tour race the Renewi Tour, Davide Bomboi took a top 10 result. By the end of the year, the team announced that it would be renamed to Unibet Tietema Rockets and would ride on a French license from 2025 on.
Results included a victory at the Cholet-Pays de la Loire by new rider Lukáš Kubiš and a victory in Paris–Camembert by Lander Lookx. The team also gained entry to larger races more frequently: their participation in cycling monument Paris-Roubaix through a wildcard was a key milestone. At the same time, the season was not without setbacks: new rider Giovanni Carboni became involved in a doping case and ultimately left the team. The team ended the year with the signings of experienced riders such as Dylan Groenewegen, Wout Poels and Victor Lafay. A partnership with Rose Bikes lead to a change in team name: from 2026, the team is named Unibet Rose Rockets.
In March 2026, the team won their first UCI World Tour race, with Groenewegen winning the Tour of Bruges. The team was invited to the Giro d'Italia, but missed out on an invite to the Tour de France, despite media expectations.
The team will be using Rose Bikes in the 2026 Season.
As of 16 March 2026.
| Rider | Date of birth | Rider | Date of birth | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ronan Augé (FRA) | (2004-04-29) 29 April 2004 | ||||
| Joren Bloem (NED) | (1999-12-21) 21 December 1999 | ||||
| Cedrik Bakke Christophersen (NOR) | (2001-12-11) 11 December 2001 | ||||
| Hartthijs de Vries (NED) | (1996-07-11) 11 July 1996 | ||||
| Odd Christian Eiking (NOR) | (1994-12-28) 28 December 1994 | ||||
| Karsten Larsen Feldmann (NOR) | (2003-03-28) 28 March 2003 | ||||
| Eivind Broholt Fougner (NOR) | (2003-03-02) 2 March 2003 | ||||
| Owen Geleijn (NED) | (2001-01-14) 14 January 2001 | ||||
| Dylan Groenewegen (NED) | (1993-06-21) 21 June 1993 | ||||
| Jelle Johannink (NED) | (1996-10-22) 22 October 1996 | ||||
| Tomáš Kopecký (CZE) | (2000-04-08) 8 April 2000 | ||||
| Matyáš Kopecký (CZE) | (2003-01-19) 19 January 2003 | ||||
| Lukáš Kubiš (SVK) | (2000-01-31) 31 January 2000 | ||||
| Victor Lafay (FRA) | (1996-01-17) 17 January 1996 | ||||
| Niklas Larsen (DNK) | (1997-03-22) 22 March 1997 | ||||
| Lander Loockx (BEL) | (1997-04-25) 25 April 1997 | ||||
| Adrien Maire (FRA) | (2000-11-17) 17 November 2000 | ||||
| Sergio Meris (ITA) | (2001-03-10) 10 March 2001 | ||||
| Wessel Mouris (NED) | (2002-12-30) 30 December 2002 | ||||
| Tobias Müller (GER) | (2004-03-31) 31 March 2004 | ||||
| Jannis Peter (GER) | (2000-10-30) 30 October 2000 | ||||
| Wout Poels (NED) | (1987-10-01) 1 October 1987 | ||||
| Elmar Reinders (NED) | (1992-03-14) 14 March 1992 | ||||
| Martijn Rasenberg (NED) | (2001-11-09) 9 November 2001 | ||||
| Colin Savioz (FRA) | (2004-06-11) 11 June 2004 | ||||
| Abram Stockman (BEL) | (1996-07-31) 31 July 1996 | ||||
| Adam Ťoupalík (CZE) | (1996-05-09) 9 May 1996 | ||||
| Rory Townsend (IRL) | (1995-06-30) 30 June 1995 | ||||
| Clément Venturini (FRA) | (1993-10-16) 16 October 1993 | ||||
| Killian Verschuren (FRA) | (2002-10-20) 20 October 2002 |
Sources:
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Tours by highest finishing position | |||
| Giro d'Italia | – | – | |
| Tour de France | – | – | – |
| Vuelta a España | – | – | – |
| Major week-long stage races by highest finishing position | |||
| Tour Down Under | – | – | – |
| Paris–Nice | – | – | – |
| Tirreno–Adriatico | – | – | – |
| Volta a Catalunya | – | – | – |
| Tour of the Basque Country | – | – | – |
| Tour de Romandie | – | – | |
| Critérium du Dauphiné | – | – | – |
| Tour de Suisse | – | – | |
| Tour de Pologne | – | – | |
| Renewi Tour | 30 | 23 | |
| Monuments by highest finishing position | |||
| Milan–San Remo | – | – | 50 |
| Tour of Flanders | – | – | 25 |
| Paris–Roubaix | – | 27 | |
| Liège–Bastogne–Liège | – | – | – |
| Il Lombardia | – | – | |
| Classics by highest finishing position | |||
| Omloop Het Nieuwsblad | – | 6 | 12 |
| Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne | – | 9 | 16 |
| Strade Bianche | – | – | 22 |
| E3 Saxo Classic | – | – | 28 |
| Gent–Wevelgem | – | – | 19 |
| Amstel Gold Race | 55 | 47 | |
| La Flèche Wallonne | – | – | |
| Clásica de San Sebastián | – | – | |
| Paris–Tours | – | 14 |
| — |
|---|
| Did not start |
| Did not finish |
| Not held |
Ask Mako anything about Unibet Rose Rockets — get instant answers, deeper analysis, and related topics.
Research with MakoFree with your Surf account
Create a free account to save articles, ask Mako questions, and organize your research.
Sign up freeThis content may have been generated or modified by AI. CloudSurf Software LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of AI-generated content. Always verify important information from primary sources.
Report