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Team Bahrain Victorious
Team information
UCI codeTBV
RegisteredBahrain
Founded2017
Discipline(s)Road
StatusUCI WorldTeam
BicyclesMerida
ComponentsShimano
WebsiteTeam home page
Team name history
2017–2019
2020
2021–
Bahrain–Merida
Team Bahrain McLaren
Team Bahrain Victorious
Current season

Team Bahrain Victorious (UCI team code: TBV[1]) is a UCI WorldTeam cycling team from Bahrain which was founded in 2017.[2] Its title sponsor is the government of Bahrain.

History

The idea for a Bahrain pro cycling team was started in August 2016 by Sheikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa.[3] 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.[4]

Team roster

As of 1 January 2021.[1]
Rider Date of birth
 Yukiya Arashiro (JPN) (1984-09-22) 22 September 1984 (age 39)
 Phil Bauhaus (GER) (1994-07-08) 8 July 1994 (age 29)
 Pello Bilbao (ESP) (1990-02-25) 25 February 1990 (age 34)
 Santiago Buitrago (COL) (1999-09-26) 26 September 1999 (age 24)
 Eros Capecchi (ITA) (1986-06-13) 13 June 1986 (age 37)
 Damiano Caruso (ITA) (1987-10-12) 12 October 1987 (age 36)
 Sonny Colbrelli (ITA) (1990-05-17) 17 May 1990 (age 33)
 Scott Davies (GBR) (1995-08-05) 5 August 1995 (age 28)
 Feng Chun-kai (TWN) (1988-11-02) 2 November 1988 (age 35)
 Jack Haig (AUS) (1993-09-06) 6 September 1993 (age 30)
 Marco Haller (AUT) (1991-04-01) 1 April 1991 (age 33)
 Heinrich Haussler (AUS) (1984-02-25) 25 February 1984 (age 40)
 Kevin Inkelaar (NED) (1997-07-08) 8 July 1997 (age 26)
 Mikel Landa (ESP) (1989-12-13) 13 December 1989 (age 34)
Rider Date of birth
 Ahmed Madan (BHR) (2000-08-25) 25 August 2000 (age 23)
 Gino Mäder (SUI) (1997-01-04) 4 January 1997 (age 27)
 Jonathan Milan (ITA) (2000-10-01) 1 October 2000 (age 23)
 Matej Mohorič (SLO) (1994-10-19) 19 October 1994 (age 29)
 Domen Novak (SLO) (1995-07-12) 12 July 1995 (age 28)
 Mark Padun (UKR) (1996-07-06) 6 July 1996 (age 27)
 Hermann Pernsteiner (AUT) (1990-08-07) 7 August 1990 (age 33)
 Wout Poels (NED) (1987-10-01) 1 October 1987 (age 36)
 Marcel Sieberg (GER) (1982-04-30) 30 April 1982 (age 42)
 Dylan Teuns (BEL) (1992-03-01) 1 March 1992 (age 32)
 Jan Tratnik (SLO) (1990-02-23) 23 February 1990 (age 34)
 Rafael Valls (ESP) (1987-06-25) 25 June 1987 (age 36)
 Stephen Williams (GBR) (1996-06-09) 9 June 1996 (age 27)
 Fred Wright (GBR) (1999-06-13) 13 June 1999 (age 24)

Major wins

Main article: List of wins by Bahrain–Merida and its successors

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
2020
Spain Time Trial, Pello Bilbao

References

  1. ^ a b "Bahrain Victorious". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  2. ^ "Bahrain–Merida Pro Cycling Team 2017 season". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  3. ^ "Who is really behind the Bahrain-Merida team? - Cycling Weekly". Cycling Weekly. 19 September 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
  4. ^ http://www.uci.org/inside-uci/press-releases/uci-statement-on-kanstantsin-siutsou

External links

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