2016 Lampre–Merida season

Lampre–Merida
2016 season
UCI codeLAM
StatusUCI ProTeam
ManagerGiuseppe Saronni
Main sponsor(s)Lampre & Merida
BasedItaly
BicyclesMerida
GroupsetShimano
Season victories
Stage race overall1
Stage race stages16
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The 2016 season for Lampre–Merida began in January at the Tour de San Luis. As a UCI World Team, they were automatically invited, and obligated to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour.

Team roster

As of 29 March 2016
Rider Date of birth
 Yukiya Arashiro (JPN) (1984-09-22)22 September 1984 (aged 31)
 Matteo Bono (ITA) (1983-11-11)11 November 1983 (aged 32)
 Mattia Cattaneo (ITA) (1990-10-25)25 October 1990 (aged 25)
 Davide Cimolai (ITA) (1989-08-13)13 August 1989 (aged 26)
 Valerio Conti (ITA) (1993-03-30)30 March 1993 (aged 22)
 Mário Costa (POR) (1985-11-15)15 November 1985 (aged 30)
 Rui Costa (POR) (1986-10-05)5 October 1986 (aged 29)
 Kristijan Đurasek (CRO) (1987-07-26)26 July 1987 (aged 28)
 Chun Kai Feng (TWN) (1988-11-02)2 November 1988 (aged 27)
 Roberto Ferrari (ITA) (1983-03-09)9 March 1983 (aged 33)
 Tsgabu Grmay (ETH) (1991-08-25)25 August 1991 (aged 24)
 Ilia Koshevoy (BLR) (1991-03-20)20 March 1991 (aged 25)
 Marko Kump (SLO) (1988-09-09)9 September 1988 (aged 27)
 Fausto Masnada[N 1] (ITA) (1993-11-06)6 November 1993 (aged 22)
Rider Date of birth
 Louis Meintjes (RSA) (1992-02-21)21 February 1992 (aged 24)
 Sacha Modolo (ITA) (1987-06-19)19 June 1987 (aged 28)
 Matej Mohorič (SLO) (1994-10-19)19 October 1994 (aged 21)
 Manuele Mori (ITA) (1980-08-09)9 August 1980 (aged 35)
 Przemysław Niemiec (POL) (1980-04-11)11 April 1980 (aged 35)
 Simone Petilli (ITA) (1993-05-04)4 May 1993 (aged 22)
 Luka Pibernik (SLO) (1993-11-23)23 November 1993 (aged 22)
 Jan Polanc (SLO) (1992-05-06)6 May 1992 (aged 23)
 Edward Ravasi[N 2] (ITA) (1994-06-05)5 June 1994 (aged 21)
 Oliviero Troia[N 3] (ITA) (1994-09-01)1 September 1994 (aged 21)
 Diego Ulissi (ITA) (1989-07-15)15 July 1989 (aged 26)
 Xu Gang (CHN) (1984-01-28)28 January 1984 (aged 32)
 Federico Zurlo (ITA) (1994-02-25)25 February 1994 (aged 22)
  1. ^ Masnada joined the team on 1 August as a stagiaire, from Team Colpack.
  2. ^ Ravasi joined the team on 1 August as a stagiaire, from Team Colpack.
  3. ^ Troia joined the team on 1 August as a stagiaire, from Team Colpack.

Season victories

Date Race Competition Rider Country Location
26 March Volta a Catalunya, Stage 6 UCI World Tour  Davide Cimolai (ITA)  Spain Vilanova i la Geltrú
24 April Presidential Tour of Turkey, Stage 1 UCI Europe Tour  Przemysław Niemiec (POL)  Turkey Istanbul
27 April Presidential Tour of Turkey, Stage 4 UCI Europe Tour  Sacha Modolo (ITA)  Turkey Alanya
30 April Presidential Tour of Turkey, Stage 7 UCI Europe Tour  Sacha Modolo (ITA)  Turkey Marmaris
1 May Presidential Tour of Turkey, Mountains classification UCI Europe Tour  Przemysław Niemiec (POL)  Turkey
10 May Giro d'Italia, Stage 4 UCI World Tour  Diego Ulissi (ITA)  Italy Praia a Mare
18 May Giro d'Italia, Stage 11 UCI World Tour  Diego Ulissi (ITA)  Italy Asolo
30 May Tour of Japan, Stage 2 UCI Asia Tour  Davide Cimolai (ITA)  Japan Kyoto
4 June Tour of Japan, Stage 7 UCI Asia Tour  Yukiya Arashiro (JPN)  Japan Izu
18 June Tour of Slovenia, Stage 3 UCI Europe Tour  Diego Ulissi (ITA)  Slovenia Celjska koca
23 July Tour of Qinghai Lake, Stage 7 UCI Asia Tour  Federico Zurlo (ITA)  China Qingshizui
26 July Tour of Qinghai Lake, Stage 9 UCI Asia Tour  Marko Kump (SLO)  China Tianshui
27 July Tour of Qinghai Lake, Stage 10 UCI Asia Tour  Marko Kump (SLO)  China Pingliang
12 August Czech Cycling Tour, Stage 2 UCI Europe Tour  Sacha Modolo (ITA)  Czech Republic Unicov
13 August Czech Cycling Tour, Stage 3 UCI Europe Tour  Diego Ulissi (ITA)  Czech Republic Sternberk
14 August Czech Cycling Tour, Overall UCI Europe Tour  Diego Ulissi (ITA)  Czech Republic
24 September Eneco Tour, Stage 6 UCI World Tour  Luka Pibernik (SLO)  Belgium Lanaken
27 October Tour of Hainan, Stage 6 UCI Asia Tour  Matej Mohorič (SLO)  China Wuzhishan
30 October Tour of Hainan, Teams classification UCI Europe Tour [N 1]  China


Footnotes

References

  1. ^ Benson, Daniel (3 September 2015). "Louis Meintjes signs for Lampre-Merida". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  2. ^ "Mohoric joins Lampre-Merida". cyclingnews.com. 5 November 2015. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  3. ^ Carrey, Pierre (3 September 2015). "Simone Petilli: a climber fresh from the oven". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  4. ^ Clarke, Stuart (19 August 2015). "Trek Factory Racing sign young talents Theuns and Bonifazio for 2016". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  5. ^ "El Movistar Team ficha a Nelson Oliveira" [The Movistar Team signs Nelson Oliveira]. marca.com (in Spanish). 17 September 2015. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  6. ^ "Etixx-QuickStep sign Richeze to lead out Kittel". cyclingnews.com. 7 October 2015. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  7. ^ "Lotto Soudal sign Rafa Valls on two-year contract". cyclingnews.com. 25 September 2015. Retrieved 20 February 2016.