2015 Lotto–Soudal season

Lotto–Soudal
Lotto–Soudal
2015 season
UCI code	LTS
Status	UCI ProTeam
Manager	Marc Sergeant
Main sponsor(s)	Belgian lottery & Soudal
Based	Belgium
Bicycles	Ridley
Groupset	Campagnolo
Season victories
One-day races	9
Stage race overall	4
Stage race stages	26
National Championships	1

The 2015 season for Lotto–Soudal began in January at the Tour Down Under. As a UCI WorldTeam, they were automatically invited and obligated to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour.

On the final day of the 2014 Tour de France the team announced that they had secured new sponsorship for the team with Soudal. Soudal was founded in 1966 and produces a range of sealants, adhesives and foams. Soudal will become a co-naming sponsor for the next six seasons, ensuring the team continues until the 2020 season, the team name becoming Lotto Soudal. Lotto will continue to sponsor the team, as well as the women's team and under-23 team.^[1]

Team roster

As of 1 January 2015

	Rider	Date of birth
Sander Armée (BEL)		(1985-12-10)10 December 1985 (aged 29)
Lars Bak (DEN)		(1980-01-16)16 January 1980 (aged 34)
Tiesj Benoot (BEL)		(1994-03-11)11 March 1994 (aged 20)
Kris Boeckmans (BEL)		(1987-02-13)13 February 1987 (aged 27)
Vegard Breen (NOR)		(1990-02-08)8 February 1990 (aged 24)
Stig Broeckx (BEL)		(1990-05-10)10 May 1990 (aged 24)
Sean De Bie (BEL)		(1991-10-03)3 October 1991 (aged 23)
Jasper De Buyst (BEL)		(1993-11-24)24 November 1993 (aged 21)
Bart De Clercq (BEL)		(1986-08-26)26 August 1986 (aged 28)
Thomas De Gendt (BEL)		(1986-11-06)6 November 1986 (aged 28)
Jens Debusschere (BEL)		(1989-08-28)28 August 1989 (aged 25)
Kenny Dehaes (BEL)		(1984-11-10)10 November 1984 (aged 30)
Gert Dockx (BEL)		(1988-07-04)4 July 1988 (aged 26)
Tony Gallopin (FRA)		(1988-04-19)19 April 1988 (aged 26)

	Rider	Date of birth
André Greipel (GER)		(1982-07-16)16 July 1982 (aged 32)
Adam Hansen (AUS)		(1981-05-11)11 May 1981 (aged 33)
Greg Henderson (NZL)		(1976-09-10)10 September 1976 (aged 38)
Pim Ligthart (NED)		(1988-06-16)16 June 1988 (aged 26)
Maxime Monfort (BEL)		(1983-01-14)14 January 1983 (aged 31)
Jürgen Roelandts (BEL)		(1985-07-02)2 July 1985 (aged 29)
Marcel Sieberg (GER)		(1982-04-30)30 April 1982 (aged 32)
Boris Vallée (BEL)		(1993-06-03)3 June 1993 (aged 21)
Jurgen Van den Broeck (BEL)		(1983-02-01)1 February 1983 (aged 31)
Tosh Van der Sande (BEL)		(1990-11-28)28 November 1990 (aged 24)
Dennis Vanendert (BEL)		(1988-06-27)27 June 1988 (aged 26)
Jelle Vanendert (BEL)		(1985-02-19)19 February 1985 (aged 29)
Louis Vervaeke (BEL)		(1993-11-06)6 November 1993 (aged 21)
Tim Wellens (BEL)		(1991-05-10)10 May 1991 (aged 23)

Riders who joined the team for the 2015 season

Rider	2014 team
Tiesj Benoot	neo-pro (Lotto-Belisol U23)
Jasper De Buyst	Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise
Thomas De Gendt^[2]	Omega Pharma–Quick-Step

Riders who left the team during or after the 2014 season

Rider	2014 team
Olivier Kaisen^[3]	Retired
Jonas Vangenechten^[4]	IAM Cycling
Frederik Willems	Retired

Season victories

Date	Race	Competition	Rider	Country	Location
1 February	Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise	UCI Europe Tour	Pim Ligthart (NED)	France	Marseille
4 February	Étoile de Bessèges, Stage 1	UCI Europe Tour	Kris Boeckmans (BEL)	France	Beaucaire
7 February	Étoile de Bessèges, Stage 4	UCI Europe Tour	Tony Gallopin (FRA)	France	Laudun
18 February	Vuelta a Andalucía, Stage 1a	UCI Europe Tour	Pim Ligthart (NED)	Spain	Hinojos
22 February	Volta ao Algarve, Stage 5	UCI Europe Tour	André Greipel (GER)	Portugal	Vilamoura
4 March	Le Samyn	UCI Europe Tour	Kris Boeckmans (BEL)	Belgium	Dour
10 March	Paris–Nice, Stage 2	UCI World Tour	André Greipel (GER)	France	Saint-Amand-Montrond
12 March	Tirreno–Adriatico, Stage 2	UCI World Tour	Jens Debusschere (BEL)	Italy	Cascina
14 March	Paris–Nice, Stage 6	UCI World Tour	Tony Gallopin (FRA)	France	Nice
15 March	Paris–Nice, Mountains classification	UCI World Tour	Thomas De Gendt (BEL)	France
18 March	Nokere Koerse	UCI Europe Tour	Kris Boeckmans (BEL)	Belgium	Nokere
2 April	Three Days of De Panne, Teams classification	UCI Europe Tour	^{[N 1]}	Belgium
11 April	Tour of the Basque Country, Sprints classification	UCI World Tour	Louis Vervaeke (BEL)	Spain
29 April	Tour of Turkey, Stage 4	UCI Europe Tour	André Greipel (GER)	Turkey	Marmaris
14 May	Giro d'Italia, Stage 6	UCI World Tour	André Greipel (GER)	Italy	Castiglione della Pescaia
15 May	Tour de Picardie, Stage 1	UCI Europe Tour	Kris Boeckmans (BEL)	France	Tergnier
17 May	Tour de Picardie, Stage 3	UCI Europe Tour	Kris Boeckmans (BEL)	France	Mers-les-Bains
17 May	Tour de Picardie, Overall	UCI Europe Tour	Kris Boeckmans (BEL)	France
24 May	World Ports Classic, Stage 2	UCI Europe Tour	Kris Boeckmans (BEL)	Netherlands	Rotterdam
24 May	World Ports Classic, Overall	UCI Europe Tour	Kris Boeckmans (BEL)	^{[N 2]}
24 May	World Ports Classic, Points classification	UCI Europe Tour	Kris Boeckmans (BEL)	^{[N 2]}
24 May	World Ports Classic, Teams classification	UCI Europe Tour	^{[N 3]}	^{[N 2]}
4 June	Tour de Luxembourg, Stage 1	UCI Europe Tour	André Greipel (GER)	Luxembourg	Clemency
6 June	Tour de Luxembourg, Stage 3	UCI Europe Tour	André Greipel (GER)	Luxembourg	Diekirch
7 June	Tour de Luxembourg, Stage 4	UCI Europe Tour	Sean De Bie (BEL)	Luxembourg	Luxembourg City
7 June	Tour de Luxembourg, Points classification	UCI Europe Tour	André Greipel (GER)	Luxembourg
18 June	Ster ZLM Toer, Stage 1	UCI Europe Tour	André Greipel (GER)	Netherlands	Rosmalen
19 June	Ster ZLM Toer, Stage 2	UCI Europe Tour	André Greipel (GER)	Netherlands	Buchten [nl]
21 June	Ster ZLM Toer, Overall	UCI Europe Tour	André Greipel (GER)	Netherlands
21 June	Ster ZLM Toer, Points classification	UCI Europe Tour	André Greipel (GER)	Netherlands
21 June	Ster ZLM Toer, Teams classification	UCI Europe Tour	^{[N 4]}	Netherlands
21 June	Tour de Suisse, Mountains classification	UCI World Tour	Thomas De Gendt (BEL)^{[N 5]}	Switzerland
5 July	Tour de France, Stage 2	UCI World Tour	André Greipel (GER)	Netherlands	Neeltje Jans
8 July	Tour de France, Stage 5	UCI World Tour	André Greipel (GER)	France	Amiens
19 July	Tour de France, Stage 15	UCI World Tour	André Greipel (GER)	France	Valence
26 July	Tour de France, Stage 21	UCI World Tour	André Greipel (GER)	France	Paris
6 August	Tour de Pologne, Stage 5	UCI World Tour	Bart De Clercq (BEL)	Poland	Zakopane
8 August	Tour de Pologne, Teams classification	UCI World Tour	^{[N 6]}	Poland
11 August	Eneco Tour, Stage 2	UCI World Tour	André Greipel (GER)	Netherlands	Breda
15 August	Eneco Tour, Stage 6	UCI World Tour	Tim Wellens (BEL)	Belgium	Houffalize
16 August	Eneco Tour, Overall	UCI World Tour	Tim Wellens (BEL)	^{[N 2]}
16 August	Eneco Tour, Points classification	UCI World Tour	André Greipel (GER)	^{[N 2]}
16 August	Eneco Tour, Teams classification	UCI World Tour	^{[N 7]}	^{[N 2]}
18 August	Grote Prijs Stad Zottegem	UCI Europe Tour	Kenny Dehaes (BEL)	Belgium	Zottegem
23 August	Vattenfall Cyclassics	UCI World Tour	André Greipel (GER)	Germany	Hamburg
12 September	Tour of Britain, Stage 7	UCI Europe Tour	André Greipel (GER)	United Kingdom	Ipswich
13 September	Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal	UCI World Tour	Tim Wellens (BEL)	Canada	Montreal
16 September	Grand Prix de Wallonie	UCI Europe Tour	Jens Debusschere (BEL)	Belgium	Namur
19 September	Grand Prix Impanis-Van Petegem	UCI Europe Tour	Sean De Bie (BEL)	Belgium	Boortmeerbeek
23 September	Omloop van het Houtland	UCI Europe Tour	Jens Debusschere (BEL)	Belgium	Lichtervelde
1 October	Tour de l'Eurométropole, Stage 1	UCI Europe Tour	Jens Debusschere (BEL)	Belgium	Chièvres
4 October	Tour de l'Eurométropole, Points classification	UCI Europe Tour	Jürgen Roelandts (BEL)	Belgium

National, Continental and World champions 2015

Date	Discipline	Jersey	Rider	Country	Location
26 June	Belgian National Time Trial Champion		Jurgen Van den Broeck (BEL)	Belgium	Postel

Footnotes

^ The riders on the squad were Kris Boeckmans, Lars Bak, Sean De Bie, Jens Debusschere, Gert Dockx, André Greipel, Pim Ligthart and Boris Vallée
^ a b c d e f Race held in Belgium and the Netherlands.
^ The riders on the squad were Jens Debusschere, Tiesj Benoot, Kris Boeckmans, Thomas De Gendt, Kenny Dehaes, Gert Dockx, Jürgen Roelandts and Marcel Sieberg
^ The riders on the squad were Lars Bak, Sean De Bie, Jens Debusschere, Dennis Vanendert, André Greipel, Adam Hansen, Greg Henderson and Marcel Sieberg
^ Retroactively awarded, following the expunging of the results previously achieved by Stefan Denifl.
^ The riders on the squad were Sander Armée, Kris Boeckmans, Vegard Breen, Jasper De Buyst, Bart De Clercq, Maxime Monfort, Jurgen Van den Broeck and Boris Vallée
^ The riders on the squad were Tim Wellens, Tiesj Benoot, Stig Broeckx, Jens Debusschere, André Greipel, Greg Henderson, Jürgen Roelandts and Marcel Sieberg

References

^ "Lotto-Belisol to become Lotto Soudal from 2015". 28 July 2014.
^ "De Gendt signs two-year deal with Lotto-Belisol". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 25 September 2014. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
^ "Kaisen has to quit cycling". Lotto–Belisol. Belgian Cycling Project. 10 February 2014. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
^ Windsor, Richard (11 December 2014). "IAM Cycling announce 2015 lineup, with 10 new signings". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 8 February 2015.

External links

2015 Lotto–Soudal season at ProCyclingStats

[5] The riders on the squad were Kris Boeckmans, Lars Bak, Sean De Bie, Jens Debusschere, Gert Dockx, André Greipel, Pim Ligthart and Boris Vallée

[BELNED-6] Race held in Belgium and the Netherlands.

[7] The riders on the squad were Jens Debusschere, Tiesj Benoot, Kris Boeckmans, Thomas De Gendt, Kenny Dehaes, Gert Dockx, Jürgen Roelandts and Marcel Sieberg

[8] The riders on the squad were Lars Bak, Sean De Bie, Jens Debusschere, Dennis Vanendert, André Greipel, Adam Hansen, Greg Henderson and Marcel Sieberg

[9] Retroactively awarded, following the expunging of the results previously achieved by Stefan Denifl.

[10] The riders on the squad were Sander Armée, Kris Boeckmans, Vegard Breen, Jasper De Buyst, Bart De Clercq, Maxime Monfort, Jurgen Van den Broeck and Boris Vallée

[11] The riders on the squad were Tim Wellens, Tiesj Benoot, Stig Broeckx, Jens Debusschere, André Greipel, Greg Henderson, Jürgen Roelandts and Marcel Sieberg

[1] "Lotto-Belisol to become Lotto Soudal from 2015". 28 July 2014.

[2] "De Gendt signs two-year deal with Lotto-Belisol". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 25 September 2014. Retrieved 8 February 2015.

[3] "Kaisen has to quit cycling". Lotto–Belisol. Belgian Cycling Project. 10 February 2014. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 8 February 2015.

[4] Windsor, Richard (11 December 2014). "IAM Cycling announce 2015 lineup, with 10 new signings". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 8 February 2015.