2016 Tinkoff season

Team Tinkoff
Team Tinkoff
2016 season
UCI code	TNK
Status	UCI ProTeam
Owner	Oleg Tinkov
Manager	Steven de Jongh
Main sponsor(s)	Tinkoff Bank
Based	Russia
Bicycles	Specialized
Groupset	Shimano
Season victories
One-day races	4
Stage race overall	3
Stage race stages	19
National Championships	5

The 2016 season for Tinkoff began in January with 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.

Team roster

As of 29 March 2016

	Rider	Date of birth
Davide Ballerini^{[N 1]} (ITA)		(1994-09-21)21 September 1994 (aged 21)
Erik Baška (SVK)		(1994-01-12)12 January 1994 (aged 22)
Daniele Bennati (ITA)		(1980-09-24)24 September 1980 (aged 35)
Adam Blythe (GBR)		(1989-10-01)1 October 1989 (aged 26)
Manuele Boaro (ITA)		(1987-03-12)12 March 1987 (aged 29)
Maciej Bodnar (POL)		(1985-03-07)7 March 1985 (aged 31)
Pavel Brutt (RUS)		(1982-01-29)29 January 1982 (aged 34)
Alberto Contador (ESP)		(1982-12-06)6 December 1982 (aged 33)
Lorenzo Fortunato^{[N 2]} (ITA)		(1996-05-09)9 May 1996 (aged 19)
Oscar Gatto (ITA)		(1985-01-01)1 January 1985 (aged 31)
Michael Gogl (AUT)		(1993-11-04)4 November 1993 (aged 22)
Jesper Hansen (DEN)		(1990-10-23)23 October 1990 (aged 25)
Jesús Hernández (ESP)		(1981-09-28)28 September 1981 (aged 34)
Robert Kišerlovski (CRO)		(1986-08-09)9 August 1986 (aged 29)
Michael Kolář (SVK)		(1992-12-21)21 December 1992 (aged 23)

	Rider	Date of birth
Roman Kreuziger (CZE)		(1986-05-06)6 May 1986 (aged 29)
Rafał Majka (POL)		(1989-09-12)12 September 1989 (aged 26)
Jay McCarthy (AUS)		(1992-09-08)8 September 1992 (aged 23)
Andrea Montagnoli^{[N 3]} (ITA)		(1995-07-27)27 July 1995 (aged 20)
Sérgio Paulinho (POR)		(1980-03-26)26 March 1980 (aged 36)
Evgeni Petrov (RUS)		(1978-05-25)25 May 1978 (aged 37)
Paweł Poljański (POL)		(1990-05-06)6 May 1990 (aged 25)
Michael Rogers^{[N 4]} (AUS)		(1979-12-20)20 December 1979 (aged 36)
Ivan Rovny (RUS)		(1987-09-30)30 September 1987 (aged 28)
Juraj Sagan (SVK)		(1988-12-23)23 December 1988 (aged 27)
Peter Sagan (SVK)		(1990-01-26)26 January 1990 (aged 26)
Matteo Tosatto (ITA)		(1974-05-14)14 May 1974 (aged 41)
Yuri Trofimov (RUS)		(1984-01-26)26 January 1984 (aged 32)
Nikolay Trusov (RUS)		(1985-07-02)2 July 1985 (aged 30)
Michael Valgren (DEN)		(1992-02-07)7 February 1992 (aged 24)

^ Ballerini joined the team on 1 August as a stagiaire, from Hopplà Petroli Firenze.
^ Fortunato joined the team on 1 August as a stagiaire, from Hopplà Petroli Firenze.
^ Montagnoli joined the team on 1 August as a stagiaire, from Hopplà Petroli Firenze.
^ Rogers retired from cycling on April 25.

Riders who joined the team for the 2015 season

Rider	2015 team
Erik Baška	neo-pro (AWT–GreenWay)
Adam Blythe^[1]	Orica–GreenEDGE
Oscar Gatto^[2]	Androni Giocattoli–Sidermec
Michael Gogl	Tirol Cycling Team
Yuri Trofimov	Team Katusha

Riders who left the team during or after the 2015 season

Rider	2016 team
Ivan Basso^[3]	Retired
Edward Beltrán	EPM–UNE–Área Metropolitana
Matti Breschel^[4]	Cannondale
Christopher Juul-Jensen^[5]	Orica–GreenEDGE
Michael Mørkøv^[6]	Team Katusha
Bruno Pires	Team Roth
Chris Anker Sørensen^[7]	Fortuneo–Vital Concept
Oliver Zaugg^[8]	IAM Cycling

Season victories

Date	Race	Competition	Rider	Country	Location
20 January	Tour Down Under, Stage 2	UCI World Tour	Jay McCarthy (AUS)	Australia	Stirling
24 January	Tour Down Under, Young rider classification	UCI World Tour	Jay McCarthy (AUS)	Australia
17 February	Vuelta a Andalucía, Stage 1	UCI Europe Tour	Daniele Bennati (ITA)	Spain	Seville
19 February	Vuelta a Andalucía, Stage 3	UCI Europe Tour	Oscar Gatto (ITA)	Spain	El Padul
21 February	Volta ao Algarve, Stage 5	UCI Europe Tour	Alberto Contador (ESP)	Portugal	Alto do Malhaõ
15 March	Tirreno–Adriatico, Points classification	UCI World Tour	Peter Sagan (SVK)	Italy	San Benedetto del Tronto
18 March	Handzame Classic	UCI Europe Tour	Erik Baška (SVK)	Belgium	Handzame
27 March	Gent–Wevelgem	UCI World Tour	Peter Sagan (SVK)	Belgium	Wevelgem
31 March	Three Days of De Panne, Stage 3b	UCI Europe Tour	Maciej Bodnar (POL)	Belgium	De Panne
3 April	Tour of Flanders	UCI World Tour	Peter Sagan (SVK)	Belgium	Oudenaarde
9 April	Tour of the Basque Country, Stage 6	UCI World Tour	Alberto Contador (ESP)	Spain	Eibar
9 April	Tour of the Basque Country, Overall	UCI World Tour	Alberto Contador (ESP)	Spain
23 April	Tour of Croatia, Stage 5 (TTT)	UCI Europe Tour	^{[N 1]}	Croatia	Umag
15 May	Tour of California, Stage 1	UCI America Tour	Peter Sagan (SVK)	United States	San Diego
18 May	Tour of California, Stage 4	UCI America Tour	Peter Sagan (SVK)	United States	Monterey County
22 May	Tour of California, Points classification	UCI America Tour	Peter Sagan (SVK)	United States
5 June	Critérium du Dauphiné, Prologue	UCI World Tour	Alberto Contador (ESP)	France	Les Gets
12 June	Tour de Suisse, Stage 2	UCI World Tour	Peter Sagan (SVK)	Switzerland	Baar
13 June	Tour de Suisse, Stage 3	UCI World Tour	Peter Sagan (SVK)	Switzerland	Rheinfelden
3 July	Tour de France, Stage 2	UCI World Tour	Peter Sagan (SVK)	France	Cherbourg-Octeville
13 July	Tour de France, Stage 11	UCI World Tour	Peter Sagan (SVK)	France	Montpellier
18 July	Tour de France, Stage 16	UCI World Tour	Peter Sagan (SVK)	Switzerland	Bern
24 July	Tour de France, Points classification	UCI World Tour	Peter Sagan (SVK)	France
24 July	Tour de France, Mountains classification	UCI World Tour	Rafał Majka (POL)	France
24 July	Tour de France, Super-combativity award	UCI World Tour	Peter Sagan (SVK)	France
27 July	Danmark Rundt, Stage 1	UCI Europe Tour	Daniele Bennati (ITA)	Denmark	Esbjerg
29 July	Danmark Rundt, Stage 3	UCI Europe Tour	Michael Valgren (DEN)	Denmark	Vejle
31 July	Danmark Rundt, Overall	UCI Europe Tour	Michael Valgren (DEN)	Denmark
31 July	Danmark Rundt, Points classification	UCI Europe Tour	Daniele Bennati (ITA)	Denmark
31 July	Danmark Rundt, Team classification	UCI Europe Tour	^{[N 2]}	Denmark
6 August	Vuelta a Burgos, Overall	UCI Europe Tour	Alberto Contador (ESP)	Spain
9 September	Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec	UCI World Tour	Peter Sagan (SVK)	Canada	Quebec
11 September	Vuelta a España, Super-combativity award	UCI World Tour	Alberto Contador (ESP)	Spain
21 September	Eneco Tour, Stage 3	UCI World Tour	Peter Sagan (SVK)	Belgium	Ardooie
22 September	Eneco Tour, Stage 4	UCI World Tour	Peter Sagan (SVK)	Belgium	Sint-Pieters-Leeuw
25 September	Eneco Tour, Points classification	UCI World Tour	Peter Sagan (SVK)	Belgium Netherlands

National, Continental and World champions 2016

Date	Discipline	Rider	Country	Location
22 June	Polish National Time Trial Champion	Maciej Bodnar (POL)	Poland	Świdnica
26 June	Polish National Road Race Champion	Rafał Majka (POL)	Poland	Świdnica
26 June	Czech National Road Race Champion	Roman Kreuziger (CZE)	Czech Republic	Kyjov
26 June	Slovak National Road Race Champion	Juraj Sagan (SVK)	Czech Republic	Kyjov
26 June	British National Road Race Champion	Adam Blythe (GBR)	United Kingdom	Stockton-on-Tees
18 September	European Road Race Champion	Peter Sagan (SVK)	France	Plumelec

Footnotes

^ The riders on the squad were Erik Baška, Sérgio Paulinho, Jay McCarthy, Jesper Hansen and Nikolay Trusov, and Kolar and Juraj Sagan
^ The riders on the squad were Michael Valgren, Daniele Bennati, Manuele Boaro, Erik Baška, Nikolay Trusov, Pavel Brutt, Michael Kolář and Michael Gogl

References

^ "Adam Blythe to join Tinkoff-Saxo from Orica-GreenEdge for 2016 season". theguardian.com. 25 August 2015. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
^ "Team Tinkoff sign Oscar Gatto for 2016". cyclingnews.com. 21 October 2015. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
^ "Ivan Basso announces retirement from professional cycling". cyclingnews.com. 5 October 2015. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
^ "Breschel joins Cannondale-Garmin in 2016". Cyclingnews.com. 16 September 2015. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
^ "Juul-Jensen signs for Orica-GreenEdge". cyclingnews.com. 3 August 2015. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
^ "Mørkøv signs for Katusha at the request of Kristoff". cyclingnews.com. 16 August 2015. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
^ "Chris Anker Sorensen to Bretagne-Seche Environnement in 2016". cyclingnews.com. 24 September 2015. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
^ "Transfer news: Rowney signs for Orica-AIS". cyclingnews.com. 6 October 2015. Retrieved 20 February 2016.

External links

2016 Tinkoff season at ProCyclingStats

[1] Ballerini joined the team on 1 August as a stagiaire, from Hopplà Petroli Firenze.

[2] Fortunato joined the team on 1 August as a stagiaire, from Hopplà Petroli Firenze.

[3] Montagnoli joined the team on 1 August as a stagiaire, from Hopplà Petroli Firenze.

[4] Rogers retired from cycling on April 25.

[13] The riders on the squad were Erik Baška, Sérgio Paulinho, Jay McCarthy, Jesper Hansen and Nikolay Trusov, and Kolar and Juraj Sagan

[14] The riders on the squad were Michael Valgren, Daniele Bennati, Manuele Boaro, Erik Baška, Nikolay Trusov, Pavel Brutt, Michael Kolář and Michael Gogl

[5] "Adam Blythe to join Tinkoff-Saxo from Orica-GreenEdge for 2016 season". theguardian.com. 25 August 2015. Retrieved 20 February 2016.

[6] "Team Tinkoff sign Oscar Gatto for 2016". cyclingnews.com. 21 October 2015. Retrieved 20 February 2016.

[7] "Ivan Basso announces retirement from professional cycling". cyclingnews.com. 5 October 2015. Retrieved 20 February 2016.

[8] "Breschel joins Cannondale-Garmin in 2016". Cyclingnews.com. 16 September 2015. Retrieved 20 February 2016.

[9] "Juul-Jensen signs for Orica-GreenEdge". cyclingnews.com. 3 August 2015. Retrieved 20 February 2016.

[10] "Mørkøv signs for Katusha at the request of Kristoff". cyclingnews.com. 16 August 2015. Retrieved 20 February 2016.

[11] "Chris Anker Sorensen to Bretagne-Seche Environnement in 2016". cyclingnews.com. 24 September 2015. Retrieved 20 February 2016.

[12] "Transfer news: Rowney signs for Orica-AIS". cyclingnews.com. 6 October 2015. Retrieved 20 February 2016.