2017 Team Sky season

Team Sky
Team Sky
2017 season
UCI code	SKY
Status	UCI WorldTeam
World Tour Rank	1st (12806 points)
Manager	Dave Brailsford
Main sponsor(s)	Sky
Based	National Cycling Centre; Manchester; England
Bicycles	Pinarello
Groupset	Shimano
Season victories
One-day races	5
Stage race overall	6
Stage race stages	17
Grand Tours	2
National Championships	3
Most Wins	Elia Viviani (7 wins)
Best ranked rider	Chris Froome (2nd)

The 2017 cycling season began in Australia at the Tour Down Under for Team Sky in January.

As a UCI WorldTeam, they were automatically invited and obliged to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour.

Team roster

As of 17 March 2017

	Rider	Date of birth
Ian Boswell (USA)		(1991-02-07)7 February 1991 (aged 26)
Philip Deignan (IRL)		(1983-09-07)7 September 1983 (aged 33)
Jonathan Dibben (GBR)		(1994-02-12)12 February 1994 (aged 23)
Owain Doull (GBR)		(1993-05-02)2 May 1993 (aged 23)
Kenny Elissonde (FRA)		(1991-07-22)22 July 1991 (aged 25)
Chris Froome (GBR)		(1985-05-20)20 May 1985 (aged 31)
Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBR)		(1995-03-30)30 March 1995 (aged 21)
Michał Gołaś (POL)		(1984-04-29)29 April 1984 (aged 32)
Sebastián Henao (COL)		(1993-08-05)5 August 1993 (aged 23)
Sergio Henao (COL)		(1987-12-10)10 December 1987 (aged 29)
Beñat Intxausti (ESP)		(1986-03-20)20 March 1986 (aged 30)
Peter Kennaugh (GBR)		(1989-06-15)15 June 1989 (aged 27)
Vasil Kiryienka (BLR)		(1981-06-28)28 June 1981 (aged 35)
Christian Knees (GER)		(1981-03-05)5 March 1981 (aged 36)

	Rider	Date of birth
Michał Kwiatkowski (POL)		(1990-06-02)2 June 1990 (aged 26)
Mikel Landa (ESP)		(1989-12-03)3 December 1989 (aged 27)
David López (ESP)		(1981-05-13)13 May 1981 (aged 35)
Gianni Moscon (ITA)		(1994-04-20)20 April 1994 (aged 22)
Mikel Nieve (ESP)		(1984-05-26)26 May 1984 (aged 32)
Wout Poels (NED)		(1987-10-01)1 October 1987 (aged 29)
Salvatore Puccio (ITA)		(1989-08-31)31 August 1989 (aged 27)
Diego Rosa (ITA)		(1989-03-27)27 March 1989 (aged 27)
Luke Rowe (GBR)		(1990-03-10)10 March 1990 (aged 27)
Ian Stannard (GBR)		(1987-05-25)25 May 1987 (aged 29)
Geraint Thomas (GBR)		(1986-05-25)25 May 1986 (aged 30)
Danny van Poppel (NED)		(1993-07-26)26 July 1993 (aged 23)
Elia Viviani (ITA)		(1989-02-07)7 February 1989 (aged 28)
Łukasz Wiśniowski (POL)		(1991-12-07)7 December 1991 (aged 25)

Riders who joined the team for the 2017 season

Rider	2016 team
Jonathan Dibben^[1]	WIGGINS
Owain Doull^[2]	WIGGINS
Kenny Elissonde^[3]	FDJ
Tao Geoghegan Hart^[4]	Bissell Development Team
Diego Rosa^[5]	Astana
Łukasz Wiśniowski^[6]	Etixx–Quick-Step

Riders who left the team during or after the 2016 season

Rider	2017 team
Andrew Fenn^[7]	Aqua Blue Sport
Leopold König^[8]	Bora–Hansgrohe
Lars Petter Nordhaug^[9]	Aqua Blue Sport
Alex Peters^[10]	SEG Racing
Nicolas Roche^[11]	BMC Racing Team
Ben Swift^[12]	UAE Team Emirates
Xabier Zandio^[13]	Retired

Season victories

Date	Race	Competition	Rider	Country	Location
1 February	Herald Sun Tour, Prologue	UCI Oceania Tour	Danny van Poppel (NED)	Australia	Melbourne
3 February	Herald Sun Tour, Stage 2	UCI Oceania Tour	Luke Rowe (GBR)	Australia	Beechworth
5 February	Herald Sun Tour, Stage 4	UCI Oceania Tour	Ian Stannard (GBR)	Australia	Kinglake
7 February	Herald Sun Tour, Teams classification	UCI Oceania Tour	^{[N 1]}	Australia
19 February	Vuelta a Andalucía, Teams classification	UCI Europe Tour	^{[N 2]}	Spain
4 March	Strade Bianche	UCI World Tour	Michał Kwiatkowski (POL)	Italy	Siena
9 March	Tirreno–Adriatico, Stage 2	UCI World Tour	Geraint Thomas (GBR)	Italy	Pomarance
12 March	Paris–Nice, Overall	UCI World Tour	Sergio Henao (COL)	France
18 March	Milan–San Remo	UCI World Tour	Michał Kwiatkowski (POL)	Italy	Sanremo
19 April	Tour of the Alps, Stage 3	UCI Europe Tour	Geraint Thomas (GBR)	Italy	Villnöß
21 April	Tour of the Alps, Overall	UCI Europe Tour	Geraint Thomas (GBR)	Austria Italy
28 April	Tour de Romandie, Stage 3	UCI World Tour	Elia Viviani (ITA)	Switzerland	Payerne
19 May	Tour of California, Stage 6	UCI World Tour	Jonathan Dibben (GBR)	United States	Big Bear Lake
20 May	Tour of California, Teams classification	UCI World Tour	^{[N 3]}	United States
26 May	Giro d'Italia, Stage 19	UCI World Tour	Mikel Landa (ESP)	Italy	Piancavallo
28 May	Giro d'Italia, Mountains classification	UCI World Tour	Mikel Landa (ESP)	Italy
4 June	Hammer Series, Overall	UCI Europe Tour	Team race^{[N 4]}	Netherlands
10 June	Critérium du Dauphiné, Stage 7	UCI World Tour	Peter Kennaugh (GBR)	France	Alpe d'Huez
16 June	Route du Sud, Stage 2	UCI Europe Tour	Elia Viviani (ITA)	France	Saramon
18 June	Route du Sud, Teams classification	UCI Europe Tour	^{[N 5]}	France
1 July	Tour de France, Stage 1	UCI World Tour	Geraint Thomas (GBR)	Germany	Düsseldorf
23 July	Tour de France, Overall	UCI World Tour	Chris Froome (GBR)	France
23 July	Tour de France, Teams classification	UCI World Tour	^{[N 6]}	France
29 July	Clásica de San Sebastián	UCI World Tour	Michał Kwiatkowski (POL)	Spain	San Sebastián
1 August	Vuelta a Burgos, Stage 1	UCI Europe Tour	Mikel Landa (ESP)	Spain	Burgos
2 August	Tour de Pologne, Stage 5	UCI World Tour	Danny van Poppel (NED)	Poland	Rzeszów
3 August	Vuelta a Burgos, Stage 3	UCI Europe Tour	Mikel Landa (ESP)	Spain	Picón Blanco
4 August	Tour de Pologne, Stage 7	UCI World Tour	Wout Poels (NED)	Poland	Bukowina Tatrzańska
4 August	Tour de Pologne, Mountains classification	UCI World Tour	Diego Rosa (ITA)	Poland
5 August	Vuelta a Burgos, Overall	UCI Europe Tour	Mikel Landa (ESP)	Spain
5 August	Vuelta a Burgos, Points classification	UCI Europe Tour	Mikel Landa (ESP)	Spain
5 August	Vuelta a Burgos, Mountains classification	UCI Europe Tour	Mikel Landa (ESP)	Spain
20 August	EuroEyes Cyclassics	UCI World Tour	Elia Viviani (ITA)	Germany	Hamburg
22 August	Tour du Poitou-Charentes, Stage 1	UCI Europe Tour	Elia Viviani (ITA)	France	Saintes
24 August	Tour du Poitou-Charentes, Stage 3	UCI Europe Tour	Elia Viviani (ITA)	France	Neuville-de-Poitou
25 August	Tour du Poitou-Charentes, Points classification	UCI Europe Tour	Elia Viviani (ITA)	France
27 August	GP Ouest-France	UCI World Tour	Elia Viviani (ITA)	France	Plouay
27 August	Vuelta a España, Stage 9	UCI World Tour	Chris Froome (GBR)	Spain	Cumbre del Sol
4 September	Tour of Britain, Stage 2	UCI Europe Tour	Elia Viviani (ITA)	United Kingdom	Blyth
5 September	Vuelta a España, Stage 16	UCI World Tour	Chris Froome (GBR)	Spain	Logroño
10 September	Vuelta a España, Overall	UCI World Tour	Chris Froome (GBR)	Spain
10 September	Vuelta a España, Points classification	UCI World Tour	Chris Froome (GBR)	Spain
10 September	Vuelta a España, Combination classification	UCI World Tour	Chris Froome (GBR)	Spain
24 October	UCI World Tour, Teams classification	UCI World Tour	^{[N 7]}

National, Continental and World champions 2017

Date	Discipline	Rider	Country	Location
26 February	Colombian National Road Race Championships	Sergio Henao (COL)	Colombia	Bogotá
21 June	Polish National Time Trial Champion	Michał Kwiatkowski (POL)	Poland	Krokowa
23 June	Italian National Time Trial Champion	Gianni Moscon (ITA)	Italy	Volpiano

Footnotes

^ The riders on the squad were Chris Froome, Kenny Elissonde, Danny van Poppel, Ian Stannard, Sebastián Henao and Luke Rowe
^ The riders on the squad were Vasil Kiryienka, Christian Knees, Mikel Landa, David López, Mikel Nieve, Wout Poels and Diego Rosa
^ The riders on the squad were Elia Viviani, Ian Boswell, Jonathan Dibben, Owain Doull, Tao Geoghegan Hart, Peter Kennaugh, David López and Danny van Poppel
^ The riders on the squad were Ian Boswell, Jonathan Dibben, Owain Doull, Tao Geoghegan Hart, Danny van Poppel and Elia Viviani
^ The riders on the squad were Geraint Thomas, Wout Poels, Michał Gołaś, Ian Stannard, Gianni Moscon, Kenny Elissonde, Elia Viviani and Sergio Henao
^ The riders on the squad were Chris Froome, Sergio Henao, Vasil Kiryienka, Christian Knees, Michał Kwiatkowski, Mikel Landa, Mikel Nieve, Luke Rowe and Geraint Thomas
^ This award is calculated by adding the points earned by a team's riders in the individual standings.

References

^ Robertshaw, Henry (8 November 2016). "Team Sky complete 2017 squad with signing of Jon Dibben from Team Wiggins". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
^ Wynn, Nigel (17 May 2016). "Team Sky confirm that they have signed Owain Doull". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
^ Windsor, Richard (27 October 2016). "Kenny Elissonde confirmed as Team Sky's 'final' signing for 2017". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
^ Elton-Walters, Jack (17 August 2016). "Tao Geoghegan Hart signs for Team Sky on a one-year contract". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
^ "Rosa signs three-year deal with Team Sky". Cyclingnews.com. 27 October 2016. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
^ "Wisniowski signs for Team Sky". Cyclingnews.com. 25 August 2016. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
^ "Blythe, Warbasse, Fenn sign for Aqua Blue Sport". CyclingNews.com. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
^ "Leopold König moves from Team Sky to Bora-Hansgrohe". Cyclingweekly. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
^ "Lars Petter Nordhaug and Matt Brammeier join new Irish Pro Continental team for 2017". Cyclingweekly. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
^ "Peters steps down from Team Sky and returns to the SEG Academy". cyclingnews.com. 9 January 2017. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
^ "Nicolas Roche leaves Team Sky for BMC". cyclingnews.com. 1 August 2016. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
^ Benson, Daniel (27 October 2016). "Ben Swift: I couldn't turn down TJ Sport". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
^ "News shorts: Zandio to retire at end of 2016, Veikkenan announces retirement". cyclingnews.com. 30 September 2016. Retrieved 13 March 2017.

External links

2017 Team Sky season at ProCyclingStats

[14] The riders on the squad were Chris Froome, Kenny Elissonde, Danny van Poppel, Ian Stannard, Sebastián Henao and Luke Rowe

[15] The riders on the squad were Vasil Kiryienka, Christian Knees, Mikel Landa, David López, Mikel Nieve, Wout Poels and Diego Rosa

[16] The riders on the squad were Elia Viviani, Ian Boswell, Jonathan Dibben, Owain Doull, Tao Geoghegan Hart, Peter Kennaugh, David López and Danny van Poppel

[17] The riders on the squad were Ian Boswell, Jonathan Dibben, Owain Doull, Tao Geoghegan Hart, Danny van Poppel and Elia Viviani

[18] The riders on the squad were Geraint Thomas, Wout Poels, Michał Gołaś, Ian Stannard, Gianni Moscon, Kenny Elissonde, Elia Viviani and Sergio Henao

[19] The riders on the squad were Chris Froome, Sergio Henao, Vasil Kiryienka, Christian Knees, Michał Kwiatkowski, Mikel Landa, Mikel Nieve, Luke Rowe and Geraint Thomas

[20] This award is calculated by adding the points earned by a team's riders in the individual standings.

[1] Robertshaw, Henry (8 November 2016). "Team Sky complete 2017 squad with signing of Jon Dibben from Team Wiggins". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 17 March 2017.

[2] Wynn, Nigel (17 May 2016). "Team Sky confirm that they have signed Owain Doull". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 17 March 2017.

[3] Windsor, Richard (27 October 2016). "Kenny Elissonde confirmed as Team Sky's 'final' signing for 2017". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 17 March 2017.

[4] Elton-Walters, Jack (17 August 2016). "Tao Geoghegan Hart signs for Team Sky on a one-year contract". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 17 March 2017.

[5] "Rosa signs three-year deal with Team Sky". Cyclingnews.com. 27 October 2016. Retrieved 13 March 2017.

[6] "Wisniowski signs for Team Sky". Cyclingnews.com. 25 August 2016. Retrieved 13 March 2017.

[7] "Blythe, Warbasse, Fenn sign for Aqua Blue Sport". CyclingNews.com. Retrieved 13 March 2017.

[8] "Leopold König moves from Team Sky to Bora-Hansgrohe". Cyclingweekly. Retrieved 13 March 2017.

[9] "Lars Petter Nordhaug and Matt Brammeier join new Irish Pro Continental team for 2017". Cyclingweekly. Retrieved 13 March 2017.

[10] "Peters steps down from Team Sky and returns to the SEG Academy". cyclingnews.com. 9 January 2017. Retrieved 13 March 2017.

[11] "Nicolas Roche leaves Team Sky for BMC". cyclingnews.com. 1 August 2016. Retrieved 13 March 2017.

[12] Benson, Daniel (27 October 2016). "Ben Swift: I couldn't turn down TJ Sport". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 13 March 2017.

[13] "News shorts: Zandio to retire at end of 2016, Veikkenan announces retirement". cyclingnews.com. 30 September 2016. Retrieved 13 March 2017.