IAM Cycling

{{short description|Swiss cycling team}}

{{Infobox cycling team

| name = IAM Cycling

| image = 180px

| code = IAM

| registered = Switzerland

| founded = {{start date|2013}}

| disbanded = {{End date|2016}}

| bicycles = Scott Sports

| components = Shimano

| website = http://www.iamcycling.ch

| generalmanager =

| discipline = Road

| status = UCI Pro Continental (2013–2014)
UCI WorldTeam (2015–2016)

| kitimage = IAM Cycling jersey.png

| current = 2016 IAM Cycling season

}}

IAM Cycling was a Swiss registered UCI WorldTour cycling team. It is managed by former French road race champion Serge Beucherie.{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/iam-cycling-announces-2013-roster |title=IAM Cycling Announces 2013 Roster |publisher=Cyclingnews.com|access-date=4 February 2013}}{{cite web |url=http://velonews.competitor.com/2012/09/news/lovkvist-haussler-lead-new-swiss-iam-team_239342 |title=Lovkvist, Haussler lead new Swiss IAM team |publisher=Velonews.competitor.com |date=20 September 2012 |access-date=4 February 2013 |archive-date=7 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141207031437/http://velonews.competitor.com/2012/09/news/lovkvist-haussler-lead-new-swiss-iam-team_239342 |url-status=dead }}

The title sponsor was IAM Independent Asset Management SA, a Swiss investment management company.{{cite web|url=http://www.iam.ch/en/|title=Home – IAM : Independent Asset Management|work=iam.ch}}

History

=2013=

{{main|2013 IAM Cycling season}}

The team was officially launched in January 2013.{{cite web|url=http://www.scott-sports.com/global/en/news/bike/IAM_Cycling_Team_Presented_to_the_Public/ |title=IAM Cycling Team Presented to the Public |publisher=SCOTT Sports |date=16 January 2013 |access-date=8 February 2013}} IAM Cycling is a member of the Mouvement pour un cyclisme crédible. IAM Cycling was selected as a wild-card entry for the 2013 Paris–Nice race.{{cite web|url=http://velonews.competitor.com/2013/01/news/road/aso-announces-wildcards-for-paris-nice-dauphine_272426 |title=ASO announces wildcards for Paris–Nice, Dauphine |publisher=Velonews.competitor.com |date=23 January 2013 |access-date=8 February 2013}}

=2014=

{{Main|2014 IAM Cycling season}}

On 22 August 2013 the team announced that it had signed Sylvain Chavanel and Jérôme Pineau from {{UCI team code|OPQ|2013}}, Mathias Frank from {{UCI team code|BMC|2013}} and Roger Kluge from {{UCI team code|TNE|2013}} for the 2014 season.{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/iam-cycling-signs-chavanel-frank-pineau-reynes-and-kluge |title=IAM Cycling signs Chavanel, Frank, Pineau, Reynes and Kluge|website=Cyclingnews.com|date=22 August 2013 |access-date=25 August 2013}} On 28 January it was announced that IAM Cycling had been granted a "wild card" entry to Tour de France 2014, its first Grand Tour. It also raced the Vuelta a España. Subsequently, in December 2014 the UCI announced that the team would be granted a WorldTour licence for the 2015 season.{{cite web |url=http://velonews.competitor.com/2014/12/news/iam-cycling-celebrates-jump-worldtour-level_355749 |title=IAM Cycling celebrates jump to WorldTour level |last1=Powlison |first1=Spencer |date=11 December 2014 |website=VeloNews |publisher=Competitor Group, Inc. |access-date=19 December 2014 |archive-date=19 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141219033333/http://velonews.competitor.com/2014/12/news/iam-cycling-celebrates-jump-worldtour-level_355749 |url-status=dead }}

=2015=

{{Main|2015 IAM Cycling season}}

=2016=

{{Main|2016 IAM Cycling season}}

In May 2016, the team announced they would fold at the end of the season due to not being able to secure a secondary sponsor.{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/iam-cycling-to-fold-at-the-end-of-2016/|title=IAM Cycling to fold at the end of 2016|work=Cyclingnews.com}}

Final roster (2016)

{{Transcluded section|2016 IAM Cycling season}}

{{#section:2016 IAM Cycling season|roster}}

Major wins

{{palmares start}}

;2013

:Overall 20px Tour Méditerranéen, Thomas Löfkvist

:Stage 1 Circuit de la Sarthe, Matteo Pelucchi

:Tour de Berne, Marcel Wyss

:{{AUT}} Time Trial Championships, Matthias Brändle

:Stage 5 Bayern Rundfahrt, Heinrich Haussler

:{{flagu|Sweden}} Time Trial Championships, Gustav Larsson

:{{LAT}} Road Race Championships, Aleksejs Saramotins

:Trofeo Matteotti, Sébastien Reichenbach

:Overall 20px Tour du Limousin, Martin Elmiger

::Stage 1, Martin Elmiger

:Tour du Jura, Matthias Brändle

:Tour du Doubs, Aleksejs Saramotins

;2014

:Stage 2 Tirreno–Adriatico, Matteo Pelucchi

:Stage 3 Critérium International, Mathias Frank

:Stage 3 Four Days of Dunkirk, Sylvain Chavanel

:Tour de Berne, Matthias Brändle

:Stage 1 Bayern Rundfahrt, Heinrich Haussler

:Stage 2 Bayern Rundfahrt, Mathias Frank

:{{flagu|France}} Time Trial Championships, Sylvain Chavanel

:{{AUT}} Time Trial Championships, Matthias Brändle

:{{flagu|Switzerland}} Road Race Championships, Martin Elmiger

:Stage 2 Vuelta a Burgos, Matteo Pelucchi

:Stage 5 (ITT) Vuelta a Burgos, Aleksejs Saramotins

:Overall 20px Tour du Poitou-Charentes, Sylvain Chavanel

::Stage 4 (ITT), Sylvain Chavanel

:GP Ouest–France, Sylvain Chavanel

:Stages 5 & 6 Tour of Britain, Matthias Brändle

:Chrono des Nation, Sylvain Chavanel

;2015

:{{flagu|Australia}} Road Race Championships, Heinrich Haussler

:Trofeo Santanyi-Ses Salines-Campos, Matteo Pelucchi

:Trofeo Playa de Palma-Palma, Matteo Pelucchi

:Stage 6 Tour of Oman, Matthias Brändle

:Prologue Tour of Belgium, Matthias Brändle

:Prologue Ster ZLM Toer, Roger Kluge

:{{flagu|France}} Time Trial Championships, Jérôme Coppel

:{{LAT}} Road Race Championships, Aleksejs Saramotins

:Stage 1 Tour of Austria, Sondre Holst Enger

:Stage 2 Tour of Austria, David Tanner

:Stage 4 Tour de Wallonie, Jonas van Genechten

:Stages 2 & 3 Tour de Pologne, Matteo Pelucchi

;2016

:Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise, Dries Devenyns

:Clásica de Almería, Leigh Howard

:Overall {{cjersey|orange|General classification}} Étoile de Bessèges, Jérôme Coppel

::Stage 5 (ITT), Jérôme Coppel

:Stage 6 Tour of Croatia, Sondre Holst Enger

:Stage 17 Giro d'Italia, Roger Kluge

:Overall {{cjersey|red|General classification}} Tour of Belgium, Dries Devenyns

::Stage 2, Dries Devenyns

:Stage 9 Tour de Suisse, Jarlinson Pantano

:{{AUT}} Road Race Championships, Matthias Brändle

:{{AUT}} Time Trial Championships, Matthias Brändle

:{{flagu|Switzerland}} Road Race Championships, Jonathan Fumeaux

:Stage 15 Tour de France, Jarlinson Pantano

:20px Overall Tour de Wallonie, Dries Devenyns

::Stage 5, Dries Devenyns

:Stage 7 Vuelta a España, Jonas van Genechten

:Bretagne Classic Ouest–France, Oliver Naesen

:Stage 16 Vuelta a España, Mathias Frank

{{palmares end}}

=Supplementary statistics=

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|style="background:#060A2F; text-align:center;" colspan=5| {{font color|white|Grand Tours by highest finishing position}}

Race

!2013

!2014

!2015

!2016

style="text-align:center;"

! scope="row" | Giro d'Italia

| —

| —

| 36

| 40

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! scope="row" | Tour de France

| —

| 32

| style="background:#ddf;"| 8

| 18

style="text-align:center;"

! scope="row" | Vuelta a España

| —

| 61

| 38

| 21

style="background:#060A2F; text-align:center;" colspan=5| {{font color|white|Major week-long stage races by highest finishing position}}
Race

!2013

!2014

!2015

!2016

style="text-align:center;"

! scope="row" | Tour Down Under

| —

| —

| —

| 30

style="text-align:center;"

! scope="row" | Paris–Nice

| 29

| style="background:#ddf;"| 7

| 11

| 40

style="text-align:center;"

! scope="row" | Tirreno–Adriatico

| —

| 56

| 38

| 28

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! scope="row" | Volta a Catalunya

| —

| —

| 11

| 16

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! scope="row" | Tour of the Basque Country

| —

| —

| 66

| 85

style="text-align:center;"

! scope="row" | Tour de Romandie

| style="background:#ddf;"| 10

| style="background:#ddf;"| 4

| 12

| style="background:#ddf;"| 8

style="text-align:center;"

! scope="row" | Critérium du Dauphiné

| —

| 14

| 38

| 15

style="text-align:center;"

! scope="row" | Tour de Suisse

| 16

| style="background:#ddf;"| 2

| 13

| style="background:#ddf;"| 4

style="text-align:center;"

! scope="row" | Tour de Pologne

| —

| —

| 12

| style="background:#ddf;"| 7

style="text-align:center;"

! scope="row" | Eneco Tour

| —

| —

| 15

| style="background:#ddf;"| 2

style="background:#060A2F; text-align:center;" colspan=5| {{font color|white|Monument races by highest finishing position}}
Race

!2013

!2014

!2015

!2016

style="text-align:center;"

! scope="row" | Milan–San Remo

| 13

| 21

| 23

| style="background:#ddf;"| 7

style="text-align:center;"

! scope="row" | Tour of Flanders

| style="background:#ddf;"| 6

| 19

| style="background:#ddf;"| 10

| 22

style="text-align:center;"

! scope="row" | Paris–Roubaix

| 11

| 44

| style="background:#ddf;"| 5

| style="background:#ddf;"| 6

style="text-align:center;"

! scope="row" | Liège–Bastogne–Liège

| 22

| 20

| 24

| 116

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! scope="row" | Giro di Lombardia

| 26

| 29

| 55

| DNF

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Classic

!2013

!2014

!2015

!2016

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! scope="row" | Omloop Het Nieuwsblad

| style="background:#ddf;"| 6

| 26

| 25

| 13

style="text-align:center;"

! scope="row" | Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne

| {{N/A|NH}}

| 12

| style="background:#ddf;"| 10

| style="background:#ddf;"| 9

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! scope="row" | Strade Bianche

| style="background:#ddf;"| 5

| 25

| —

| —

style="text-align:center;"

! scope="row" | E3 Harelbeke

| 11

| 29

| 20

| 11

style="text-align:center;"

! scope="row" | Gent–Wevelgem

| style="background:#ddf;"| 4

| 52

| 20

| 14

style="text-align:center;"

! scope="row" | Amstel Gold Race

| 50

| 36

| 35

| 35

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! scope="row" | La Flèche Wallonne

| 24

| 15

| 17

| 29

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! scope="row" | Clásica de San Sebastián

| —

| —

| 37

| style="background:#ddf;"| 10

style="text-align:center;"

! scope="row" | Paris–Tours

| style="background:#ddf;"| 6

| style="background:#ddf;"| 5

| style="background:#ddf;"| 7

| style="background:#ec9;"| 3

National champions

{{Palmares start}}

;2013

:20px Austrian Time Trial Matthias Brändle

:20px Swedish Time Trial Gustav Larsson

:20px Latvian Road Race Aleksejs Saramotins

;2014

:20px French Time Trial Sylvain Chavanel

:20px Austrian Time Trial Matthias Brändle

:20px Swiss Road Race Martin Elmiger

;2015

:20px Australian Road Race Heinrich Haussler

:20px French Time Trial Jérôme Coppel

:20px Latvian Road Race Aleksejs Saramotins

;2016

:20px Austrian Road Race Matthias Brändle

:20px Austrian Time Trial Matthias Brändle

:20px Swiss Road Race Jonathan Fumeaux

{{palmares end}}

References

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