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
:{{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 |
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! scope="row" | Giro d'Italia | — | — | 36 | 40 |
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! scope="row" | Tour de France | — | 32 | style="background:#ddf;"| 8 | 18 |
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! 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 |
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! scope="row" | Tour Down Under | — | — | — | 30 |
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! scope="row" | Paris–Nice | 29 | style="background:#ddf;"| 7 | 11 | 40 |
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! 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 |
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! scope="row" | Tour de Romandie | style="background:#ddf;"| 10 | style="background:#ddf;"| 4 | 12 | style="background:#ddf;"| 8 |
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! scope="row" | Critérium du Dauphiné | — | 14 | 38 | 15 |
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! scope="row" | Tour de Suisse | 16 | style="background:#ddf;"| 2 | 13 | style="background:#ddf;"| 4 |
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! scope="row" | Tour de Pologne | — | — | 12 | style="background:#ddf;"| 7 |
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! 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 |
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! scope="row" | Milan–San Remo | 13 | 21 | 23 | style="background:#ddf;"| 7 |
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! scope="row" | Tour of Flanders | style="background:#ddf;"| 6 | 19 | style="background:#ddf;"| 10 | 22 |
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! scope="row" | Paris–Roubaix | 11 | 44 | style="background:#ddf;"| 5 | style="background:#ddf;"| 6 |
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! scope="row" | Liège–Bastogne–Liège | 22 | 20 | 24 | 116 |
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! scope="row" | Giro di Lombardia | 26 | 29 | 55 | DNF |
style="background:#060A2F; text-align:center;" colspan=5| {{font color|white|Classics by highest finishing position}} |
Classic
!2013 !2014 !2015 !2016 |
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! scope="row" | Omloop Het Nieuwsblad | style="background:#ddf;"| 6 | 26 | 25 | 13 |
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! 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 | — | — |
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! scope="row" | E3 Harelbeke | 11 | 29 | 20 | 11 |
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! scope="row" | Gent–Wevelgem | style="background:#ddf;"| 4 | 52 | 20 | 14 |
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! 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 |
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! 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
{{reflist}}
External links
{{commons category|IAM Cycling}}
- {{Official website|http://www.iamcycling.ch/}}
{{IAM Cycling seasons}}
{{UCI WorldTeams}}
Category:Former UCI WorldTeams
Category:Cycling teams established in 2013
Category:Cycling teams disestablished in 2016