Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team

After {{UCI team code|MTN|2021b}} folded in 2021, Douglas Ryder said he always wanted to come back to cycling at the top level. In 2022 Ryder was looking for riders to race for his team in 2022.{{cite web |last1=Benson |first1=Daniel |title=Doug Ryder is quietly building a ProTeam for 2023 as speculation mounts surrounding a billionaire’s backing |url=https://www.velonews.com/news/road/doug-ryder-is-quietly-building-a-proteam-for-2023-as-speculation-mounts-surrounding-a-billionaires-backing/ |website=VeloNews.com |access-date=4 November 2022 |language=en |date=1 August 2022}} The team was formed with riders who already rode for UCI WorldTeams plus some riders from the second and third divisions.{{cite web |last1=Benson |first1=Daniel |title=Damien Howson, Gianluca Brambilla, Matteo Moschetti set to join Doug Ryder’s new team in 2023 |url=https://www.velonews.com/news/road/damien-howson-gianluca-brambilla-matteo-moschetti-set-to-join-doug-ryders-new-team-in-2023/ |website=VeloNews.com |access-date=4 November 2022 |language=en |date=26 September 2022}} Retired professional Vincenzo Nibali joined as the team's technical advisor and Giro d'Italia stage winner Gabriele Missaglia was hired as an assistant directeur sportif.{{cite web |last1=Becket |first1=Adam |title=New Q36.5 team launched by the man behind Qhubeka, riders and staff revealed |url=https://www.cyclingweekly.com/racing/new-q365-team-launched-by-the-man-behind-qhubeka-riders-and-staff-revealed |website=cyclingweekly.com |access-date=4 November 2022 |language=en |date=4 November 2022}} In December 2022, Union Cycliste Internationale announced that Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team was granted a UCI ProTeam licence for 2023 season.{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/pressrelease/granting-of-last-uci-womens-worldtour-licence-and-18-uci-worldtour-licences/4lDWyqsEi51J9vx3bHU7FA|title=Granting of last UCI Women’s WorldTour licence and 18 UCI WorldTour licences, and registration of UCI Women’s WorldTeams and UCI ProTeams for the 2023 season|publisher=UCI|access-date=15 December 2022}}

Q36.5 made an immediate impact with seven professional wins in its first season. Mark Donovan took overall victory at the 2023 Sibiu Cycling Tour, Matteo Moschetti had one-day victories at Clásica de Almería and Grand Prix d'Isbergues, and Nickolas Zukowsky was the Canadian National Road Race Champion. There were also stage victories for Matteo Badilatti at the Tour du Rwanda, Damien Howson at Vuelta a Asturias and Nicolò Parisini at CRO Race.[https://www.procyclingstats.com/team/q365-pro-cycing-team-2023/overview/ ProCyclingStats - Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team 2023]

The team followed up a successful debut season with a further five victories including two national titles. Jannik Steimle and Jelte Krijnsen took one-day wins at Grand Prix de Denain and Druivenkoers Overijse respectively, and Giacomo Nizzolo won stage four at the Sibiu Cycling Tour. David de la Cruz was the Spanish National Time Trial Champion and Negasi Haylu Abreha won the Ethiopian National Road Race title.[https://www.procyclingstats.com/team/q365-pro-cycing-team-2024/overview/ ProCyclingStats - Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team 2024]

In December 2024, it was announced that Tom Pidcock would leave Ineos Grenadiers to join Q36.5. Tom's younger brother Joe Pidcock and Kurt Bogaerts, Ineos assistant directeur sportif and long-time personal coach of Tom, also joined the team.[https://cyclinguptodate.com/cycling/its-very-special-to-continue-working-with-tom-kurt-bogaerts-thrilled-to-join-q365-and-pidcock-after-departing-ineos-grenadiers Cyclinguptodate.com - Kurt Bogaerts thrilled to join Q36.5 and Pidcock after departing INEOS Grenadiers] The moves paid immediate dividends, with Tom Pidcock taking two stages, the points competition and the first general classification victory of his career at his first race for the team, the 2025 AlUla Tour. Matteo Moschetti also won a stage to round out an excellent start to the season.{{cite web |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/alula-tour-2025/stage-5/results/ |title=Tom Pidcock survives echelon chaos to take first stage race GC win at AlUla Tour |website=CyclingNews |last=Moultrie |first=James |date=1 February 2025 |access-date=1 February 2025}}

Fabio Christen took the first professional victory of his career at the 2025 Vuelta a Murcia, a one-day race in Murcia, Spain. Christen sprinted to the front with 200m to go and held off Aurélien Paret-Peintre and Christian Scaroni to take the win.[https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/vuelta-ciclista-a-la-region-de-murcia/2025 ProCyclingStats - Vuelta a Murcia 2025] Tom Pidcock added another early-season Spanish win with victory on stage two at Vuelta a Andalucía on his way to third place overall.[https://www.procyclingstats.com/team/q365-pro-cycing-team-2025/overview/ ProCyclingStats - Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team 2025] Matteo Moschetti took his second win of the season on 8 March at Grand Prix Criquielion, the same day that Tom Pidcock finished second to reigning World Champion Tadej Pogačar at Strade Bianche.[https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/grand-prix-criquielion/2025/result ProCyclingStats Grand Prix Criquielion 2025][https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/strade-bianche-2025/elite-men/live-report/ Cyclingnews.com - Strade Bianche 2025]

Matteo Moschetti took his third and fourth wins of the season in April at the Tour of Hellas, outsprinting Dylan Groenewegen to the line twice to win stages one and five at the Greek race. The stage one result was the team's eighth win of the season, ensuring that 2025 would be its most successful year to date in terms of race victories.

On 31 March it was confirmed that Q36.5 would compete in its first Grand Tour race at the 2025 Giro d'Italia after being invited to participate by race organisers RCS Sport.{{Cite web |title=Teams announced for the 2025 Giro d'Italia |url=https://www.giroditalia.it/en/news/teams-announced-for-the-2025-giro-ditalia/ |access-date=2025-03-31 |website=Giro d'Italia 2025 |language=en}} Tom Pidcock was the highest overall finisher on the team, completing the race in 14th place. Pidcock and Moschetti both took stage podiums during the race, with Pidcock finishing third on stage five and Moschetti placing third on the final stage behind Olav Kooij and Kaden Groves as the riders sprinted to the finish in Rome.

{{Updated|10 January 2025.{{cite web | url=https://www.uci.org/team-details/20289 | title=Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | work=UCI.org | accessdate=10 January 2025}}}}

{{Cycling squad start}}

{{Cycling squad rider|name=Enekoitz Azparren|nat=ESP|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|2002|8|5}}}}

{{Cycling squad rider|name=Xabier Azparren|nat=ESP|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1999|2|25}}}}

{{Cycling squad rider|name=Matteo Badilatti|nat=SUI|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1992|7|30}}}}

{{Cycling squad rider|name=Sjoerd Bax|nat=NED|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1996|1|6}}}}

{{Cycling squad rider|name=Gianluca Brambilla|nat=ITA|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1987|8|22}}}}

{{Cycling squad rider|name=Walter Calzoni|nat=ITA|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|2001|8|8}}}}

{{Cycling squad rider|name=Marcel Camprubi|nat=ESP|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|2001|9|15}}}}

{{Cycling squad rider|name=Fabio Christen|nat=SUI|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|2002|6|29}}}}

{{Cycling squad rider|name=David de la Cruz|nat=ESP|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1989|5|6}}}}

{{Cycling squad rider|name=Mark Donovan|nat=GBR|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1999|4|3}}}}

{{Cycling squad rider|name=Frederik Frison|nat=BEL|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1992|7|28}}}}

{{Cycling squad rider|name=David González|nat=ESP|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1996|2|21}}}}

{{Cycling squad rider|name=Damien Howson|nat=AUS|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1992|8|13}}}}

{{Cycling squad mid}}

{{Cycling squad rider|name=Emīls Liepiņš|nat=LAT|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1992|10|29}}}}

{{Cycling squad rider|name=Kamil Małecki|nat=POL|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1996|1|2}}}}

{{Cycling squad rider|name=Matteo Moschetti|nat=ITA|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1996|8|14}}}}

{{Cycling squad rider|name=Giacomo Nizzolo|nat=ITA|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1989|1|30}}}}

{{Cycling squad rider|name=Nicolò Parisini|nat=ITA|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|2000|4|25}}}}

{{Cycling squad rider|name=Joe Pidcock|nat=GBR|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|2002|3|20}}}}

{{Cycling squad rider|name=Tom Pidcock|nat=GBR|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1999|7|30}}}}

{{Cycling squad rider|name=Jannik Steimle|nat=GER|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1996|4|4}}}}

{{Cycling squad rider|name=Rory Townsend|nat=IRE|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1995|6|30}}}}

{{Cycling squad rider|name=Milan Vader|nat=NED|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1996|2|18}}}}

{{Cycling squad rider|name=Harm Vanhoucke|nat=BEL|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1997|6|17}}}}

{{Cycling squad rider|name=Nickolas Zukowsky|nat=CAN|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1998|6|3}}}}

{{Cycling squad end}}

{{palmares start}}

;2023

:Clásica de Almería, Matteo Moschetti

:Stage 6 Tour du Rwanda, Matteo Badilatti

:Stage 1 Vuelta a Asturias, Damien Howson

:{{CAN}} National Road Race Championships, Nickolas Zukowsky

:{{cjersey|yellow}} Overall Sibiu Cycling Tour, Mark Donovan

:Grand Prix d'Isbergues, Matteo Moschetti

:Stage 3 CRO Race, Nicolò Parisini

;2024

:Grand Prix de Denain, Jannik Steimle

:{{ESP}} National Time Trial Championships, David de la Cruz

:{{ETH}} National Road Race Championships, Negasi Haylu Abreha

:Stage 4 Sibiu Cycling Tour, Giacomo Nizzolo

:Druivenkoers Overijse, Jelte Krijnsen

;2025

:{{cjersey|dark green}} Overall AlUla Tour, Tom Pidcock

::Stages 2 & 4, Tom Pidcock

::Stage 5, Matteo Moschetti

:Vuelta a Murcia, Fabio Christen

:Stage 2 Vuelta a Andalucía, Tom Pidcock

:Grand Prix Criquielion, Matteo Moschetti

:Stages 1 & 5 Tour of Hellas, Matteo Moschetti

:Stage 2 Tour of Slovenia, Fabio Christen

{{palmares end}}

;2023

:20px Canada Road Race, Nickolas Zukowsky

;2024

:20px Spain Time Trial, David de la Cruz

:20px Ethiopia Road Race, Negasi Haylu Abreha

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