Visma–Lease a Bike (men's team)

In road bicycle racing, teams usually take their names from their main sponsors. The team has had the following sponsors, and thus names.

After the season of 1983, the TI–Raleigh team split up because of tension between former world champion Jan Raas and team leader Peter Post,{{cite book |title= Het geheim van Raleigh|last= Holthausen|first= Joop |year= 2005|publisher= Arbeiderspers|location=Amsterdam |isbn= 90-809676-3-7}} with seven cyclists following Post to the new Panasonic-team and six cyclists joining Raas to the Kwantum team.{{cite web |url= http://home.quicknet.nl/qn/prive/harold.schav/ploegen/ned/raleigh.htm |title= New teams of the TI–Raleigh cyclists |access-date= 20 March 2008 |language= nl |archive-date= 8 April 2008 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080408182529/http://home.quicknet.nl/qn/prive/harold.schav/ploegen/ned/raleigh.htm |url-status= dead}} The team captains of the Kwantum team were Guillaume Driessens, Jan Gisbers and Walter Godefroot.{{cite web |url= http://www.dewielersite.net/db2/wielersite/ploegfiche.php?id=6455 |title= Kwantum Hallen – Yoko 1984 |access-date= 20 March 2008 |language= nl |publisher= dewielersite |archive-date= 14 April 2009 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090414002157/http://www.dewielersite.net/db2/wielersite/ploegfiche.php?id=6455 |url-status= live }} In their first year, the team managed to win the intermediate sprints classification and one stage in the 1984 Tour de France, the Amstel Gold Race and the Dutch national road championship.

After the 1984 season, Jan Raas stopped as an active cyclist and became team manager. In 1985 the Kwantum team had a successful year. Victories included two Tour de France stages, the Tour of Luxembourg, Paris–Tours, Paris–Brussels, the Tirreno–Adriatico, the Tour of Belgium, again the Dutch national road championship, and the World cycling championship (Joop Zoetemelk).{{cite web |url= http://www.dewielersite.net/db2/wielersite/ploegfiche.php?id=6695 |title= Kwantum Hallen – Yoko 1985 |access-date= 20 March 2008 |language= nl |publisher= dewielersite |archive-date= 14 April 2009 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090414092023/http://www.dewielersite.net/db2/wielersite/ploegfiche.php?id=6695 |url-status= live }} 1986 was less successful; the most important victory was Tour of Belgium.{{cite web |url= http://www.dewielersite.net/db2/wielersite/ploegfiche.php?id=6964 |title= Kwantum Hallen – Yoko 1986 |access-date= 20 March 2008 |language= nl |publisher= dewielersite |archive-date= 13 April 2009 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090413221431/http://www.dewielersite.net/db2/wielersite/ploegfiche.php?id=6964 |url-status= live }}

For the 1987 season, the main sponsor became Superconfex. In that year, the team was officially known as Superconfex – Kwantum – Yoko – Colnago. Jan Raas remained the team leader. After a victory in Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne for Ludo Peeters, the new sprinter Jean-Paul van Poppel, coming from the Skala cycling team, gave the team a great year, with five stage wins in the Tour de France (of which two for van Poppel) and the victory in the points classification in the Tour de France for Jean-Paul van Poppel. Joop Zoetemelk ended his career with a victory in the Amstel Gold Race.{{cite web |url= http://www.dewielersite.net/db2/wielersite/ploegfiche.php?id=7312 |title= Superconfex – Yoko 1987 |access-date= 20 March 2008 |language= nl |publisher= dewielersite |archive-date= 14 April 2009 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090414185905/http://www.dewielersite.net/db2/wielersite/ploegfiche.php?id=7312 |url-status= live }}

From 1988 on, the team was known as Superconfex – Yoko – Opel – Colnago. 1988 was also a successful season for the team, with victories in Paris–Brussels, the Tour of Ireland, the Tour of Belgium, the Amstel Gold Race, and six stages in the Tour de France.{{cite web |url= http://www.dewielersite.net/db2/wielersite/ploegfiche.php?id=7622 |title= Superconfex – Yoko 1988 |access-date= 20 March 2008 |language= nl |publisher= dewielersite |archive-date= 14 April 2009 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090414002310/http://www.dewielersite.net/db2/wielersite/ploegfiche.php?id=7622 |url-status= live }} In the 1989 season, Jean-Paul van Poppel changed to the Panasonic team. In 1989 his sprinting capacities were missed, and the number of victories was reduced. Still, Paris–Brussels, the Tour of Flanders and Paris–Tours were won, together with two stages in the 1989 Tour de France.{{cite web |url= http://www.dewielersite.net/db2/wielersite/ploegfiche.php?id=7869 |title= Superconfex – Yoko 1989 |access-date= 20 March 2008 |language= nl |publisher= dewielersite |archive-date= 15 April 2009 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090415014952/http://www.dewielersite.net/db2/wielersite/ploegfiche.php?id=7869 |url-status= live }}

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After the 1989 season, the main sponsoring was taken over by Buckler. The Tour of Belgium was won again, and the Ronde van Nederland was won as well. That year, the team had the winner of the Dutch national road race championships again, as Peter Winnen won the race.{{cite web |url= http://www.dewielersite.net/db2/wielersite/ploegfiche.php?id=8046 |title= Buckler 1990 |access-date= 20 March 2008 |language= nl |publisher= dewielersite |archive-date= 14 April 2009 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090414184423/http://www.dewielersite.net/db2/wielersite/ploegfiche.php?id=8046 |url-status= live }} In 1991, the team won the Amstel Gold Race, the Ronde van Nederland and Tour of Flanders. The team had taken over Steven Rooks from the Panasonic team, who immediately became the Dutch national road race champion.{{cite web |url= http://www.dewielersite.net/db2/wielersite/ploegfiche.php?id=8276 |title= Buckler 1991 |access-date= 20 March 2008 |language= nl |publisher= dewielersite |archive-date= 13 April 2009 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090413221514/http://www.dewielersite.net/db2/wielersite/ploegfiche.php?id=8276 |url-status= live }}

The worst year in the team's history was 1992. Only 26 races were won in the season, compared to 64 victories in the successful 1988 season.{{cite web |url= http://www.dewielersite.net/db2/wielersite/ploegfiche.php?id=8543 |title= Buckler 1992 |access-date= 20 March 2008 |language= nl |publisher= dewielersite |archive-date= 15 April 2009 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090415014149/http://www.dewielersite.net/db2/wielersite/ploegfiche.php?id=8543 |url-status= live }} 1992 also saw a young Erik Dekker entering the team. After that season, Buckler decided to stop sponsoring.

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A new sponsor was found in WordPerfect. Steven Rooks left the team, and Raúl Alcalá joined the team. Still, the 1993 season did not turn out well, with only 29 victories, the most important being Three Days of De Panne and the Tour DuPont.{{cite web |url= http://www.dewielersite.net/db2/wielersite/ploegfiche.php?id=8859 |title= WordPerfect 1993 |access-date= 20 March 2008 |language= nl |publisher= dewielersite |archive-date= 13 April 2009 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090413214953/http://www.dewielersite.net/db2/wielersite/ploegfiche.php?id=8859 |url-status= live }} In 1993 and 1994, Michael Boogerd and Léon van Bon started their professional career in the team, and Viatcheslav Ekimov also came. The Tour DuPont was won again, together with the Tour de Luxembourg. The year still was disappointing with only 25 victories.

In 1995, the team was joined by Djamolidine Abdoujaparov, the winner of the points classification in the 1994 Tour de France. Abdoujaparov won one stage in the Tour de France, but other than that, the year was still not what the sponsors had hoped, so a new sponsor had to be found. The title sponsor of the previous two years, WordPerfect, was a product of Novell Software, which carried the team's name this one season.

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Raas became the team manager of the Rabobank team while Theo de Rooy, Adrie van Houwelingen and Zoetemelk were directeur sportifs.{{cite web|url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/results/archives/jan96/27_1.html|title=Team Rabobank 1996|publisher=Cyclingnews.com|access-date=2 January 2008|archive-date=21 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130621083923/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/results/archives/jan96/27_1.html|url-status=live}} As a Dutch cycling team, the team signed many of the prominent Dutch cyclists of the 1990s including Adri van der Poel, Richard Groenendaal and Erik Breukink as well as keeping the prominent Dutch cyclists from the Novell team that included Léon van Bon, Erik Dekker and Michael Boogerd. In addition, the team had many successful cyclists of other nationalities such as Edwig van Hooydonck, Rolf Sørensen, Johan Bruyneel and Robbie McEwen.

The Rabobank team dominated the Dutch national championships over several disciplines, and had world champions in both cyclo-cross (Adri van der Poel in 1996, Richard Groenendaal in 2000 and Sven Nys in 2004) and road racing (Óscar Freire in 2004).

In the 2000 cyclo-cross world championships there was a conflict between the commercial team interests and the national team interests. Groenendaal attacked during the first lap and was chased by defending cyclo-cross world champion Mario De Clercq who was followed by Groenendaal's Rabobank teammate Sven Nys. Team manager Jan Raas allegedly told Nys not to cooperate in the chase and De Clercq was unable to catch Groenendaal. Nys received much criticism from the Belgian team manager Erik De Vlaeminck as well as the Belgian public.{{cite web|url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/results/2000/jan00/ccworlds00/elite.shtml|title=Rabobank win:at what cost?|work=Cyclingnews.com|access-date=1 January 2008|archive-date=2 September 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100902182252/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/results/2000/jan00/ccworlds00/elite.shtml|url-status=live}}

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Jan Raas was the team manager for the first eight years of the team's existence. In 2003 Raas was removed rather abruptly which surprised the other members of staff including Theo De Rooy, Erik Dekker and Michael Boogerd.{{cite web|url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/news/?id=2003/dec03/dec10news|title=Raas out of Rabobank|publisher=Cyclingnews.com|access-date=7 January 2008|archive-date=22 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322141729/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/news/?id=2003/dec03/dec10news|url-status=live}} De Rooy was promoted to team manager and a former Rabobank rider, who had been working as a PR man for Rabobank, Erik Breukink, was named as the new directeur sportif to replace De Rooy. In August 2007 in the aftermath of the affair in which Michael Rasmussen was removed during the 2007 Tour de France, De Rooy resigned from his position as team manager.{{cite web|url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2007/aug07/aug04news|title=De Rooy steps down from Rabobank|publisher=Cyclingnews.com|access-date=7 January 2008|archive-date=14 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014034153/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2007/aug07/aug04news|url-status=live}}

Following the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) report on doping in professional cycling in October 2012, Rabobank announced it would end its sponsorship of professional cycling at the end of 2012. Rabobank said that doping was so rampant that it was "no longer convinced the international professional world of cycling can make this a clean and fair sport."{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cycling/20001685|title=BBC Sport – Rabobank ends sponsorship of professional cycling team|publisher=BBC|access-date=19 October 2012|archive-date=19 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019204410/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cycling/20001685|url-status=live}}

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The team was able to continue, as Rabobank agreed to fund the team during 2013 until a new sponsor could be found. The deadline for finding new sponsorship was the end of the 2013 UCI World Tour.{{cite web|title=Blanco rebrands as Belkin Pro Cycling, unveils new kit in time for Tour de France|url=http://road.cc/content/news/85922-blanco-rebrands-belkin-pro-cycling-unveils-new-kit-time-tour-de-france|publisher=Road.cc|access-date=24 June 2013|archive-date=29 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029221234/http://road.cc/content/news/85922-blanco-rebrands-belkin-pro-cycling-unveils-new-kit-time-tour-de-france|url-status=live}} Racing under the name Blanco to refer to its formally unsponsored status, Tom-Jelte Slagter of the team won its first stage race, the 2013 Tour Down Under.

Belkin was announced as the team's new sponsor in June 2013 with a {{frac|2|1|2}}-year deal. In June 2014 they announced that they were exercising a clause in their contract to end their sponsorship of the team at the end of the 2014 season, forcing the team to find a new backer for the second time in 18 months.{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/belkin-riders-look-to-secure-futures-after-sponsor-pulls-out |title=Belkin riders look to secure futures after sponsor pulls out |last1=Benson |first1=Daniel |date=17 June 2014 |website=cyclingnews.com |access-date=18 June 2014 |archive-date=19 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140619005532/http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/belkin-riders-look-to-secure-futures-after-sponsor-pulls-out |url-status=live }} Subsequently, in July 2014 it was announced that the team had signed a formal declaration of intent with the Dutch lottery Lotto and marketing agency BrandLoyalty which would ensure their backing for two years, with an option for an additional two years. As part of the deal the cycling team would join forces with the BrandLoyalty speed skating team managed by Jac Orie and featuring Olympic and World Champions Sven Kramer and Stefan Groothuis.{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/belkin-team-secures-future-with-lotto-brandloyalty-sponsorships |title=Belkin team secures future with Lotto, BrandLoyalty sponsorships |author= |date=30 July 2014 |website=cyclingnews.com |access-date=3 August 2014 |archive-date=2 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140802024438/http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/belkin-team-secures-future-with-lotto-brandloyalty-sponsorships |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/report-belkins-future-guaranteed |title=Report: Belkin's future guaranteed |last1=Been |first1=José |date=21 July 2014 |website=cyclingnews.com |access-date=3 August 2014 |archive-date=24 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140724033431/http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/report-belkins-future-guaranteed |url-status=live }}

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In June 2014 it was announced that Belkin would stop sponsoring the cycling team. On 20 July 2014, the team announced they had an agreement in place with the Brand Loyalty skating team. A day later, the team also released the news that the Dutch Lotto will also sponsor the team. On 29 September 2014, the contracts were signed between the two teams, meaning that the new name would be TEAMLottoNL, with the renaming taking effect from 1 January 2015.{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/gallery-team-lottonl-jumbo-unveiled-in-utrecht|title=Gallery: Team LottoNL-Jumbo unveiled in Utrecht|work=Cyclingnews.com|access-date=24 October 2014|archive-date=24 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141024193319/http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/gallery-team-lottonl-jumbo-unveiled-in-utrecht|url-status=live}}

On 23 October 2014, the team was unveiled in Utrecht as Team LottoNL–Jumbo showing their new black and yellow team kit. Lotto had previously been confirmed as the team's title sponsor, supermarket chain, Jumbo, was presented as the second sponsor of the WorldTour team.{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/gallery-team-lottonl-jumbo-unveiled-in-utrecht|title=Gallery: Team LottoNL-Jumbo unveiled in Utrecht|work=Cyclingnews.com|access-date=24 October 2014|archive-date=24 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141024193319/http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/gallery-team-lottonl-jumbo-unveiled-in-utrecht|url-status=live}} In September the team confirmed they would continue to ride on Bianchi bikes for the 2016 and 2017 seasons.{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/news-shorts-wiggins-confirmed-for-tour-of-britain-cavendish-takes-a-step-towards-rio-olympics/|title=News shorts: Wiggins confirmed for Tour of Britain, Cavendish takes a step towards Rio Olympics|website=Cyclingnews.com|access-date=1 September 2015|archive-date=4 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904001136/http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/news-shorts-wiggins-confirmed-for-tour-of-britain-cavendish-takes-a-step-towards-rio-olympics/|url-status=live}} On the first rest day of the 2016 Tour de France, the team announced LottoNL had agreed to extend their sponsorship of the team through to the end of the 2018 season.{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/dutch-national-lottery-extends-sponsorship-of-lottonl-jumbo/|title=Dutch national lottery extends sponsorship of LottoNL-Jumbo – Cyclingnews.com|access-date=11 July 2016|archive-date=9 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170209121726/http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/dutch-national-lottery-extends-sponsorship-of-lottonl-jumbo/|url-status=live}}

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After signing a new sponsorship deal with Visma, a Norwegian software company, the team was renamed to Team Jumbo–Visma on 1 January 2019.{{Cite web|url=http://www.cyclingpub.com/article/5011/Team+Jumbo+welcomes+Visma+as+name+sponsor+from+2019|title=CyclingPub.com - Team Jumbo welcomes Visma as name sponsor from 2019|website=www.cyclingpub.com|access-date=2018-12-11|archive-date=3 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210603130058/http://www.cyclingpub.com/article/5011/Team%20Jumbo%20welcomes%20Visma%20as%20name%20sponsor%20from%202019|url-status=live}} From the start of 2021, the team has a new bicycle sponsor, Cervélo, and the team is equipped with disc brakes instead of rim brakes.{{cite web |title=Jumbo-Visma to ride Cervélo bikes in 2021 |url=https://cyclingmagazine.ca/sections/news/jumbo-visma-to-ride-cervelo-bikes-in-2021/ |website=cyclingmagazine.ca |access-date=12 March 2021 |archive-date=10 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210410140131/https://cyclingmagazine.ca/sections/news/jumbo-visma-to-ride-cervelo-bikes-in-2021/ |url-status=live }}

Jumbo, under new corporate leadership, planned to stop sponsoring professional sports by the end of 2024.{{Cite web |author1=Alasdair Fotheringham |date=2023-06-02 |title=Jumbo confirmed to cease sponsorship at end of 2024, if not earlier |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/jumbo-confirmed-to-cease-sponsorship-at-end-of-2024-if-not-earlier/ |access-date=2023-11-25 |website=cyclingnews.com |language=en}} It ended its sponsorship of the team at the end of 2023, and the team was renamed Visma–Lease A Bike, with Lease A Bike becoming a main sponsor after being a minor one in 2023.{{Cite web |title=Team Jumbo-Visma to become Team Visma {{!}} Lease a Bike from 1 January |url=https://www.teamjumbovisma.com/news/news/team-jumbo-visma-to-become-team-visma-lease-a-bike-from-1-january/ |access-date=2023-11-25 |website=Team Jumbo-Visma |language=en}}

The road racing team has won several Classics such as the Tour of Flanders in 1997, Championship of Hamburg in 1998, the Amstel Gold Race in 1999 and 2001, Paris–Tours in 1999, 2004 and 2010, Clásica de San Sebastián in 2000 and Milan–San Remo in 2004, 2007 and 2010. Erik Dekker won the UCI World Cup in 2001 due to his Classic win and high placings in many of the classics.

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The team signed American Levi Leipheimer in 2002 as a rider for the Tour de France. Leipheimer finished eighth in his first Tour but crashed out of the race on the first stage of the 2003 Tour de France. Leipheimer finished ninth overall the following year. The team became more of a Grand Tour team as could be seen by Michael Rasmussen's win in the Mountains Classification of the 2005 Tour de France. When Denis Menchov took the lead in the 2005 Vuelta a España, he was not expecting to be competing for the overall classification{{cite web|url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2005//vuelta05/?id=results/vuelta051|title=Menchov first in gold|publisher=Cyclingnews.com|access-date=1 January 2008|archive-date=14 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014034411/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2005//vuelta05/?id=results/vuelta051|url-status=live}}

The Rabobank team at that year's Vuelta were not seen as particularly strong or able to assist Menchov in the mountain stages.{{cite web|url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2005/sep05/sep19news2|title=Menchov gives Rabobank its best Grand Tour result|publisher=Cyclingnews.com|access-date=1 January 2008|archive-date=14 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014034530/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2005/sep05/sep19news2|url-status=live}} Menchov finished second to Roberto Heras which was the highest placing of a Rabobank team rider at a grand tour after Michael Boogerd's fifth place in the 1998 Tour de France. Heras was later disqualified for doping and Menchov was made the winner.{{cite web|url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2006/feb06/feb11news|title=Quiet celebration for Menchov and Rabobank|publisher=Cyclingnews.com|access-date=1 January 2008|archive-date=14 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014034700/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2006/feb06/feb11news|url-status=live}} In 1999 Menchov focused on the Tour de France where the team rode strongly with Menchov, Boogerd, and Rasmussen.

During the 2007 Tour de France, Rabobank fired Michael Rasmussen (2005 Tour de France, 2006 Tour de France K.O.M.) for code-violations while he was in the yellow jersey.[https://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070725/sp_wl_afp/cyclingfratour_070725212001 Rasmussen out of Tour de France] {{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} The remaining riders of the Rabobank team were given the choice to start the 17th stage without Michael Rasmussen, or to withdraw. That evening they decided to withdraw, but the team changed its mind and announced the following morning that the riders would be starting the 17th stage.{{cite news |url=http://www.nos.nl/nosstudiosport/artikelen/2007/7/26/26071315hetplezieriswegbijboogerd.html |title=Het plezier is weg bij Boogerd |publisher=NOS |access-date=27 July 2007 |date=26 July 2007 |language=nl |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090414224705/http://www.nos.nl/nosstudiosport/artikelen/2007/7/26/26071315hetplezieriswegbijboogerd.html |archive-date=14 April 2009 |df=dmy-all}} Although he started with the rest of the team, Denis Menchov (team leader on the road, who deferred to Rasmussen when the latter seemed to have a better chance at winning) abandoned the race in the middle of the stage.{{cite news |url=http://www.nieuws.nl/472234 |title=Menchov houdt Tour voor gezien |publisher=Nieuws.nl |access-date=27 July 2007 |date=26 July 2007 |language=nl |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090411210400/http://www.nieuws.nl/472234 |archive-date=11 April 2009 |df=dmy-all}}

The Rabobank team was invited for the 2008 Tour de France.{{cite news |url=http://www.letour.fr/2008/TDF/COURSE/us/actus.html#zone12 |title=The 2008 Tour: twenty teams invited |publisher=ASO |access-date=2 April 2008 |date=20 March 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080316063229/http://www.letour.fr/2008/TDF/COURSE/us/actus.html#zone12 |archive-date=16 March 2008 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all}} Denis Menchov had decided to focus on the Tour de France. To do that, he did not defend his Vuelta a España-title, and rode the 2008 Giro d'Italia as preparation for the Tour de France.{{cite news |url=http://www.cyclingheroes.info/id1075.html |title=Rabobank with 6 new riders – Menchov will not defend Vuelta title |website=Cyclingheroes |access-date=2 April 2008 |date=7 January 2008| archive-url = https://archive.today/20080110123411/http://www.cyclingheroes.info/id1075.html| archive-date = 10 January 2008}} Menchov finished 4th place in the 2008 Tour de France, and Óscar Freire won the points classification. The team had to wait until 2009 for the first successes in the Giro d'Italia, when Denis Menchov won two stages; a mountain finish and a time trial. This second win earned him the pink leader jersey, which the team defended to the end of the race, earning Menchov, and Rabobank, their third Grand Tour GC win.

• Women's road team: Team Visma–Lease a Bike (current); Rabo–Liv Women Cycling Team (former)
• Men's development team: Team Visma–Lease a Bike Development (current); Rabobank Development Team (former)

The Rabobank cyclo-cross team has dominated the sport in the past with Sven Nys and Richard Groenendaal winning the General Classification competitions such as the Superprestige, the World Cup and the Gazet van Antwerpen trophy over the last eight years. Groenendaal dominated the Dutch cyclo-cross championships for many years. Groenendaal left the team after the 2006–2007 season. He was at that time one of the few remaining Rabobank riders from the 1996 team. Lars Boom joined the team in 2002 as a junior cyclo-cross rider and has already achieved success in the Elite cyclo-cross championships as well as showing promise riding in the UCI Europe Tour with the Rabobank Continental team.{{citation needed|date=January 2013}}

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Rabobank announced in October 2012 that it would end its sponsorship of professional cycling at the end of the year, with the team announcing its intention to continue as a ‘white label’ under a new foundation yet to be established.{{cite web |url= http://www.rabosport.com/news/item/25803 |title= Cycling team's reaction to new start — Rabosport.com |access-date= 19 October 2012 |publisher= Rabosport.com |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121022204238/http://www.rabosport.com/news/item/25803 |archive-date= 22 October 2012 |df= dmy-all }} On 13 December 2012, the team announced it would participate in 2013 under the Blanco name and intended to either find a sponsor for 2014 or stop the team.{{cite web |url= http://www.volkskrant.nl/vk/nl/2698/Sport/article/detail/3362868/2012/12/13/Raboploeg-verder-als-Blanco-Pro-Cycling.dhtml |title= Raboteam continues as Blanco Pro Cycling |access-date= 19 October 2012 |publisher= volkskrant.nl |archive-date= 24 April 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130424222304/http://www.volkskrant.nl/vk/nl/2698/Sport/article/detail/3362868/2012/12/13/Raboploeg-verder-als-Blanco-Pro-Cycling.dhtml |url-status= live }}

During the 2013 Giro d'Italia it emerged that the technology firm Belkin was a possible new sponsor.{{cite web|last=Wilson|first=Bill|title=Blanco Pro Cycling team to be sponsored by Belkin|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-23029737|publisher=BBC News|access-date=24 June 2013|archive-date=25 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130625013131/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-23029737|url-status=live}} The deal was confirmed towards the end of May 2013,{{cite web|title=Belkin: New sponsor for Team Blanco|url=http://www.podiumcafe.com/2013/6/1/4385796/belkin-new-sponsor-for-team-blanco|publisher=Podium Cafe|access-date=24 June 2013|archive-date=16 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130616113646/http://www.podiumcafe.com/2013/6/1/4385796/belkin-new-sponsor-for-team-blanco|url-status=live}} and the team's new identity was launched a week before the 2013 Tour de France.

The team formerly rode Colnago frames, but as of 1 January 2009 began a two-year contract riding Giant frames equipped with Shimano components.{{cite web|url=http://www.velonews.com/article/82382/rabobank-team-to-ride-giant-bicycles-for-the-2009-season|title=Rabobank team to ride Giant bicycles for the 2009 season|work=Velonews.com|access-date=11 January 2009|archive-date=13 September 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080913052315/http://www.velonews.com/article/82382/rabobank-team-to-ride-giant-bicycles-for-the-2009-season|url-status=live}} Starting in 2014, Bianchi supplies the team bicycles.{{cite web|url=http://www.bianchi.com/global/bianchi/news_detail.aspx?NewsIDMaster=128394|publisher=Bianchi.com|access-date=17 July 2014|title=Bianchi technical sponsor of Belkin Pro Cycling Team|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140727002545/http://www.bianchi.com/global/bianchi/news_detail.aspx?NewsIDMaster=128394|archive-date=27 July 2014|df=dmy-all}} The team began a two-year contract (2014–2016) wearing Santini SMS clothing.{{cite web|url=http://www.bicycleretailer.com/international/2013/10/17/santini-sponsor-belkin-pro-cycling-team#.UmwM4cxgWM8|title=Santini to sponsor Belkin pro cycling team|publisher=bicycleretailer.com|date=17 October 2013|access-date=26 October 2013|archive-date=25 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131025213324/http://www.bicycleretailer.com/international/2013/10/17/santini-sponsor-belkin-pro-cycling-team#.UmwM4cxgWM8|url-status=live}}

The team struck a deal for consumer electronics company Belkin to sponsor the team from the 2013 Tour de France until the end of 2015.{{cite web|title=Belkin signs sponsorship deal with Blanco|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/report-belkin-signs-sponsorship-deal-with-blanco|work=Cycling News|publisher=Future Publishing|access-date=1 June 2013|archive-date=7 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130607161544/http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/report-belkin-signs-sponsorship-deal-with-blanco|url-status=live}} In 2015, Lotto, a Dutch lottery, agreed to sponsor the Team for four years. Between 2015 and 2023, the team was sponsored by a Dutch supermarket chain, Jumbo. The "NL" was added to the team's name to differentiate it from Lotto–Soudal, a ProTeam that is sponsored by the national lottery of Belgium.{{cite web |url= http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/team-jumbo-add-visma-as-title-sponsor-news-shorts/ |title= Team Jumbo add Visma as title sponsor – News shorts |access-date= 20 March 2019 |publisher= cyclingnews.com |archive-date= 16 March 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190316194920/http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/team-jumbo-add-visma-as-title-sponsor-news-shorts/ |url-status= live }}

In 2019, the team began a long-term contract with Norwegian business software provider Visma for at least five years, therefore becoming Team Jumbo–Visma.{{cite web |url= http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/team-jumbo-add-visma-as-title-sponsor-news-shorts/ |title= Team Jumbo add Visma as title sponsor – News shorts |access-date= 20 March 2019 |publisher= cyclingnews.com |archive-date= 16 March 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190316194920/http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/team-jumbo-add-visma-as-title-sponsor-news-shorts/ |url-status= live }} From 2021 team will have new bicycle partnership with Cervélo, ending previous sponsorship with Bianchi lasting from 2014 to 2020.{{cite news |title=Jumbo-Visma, Mitchelton-Scott and Team Sunweb all swap bikes for 2021 |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/jumbo-visma-mitchelton-scott-and-team-sunweb-all-swap-bikes-for-2021/ |access-date=20 October 2020 |publisher=cyclingnews.com |archive-date=23 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201023011845/https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/jumbo-visma-mitchelton-scott-and-team-sunweb-all-swap-bikes-for-2021/ |url-status=live }} In 2024, the team became Visma–Lease a Bike, following sponsorship by German company Lease a Bike.

In February 2025, the team announced the return of former title partner Rabobank as ‘jersey sponsor’ for a minimum term of 3.5 years, commencing on 1st July 2025.{{Cite web |title=A new chapter in a shared history: Rabobank becomes partner of Team… |url=https://www.teamvismaleaseabike.com/news/news/a-new-chapter-in-a-shared-history-rabobank-becomes-partner-of-team-visma-lease-a-bike/ |access-date=2025-02-27 |website=Team Visma {{!}} Lease a Bike |language=en}}

According to a 2012 investigation by de Volkskrant, doping was used by Rabobank riders since 1998 and condoned by the team, with team physicians actively monitoring the health of those riders. According to Stefan Matschiner, a key witness in the Humanplasma scandal, three (former) Rabobank riders were customers of the Swiss blood doping expert. Matschiner mentioned Michael Boogerd, the most successful Dutch Rabobank rider, and said one other team member was a customer. Theo de Rooij, Rabobank's manager since 2003 and responsible for pulling Michael Rasmussen from the 2007 Tour de France, did not deny doping was used by team riders but said that the use of doping was neither suggested nor paid for by the team.

A 2015 USADA report against Dr. Geert Leinders found that he and other team doctors supported and organized a blood doping program within the team for much of the 2000s, which included EPO, blood transfusions, HGH, and cortisones. Riders included in the report that doped during their Rabobank tenure include Denis Menchov, Michael Boogerd, Michael Rasmussen, and Levi Leipheimer.

{{Updated|4 January 2025.{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/team-details/20252|title=Team Visma–Lease a Bike|publisher=UCI|access-date=4 January 2025}}}}

{{Cycling squad start}}

{{Cycling squad rider|name=Edoardo Affini|nat=ITA|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1996|6|24}}}}

{{Cycling squad rider|name=Niklas Behrens|nat=GER|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|2003|11|6}}}}

{{Cycling squad rider|name=Tiesj Benoot|nat=BEL|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1994|3|11}}}}

{{Cycling squad rider|name=Matthew Brennan|nat=GBR|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|2005|8|6}}}}

{{Cycling squad rider|name=Victor Campenaerts|nat=BEL|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1991|10|28}}}}

{{Cycling squad rider|name=Thomas Gloag|nat=GBR|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|2001|9|13}}}}

{{Cycling squad rider|name=Tijmen Graat|nat=NED|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|2003|1|10}}}}

{{Cycling squad rider|name=Per Strand Hagenes|nat=NOR|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|2003|7|10}}}}

{{Cycling squad rider|name=Menno Huising|nat=NED|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|2004|4|8}}}}

{{Cycling squad rider|name=Matteo Jorgenson|nat=USA|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1999|07|1}}}}

{{Cycling squad rider|name=Wilco Kelderman|nat=NED|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1991|3|25}}}}

{{Cycling squad rider|name=Olav Kooij|nat=NED|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|2001|10|17}}}}

{{Cycling squad rider|name=Steven Kruijswijk|nat=NED|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1987|6|7}}}}

{{Cycling squad rider|name=Sepp Kuss|nat=USA|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1994|9|13}}}}

{{Cycling squad rider|name=Christophe Laporte|nat=FRA|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1992|12|11}}}}

{{Cycling squad mid}}

{{Cycling squad rider|name=Bart Lemmen|nat=NED|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1995|10|14}}}}

{{Cycling squad rider|name=Daniel McLay|nat=GBR|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1992|1|3}}}}

{{Cycling squad rider|name=Jørgen Nordhagen|nat=NOR|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|2005|1|10}}}}

{{Cycling squad rider|name=Ben Tulett|nat=GBR|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|2001|8|26}}}}

{{Cycling squad rider|name=Cian Uijtdebroeks|nat=BEL|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|2003|2|28}}}}

{{Cycling squad rider|name=Attila Valter|nat=HUN|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1998|6|12}}}}

{{Cycling squad rider|name=Wout van Aert|nat=BEL|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1994|9|15}}}}

{{Cycling squad rider|name=Dylan van Baarle|nat=NED|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1992|5|21}}}}

{{Cycling squad rider|name=Loe van Belle|nat=NED|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|2002|1|24}}}}

{{Cycling squad rider|name=Tosh Van der Sande|nat=BEL|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1990|11|28}}}}

{{Cycling squad rider|name=Julien Vermote|nat=BEL|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1989|7|26}}}}

{{Cycling squad rider|name=Jonas Vingegaard|nat=DEN|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1996|12|10}}}}

{{Cycling squad rider|name=Simon Yates|nat=GBR|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1992|8|7}}}}

{{Cycling squad rider|name=Axel Zingle|nat=FRA|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1998|12|18}}}}

{{Cycling squad end}}

{{Main|List of wins by Kwantum–Decosol–Yoko and its successors}}

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;1984

:20px Netherlands Road Race, Jan Raas

;1985

:20px Netherlands Road Race, Jacques Hanegraaf

:20px World Road Race, Joop Zoetemelk

;1989

:20px Netherlands Road Race, Frans Maassen

;1990

:20px Netherlands Road Race, Peter Winnen

;1991

:20px Netherlands Road Race, Steven Rooks

;1996

:20px World Cyclo-cross, Adri van der Poel

:20px Netherlands Time Trial, Erik Dekker

;1997

:20px Netherlands Road Race, Michael Boogerd

:20px Netherlands Time Trial, Erik Breukink

;1998

:20px U23 World Cyclo-cross, Sven Nys

:20px Netherlands Road Race, Michael Boogerd

:20px Netherlands Time Trial, Patrick Jonker

: 20px Switzerland Time Trial, Beat Zberg

:20px Austria Time Trial, Peter Luttenberger

;1999

:20px Netherlands Road Race, Maarten den Bakker

;2000

:20px Belgium Cyclo-cross, Sven Nys

:20px World Cyclo-cross, Richard Groenendaal

:20px Netherlands Road Race, Léon van Bon

:20px Switzerland Road Race, Markus Zberg

:20px Netherlands Time Trial, Erik Dekker

;2002

:20px U23 World Cyclo-cross, Thijs Verhagen

:20px Netherlands Time Trial, Erik Dekker

:20px Belgium Time Trial, Marc Wauters

;2003

:20px Belgium Cyclo-cross, Sven Nys

:20px Netherlands Time Trial, Maarten den Bakker

:20px Belgium Time Trial, Marc Wauters

;2004

:20px Netherlands Road Race, Erik Dekker

:20px Netherlands Time Trial, Thomas Dekker

:20px Finland Time Trial, Jukka Vastaranta

:20px World Road Race, Óscar Freire

;2005

:20px Belgium Cyclo-cross, Sven Nys

:20px World Cyclo-cross, Sven Nys

:20px Netherlands Time Trial, Thomas Dekker

:20px Belgium Time Trial, Marc Wauters

;2006

:20px Belgium Cyclo-cross, Sven Nys

:20px U23 World Cyclo-cross, Lars Boom

:20px Netherlands Road Race, Michael Boogerd

;2007

:20px U23 World Time Trial, Lars Boom

:20px Netherlands Road Race, Koos Moerenhout

;2008

:20px Belgium Cyclo-cross, Sven Nys

:20px World Cyclo-cross, Lars Boom

:20px Netherlands Road Race, Lars Boom

;2009

:20px Netherlands Cyclo-cross, Lars Boom

:20px Netherlands Road Race, Koos Moerenhout

:20px Netherlands Time Trial, Stef Clement

;2010

:20px Netherlands Cyclo-cross, Lars Boom

:20px Netherlands Time Trial, Jos van Emden

;2011

:20px Netherlands Cyclo-cross, Lars Boom

:20px Netherlands Time Trial, Stef Clement

:20px Spain Time Trial, Luis León Sánchez

;2012

:20px Netherlands Cyclo-cross, Lars Boom

:20px Spain Time Trial, Luis León Sánchez

;2013

:20px Norway Cyclo-cross, Lars Petter Nordhaug

;2015

:20px Netherlands Time Trial, Wilco Kelderman

;2016

:20px Slovenia Time Trial, Primož Roglič

:20px Belgium Time Trial, Victor Campenaerts

:20px Netherlands Road Race, Dylan Groenewegen

;2017

:20px European Time Trial, Victor Campenaerts

;2019

:20px Netherlands Time Trial, Jos van Emden

:20px Belgium Time Trial, Wout van Aert

:20px Germany Time Trial, Tony Martin

:20px Norway Road Race, Amund Grøndahl Jansen

;2020

:20px Slovenia Road Race, Primož Roglič

:20px Belgium Time Trial, Wout van Aert

;2021

:20px Belgium Cyclo-cross, Wout van Aert

:20px New Zealand Road Race, George Bennett

:20px Netherlands Time Trial, Tom Dumoulin

:20px Norway Time Trial, Tobias Foss

:20px Germany Time Trial, Tony Martin

:20px Netherlands Road Race, Timo Roosen

:20px Norway Road Race, Tobias Foss

:20px Belgium Road Race, Wout van Aert

:15px Olympic Time Trial, Primož Roglič

;2022

:20px Belgium Cyclo-cross, Wout van Aert

:20px Australia Time Trial, Rohan Dennis

:20px Norway Time Trial, Tobias Foss

:20px Netherlands Road Race, Pascal Eenkhoorn

:20px World Time Trial, Tobias Foss

;2023

:20px Netherlands Time Trial, Jos van Emden

:20px Hungary Time Trial, Attila Valter

:20px Belgium Time Trial, Wout van Aert

:20px Netherlands Road Race, Dylan van Baarle

:20px Hungary Road Race, Attila Valter

:20px European Road Race, Christophe Laporte

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{{Commons category multi|Rabo ProTeam|Team Jumbo-Visma}}

• [https://www.teamjumbovisma.com/ Official website]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20080219210441/http://www.sportsstats.nl/?ra_resize=yes&ra_width=800&ra_height=600&ra_toolbar=yes&ra_menubar=yes Rabobank results since 1996 {{in lang|nl}}]

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