Lotto-Belisol

Lotto-Belisol
Team information
UCI code LTB
Based  Belgium
Founded 1985 (1985)
Status UCI ProTeam
Bicycles Canyon Bicycles
Key personnel
General manager Geert Coeman
Directeur sportif Marc Sergeant
Team name history
2012– – ProTour
2010–2011 – ProTour
2008–2009 – ProTour
2007 – ProTour
2005–2006 – ProTour
2003–2004 – Div. I
2000–2002
1998–1999
1997
1996
1995
1993–1994
1992
1991
1990
1988–1989
1988
1987
1986
1985		 Lotto-Belisol (LTB)
Omega Pharma-Lotto (OLO)
Silence-Lotto (SIL)
Predictor-Lotto (PRL)
Davitamon-Lotto (DVL)
Lotto-Domo (LOT)
Lotto-Adecco
Lotto-Mobistar
Lotto-Mobistar-Isoglass
Lotto
Lotto-Isoglass
Lotto
Lotto-Mavic-MBK
Lotto
Lotto-Superclub
Lotto-Vlaanderen-Jong-Mbk-Merckx
Lotto
Lotto-Merckx
Lotto-Emerxil-Merckx
Lotto
Current season

Lotto-Belisol (UCI team code: LTB) is a Belgian professional cycling team sponsored by the Belgian lottery and Belisol, a Belgian window and door manufacturer.

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Sponsors

Lotto

Lotto has a long history of cycling sponsorship, they began sponsoring 1984 with Tönissteiner-Lotto-Mavic-Pecotex. In 1985, it became prime sponsor of a team bearing only its name. Walter Godefroot and Patrick Lefevere were early directeur sportifs. The fusion of the Lotto-Adecco and Domo-Farm Frites teams for the start of the 2003 season created the current team and structure in the guise of Lotto-Domo.

Omega Pharma

Omega Pharma had previously been a co-sponsor of the Quick Step-Davitamon team in 2003 and 2004. Omega Pharma became the main sponsors in 2005, under their Davitamon brand name. The team name switched to Omega Pharma's Predictor brand name in 2007 and the Silence brand in 2008. From 2010 the team became known as Omega Pharma-Lotto, before moving to the Quick Step setup for the 2012 season.

Current team structure

The team is managed by Belgians Marc Sergeant and Geert Coeman and they are assisted by their countrymen Hendrik Redant, Herman Frison and former Belgian National Team selector José De Cauwer. Filip Demyttenaere acts as public relations manager.

The team is a strong classics team, with emphasis on the northern Spring classics.

New team focus for 2010

Omega Pharma CEO Marc Coucke has signalled a new focus for the team in the 2010 season, after a disappointing Tour de France 2009 campaign.[1] Coucke confirmed that Belgian rider, Jurgen Van Den Broeck will become team leader in 2010, following the well publicised discontent between management and two-time Tour runner up Cadel Evans.

Major results

2002

1st  Australia Road Race Championship, Robbie McEwen
1st Stage 1, 3, 4 & 6 Tour Down Under, Robbie McEwen
1st Overall Etoile de Bessèges, Robbie McEwen
1st Stage 1, Robbie McEwen
1st Stage 3, Glenn D'Hollander
1st Omloop Het Volk, Peter Van Petegem
1st Stage 2 & 7 Paris-Nice, Robbie McEwen
1st Stage 1 & 3a GP Erik Breukink, Stefan Van Dijk
1st GP Rudy Dhaenens, Wesley Van Speybroeck
1st Omloop Wase Scheldeboorden, Stefan Van Dijk
1st Overall Three Days of the Panne, Peter Van Petegem
1st Stage 3b, Peter Van Petegem
1st La Flèche Wallonne, Mario Aerts
1st Scheldeprijs Vlaanderen, Robbie McEwen
1st Prologue Tour de Romandie, Rik Verbrugghe
1st Stage 4 & 10 Giro d'Italia, Robbie McEwen
1st Stage 7 Giro d'Italia, Rik Verbrugghe
1st Stage 3 Ronde van België, Andrei Tchmil
1st Stage 4 Tour de Luxembourg, Guennadi Mikhailov
1st  Netherlands Road Race Championship, Stefan Van Dijk
1st Stage 3 & 20 Tour de France, Robbie McEwen
1st Stage 2 Tour de Wallonie, Frédéric Amorison
1st Stage 5 Tour de Wallonie, Peter Van Petegem
1st Sparkassen Giro Bochum, Frédéric Amorison
1st Stage 2 Tour of Denmark, Stefan Van Dijk
1st Druivenkoers-Overijse, Christophe Brandt
1st Delta Profronde, Robbie McEwen
1st Paris-Bruxelles, Robbie McEwen
1st Overall Circuit Franco-Belge, Robbie McEwen
1st Stage 2 & 3, Robbie McEwen
2nd Road World Championships, Robbie McEwen
3rd Ronde Van Vlaanderen, Peter Van Petegem

2003

1st Stage 3 Tour Down Under, Robbie McEwen
1st Stage 3 Tour of Qatar, Stefan Van Dijk
1st Stage 4 Etoile de Bessèges, Robbie McEwen
1st Le Samyn, Stefan Van Dijk
1st Dwars door Vlaanderen, Robbie McEwen
1st Ronde Van Vlaanderen, Peter Van Petegem
1st Paris-Roubaix, Peter Van Petegem
1st Veenendaal-Veenendaal, Leon Van Bon
1st Stage 4 & 11 Giro d'Italia, Robbie McEwen
1st Stage 3a Tour de Picardie, Stefan Van Dijk
1st Stage 3 Deutschland Tour, Leon Van Bon
1st Stage 2 Tour de Suisse, Robbie McEwen
1st Stage 1 Tour de Wallonie, Nico Eeckhout
1st Overall Tour de l'Ain, Axel Merckx
1st Delta Profronde, Stefan Van Dijk
1st Memorial Rik Van Steenbergen, Nico Eeckhout
1st Stage 3 Rheinland-Pfalz Rundfahrt, Kevin Van Impe
1st Stage 4 Rheinland-Pfalz Rundfahrt, Koos Moerenhout
1st Stage 3 Circuit Franco-Belge, Robbie McEwen
2nd Road World Championships, Peter Van Petegem

2004

1st Stage 1 & 4 Tour Down Under, Robbie McEwen
1st Le Samyn, Robbie McEwen
1st Stage 3 Paris-Nice, Leon Van Bon
1st Omloop van de Vlaamse Scheldeboorden, Stefan Van Dijk
1st Ronde van Noord-Holland, Stefan Van Dijk
1st Stage 5 Giro d'Italia, Robbie McEwen
1st Stage 3 Tour de Picardie, Stefan Van Dijk
1st Stage 2 & 4 Tour de Suisse, Robbie McEwen
1st Stage 4 Ster Elektrotoer, Nico Eeckhout
1st Stage 2 & 9 Tour de France, Robbie McEwen
1st Dwars door Gendringen, Stefan Van Dijk
1st Stage 5 Ronde van Nederland, Leon Van Bon
1st Delta Profronde, Nico Eeckhout
2nd Ronde Van Vlaanderen, Leif Hoste
3rd Olympic Road Race, Axel Merckx

2005

1st  Australia Road Race Championship, Robbie McEwen
1st Stage 1, 2 & 6 Tour Down Under, Robbie McEwen
1st Stage 2 & 4 Etoile de Bessèges, Tom Steels
1st Stage 5 Tour of Qatar, Robbie McEwen
1st Stage 1 GP Costa Azul, Fred Rodriguez
1st Stage 2 & 3 Vuelta a Andalucia, Serge Baguet
1st Stage 2 Volta ao Algarve, Tom Steels
1st Stage 3a Three Days of De Panne, Tom Steels
1st Gent-Wevelgem, Nico Mattan
1st Stage 2 Niedersachsen-Rundfahrt, Robbie McEwen
1st Stage 5 Niedersachsen-Rundfahrt, Mauricio Ardila
1st Stage 2, 6 & 10 Giro d'Italia, Robbie McEwen
1st Stage 1 Tour de Picardie, Gert Steegmans
1st Stage 4 Ronde van België, Jan Kuyckx
1st Stage 5 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré, Axel Merckx
1st Stage 4 Tour de Suisse, Robbie McEwen
1st Brussel-Ingooigem, Bert Roesems
1st  Belgium Road Race Championship, Serge Baguet
1st  Netherlands Road Race Championship, Leon Van Bon
1st Stage 5, 7 & 13 Tour de France, Robbie McEwen
1st Stage 7 Deutschland Tour, Cadel Evans
1st Paris-Bruxelles, Robbie McEwen
1st GP de Fourmies, Robbie McEwen
1st Nationale Sluitingprijs, Gert Steegmans
3rd Ronde Van Vlaanderen, Peter Van Petegem

2006

1st Overall Gp Costa Azul, Robbie McEwen
1st Stage 1, Robbie McEwen
1st Stage 3 & 4 Volta ao Algarve, Gert Steegmans
1st Stage 2 Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen, Robbie McEwen
1st Nokere Koerse, Bert Roesems
1st Stage 4 Tour de Georgia, Fred Rodriguez
1st Overall Tour de Romandie, Cadel Evans
1st Stage 1, Robbie McEwen
1st Stage 2, Chris Horner
1st Stage 5, Cadel Evans
1st Stage 3 4 Jours de Dunkerque, Gert Steegmans
1st Stage 2, 4 & 6 Giro d'Italia, Robbie McEwen
1st Stage 2 Tour de Picardie, Gert Steegmans
1st Stage 5 Ronde van België, Gert Steegmans
1st Stage 2, 4 & 6 Tour de France, Robbie McEwen
1st Schaal Sels, Preben Van Hecke
1st Paris-Bruxelles, Robbie McEwen
1st Stage 7 Herald Sun Tour, Robbie McEwen
2nd Overall Tour de Pologne, Cadel Evans

2007

1st Stage 3 Jayco Bay Classic, Robbie McEwen
1st Stage 5 Tour Down Under, Robbie McEwen
1st, Stage 5, Tour of Qatar, Greg Van Avermaet
1st Stage 1 Vuelta a Andalucia, Dario David Cioni
1st Stage 1 Tirreno-Adriatico, Robbie McEwen
1st Stage 1b (Team time trial), Settimana Coppi & Bartali
1st Stage 6 Tour of California, Fred Rodriguez
1st Stage 2 Tour de Romandie, Robbie McEwen
1st Stage 2 Giro d'Italia, Robbie McEwen
1st Stage 4 Tour de Suisse, Robbie McEwen
1st GP Gerrie Knetemann, Olivier Kaisen
1st Stage 1 Tour de France, Robbie McEwen
1st Stage 13 Tour de France, Cadel Evans
1st Stage 4 Österreich-Rundfahrt, Björn Leukemans
1st Stage 2 Tour de Wallonie, Greg Van Avermaet
1st Rund um die Hainleite, Greg Van Avermaet
1st Belgium, Time Trial Championships, Leif Hoste
1st Druivenkoers-Overijse, Roy Sentjens
1st Stage 3 Eneco Tour, Robbie McEwen
1st Memorial Rik Van Steenbergen, Greg Van Avermaet
1st Overall Tour de Pologne, Johan Van Summeren
1st Stage 7, Johan Van Summeren
1st Paris-Bruxelles, Robbie McEwen
2nd Ronde Van Vlaanderen, Leif Hoste
2nd Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré, Cadel Evans
2nd Overall Tour de France, Cadel Evans

2008

1st Australia, Road Race Championships, Matthew Lloyd
1st Stage 2 Vuelta a Andalucia, Cadel Evans
1st Stage 4 Paris-Nice, Cadel Evans
1st Overall Settimana Coppi & Bartali, Cadel Evans
1st Stage 3, Cadel Evans
1st Stage 2 Tour de Romandie, Robbie McEwen
1st Stage 3 Tour of Belgium, Greg Van Avermaet
1st Stage 3 & 4 Tour de Suisse, Robbie McEwen
1st Belgium, Road Race Championships, Jurgen Roelandts
1st Stage 3 Tour de Wallonie, Greg Van Avermaet
1st Stage 2 Tour de l'Ain, Greg Van Avermaet
1st GP Stad Zottegem, Roy Sentjens
1st Vattenfall Cyclassics, Robbie McEwen
1st Stage 9 Vuelta a España, Greg Van Avermaet
1st Points Classification, Vuelta a España, Greg Van Avermaet
1st Paris-Bruxelles, Robbie McEwen
1st Stage 5 Tour de Pologne, Jurgen Roelandts
1st Stage 3 Circuit Franco-Belge, Jurgen Roelandts
2nd Overall, Tour de France, Cadel Evans
2nd Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré, Cadel Evans
2nd Flèche Wallonne, Cadel Evans
2nd Overall Vuelta al Pais Vasco, Cadel Evans

2009

1st Stage 5 Settimana Coppi & Bartali, Cadel Evans
1st Stage 5 Presidential Tour of Turkey, Olivier Kaisen
1st Stage 20 Giro d'Italia, Philippe Gilbert
1st Overall Ster Elektrotoer, Philippe Gilbert
1st Stage 4, Philippe Gilbert
1st Schaal Sels, Kris Boeckmans
1st Road Race World Champion, Cadel Evans
1st Coppa Sabatini, Philippe Gilbert
1st Paris–Tours, Philippe Gilbert
1st Giro del Piemonte, Philippe Gilbert
1st Giro di Lombardia, Philippe Gilbert
2nd Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré, Cadel Evans
1st Stage 1, Cadel Evans
1st Points classification, Cadel Evans
3rd Overall Vuelta a España, Cadel Evans
3rd Clasica San Sebastian, Mickael Delage
3rd Overall Vuelta al Pais Vasco, Cadel Evans
3rd Ronde van Vlaanderen, Philippe Gilbert

2010

1st Amstel Gold Race, Philippe Gilbert
1st Stage 6 Giro d'Italia, Matthew Lloyd
1st Mountains classification in the Giro d'Italia, Matthew Lloyd
1st Stage 1 Tour of Belgium, Philippe Gilbert
1st Stage 3 & 19 Vuelta a España, Philippe Gilbert
1st Overall Circuit Franco-Belge, Adam Blythe
1st Stage 1 & 3, Adam Blythe
1st Nationale Sluitingprijs, Adam Blythe
1st Giro del Piemonte, Philippe Gilbert
1st Giro di Lombardia, Philippe Gilbert
3rd Liège-Bastogne-Liège, Philippe Gilbert
3rd Gent-Wevelgem, Philippe Gilbert
3rd Ronde van Vlaanderen, Philippe Gilbert

2011

1st Stage 1, Volta ao Algarve, Philippe Gilbert
1st Stage 4, Volta ao Algarve, André Greipel
1st Montepaschi Strade Bianche, Philippe Gilbert
1st Stage 5, Tirreno-Adriatico, Philippe Gilbert
1st Stage 1 Driedaagse van De Panne, André Greipel
1st Brabantse Pijl, Philippe Gilbert
1st Amstel Gold Race, Philippe Gilbert
1st La Flèche Wallonne, Philippe Gilbert
1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège, Philippe Gilbert
1st Stage 6 Presidential Tour of Turkey, André Greipel
1st Stage 7, Giro d'Italia, Bart De Clercq
1st Overall Tour of Belgium, Philippe Gilbert
1st Stages 1 & 4, André Greipel
1st Stage 3, Philippe Gilbert
1st Stage 1 Critérium du Dauphiné, Jurgen Van Den Broeck
1st Overall Ster ZLM Tour, Philippe Gilbert
1st Stage 4, Philippe Gilbert
1st  Belgium Road Race Championships, Philippe Gilbert
1st  Belgium Time Trial Championships, Philippe Gilbert
1st Stage 1 Tour de France, Philippe Gilbert
1st Stage 10 Tour de France, André Greipel
1st Stage 14 Tour de France, Jelle Vanendert
1st Clásica San Sebastián, Philippe Gilbert
1st Stages 1 & 2 Eneco Tour, André Greipel
1st Stage 3 Eneco Tour, Philippe Gilbert
1st Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec, Philippe Gilbert
1st GP de Wallonie, Philippe Gilbert

National Championships

2002
Australia Road Race Robbie McEwen
Netherlands Road Race Stefan Van Dijk
2005
Australia Road Race Robbie McEwen
Belgian Road Race Serge Baguet
Netherlands Road Race Leon Van Bon
2007
Belgian Time Trial Leif Hoste
2008
Australia Road Race Matthew Lloyd
Belgian Road Race Jürgen Roelandts
2009
World Road Race Cadel Evans
2011
Belgian Road Race Philippe Gilbert
Belgian Time Trial Philippe Gilbert

Team roster

As of 5 January 2012.[2]

Rider Date of birth
 Lars Bak (DEN) 16 January 1980 (1980-01-16) (age 32)
 Gaëtan Bille (BEL) 6 April 1988 (1988-04-06) (age 23)
 Brian Bulgac (NED) 7 April 1988 (1988-04-07) (age 23)
 Sander Cordeel (BEL) 7 November 1987 (1987-11-07) (age 24)
 Bart De Clercq (BEL) 26 August 1986 (1986-08-26) (age 25)
 Francis De Greef (BEL) 2 February 1985 (1985-02-02) (age 27)
 Jens Debusschere (BEL) 28 August 1989 (1989-08-28) (age 22)
 Kenny Dehaes (BEL) 10 November 1984 (1984-11-10) (age 27)
 Gert Dockx (BEL) 4 July 1988 (1988-07-04) (age 23)
 André Greipel (GER) 16 July 1982 (1982-07-16) (age 29)
 Adam Hansen (AUS) 11 May 1981 (1981-05-11) (age 30)
 Greg Henderson (NZL) 10 September 1976 (1976-09-10) (age 35)
 Olivier Kaisen (BEL) 30 April 1983 (1983-04-30) (age 28)
 Gianni Meersman (BEL) 30 April 1983 (1983-04-30) (age 28)
Rider Date of birth
 Maarten Neyens (BEL) 24 May 1983 (1983-05-24) (age 28)
 Vicente Reynès (ESP) 31 July 1981 (1981-07-31) (age 30)
 Fréderique Robert (BEL) 25 January 1989 (1989-01-25) (age 23)
 Jürgen Roelandts (BEL) 2 July 1985 (1985-07-02) (age 26)
 Marcel Sieberg (GER) 30 April 1982 (1982-04-30) (age 29)
 Mehdi Sohrabi (IRI) 12 October 1981 (1981-10-12) (age 30)
 Jurgen Van de Walle (BEL) 9 February 1977 (1977-02-09) (age 35)
 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (BEL) 1 February 1983 (1983-02-01) (age 29)
 Tosh van der Sande (BEL) 28 November 1990 (1990-11-28) (age 21)
 Joost van Leijen (NED) 20 July 1984 (1984-07-20) (age 27)
 Dennis Vanendert (BEL) 27 June 1988 (1988-06-27) (age 23)
 Jelle Vanendert (BEL) 19 February 1985 (1985-02-19) (age 27)
 Jonas Vangenechten (BEL) 16 September 1986 (1986-09-16) (age 25)
 Frederik Willems (BEL) 8 September 1979 (1979-09-08) (age 32)

See also

References

  1. ^ Evans relegated in Silence-Lotto pecking order Sydney Morning Herald
  2. ^ "Lotto Belisol Team (LTB) - BEL". UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. http://www.uciworldtour.com/Modules/SUCI/TEAMS/TeamDetails.asp?id=MQ&RefDate=04.01.2012&MenuId=MTYzMDE&LangId=1&BackLink=%2Ftemplates%2FUCI%2FUCI2%2Flayout%2Easp%3FMenuId%3DMTYzMDE%26LangId%3D1. Retrieved 5 January 2012. 

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