Vacansoleil-DCM

Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
Team information
UCI code VCD
Based  Netherlands
Founded 2008 (2008)
Status UCI ProTeam
Bicycles Ridley
Key personnel
General manager Daan Luijkx
Directeur sportif Hilaire Van Der Schueren
Team name history
2009–2010
2011–
Vacansoleil
Vacansoleil-DCM
Current season

Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team is a Dutch professional road race cycling team. They are a UCI ProTeam and compete in the UCI World Tour. The team was established in 2008, as the successor of P3 Transfer-Batavus,[1] while also taking over many of the riders and staff of Cycle Collstrop, the former team of manager Van der Schueren. They made their debut on the road in 2009. The team's title sponsor Vacansoleil is a European company which organizes luxury camping holidays. DCM is a Belgian farm supply company.

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Major results

2009

1st Stage 4 Étoile de Bessèges, Bjorn Leukemans
1st Overall Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen, Johnny Hoogerland
1st Stage 1, Johnny Hoogerland
1st Arno Wallaard Memorial, Lieuwe Westra
1st Overall Tour de Picardie, Lieuwe Westra
1st Stage 1, Lieuwe Westra
1st Overall Circuit de Lorraine, Matteo Carrara
1st Stages 2 & 3 Tour of Belgium, Borut Božič
1st  Uzbekistan Road Race Championships, Sergey Lagutin
1st Stage 1 Tour de Pologne, Borut Božič
1st Stage 1 Tour du Limousin, Borut Božič
1st Stage 6 Vuelta a España, Borut Božič
3rd Paris–Tours, Borut Božič

2010

1st Stages 1 & 2 Étoile de Bessèges, Borut Božič
1st Overall Tour of Qatar, Wouter Mol
1st Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne, Bobbie Traksel
1st Ronde van het Groene Hart, Jens Mouris
1st Ronde van Drenthe, Alberto Ongarato
1st Overall Tour de Luxembourg, Matteo Carrara
1st  Uzbekistan Road Race Championships, Sergey Lagutin
1st Stage 4 Vuelta a Burgos, Romain Feillu
1st Stage 2 Tour de l'Ain, Romain Feillu
1st Stage 4 Tour de l'Ain, Wout Poels
1st Druivenkoers-Overijse, Björn Leukemans
1st GP de Fourmies, Romain Feillu
1st Stage 4 Tour of Britain, Wout Poels
1st Stage 7 Tour of Britain, Borut Božič
1st Münsterland Giro, Joost van Leijen
1st Coppa Sabatini, Riccardo Riccò

2011

1st Stage 2, 3 & 4 Tour Méditerranéen, Romain Feillu
1st Stage 1 Paris-Nice, Thomas De Gendt
1st Classic Loire Atlantique, Lieuwe Westra
1st Hel van het Mergelland, Pim Ligthart
1st Tour du Finistère, Romain Feillu
1st Overall Tour de Picardie, Romain Feillu
1st Stage 2, Romain Feillu
1st Stage 3 Circuit de Lorraine, Thomas De Gendt
1st Stage 5 Circuit de Lorraine, Romain Feillu
1st Prologue Tour of Belgium, Lieuwe Westra
1st Boucles de l'Aulne, Martijn Keizer
1st Stage 4 Tour de Luxembourg, Romain Feillu
1st Stage 5 Tour de Suisse, Romain Feillu
1st Stage 7 Tour de Suisse, Thomas De Gendt
1st  Uzbekistan Road Race Championships, Sergey Lagutin
1st  Netherlands Road Race Championships, Pim Ligthart
1st Stage 2 Tour de Wallonie, Joost van Leijen
1st Stage 3 Tour de l'Ain, Wouter Poels
1st Overall Tour du Limousin, Björn Leukemans
1st Stage 1, Björn Leukemans
1st Druivenkoers-Overijse, Björn Leukemans
1st Tour de Vendée, Marco Marcato

National Championships

2011
Dutch Road Race Pim Ligthart
Uzbekistán Road Race Sergey Lagutin

Team roster

As of January 1, 2011.[2]

Rider Date of birth
 Santo Anzà (ITA) November 17, 1980 (1980-11-17) (age 31)
 Maxim Belkov (RUS) January 9, 1985 (1985-01-09) (age 27)
 Borut Božič (SLO) August 8, 1980 (1980-08-08) (age 31)
 Matteo Carrara (ITA) March 25, 1979 (1979-03-25) (age 32)
 Thomas De Gendt (BEL) November 6, 1986 (1986-11-06) (age 25)
 Stijn Devolder (BEL) August 29, 1979 (1979-08-29) (age 32)
 Romain Feillu (FRA) April 16, 1984 (1984-04-16) (age 27)
 Gorik Gardeyn (BEL) March 17, 1980 (1980-03-17) (age 31)
 Michał Gołaś (POL) April 29, 1984 (1984-04-29) (age 27)
 Johnny Hoogerland (NED) May 13, 1983 (1983-05-13) (age 28)
 Martijn Keizer (NED) March 25, 1988 (1988-03-25) (age 23)
 Sergey Lagutin (UZB) January 14, 1981 (1981-01-14) (age 31)
 Björn Leukemans (BEL) July 1, 1977 (1977-07-01) (age 34)
 Pim Ligthart (NED) June 16, 1988 (1988-06-16) (age 23)
Rider Date of birth
 Marco Marcato (ITA) February 11, 1984 (1984-02-11) (age 28)
 Wouter Mol (NED) April 17, 1982 (1982-04-17) (age 29)
 Ezequiel Mosquera (ESP) November 19, 1975 (1975-11-19) (age 36)
 Jens Mouris (NED) March 12, 1980 (1980-03-12) (age 31)
 Alberto Ongarato (ITA) July 24, 1975 (1975-07-24) (age 36)
 Marcello Pavarin (ITA) October 22, 1986 (1986-10-22) (age 25)
 Ruslan Pidgornyy (UKR) July 25, 1977 (1977-07-25) (age 34)
 Wout Poels (NED) October 1, 1987 (1987-10-01) (age 24)
 Rob Ruijgh (NED) November 12, 1986 (1986-11-12) (age 25)
 Mirko Selvaggi (ITA) February 11, 1985 (1985-02-11) (age 27)
 Joost van Leijen (NED) July 20, 1984 (1984-07-20) (age 27)
 Frederik Veuchelen (BEL) September 4, 1978 (1978-09-04) (age 33)
 Lieuwe Westra (NED) September 11, 1982 (1982-09-11) (age 29)

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