Bahrain–Merida Pro Cycling Team

Bahrain–Merida Pro Cycling Team
Team information
UCI code TBM
Registered Bahrain
Founded 2017
Discipline Road
Status UCI WorldTeam
Website Team home page
Key personnel
Team manager(s) Brent Copeland
Team name history
2017– Bahrain–Merida

Bahrain–Merida Pro Cycling Team is a UCI WorldTeam cycling team from Bahrain which was founded in 2017.[1] Its title sponsors are the government of Bahrain and the Taiwanese bicycle manufacturer Merida.

History

The idea from a Bahrain Pro Cycling team was started in August 2016 by Sheikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa.[2] The team is financed by the government of Bahrain to promote the country worldwide.

Team roster

Rider Date of birth
 Valerio Agnoli[3] (ITA) (1985-01-06) 6 January 1985
 Yukiya Arashiro (JPN) (1984-09-22) 22 September 1984
 Manuele Boaro (ITA) (1987-03-12) 12 March 1987
 Grega Bole[4] (SLO) (1985-08-13) 13 August 1985
 Niccolò Bonifazio[5] (ITA) (1993-10-09) 9 October 1993
 Borut Božič (SLO) (1980-08-08) 8 August 1980
 Janez Brajkovic (SLO) (1983-12-18) 18 December 1983
 Ondrej Cink (CZE) (1990-12-07) 7 December 1990
 Sonny Colbrelli (ITA) (1990-05-17) 17 May 1990
 Ivan Garcia Cortina[6] (ESP) (1995-11-20) 20 November 1995
 Chun Kai Feng (TWN) (1988-11-02)2 November 1988 (aged 27)
 Enrico Gasparotto (ITA) (1982-03-22) 22 March 1982
 Tsgabu Grmay[7] (ETH) (1991-08-25) 25 August 1991
 Heinrich Haussler[4] (AUS) (1984-02-25) 25 February 1984
Rider Date of birth
 Jon Ander Insausti (ESP) (1992-12-13) 13 December 1992
 Ion Izagirre[8] (ESP) (1989-02-04) 4 February 1989
 Javier Moreno[8] (ESP) (1984-07-18) 18 July 1984
 Ramunas Navardauskas[7] (LTU) (1988-08-30) 30 August 1988
 Antonio Nibali (ITA) (1992-10-23) 23 October 1992
 Vincenzo Nibali[9] (ITA) (1984-11-14) 14 November 1984
 Domen Novak (SLO) (1995-07-12) 12 July 1995
 Franco Pellizotti (ITA) (1978-01-15) 15 January 1978[10]
 David Per (SLO) (1995-02-13) 13 February 1995
 Luka Pibernik (SLO) (1993-10-23) 23 October 1993
 Kanstantsin Sivtsov (BLR) (1982-08-09) 9 August 1982
 Giovanni Visconti[11] (ITA) (1983-01-13) 13 January 1983
 Wang Meiyin (CHN) (1988-12-26) 26 December 1988

Major results

National champions

2017
Ethiopian Time Trial, Tsgabu Grmay

References


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