Bike Aid

Bike Aid
Team data
UCI code	BAI
nationality	Germany
License	UCI Continental Team
operator	Windkante Service UG
First season	2014
discipline	Street
Wheel manufacturer	Benotti
Sportl. ladder	Lutz rotary head
Name story
Years	Surname
2014 2015 2016 2017-	Bike Aid-Ride for Help Bike Aid Stradalli-Bike Aid Bike Aid
Website
www.bike-aid.de

Bike Aid is a German cycling team based in Blieskastel .

The team led by the sporting director Lutz Drehkopf was founded in 2014 and registered as the UCI Continental Team . Co-founder and jointly responsible is Timo Schäfer , who has also been active as a cyclist for the team since it was founded .

The aim of the team, according to its own statements, is to contribute to the promotion of education in structurally poor countries with its own projects, as well as to enable intercultural exchange and to live it itself. In addition to a sporting perspective, drivers from developing countries should also receive language training and an internship with team sponsors.

The team is connected to and is supported by the eponymous Bike Aid eV , a non-profit association based in Saarbrücken, whose goal is to combine charity and the promotion of cycling.

In the first year of the team's existence, Mekseb Debesay won the individual classification of the UCI Africa Tour 2014 , which the team finished third in the team classification . The team won the team classification of the UCI Africa Tour 2017 .

At the beginning of the 2020 season, the Turkish Corendon Airlines , previously sponsor of the Corendon Circus team , became the team's new sponsor.

2020 season

Success in the UCI Continental Circuits

date	run	Cat.	winner
July 23	Prologue Sibiu Cycling Tour ( EZF )	2.1	Nicodemus Holler

Season 2019

Success in the UCI Europe Tour

date	run	Cat.	winner
February 10th	Grand Prix Alanya	1.2	Lucas Carstensen
26th of April	2nd stage Tour of Mersin	2.2	Aaron Grosser
April 27	3rd stage Tour of Mersin	2.2	Peter Koning
25.-28. April	Overall ranking Tour of Mersin	2.2	Peter Koning

2018 season

Success in the UCI Africa Tour

date	run	Cat.	winner
15. January	1st stage La Tropicale Amissa Bongo	2.1	Lucas Carstensen

Success in the UCI Asia Tour

date	run	Cat.	winner
January 26th	3rd stage Sharjah Tour	2.1	Salim Kipkemboi
October 24th	2nd stage Tour of Hainan	2.HC	Lucas Carstensen
November 9th	6th stage Tour de Singkarak	2.2	Clint Hendricks
November 11th	8th stage Tour de Singkarak	2.2	Nicodemus Holler

Success in the UCI Europe Tour

date	run	Cat.	winner
May 24th	5th stage at Post Rás	2.2	Lucas Carstensen
18th of August	4th stage Tour de Hongrie	2.1	Nicodemus Holler
August 19th	5th stage Tour de Hongrie	2.1	Nicodemus Holler

team

Team roster
Surname	Date of birth	country	Previous team
Meron Abraham	March 15, 1995	Eritrea
Daniel Bichlmann	August 18, 1988	Germany
Lucas Carstensen	June 16, 1994	Germany
Nicodemus Holler	May 4th 1991	Germany
Charles Kagimu	September 15, 1998	Uganda
Suleiman Kangangi	December 9, 1988	Kenya	Kenyan Riders Downunder (2016)
Salim Kipkemboi	November 30, 1998	Kenya	Kenyan Riders Downunder (2016)
Geoffrey Langat	September 15, 1991	Kenya
Patrick Lechner	December 12, 1988	Germany
Timo Schäfer	August 9, 1982	Germany
Matthias Schnapka	July 27, 1980	Germany
Tino Thömel	June 6, 1988	Germany	RTS-Monton Racing (2016)
Source: UCI

2017 season

Success in the UCI Africa Tour

date	run	Cat.	winner
March 12th	2nd stage Tour du Cameroun	2.2	Nicodemus Holler
March 13th	3rd stage Tour du Cameroun	2.2	Meron Teshome
March, 15	5th stage Tour du Cameroun	2.2	Meron Teshome
11-19 March	Overall ranking Tour du Cameroun	2.2	Nicodemus Holler
April 18	1st stage Tour of Eritrea	2.2	Meron Teshome
20th of April	3rd stage Tour of Eritrea	2.2	Meron Teshome
	Team ranking UCI Africa Tour 2017

Success in the UCI Europe Tour

date	run	Cat.	winner
May 20th	3rd stage Tour of Ukraine	2.2	Tino Thömel

team

Team roster
Surname	Date of birth	country	Previous team
Joschka Beck	March 22, 1993	Germany
Daniel Bichlmann	August 18, 1988	Germany
Amanuel Mengis	January 14, 1995	Eritrea
Awet Habtom (22 Mar - 31 Dec)	January 1, 1998	Eritrea
Nicodemus Holler	May 4th 1991	Germany
Suleiman Kangangi	December 9, 1988	Kenya	Kenyan Riders Downunder (2016)
Salim Kipkemboi	November 30, 1998	Kenya	Kenyan Riders Downunder (2016)
Geoffrey Langat	September 15, 1991	Kenya
Patrick Lechner	December 12, 1988	Germany
Timothy Rugg	November 24, 1985	United States
Timo Schäfer	August 9, 1982	Germany
Matthias Schnapka	July 27, 1980	Germany
Meron Teshome	July 13, 1992	Eritrea
Tino Thömel	June 6, 1988	Germany	RTS-Monton Racing (2016)
Adne van Engelen (Apr 10 - Dec 31)	March 16, 1993	Netherlands
Source: UCI

Placements in the UCI rankings

UCI Africa Tour

season	Team ranking	best driver
2014	3.	Mekseb Debesay (1st)
2015	4th	Mekseb Debesay (5th)
2016	7th	Meron Teshome (33.)

UCI America Tour

season	Team ranking	best driver
2014	-	-
2015	48.	Yannick Mayer (315.)
2016	-	-

UCI Asia Tour

season	Team ranking	best driver
2014	76.	Mekseb Debesay (370.)
2015	73.	Meron Amanuel (296.)
2016	57.	Nicodemus Holler (182.)

UCI Europe Tour

season	Team ranking	best driver
2014 - 2015	-	-
2016	130.	Nicodemus Holler (1267.)

See also

• Stradalli-Bike Aid / season 2016
• Bike Aid / 2015 season
• Bike Aid-Ride for Help / 2014 season

Individual evidence

1. ↑ A successful balancing act between competitive sport and management. In: radsport-news.com. November 2, 2018, accessed November 2, 2018 . 
2. ↑ radsport-news.com from December 16, 2013: Bike Aid-Ride for Help: The name says it all
3. ↑ Debesay Afrikas Radsportler 2014. radsport-news.com, December 22, 2014, accessed on December 23, 2014 . 
4. ↑ Corendon joins Team Bike Aid. In: radsport-news.com. February 19, 2020, accessed February 19, 2020 . 

Web links

• Official website of the Bike Aid eV association
• Bike Aid in the ProCyclingStats.com database