IAM Cycling

IAM Cycling
Team data
UCI code	I AM
nationality	Switzerland
License	UCI WorldTeam
First season	2013
Last season	2016
discipline	Street
Wheel manufacturer	Scott Sports
staff
General manager	Michel Thétaz
Team manager	Serge Beucherie
Sportl. ladder	Rubens Bertogliati Kjell Carlström Mario Chiesa Eddy Seigneur Rik Verbrugghe
Name story
Years	Surname
2013-2016	IAM Cycling
Team photo
Website
http://www.iamcycling.ch .

IAM Cycling was a Swiss cycling team based in Nyon . The team was founded for the 2013 season and received a license as a Professional Continental Team . For the 2015 season, the team received UCI WorldTeam status.

Name sponsor was IAM Independent Asset Management , a Geneva- based company whose purpose is asset management for pension funds. The founder and director of this company, Michel Thétaz, was also the team manager of IAM Cycling . Sport director was Serge Beucherie , assisted by Eddy Seigneur , Rubens Bertogliati , Mario Chiesa , Rik Verbrugghe and Kjell Carlström . The team was charged with wheels of Scott Sports facilities.

The team joined the Movement for Credible Cycling ( MPCC ) in its first season . In late May 2016, IAM Cycling announced that the team would disband at the end of the 2016 season.

2016 season

Success in the UCI WorldTour

date	run	winner
25. May	17th stage of the Giro d'Italia	Roger Kluge
June 19th	9th stage Tour de Suisse	Jarlinson Pantano
17th July	15th stage Tour de France	Jarlinson Pantano
26th of August	7th stage Vuelta a España	Jonas Vangenechten
August 28th	Bretagne Classic - Ouest-France	Oliver Naesen
7th of September	17th stage Vuelta a España	Mathias Frank

Success in the UCI Europe Tour

date	run	Cat.	winner
31 January	Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise	1.1	Dries Devenyns
February 7th	5th stage Étoile de Bessèges ( EZF )	2.1	Jérôme Coppel
3rd-7th February	Overall ranking Étoile de Bessèges	2.1	Jérôme Coppel
14th of February	Clásica de Almería	1.1	Leigh Howard
April 24th	6th stage Tour of Croatia	2.1	Sondre Holst Enger
May 27th	2nd stage Tour of Belgium	2.HC	Dries Devenyns
25-29 May	Overall ranking Tour of Belgium	2.HC	Dries Devenyns
July 27th	5th stage Tour de Wallonie	2.HC	Dries Devenyns
23-27 July	Overall ranking Tour de Wallonie	2.HC	Dries Devenyns
August 31	1st stage tour of the fjord	2.1	Leigh Howard

National road cycling champions

date	run	winner
25th June	Austrian Championship - Individual Time Trial	Matthias Brändle
June 26th	Austrian Championship - Road Race	Matthias Brändle
June 26th	Swiss Championship - Road Race	Jonathan Fumeaux

Additions Disposals

Accesses	Team 2015	Departures	Team 2016
Oliver Zaugg	Tinkoff-Saxo	Jerome Pineau	Career ended
Oliver Naesen	Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise	Sylvain Chavanel	Direct energy
Leigh Howard	Orica GreenEdge	Thomas Degand	Wanty-Groupe Gobert
Vegard stake lengths	Team joker	Patrick Schelling	Team Vorarlberg
		Sébastien Reichenbach	FDJ

team

Team roster
Surname	Date of birth	country	Previous team
Marcel Aregger	August 28, 1990	Switzerland	Atlas Personal-Jakroo (2012)
Matthias Brändle	December 7, 1989	Austria	NetApp (2012)
Clement Chevrier	June 29, 1992	France	Bissell Development (2014)
Stef Clement	September 24, 1982	Netherlands	Team Jumbo-Visma (2014)
Jérôme Coppel	August 6, 1986	France	Cofidis, Solutions Crédits (2014)
Stefan Denifl	September 22, 1987	Austria	Vacansoleil-DCM (2012)
Dries Devenyns	July 22, 1983	Belgium	Giant-Shimano (2014)
Martin Elmiger	September 23, 1978	Switzerland	AG2R La Mondiale (2012)
Sondre Holst Enger	17th December 1993	Norway
Mathias Frank	December 9, 1986	Switzerland	BMC Racing Team (2013)
Jonathan Fumeaux	March 7, 1988	Switzerland	Atlas Personal-Jakroo (2012)
Heinrich Haussler	February 25, 1984	Australia	Garmin-Sharp (2012)
Reto Hollenstein	August 22, 1985	Switzerland	NetApp (2012)
Leigh Howard	October 18, 1989	Australia	Orica-GreenEDGE (2015)
Roger Kluge	5th February 1986	Germany	NetApp Endura (2013)
Vegard stake lengths	February 7, 1989	Norway	Joker (2015)
Pirmin Lang	November 25, 1984	Switzerland	Atlas Personal-Jakroo (2012)
Oliver Naesen	September 16, 1990	Belgium	Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise (2015)
Jarlinson Pantano	November 19, 1988	Colombia	Colombia (2014)
Simon Pellaud	November 6, 1992	Switzerland	Atlas Personal-Jakroo (2012)
Matteo Pelucchi	January 21, 1989	Italy	Europcar (2012)
Vicente Reynés	July 30, 1981	Spain	Lotto Belisol (2013)
Aleksejs Saramotins	April 8, 1982	Latvia	Cofidis, le Crédit en Ligne (2012)
David Tanner	September 30, 1984	Australia	Team Jumbo-Visma (2014)
Jonas Vangenechten	September 16, 1986	Belgium	Lotto Belisol (2014)
Lawrence Warbasse	June 28, 1990	United States	BMC Racing Team (2014)
Marcel Wyss	June 25, 1986	Switzerland
Oliver Zaugg	May 9, 1981	Switzerland	Tinkoff-Saxo (2015)
Source: UCI

Placements in UCI rankings

UCI Asia Tour

season	Team ranking	Driver ranking
2013	35.	Johann Tschopp (114.)
2014	60.	Martin Elmiger (249.)

UCI Europe Tour

season	Team ranking	Driver ranking
2013	2.	Martin Elmiger (16.)
2014	5.	Sylvain Chavanel (6th)

UCI World Tour

season	Team ranking	Driver ranking
2015	17th	Mathias Frank (58.)
2016	17th	Oliver Naesen (23.)

See also

• IAM Cycling / Season 2015
• IAM Cycling / Season 2014
• IAM Cycling / 2013 season

Individual evidence

1. ↑ uci.ch dated December 19, 2012: Registration of the UCI Professional Continental Teams for 2013 ( memento of the original dated December 24, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ radsport-news.com of October 31, 2012: MPCC team association is growing
3. ↑ sda / mir: IAM is withdrawing at the end of the season. May 23, 2016. Retrieved April 28, 2017 .