Omega Pharma Lotto

Omega Pharma Lotto

Team data
UCI code	OLO
nationality	Belgium Belgium
License	UCI ProTeam
operator	Belgian Cycling Company sa
First season	1985
Last season	2011
discipline	Street
Wheel manufacturer	Canyon bicycles
staff
General manager	Belgium Geert Coeman
Team manager	Belgium Marc Sergeant
Sportl. ladder	Belgium Marc Wauters Roberto Damiani Dirk de Wolf Jean-Pierre Heynderickx Herman Frison Michiel Elijzen Italy Belgium Belgium Belgium Netherlands
Name story
Years	Surname
1985 1986 1987 1988 1988–1989 1990 1991 1992 1993–1994 1995 1996 1997 1998–1999 2000–2002 2003–2004 2005–2006 2007 2008–2009 2010–2011	Lotto Lotto-Emerxil-Merckx Lotto-Merckx Lotto Lotto-Vlaanderen-Jong-Mbk-Merckx Lotto-Superclub Lotto Lotto-Mavic-MBK Lotto Lotto-Isoglass Lotto Lotto-Mobistar-Isoglass Lotto-Mobistar Lotto-Adecco Lotto-Domo Davitamon-Lotto Predictor-Lotto Silence-Lotto Omega Pharma-Lotto
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Website
www.omegapharma-lotto.be

Omega Pharma-Lotto was a Belgian cycling team sponsored by Omega Pharma and the Belgian Lottery . For the 2012 season it merged with the Quick Step Cycling Team to form the Omega Pharma Quick-Step Cycling Team . Co-sponsor Lotto founded the Lotto Belisol team .

history

First, the Belgian Lottery founded its cycling team called Lotto in 1985. They later merged with Domo-Farm Frites and called themselves Lotto-Domo.

In 2004, Davitamon was still a sponsor of the Quick Step-Davitamon team . But they separated from Quick Step and then worked with the former Lotto-Domo team. The team was called "Davitamon Lotto" in 2005 and 2006.

At the end of 2006 the pharmaceutical company Omega Pharma decided that the "Davitamon" brand had become better known through advertising in cycling and that the "Predictor" brand, under whose name pregnancy tests are sold, would now like to advertise on the riders' jerseys. In the 2008 and 2009 seasons, the group is promoting the "Silence" brand. As of 2010, the company name itself was advertised and the team was called Omega Pharma-Lotto.

Since the 2009 season, the team has been sponsored by the German bicycle manufacturer Canyon instead of Ridley .

At the end of the 2011 season, the team was merged with the Quick Step Cycling Team , with the operating company of the Omega Pharma - Lotto team, Belgian Cycling Company sa , running the team and the previous Quick Step team manager taking on the same function for the team , however, the joint team not only took over most of the riders and staff of the Quick Step Cycling Team, but also operated under the address of the operator Esperanza bvba.

The background to the separation of the sponsors was the disagreement between the previous name sponsors Omega Pharma and Lotto about the further development of the team. Co-sponsor Lotto founded a team called Lotto Belisol Team , which took over a large part of the sporting management and driver base of Omega Pharma-Lotto , but is managed by another operating company and does not take over the existing ProTeam license, but from the UCI was licensed as a new team.

Team 2011

Surname	birthday	nationality	Team 2012
Mario Aerts	December 31, 1974	Belgium Belgium	End of career
Jan Bakelants	February 14, 1986	Belgium Belgium	RadioShack Nissan
Adam Blythe	October 1, 1989	United Kingdom United Kingdom	BMC Racing Team
David Boucher	March 17, 1980	France France	FDJ-Big Mat
Bart De Clercq	August 26, 1986	Belgium Belgium	Lotto Belisol team
Francis De Greef	2nd February 1985	Belgium Belgium	Lotto Belisol team
Kenny Dehaes	November 10, 1984	Belgium Belgium	Lotto Belisol team
Jens Debusschere	August 28, 1989	Belgium Belgium	Lotto Belisol team
Device Dockx	4th July 1988	Belgium Belgium	Lotto Belisol team
Philippe Gilbert	5th July 1982	Belgium Belgium	BMC Racing Team
André Greipel	July 16, 1982	Germany Germany	Lotto Belisol team
Adam Hansen	May 11, 1981	Australia Australia	Lotto Belisol team
Olivier Kaisen	April 30, 1983	Belgium Belgium	Lotto Belisol team
Sebastian Lang	15th September 1979	Germany Germany	End of career
Klaas Lodewyck	March 24, 1988	Belgium Belgium	BMC Racing Team
Maarten Neyens	March 1, 1985	Belgium Belgium	Lotto Belisol team
Óscar Pujol	October 16, 1983	Spain Spain	Azad University Cross Team
Vicente Reynés	July 30, 1981	Spain Spain	Lotto Belisol team
Jürgen Roelandts	2nd July 1985	Belgium Belgium	Lotto Belisol team
Marcel Sieberg	April 30, 1982	Germany Germany	Lotto Belisol team
Jurgen Van De Walle	February 9, 1977	Belgium Belgium	Lotto Belisol team
Jurgen Van Den Broeck	February 1, 1983	Belgium Belgium	Lotto Belisol team
Sven Vandousselaere	August 29, 1988	Belgium Belgium	Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator
Jelle Vanendert	19th February 1985	Belgium Belgium	Lotto Belisol team
Jussi Veikkanen	March 29, 1981	Finland Finland	FDJ-Big Mat
Frederik Willems	September 8, 1979	Belgium Belgium	Lotto Belisol team
Stagiaire : Tosh Van Der Sande	November 28, 1990	Belgium Belgium	Lotto Belisol team

Placements in UCI rankings

UCI ProTour

season	Team ranking	Driver ranking
2005	4th	Australia Cadel Evans (17th)
2006	16.	Australia Cadel Evans (4th)
2007	9.	Australia Cadel Evans (1st)
2008	11.	Australia Cadel Evans (6th)

UCI World Calendar

season	Team ranking	Driver ranking
2009	6th	Australia Cadel Evans (5th)
2010	8th.	Belgium Philippe Gilbert (3rd)

UCI World Tour

season	Team ranking	Driver ranking
2011	1.	Belgium Philippe Gilbert (1st)

Individual evidence

^ Lefevere holding out for Gilbert and Van Den Broeck. on: cyclingnews.com , August 8, 2011. (English)

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