Hagens Berman Axeon

Hagens Berman Axeon
Team data
UCI code	HBA
nationality	United States
License	Professional Continental Team
operator	Capital Sports and Entertainment
First season	2009
discipline	Street
Wheel manufacturer	Specialized
staff
Team manager	Axel Merckx
Sportl. ladder	Omer Kem
Name story
Years	Surname
2009 2010–2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016–2017 2018	Trek Livestrong Trek Livestrong U23 Bontrager Livestrong Team Bontrager Cycling Team Bissell Development Team Axeon Axeon Hagens Berman Hagens Berman Axeon
Website
www.axeoncycling.com

Hagens Berman Axeon is an American cycling team based in Austin, Texas . The manager is Axel Merckx , who is supported by the sporting director Omer Kem .

The team was founded in 2009 under the name Trek Livestrong and has since participated in the UCI Continental Circuits as a Continental team . In 2010 and 2011, the team was the farm team for ProTeam RadioShack , which was also operated by Capital Sports and Entertainment . The team was initially sponsored by the US bicycle component manufacturer Bontrager , which is a brand of the Trek Bicycle Corporation . Another namesake was Livestrong , Lance Armstrong's Cancer Aid Foundation .

In 2014 , North America's largest manufacturer of floor care products, Bissell took over the title sponsorship while Trek continued to equip the team. Bissell maintained the Bissell Cycling Team until the end of the 2013 season . The reason for the name change is that, according to the UCI rules, a company cannot be the name sponsor of two teams that are racing against each other in the same race. Since Trek took over the RadioShack Leopard under its own name in 2014 , one of the two teams would have had to forego taking part in the California Tour without changing the name of the junior team .

In the 2018 season, the team received a license as a Professional Continental Team under the name Hagens Berman Axeon .

2020 season

National road cycling champions

date	run	driver
11th January	Australian Championship - Road Race (U23)	Jarrad Drizners

Season 2019

Success in the UCI Europe Tour

date	run	Cat .	winner
5th-7th April	Overall ranking Le Triptyque des Monts et Chateaux	2.2U	Mikkel Bjerg
20th of April	Liège – Bastogne – Liège (U23)	1.2U	Kevin Vermaerke
September 6th	Hafjell TT	1.2	Mikkel Bjerg
September 8th	Chrono Champenois	1.2	Mikkel Bjerg

National road cycling champions

date	run	winner
20th June	US Championship - Individual Time Trial (U23)	Ian Garrison
June 27th	US Championship - Individual Time Trial	Ian Garrison
June 28th	Portuguese Championship - Individual Time Trial (U23)	Joao Almeida
June 29th	Portuguese Championship - Road Race (U23)	Joao Almeida

team

Team roster
Surname	Date of birth	country	Previous team
João Pedro Almeida	August 5, 1998	Portugal	Unieuro Trevigiani-Hemus 1896 (2017)
Edward Anderson	April 18, 1998	United States
Mikkel Bjerg	November 3, 1998	Denmark	Giant-Castelli (2017)
Jonathan Brown	April 20, 1997	United States
André Carvalho	October 31, 1997	Portugal	Liberty Seguros-Carglass (2018)
Cole Davis	June 11, 1999	United States
Jacob Egholm	April 27, 1998	Denmark	Waoo (2018)
Liam Holowesko	September 1, 2000	Bahamas
Zeke Mostov	July 30, 1996	United States	Aevolo (2017)
Sean Quinn	May 10, 2000	United States
Thomas Revard	October 20, 1997	United States
Karel Vacek	September 9, 2000	Czech Republic
Kevin Vermaerke	October 16, 2000	United States
Maikel Zijlaard	June 1, 1999	Netherlands
Source: UCI

2018 season

Success in the UCI America Tour

date	run	Cat .	winner
April 19th	2nd stage Tour of the Gila	2.2	Christopher Blevins
April 21	4th stage Tour of the Gila	2.2	Michael Rice
August 10	4th stage Tour of Utah	2.HC	Jasper Philipsen

Success in the UCI Europe Tour

date	run	Cat .	winner
March 11	Dorpenomloop Rucphen	1.2	Mikkel Bjerg
March 31	1st stage Le Triptyque des Monts et Chateaux	2.2U	Jasper Philipsen
April 1st	2nd stage Le Triptyque des Monts et Chateaux	2.2U	Jasper Philipsen
March 31st - April 2nd	Overall ranking Le Triptyque des Monts et Chateaux	2.2U	Jasper Philipsen
April 8th	4th stage Circuit des Ardennes	2.2	Ivo Oliveira
April 14th	Liège – Bastogne – Liège (U23)	1.2U	Joao Almeida
June 10th	3rd stage Baby Giro	2.2U	Jasper Philipsen
June 13th	6th stage Baby Giro	2.2U	Sean Bennett
September 2nd	Gylne Gutuer Grand Prix	1.2	Jasper Philipsen

National road cycling champions

date	run	winner
June 22	Portuguese Championship - Individual Time Trial (U23)	Ivo Oliveira
23rd June	Portuguese Championship - Road Race (U23)	Rui Oliveira
June 24th	American Championship - Road Racing	Jonathan Brown

team

Team roster
Surname	Date of birth	country	Previous team
João Pedro Almeida	August 5, 1998	Portugal	Unieuro Trevigiani-Hemus 1896 (2017)
Edward Anderson	April 18, 1998	United States
William Barta	January 6, 1996	United States
Mikkel Bjerg	November 3, 1998	Denmark	Giant-Castelli (2017)
Christopher Blevins	March 14, 1998	United States
Jonathan Brown	April 20, 1997	United States
Cole Davis	June 11, 1999	United States
Ian Garrison	April 14, 1998	United States
Zeke Mostov	July 30, 1996	United States	Aevolo (2017)
Rui Oliveira	5th September 1996	Portugal
Ivo Oliveira	5th September 1996	Portugal
Jasper Philipsen	March 2, 1998	Belgium	BMC Development (2017)
Thomas Revard	October 20, 1997	United States
Michael Rice	January 25, 1996	Australia
Maikel Zijlaard	June 1, 1999	Netherlands
Sean Bennett (Feb 6th - Dec 31st)	March 31, 1996	United States
Source: UCI

2017 season

Success in the UCI America Tour

date	run	Cat.	driver
April 23	5th stage Tour of the Gila	2.2	Jhonatan Narvaez
June 16	3b. Stage Tour de Beauce ( EZF )	2.2	Chris Lawless
17th of June	4th stage Tour de Beauce	2.2	Ian Garrison

Success in the UCI Europe Tour

date	run	Cat.	driver
February 25	4th stage Volta ao Alentejo	2.1	Logan Owen
2nd of April	3a. Stage Le Triptyque des Monts et Chateaux ( EZF )	2.2	Neilson Powless
7th-9th April	Overall ranking Circuit des Ardennes	2.2	Jhonatan Narvaez
April 18	GP Palio del Recioto	1.2U	Neilson Powless
June 9th	1st stage Baby Giro	2.2U	Neilson Powless

National road cycling champions

date	run	winner
June 30th	American Championship - Road Race (U23)	Neilson Powless
September 24th	Ecuadorian Championship - Road Race	Jhonathan Narvaez

team

Team roster
Surname	Date of birth	country	Previous team
Edward Anderson	April 18, 1998	United States
William Barta	January 6, 1996	United States
Christopher Blevins	March 14, 1998	United States
Jonathan Brown	April 20, 1997	United States
Adrien Costa	August 19, 1997	United States
Geoffrey Curran	October 20, 1995	United States
Eddie Dunbar	September 1, 1996	Ireland	NFTO (2015)
Ian Garrison	April 14, 1998	United States
Chris Lawless	November 4th 1995	United Kingdom	JLT Condor (2016)
Jhonatan Narvaez	March 4, 1997	Ecuador	Little Constantia (2016)
Ivo Oliveira	5th September 1996	Portugal
Rui Oliveira	5th September 1996	Portugal
Logan Owen	March 25, 1995	United States
Neilson Powless	September 3, 1996	United States
Michael Rice	January 25, 1996	Australia
Chad Young (Jan. 1 - Apr. 28)	June 8, 1995	United States
Source: UCI

2009 season

Successes in the Continental Circuits

date	run	Cat.	driver
May 20th	Prologue Flèche du Sud	2.2	Taylor Phinney
31. May	Paris – Roubaix (U23)	1.2U	Taylor Phinney

Placements in UCI rankings

UCI America Tour

season	Team ranking	Driver ranking
2009	27.	Bjorn Selander (132nd)
2010	21st	Benjamin King (109th)
2011	20th	Carter Jones (114.)
2012	11.	Joseph Dombrowski (17.)
2013	7th	Nathan Brown (36.)
2014	16.	Ruben Zepuntke (45th)
2015	16.	Logan Owen (86.)
2016	3.	Adrien Costa (16.)

UCI Asia Tour

season	Team ranking	Driver ranking
2009	49.	Ryohei Komori (218.)
2010 - 2015	-	-
2016	41.	Neilson Powless (180th)

UCI Europe Tour

season	Team ranking	Driver ranking
2009	87.	Taylor Phinney (199th)
2010	43.	Taylor Phinney (43rd)
2011	66.	Joseph Dombrowski (236.)
2012	72.	Joseph Dombrowski (238.)
2013	53.	Jasper Stuyven (107th)
2014	111.	Tao Geoghegan Hart (524.)
2015	83.	Ruben Guerreiro (288.)
2016	35.	Tao Geoghegan Hart (174.)

UCI Oceania Tour

season	Team ranking	Driver ranking
2009	24.	Jesse Sergent (67th)
2010	9.	Taylor Phinney (10th)
2011	3.	George Bennett (3rd)
2012	14th	Joshua Atkins (25.)
2013	5.	James Oram (12th)
2014	6th	James Oram (5th)
2015	4th	James Oram (7th)
2016	-	-

See also

• Trek Livestrong U23 / 2010 season
• Trek Livestrong U23 / 2011 season
• Bontrager Livestrong Team / 2012 season
• Bontrager Cycling Team / 2013 season
• Bissell Development Team / 2014 season
• Axeon / 2015 season
• Axeon Hagens Berman / Season 2016

Web links

• Official website
• Hagens Berman Axeon in the ProCyclingStats.com database

Individual evidence

1. ↑ velonews.com of September 18, 2013: Bontrager team becomes Bissell, continues with Trek sponsorship
2. ↑ cyclingnews.com of September 18, 2013: Bissell signs as title sponsor for Axel Merckx's new U23 team