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2018 Lotto–Soudal season

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Lotto-Soudal
2018 season
UCI codeLTS
StatusUCI WorldTeam
ManagerMarc Sergeant
Main sponsor(s)Soudal
BasedBelgium
BicyclesRidley
GroupsetCampagnolo
Season victories
One-day races3
Stage race overall3
Stage race stages18
National Championships1
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The 2018 season for the Lotto–Soudal cycling team began in January at the Tour Down Under. As a UCI WorldTeam, they were automatically invited and obligated to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour.

Team roster

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As of 13 October 2018.
Rider Date of birth
 Sander Armée (BEL) (1985-12-10)10 December 1985 (aged 32)
 Lars Bak (DEN) (1980-01-16)16 January 1980 (aged 37)
 Tiesj Benoot (BEL) (1994-03-11)11 March 1994 (aged 23)
 Victor Campenaerts (BEL) (1991-10-28)28 October 1991 (aged 26)
 Jasper De Buyst (BEL) (1993-11-24)24 November 1993 (aged 24)
 Thomas De Gendt (BEL) (1986-11-06)6 November 1986 (aged 31)
 Jens Debusschere (BEL) (1989-08-28)28 August 1989 (aged 28)
 Stan Dewulf (BEL) (1997-12-20)20 December 1997 (aged 20)
 Frederik Frison (BEL) (1992-07-28)28 July 1992 (aged 25)
 André Greipel (GER) (1982-07-16)16 July 1982 (aged 35)
 Adam Hansen (AUS) (1981-05-11)11 May 1981 (aged 36)
 Moreno Hofland (NED) (1991-08-31)31 August 1991 (aged 26)
 Jens Keukeleire (BEL) (1988-11-23)23 November 1988 (aged 29)
 Bjorg Lambrecht (BEL) (1997-04-02)2 April 1997 (aged 20)
 Nikolas Maes (BEL) (1986-04-09)9 April 1986 (aged 31)
Rider Date of birth
 Tomasz Marczyński (POL) (1984-03-06)6 March 1984 (aged 33)
 Rémy Mertz (BEL) (1995-07-17)17 July 1995 (aged 22)
 Maxime Monfort (BEL) (1983-01-14)14 January 1983 (aged 34)
 Lawrence Naesen (BEL) (1992-08-28)28 August 1992 (aged 25)
 James Shaw (GBR) (1996-06-06)6 June 1996 (aged 21)
 Marcel Sieberg (GER) (1982-04-30)30 April 1982 (aged 35)
 Gerben Thijssen (BEL) (1998-06-21)21 June 1998 (aged 19)
 Tosh Van der Sande (BEL) (1990-11-28)28 November 1990 (aged 27)
 Brent Van Moer (BEL) (1998-01-12)12 January 1998 (aged 19)
 Jelle Vanendert (BEL) (1985-02-19)19 February 1985 (aged 32)
 Harm Vanhoucke (BEL) (1997-06-17)17 June 1997 (aged 20)
 Jelle Wallays (BEL) (1989-05-11)11 May 1989 (aged 28)
 Tim Wellens (BEL) (1991-05-10)10 May 1991 (aged 26)
 Enzo Wouters (BEL) (1996-03-21)21 March 1996 (aged 21)

Season victories

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Date Race Competition Rider Country Location
16 January Tour Down Under, Stage 1 UCI World Tour  André Greipel (GER)  Australia Lyndoch
21 January Tour Down Under, Stage 6 UCI World Tour  André Greipel (GER)  Australia Adelaide
26 January Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana UCI Europe Tour  Tim Wellens (BEL)  Spain Deià
27 January Vuelta a San Juan, Stage 6 UCI America Tour  Jelle Wallays (BEL)  Argentina San Juan
17 February Vuelta a Andalucía, Stage 4 UCI Europe Tour  Tim Wellens (BEL)  Spain Alcalá de los Gazules
18 February Vuelta a Andalucía, Overall classification UCI Europe Tour  Tim Wellens (BEL)  Spain
3 March Strade Bianche UCI World Tour  Tim Wellens (BEL)  Italy Siena
21 March Volta a Catalunya, Stage 3 UCI World Tour  Thomas De Gendt (BEL)  Spain Camprodon
11 April Brabantse Pijl UCI Europe Tour  Tim Wellens (BEL)  Belgium Overijse
26 April Tour de Romandie, Stage 2 UCI World Tour  Thomas De Gendt (BEL)  Switzerland Yverdon-les-Bains
8 May Giro d'Italia, Stage 4 UCI World Tour  Tim Wellens (BEL)  Italy Caltagirone
9 May Four Days of Dunkirk, Stage 2 UCI Europe Tour  André Greipel (GER)  France Soissons
12 May Four Days of Dunkirk, Stage 5 UCI Europe Tour  André Greipel (GER)  France Cassel
23 May Baloise Belgium Tour, Stage 1 UCI Europe Tour  André Greipel (GER)  Belgium Buggenhout
24 May Baloise Belgium Tour, Stage 2 UCI Europe Tour  André Greipel (GER)  Belgium Knokke-Heist
24 May Tour des Fjords, Stage 3 UCI Europe Tour  Bjorg Lambrecht (BEL)  Norway Egersund
26 May Baloise Belgium Tour, Stage 4 UCI Europe Tour  Jelle Vanendert (BEL)  Belgium Wanze
27 May Baloise Belgium Tour, Overall classification UCI Europe Tour  Jens Keukeleire (BEL)  Belgium
29 July Tour de Wallonie, Stage 2 UCI Europe Tour  Tim Wellens (BEL)  Belgium Namur
1 August Tour de Wallonie, Stage 5 UCI Europe Tour  Jens Keukeleire (BEL)  Belgium Waremme
1 August Tour de Wallonie, Overall classification UCI Europe Tour  Tim Wellens (BEL)  Belgium
2 September Tour of Britain, Stage 1 UCI Europe Tour  André Greipel (GER)  United Kingdom Newport
5 September Tour of Britain, Stage 4 UCI Europe Tour  André Greipel (GER)  United Kingdom Royal Leamington Spa
13 September Vuelta a España, Stage 18 UCI World Tour  Jelle Wallays (BEL)  Spain Lleida

National, Continental and World champions 2018

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Date Discipline Jersey Rider Country Location
21 June Belgian National Time Trial Champion
 Victor Campenaerts (BEL)  Belgium Anzegem
8 August European Time Trial Champion
 Victor Campenaerts (BEL)  United Kingdom Glasgow

References

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  1. ^ "Victor Campenaerts signs two-year deal with Lotto-Soudal". Cyclingnews.com. 18 September 2017. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
  2. ^ "Keukeleire leaves Orica-Scott for Lotto-Soudal". Cyclingnews.com. 29 September 2017. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Lotto-Soudal sign Lambrecht and Vanhoucke from its u23 development team". Cyclingnews.com. 13 October 2017. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
  4. ^ "Two-year deal at Lotto-Soudal for Lawrence Naesen". Cyclingnews.com. 26 September 2017. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
  5. ^ "De Clercq signs with Wanty-Groupe Gobert". Cyclingnews.com. 1 October 2017. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
  6. ^ "Gallopin to join Ag2r-La Mondiale for 2018". Cyclingnews.com. 2 August 2017. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
  7. ^ "Jurgen Roelandts joins BMC Racing for 2018". Cyclingnews.com. 4 August 2017. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
  8. ^ "Movistar sign Valls for 2018". Cyclingnews.com. 28 September 2017. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
  9. ^ "Team Sunweb sign Theuns and Vervaeke". Cyclingnews.com. 19 August 2017. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
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