2013 Argos–Shimano season

2013 Argos–Shimano season
Manager	Iwan Spekenbrink
One-day victories	8
Stage race overall victories	1
Stage race stage victories	20
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The 2013 season for the Argos–Shimano is scheduled to begin in January with the Tour Down Under. As a UCI ProTeam, they are automatically invited and obligated to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour.

Team roster

As of 6 August 2013.^[1]

Rider Date of birth  Jonas Ahlstrand (SWE) 16 February 1990 (aged 22)  Nikias Arndt (GER) 18 November 1991 (aged 21)  Warren Barguil (FRA) 28 October 1991 (aged 21)  Will Clarke (AUS) 11 April 1985 (aged 27)  Roy Curvers (NED) 27 December 1979 (aged 33)  Thomas Damuseau (FRA) 18 March 1989 (aged 23)  Bert De Backer (BEL) 2 April 1984 (aged 28)  Koen de Kort (NED) 8 September 1982 (aged 30)  John Degenkolb (GER) 7 January 1989 (aged 23)  Tom Dumoulin (NED) 11 November 1990 (aged 22)  Johannes Fröhlinger (GER) 9 June 1985 (aged 27)  Simon Geschke (GER) 13 March 1986 (aged 26)  Patrick Gretsch (GER) 7 April 1987 (aged 25)  Nikodemus Holler[N 1] (GER) 4 May 1991 (aged 21)  Yann Huguet (FRA) 2 May 1984 (aged 28)  Thierry Hupond (FRA) 10 November 1984 (aged 28)

Rider Date of birth  Reinardt Janse van Rensburg (RSA) 3 February 1989 (aged 23)  Quentin Jauregui[N 2] (CHN) 20 March 1985 (aged 27)

1. Holler joined the team on 1 August as a stagiaire, from the Thüringer Energie Team.^[2]
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Riders who joined the team for the 2013 season Rider 2012 team Jonas Ahlstrand Team CykelCity Nikias Arndt LKT Team Brandenburg Warren Barguil neo-pro (stagiaire, Argos–Shimano) Will Clarke[3] Champion System Reinardt Janse van Rensburg[4] MTN–Qhubeka Luka Mezgec[3] Sava François Parisien[3] SpiderTech–C10 Tom Peterson[3] Garmin–Sharp Georg Preidler Team Type 1–Sanofi

Riders who left the team during or after the 2012 season Rider 2013 team Thomas Bonnin[5] NSP-Ghost Yukihiro Doi[6] Team Ukyo Alexandre Geniez[7] FDJ Dominic Klemme[8] IAM Cycling Roger Kluge[9] NetApp–Endura Ronan van Zandbeek[10] Cycling Team De Rijke–Shanks

Season victories

Date	Race	Competition	Rider	Country	Location
3 February	Étoile de Bessèges, Mountains classification	UCI Europe Tour	Preidler, GeorgGeorg Preidler (AUT)	France
11 February	Tour of Oman, Stage 1	UCI Asia Tour	Kittel, MarcelMarcel Kittel (GER)	Oman	Al Khoudh
20 February	Vuelta a Andalucía, Mountains classification	UCI Europe Tour	Dumoulin, TomTom Dumoulin (NED)	Spain
3 March	Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen, Young rider classification	UCI Europe Tour	Ludvigsson, TobiasTobias Ludvigsson (SWE)	Belgium
5 March	Paris–Nice, Stage 2	UCI World Tour	Kittel, MarcelMarcel Kittel (GER)	France	Cérilly
22 March	Volta a Catalunya, Stage 5	UCI World Tour	Parisien, FrançoisFrançois Parisien (CAN)	Spain	Lleida
3 April	Scheldeprijs	UCI Europe Tour	Kittel, MarcelMarcel Kittel (GER)	Belgium	Antwerp
5 April	Circuit de la Sarthe, Young rider classification	UCI Europe Tour	Ludvigsson, TobiasTobias Ludvigsson (SWE)	France
21 April	Tour of Turkey, Stage 1	UCI Europe Tour	Kittel, MarcelMarcel Kittel (GER)	Turkey	Alanya
27 April	Tour of Turkey, Stage 7	UCI Europe Tour	Kittel, MarcelMarcel Kittel (GER)	Turkey	Izmir
28 April	Tour of Turkey, Stage 8	UCI Europe Tour	Kittel, MarcelMarcel Kittel (GER)	Turkey	Istanbul
8 May	Giro d'Italia, Stage 5	UCI World Tour	Degenkolb, JohnJohn Degenkolb (GER)	Italy	Matera
10 May	Tour de Picardie, Stage 1	UCI Europe Tour	Kittel, MarcelMarcel Kittel (GER)	France	Flixecourt
12 May	Tour de Picardie, Stage 3	UCI Europe Tour	Kittel, MarcelMarcel Kittel (GER)	France	Soissons
12 May	Tour de Picardie, Overall	UCI Europe Tour	Kittel, MarcelMarcel Kittel (GER)	France
12 May	Tour de Picardie, Points classification	UCI Europe Tour	Kittel, MarcelMarcel Kittel (GER)	France
26 May	Tour of Belgium, Young rider classification	UCI Europe Tour	Dumoulin, TomTom Dumoulin (NED)	Belgium
9 June	Critérium du Dauphiné, Mountains classification	UCI World Tour	Damuseau, ThomasThomas Damuseau (FRA)	France
9 June	ProRace Berlin	UCI Europe Tour	Kittel, MarcelMarcel Kittel (GER)	Germany	Berlin
14 June	Ster ZLM Toer, Stage 3	UCI Europe Tour	Kittel, MarcelMarcel Kittel (GER)	Netherlands	Buchten
29 June	Tour de France, Stage 1	UCI World Tour	Kittel, MarcelMarcel Kittel (GER)	France	Bastia
9 July	Tour de France, Stage 10	UCI World Tour	Kittel, MarcelMarcel Kittel (GER)	France	Saint-Malo
11 July	Tour de France, Stage 12	UCI World Tour	Kittel, MarcelMarcel Kittel (GER)	France	Tours
21 July	Tour de France, Stage 21	UCI World Tour	Kittel, MarcelMarcel Kittel (GER)	France	Paris
10 August	Arctic Race of Norway, Stage 3	UCI Europe Tour	Arndt, NikiasNikias Arndt (GER)	Norway	Stokmarknes
11 August	Arctic Race of Norway, Young rider classification	UCI Europe Tour	Arndt, NikiasNikias Arndt (GER)	Norway
25 August	Vattenfall Cyclassics	UCI World Tour	Degenkolb, JohnJohn Degenkolb (GER)	Germany	Hamburg
6 September	Vuelta a España, Stage 13	UCI World Tour	Barguil, WarrenWarren Barguil (FRA)	Spain	Castelldefels
9 September	Vuelta a España, Stage 16	UCI World Tour	Barguil, WarrenWarren Barguil (FRA)	Spain	Sallent de Gállego–Aramón Formigal
15 September	Grote Prijs Jef Scherens	UCI Europe Tour	De Backer, BertBert De Backer (BEL)	Belgium	Leuven
25 September	Omloop van het Houtland	UCI Europe Tour	Kittel, MarcelMarcel Kittel (GER)	Belgium	Lichtervelde
4 October	Tour de l'Eurometropole, Stage 2	UCI Europe Tour	Degenkolb, JohnJohn Degenkolb (GER)	Belgium	Poperinge
6 October	Tour de l'Eurometropole, Stage 4	UCI Europe Tour	Degenkolb, JohnJohn Degenkolb (GER)	Belgium	Tournai
6 October	Tour de l'Eurometropole, Teams classification	UCI Europe Tour	[N 1]	Belgium
8 October	Binche–Chimay–Binche	UCI Europe Tour	Janse van Rensburg, ReinardtReinardt Janse van Rensburg (RSA)	Belgium	Binche
10 October	Paris–Bourges	UCI Europe Tour	Degenkolb, JohnJohn Degenkolb (GER)	France	Bourges
13 October	Paris–Tours	UCI Europe Tour	Degenkolb, JohnJohn Degenkolb (GER)	France	Tours
15 October	Tour of Beijing, Stage 5	UCI World Tour	Mezgec, LukaLuka Mezgec (SLO)	China	Bird's Nest Piazza

Footnotes

1. The riders on the squad were John Degenkolb, Nikias Arndt, Bert De Backer, Will Clarke, Roy Curvers, Reinardt Janse van Rensburg, Ramon Sinkeldam and Tom Stamsnijder

References

1. "Argos-Shimano completed by Parisien". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 26 October 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
2. "Team Argos-Shimano adds three new stagiaires to roster". Argos–Shimano. Project 1t4i. 20 July 2013. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
3. "Argos-Shimano completed by Parisien". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 26 October 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
4. "Team Argos-Shimano finalizes 2013 team". Argos–Shimano. Project 1t4i. 25 October 2012. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
5. "Team says goodbye to Klemme, Kluge, Van Zandbeek and Bonnin". Argos–Shimano. Project 1t4i. 27 September 2012. Retrieved 6 October 2012.
6. Tsuji, Kei. "Doi Yukihiro ga Chīmu Ukyo e no iseki". Cyclowired. Retrieved 3 November 2012.
7. "Geniez to FDJ". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 24 August 2012. Retrieved 6 October 2012.
8. "IAM Cycling announces 2013 roster". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 20 September 2012. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
9. "Dropped from Argos-Shimano, Kluge joins NetApp-Endura". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 14 November 2012. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
10. "Van Zandbeek tekent bij De Rijke-Shanks" [Van Zandbeek Signs With De Rijke-Shanks]. De Telegraaf (in Dutch). Telegraaf Media Groep. 30 October 2012. Retrieved 2 January 2013.