Vacansoleil-DCM

Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team

Team information
UCI code	VCD
Based	Netherlands
Founded	2008 (2008)
Status	UCI ProTeam
Bicycles	Ridley
Key personnel
General manager	Daan Luijkx
Directeur sportif	Hilaire Van Der Schueren
Team name history
2009–2010 2011–	Vacansoleil Vacansoleil-DCM
Current season
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Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team is a Dutch professional road race cycling team. They are a UCI ProTeam and compete in the UCI World Tour. The team was established in 2008, as the successor of P3 Transfer-Batavus,^[1] while also taking over many of the riders and staff of Cycle Collstrop, the former team of manager Van der Schueren. They made their debut on the road in 2009. The team's title sponsor Vacansoleil is a European company which organizes luxury camping holidays. DCM is a Belgian farm supply company.

Major results

2009

1st Stage 4 Étoile de Bessèges, Bjorn Leukemans

1st Overall Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen, Johnny Hoogerland

1st Stage 1, Johnny Hoogerland

1st Arno Wallaard Memorial, Lieuwe Westra

1st Overall Tour de Picardie, Lieuwe Westra

1st Stage 1, Lieuwe Westra

1st Overall Circuit de Lorraine, Matteo Carrara

1st Stages 2 & 3 Tour of Belgium, Borut Božič

1st  Uzbekistan Road Race Championships, Sergey Lagutin

1st Stage 1 Tour de Pologne, Borut Božič

1st Stage 1 Tour du Limousin, Borut Božič

1st Stage 6 Vuelta a España, Borut Božič

3rd Paris–Tours, Borut Božič

2010

1st Stages 1 & 2 Étoile de Bessèges, Borut Božič

1st Overall Tour of Qatar, Wouter Mol

1st Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne, Bobbie Traksel

1st Ronde van het Groene Hart, Jens Mouris

1st Ronde van Drenthe, Alberto Ongarato

1st Overall Tour de Luxembourg, Matteo Carrara

1st  Uzbekistan Road Race Championships, Sergey Lagutin

1st Stage 4 Vuelta a Burgos, Romain Feillu

1st Stage 2 Tour de l'Ain, Romain Feillu

1st Stage 4 Tour de l'Ain, Wout Poels

1st Druivenkoers-Overijse, Björn Leukemans

1st GP de Fourmies, Romain Feillu

1st Stage 4 Tour of Britain, Wout Poels

1st Stage 7 Tour of Britain, Borut Božič

1st Münsterland Giro, Joost van Leijen

1st Coppa Sabatini, Riccardo Riccò

2011

1st Stage 2, 3 & 4 Tour Méditerranéen, Romain Feillu

1st Stage 1 Paris-Nice, Thomas De Gendt

1st Classic Loire Atlantique, Lieuwe Westra

1st Hel van het Mergelland, Pim Ligthart

1st Tour du Finistère, Romain Feillu

1st Overall Tour de Picardie, Romain Feillu

1st Stage 2, Romain Feillu

1st Stage 3 Circuit de Lorraine, Thomas De Gendt

1st Stage 5 Circuit de Lorraine, Romain Feillu

1st Prologue Tour of Belgium, Lieuwe Westra

1st Boucles de l'Aulne, Martijn Keizer

1st Stage 4 Tour de Luxembourg, Romain Feillu

1st Stage 5 Tour de Suisse, Romain Feillu

1st Stage 7 Tour de Suisse, Thomas De Gendt

1st  Uzbekistan Road Race Championships, Sergey Lagutin

1st  Netherlands Road Race Championships, Pim Ligthart

1st Stage 2 Tour de Wallonie, Joost van Leijen

1st Stage 3 Tour de l'Ain, Wouter Poels

1st Overall Tour du Limousin, Björn Leukemans

1st Stage 1, Björn Leukemans

1st Druivenkoers-Overijse, Björn Leukemans

1st Tour de Vendée, Marco Marcato

National Championships

2011

Dutch Road Race Pim Ligthart

Uzbekistán Road Race Sergey Lagutin

Team roster

As of January 1, 2011.^[2]

Rider Date of birth  Santo Anzà (ITA) November 17, 1980 (1980-11-17) (age 31)  Maxim Belkov (RUS) January 9, 1985 (1985-01-09) (age 26)  Borut Božič (SLO) August 8, 1980 (1980-08-08) (age 31)  Matteo Carrara (ITA) March 25, 1979 (1979-03-25) (age 32)  Thomas De Gendt (BEL) November 6, 1986 (1986-11-06) (age 25)  Stijn Devolder (BEL) August 29, 1979 (1979-08-29) (age 32)  Romain Feillu (FRA) April 16, 1984 (1984-04-16) (age 27)  Gorik Gardeyn (BEL) March 17, 1980 (1980-03-17) (age 31)  Michał Gołaś (POL) April 29, 1984 (1984-04-29) (age 27)  Johnny Hoogerland (NED) May 13, 1983 (1983-05-13) (age 28)  Martijn Keizer (NED) March 25, 1988 (1988-03-25) (age 23)  Sergey Lagutin (UZB) January 14, 1981 (1981-01-14) (age 30)  Björn Leukemans (BEL) July 1, 1977 (1977-07-01) (age 34)  Pim Ligthart (NED) June 16, 1988 (1988-06-16) (age 23)

Rider Date of birth  Marco Marcato (ITA) February 11, 1984 (1984-02-11) (age 27)  Wouter Mol (NED) April 17, 1982 (1982-04-17) (age 29)  Ezequiel Mosquera (ESP) November 19, 1975 (1975-11-19) (age 36)  Jens Mouris (NED) March 12, 1980 (1980-03-12) (age 31)  Alberto Ongarato (ITA) July 24, 1975 (1975-07-24) (age 36)  Marcello Pavarin (ITA) October 22, 1986 (1986-10-22) (age 25)  Ruslan Pidgornyy (UKR) July 25, 1977 (1977-07-25) (age 34)  Wout Poels (NED) October 1, 1987 (1987-10-01) (age 24)  Rob Ruijgh (NED) November 12, 1986 (1986-11-12) (age 25)  Mirko Selvaggi (ITA) February 11, 1985 (1985-02-11) (age 26)  Joost van Leijen (NED) July 20, 1984 (1984-07-20) (age 27)  Frederik Veuchelen (BEL) September 4, 1978 (1978-09-04) (age 33)  Lieuwe Westra (NED) September 11, 1982 (1982-09-11) (age 29)

References

1. ^ 'Vacansoleil start in 2009 nieuwe Nederlandse wielerploeg', sportweek.nl
2. ^ "Team > Renners". Vacansoleil. http://www.vacansoleilprocyclingteam.com/vac1/renners.php?. Retrieved 2009-02-11. ^{[dead link]}

External links

• Official website (Dutch)
• UCI Team Profile
• Vacansoleil-DCM on Twitter