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2018 Team Bahrain–Merida season

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Bahrain–Merida Pro Cycling Team
2018 season
Matej Mohorič in Tour of Austria
UCI codeTBM
StatusUCI WorldTeam
ManagerBrent Copeland
BasedBahrain
Season victories
One-day races4
Stage race overall3
Stage race stages16
National Championships2
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The 2018 Bahrain–Merida Pro Cycling season was the second season of the Bahrain–Merida team, which was founded in 2016. As a UCI WorldTeam, they were automatically invited and obligated to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour, and their season began in January with the Tour Down Under.

Team roster

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As of 17 March 2018.
Rider Date of birth
 Valerio Agnoli (ITA) (1985-01-06)6 January 1985 (aged 33)
 Yukiya Arashiro (JPN) (1984-09-22)22 September 1984 (aged 33)
 Manuele Boaro (ITA) (1987-03-12)12 March 1987 (aged 31)
 Grega Bole (SLO) (1985-08-13)13 August 1985 (aged 32)
 Niccolò Bonifazio (ITA) (1993-10-29)29 October 1993 (aged 24)
 Borut Božič (SLO) (1980-08-08)8 August 1980 (aged 37)
 Sonny Colbrelli (ITA) (1990-05-17)17 May 1990 (aged 27)
 Feng Chun-kai (TWN) (1988-11-02)2 November 1988 (aged 29)
 Iván García (ESP) (1995-11-20)20 November 1995 (aged 22)
 Enrico Gasparotto (ITA) (1982-03-22)22 March 1982 (aged 35)
 Heinrich Haussler (AUS) (1984-02-25)25 February 1984 (aged 34)
 Gorka Izagirre (ESP) (1987-10-07)7 October 1987 (aged 30)
 Ion Izagirre (ESP) (1989-02-04)4 February 1989 (aged 29)
 Kristijan Koren (SLO) (1986-11-25)25 November 1986 (aged 31)
Rider Date of birth
 Matej Mohorič (SLO) (1994-10-19)19 October 1994 (aged 23)
 Ramūnas Navardauskas (LTU) (1988-01-30)30 January 1988 (aged 30)
 Antonio Nibali (ITA) (1992-09-23)23 September 1992 (aged 25)
 Vincenzo Nibali (ITA) (1984-11-14)14 November 1984 (aged 33)
 Domen Novak (SLO) (1995-07-12)12 July 1995 (aged 22)
 Mark Padun (UKR) (1996-07-06)6 July 1996 (aged 21)
 Franco Pellizotti (ITA) (1978-01-15)15 January 1978 (aged 40)
 David Per (SLO) (1995-02-13)13 February 1995 (aged 23)
 Hermann Pernsteiner (AUT) (1990-08-07)7 August 1990 (aged 27)
 Luka Pibernik (SLO) (1993-10-23)23 October 1993 (aged 24)
 Domenico Pozzovivo (ITA) (1982-11-30)30 November 1982 (aged 35)
 Kanstantsin Sivtsov (BLR) (1982-08-09)9 August 1982 (aged 35)
 Giovanni Visconti (ITA) (1983-01-13)13 January 1983 (aged 35)
 Wang Meiyin (CHN) (1988-12-26)26 December 1988 (aged 29)


Season victories

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Date Race Competition Rider Country Location
9 February Dubai Tour, Stage 4 UCI Asia Tour  Sonny Colbrelli (ITA)  United Arab Emirates Hatta Dam
4 March GP Industria & Artigianato UCI Europe Tour  Matej Mohorič (SLO)  Italy Larciano
17 March Milan–San Remo UCI World Tour  Vincenzo Nibali (ITA)  Italy
17 April Tour of Croatia, Stage 1 UCI Europe Tour  Niccolò Bonifazio (ITA)  Croatia Koprivnica
19 April Tour of Croatia, Stage 3 UCI Europe Tour  Kanstantsin Sivtsov (BLR)  Croatia Sveti Jure - Biokovo
20 April Tour of the Alps, Stage 5 UCI Europe Tour  Mark Padun (UKR)  Austria Innsbruck
21 April Tour of Croatia, Stage 5 UCI Europe Tour  Manuele Boaro (ITA)  Croatia Učka
22 April Tour of Croatia, Overall classification UCI Europe Tour  Kanstantsin Sivtsov (BLR)  Croatia
15 May Giro d'Italia, Stage 10 UCI World Tour  Matej Mohorič (SLO)  Italy Gualdo Tadino
22 May Tour of Japan, Stage 3 UCI Asia Tour  Grega Bole (SLO)  Japan Inabe
26 May Tour of Japan, Stage 7 UCI Asia Tour  Grega Bole (SLO)  Japan Izu
1 June Hammer Sportzone Limburg, Stage 1 UCI Europe Tour  Netherlands
3 June Gran Premio di Lugano UCI Europe Tour  Hermann Pernsteiner (AUT)  Switzerland
11 June Tour de Suisse, Stage 3 UCI World Tour  Sonny Colbrelli (ITA)  Italy Gansingen
7 July Tour of Austria, Stage 1 UCI Europe Tour  Matej Mohorič (SLO)  Austria Feldkirch
8 July Tour of Austria, Stage 2 UCI Europe Tour  Giovanni Visconti (ITA)  Austria Fulpmes / Telfes
10 July Tour of Austria, Stage 4 UCI Europe Tour  Giovanni Visconti (ITA)  Austria Prägraten
13 July Tour of Austria, Stage 7 UCI Europe Tour  Antonio Nibali (ITA)  Austria Sonntagberg
14 July Tour of Austria, Stage 8 UCI Europe Tour  Giovanni Visconti (ITA)  Austria Wels
19 August BinckBank Tour, Overall classification UCI World Tour  Matej Mohorič (SLO)  Belgium
 Netherlands
25 August Deutschland Tour, Stage 3 UCI Europe Tour  Matej Mohorič (SLO)  Germany Merzig
26 August Deutschland Tour, Overall classification UCI Europe Tour  Matej Mohorič (SLO)  Germany
16 September Coppa Bernocchi UCI Europe Tour  Sonny Colbrelli (ITA)  Italy

National, Continental and World champions 2018

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Date Discipline Jersey Rider Country Location
24 June Spanish National Road Race Championships
 Gorka Izagirre (ESP)  Spain Benicassim
24 June Slovenian National Road Race Championships
 Matej Mohorič (SLO)  Slovenia Mirna Peč

References

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  1. ^ a b "New signings for Bahrain-Merida - Transfer Shorts". cyclingnews.com. 7 August 2017. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  2. ^ "Kristijan Koren is joining BAHRAIN MERIDA Pro Cycling Team". teambahrainmerida.com. 9 August 2017. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  3. ^ "Bahrain-Merida add neo-pro Mark Padun - News shorts". cyclingnews.com. 31 October 2017. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  4. ^ "Bahrain-Merida announce Pernsteiner signing - News Shorts". cyclingnews.com. 21 August 2017. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  5. ^ "Pozzovivo signs with Bahrain-Merida". cyclingnews.com. 22 August 2017. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  6. ^ "Brajkovic signs with Continental team Adria Mobil Cycling in 2018 - News Shorts". cyclingnews.com. 30 January 2018. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  7. ^ "Trek-Segafredo complete 2018 roster with Grmay and Conci". cyclingnews.com. 2 October 2017. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  8. ^ "Javier Moreno signs for Delko Marseille Provence KTM". cyclingnews.com. 27 September 2017. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
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