TDT–Unibet_Cycling_Team

TDT–Unibet Cycling Team

TDT–Unibet Cycling Team

Dutch cycling team

TDT–Unibet Cycling Team is a Dutch UCI ProTeam status cycling team focusing on road bicycle racing.[1] Bas Tietema created the team in 2023. The team upgraded from UCI Continental to UCI ProTeam status in 2024.[2][3]

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History

The main sponsor of the team is Unibet who sponsored a team back in 2006/2007 (Unibet.com) but because of a dispute with the UCI over gambling companies being sponsors they pulled out. Now with other teams having sponsors which are lotteries, Unibet decided to come back to professional cycling, [4] although from 2025 teams sponsored by gambling companies will not be able to race in Belgium.[5]

Hugo Haak joined as Team Manager in 2023 after coaching on the Track for the past few years.[6]

The team's calendar for 2023 consisted of mostly Belgian and Dutch races.[7] The team's biggest victory was stage 1 of the ZLM Tour by Yentl Vandevelde. Despite this success, Vandevelde was let go by the team for 2024.[8]

Equipment

The team uses Cannondale bicycles in a bright yellow-pink colour scheme.[9] The bike has Shimano Ultegra Di2 12 speed gearing with Scope wheels[10] and Pirelli tires.[11]

Team roster

As of 19 January 2024.[12]
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Major wins

2023
Stage 1 ZLM Tour, Yentl Vandevelde
Overall Kreiz Breizh Elites, Hartthijs de Vries
Stage 3, Tomáš Kopecký
2024
Stage 4 Tour of Antalya, Hartthijs de Vries
Ster van Zwolle, Nicklas Amdi Pedersen

References

  1. [1]
    "TDT-UNIBET". UCI. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  2. [2]
    Hood, Ed (3 January 2023). "Harry Tanfield - with Tour de Tietema-Unibet for 2023". VeloVeritas. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  3. [3]
    Poole, George (20 November 2023). "'The past few months have felt like playing ProCyclingManager': TDT-Unibet aim for 2026 Tour de France". Global Cycling Network. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
  4. [4]
    "Unibet signs partnership with Dutch cycling team Tour de Tietema". www.prnewswire.com. 9 November 2022. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  5. [5]
    Long, Jonny (9 November 2022). "With gambling sponsorship, Bas Tietema's professional team takes shape". CyclingTips. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  6. [6]
    "Succescoach Haak aan de slag bij nieuwe Nederlandse wegploeg". nos.nl (in Dutch). 9 November 2022. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  7. [7]
    McGrath, Andy (12 November 2022). "Unibet returns to pro cycling with Dutch YouTuber's new Continental team". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  8. [8]
    "ZLM Tour stage winner Yentl Vandevelde has to look for new team". cyclinguptodate.com. 22 September 2023. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
  9. [9]
    Smythe, Simon (5 January 2023). "New Dutch team TDT-Unibet unveils a Cannondale even louder than EF's". cyclingweekly.com. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  10. [10]
    "Tour de Tietema Unibet ‐ Scope Cycling". Scope Cycling. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  11. [11]
    Hood, Edmond (9 January 2023). "Tour de Tietema Unibet's Bas Tietema Gets PEZ'd!". PezCycling News. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  12. [12]
    "TDT–Unibet". UCI.org. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
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