Team Bahrain Victorious
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| UCI code | TBV | ||||||
| Registered | Bahrain | ||||||
| Founded | 2017 | ||||||
| Discipline(s) | Road | ||||||
| Status | UCI WorldTeam | ||||||
| Bicycles | Merida | ||||||
| Components | Shimano | ||||||
| Website | Team home page | ||||||
| Key personnel | |||||||
| General manager | Milan Eržen | ||||||
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Team Bahrain Victorious (UCI team code: TBV[2]) is a UCI WorldTeam cycling team from Bahrain which was founded in 2017.[3] Its title sponsor is the government of Bahrain.
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History
The idea for a Bahrain pro cycling team was started in August 2016 by Sheikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa.[4] The team is financed by the government of Bahrain to promote the country worldwide.
Doping
On 5 September 2018, the UCI announced that an out-of-competition test had resulted in an adverse analytical finding of erythropoietin in a sample collected 31 July 2018. Kanstantsin Sivtsov was provisionally suspended pending the result of any B sample test.[5] Following Stage 17 of the 2021 Tour de France, French police raided the team's hotel and bus on the suspicion of doping.[6] The Police confirmed they conducted the raids and have the riders' training files in their possession, and "A preliminary enquiry has been opened to see if there has been, or not, acquisition, transport or possession of banned substances".[7] On 27 June 2022, four days before the first stage of the 2022 Tour de France, Europol raided residences of several Team Bahrain Victorious staff and riders in several countries including Slovenia, Poland, and Spain. The team stated that the raids were directly linked to the hotel searches that took place at the previous year’s Tour, while Matej Mohorič and Jan Tratnik denied that their properties had been searched.[8]
Death of Gino Mäder
During the fifth stage of the Tour de Suisse on 15 June 2023, Swiss rider Gino Mäder fell in a turn when descending from the stage's highest point at Albula Pass. Mäder, 26, was found to be unconscious and submerged in water. He was resuscitated and airlifted to a hospital in Chur. Mäder died from his injuries a day later.[9][10] Bahrain Victorious, along with two other teams, withdrew from the Tour on the next stage of competitive racing on 17 June 2023.[11]
Team roster
- As of 3 March 2024.[12]
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Major wins
World, National and continental champions
- 2017
- File:Maillot ethiopia.png Ethiopia Time Trial, Tsgabu Grmay
- 2018
- File:MaillotEspaña.PNG Spain Road Race, Gorka Izagirre
- File:MaillotEslovenia.PNG Slovenia Road Race, Matej Mohorič
- 2019
- File:NC Taipei Taiwan.jpg Taiwan Time Trial, Chun Kai Feng
- File:MaillotUcrania.PNG Ukrainian Time Trial, Mark Padun
- File:MaillotEslovenia.PNG Slovenia Road Race, Domen Novak
- 2020
- File:MaillotEspaña.PNG Spain Time Trial, Pello Bilbao
- 2021
- File:MaillotEslovenia.PNG Slovenia Time Trial, Jan Tratnik
- File:MaillotItalia.svg Italy Road Race, Sonny Colbrelli
- File:MaillotEslovenia.PNG Slovenia Road Race, Matej Mohorič
- File:European champion jersey 2016.svg European Road Race, Sonny Colbrelli
- File:NC Taipei Taiwan.jpg Taiwan Road Race, Chun Kai Feng
- 2022
- File:MaillotBahrain.png Bahrain Road Race, Ahmed Madan
- File:MaillotEslovenia.PNG Slovenia Time Trial, Jan Tratnik
- File:MaillotJapón.PNG Japan Road Race, Yukiya Arashiro
- File:Asian Championship Jersey.svg Asia U23 Time Trial Ahmed Madan
- 2023
- File:MaillotCroacia.PNG Croatia Time Trial, Fran Miholjević
- File:MaillotReinoUnido.PNG British Road Race, Fred Wright
- File:MaillotSerbia.png Serbia Road Race, Dušan Rajović
- File:Jersey rainbow.svg UCI World Gravel Championships, Matej Mohorič
- File:NC Taipei Taiwan.jpg Taiwan Time Trial, Sergio Tu
- 2024
- File:MaillotEslovenia.PNG Slovenia Time Trial, Matej Mohorič
References
- ↑ "Bahrain Victorious". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ↑ "Bahrain Victorious". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 January 2022. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
- ↑ "Bahrain–Merida Pro Cycling Team 2017 season". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
- ↑ "Who is really behind the Bahrain-Merida team? - Cycling Weekly". Cycling Weekly. 19 September 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
- ↑ "UCI Statement on Kanstantsin Siutsou".
- ↑ Benson, Daniel; July 2021, Simone Giuliani 15 (15 July 2021). "Police raid Bahrain Victorious hotel at Tour de France". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ "Police target Tour team Bahrain Victorious in anti-doping raid". France 24. 15 July 2021. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
- ↑ "Police raid homes of Bahrain-Victorious riders, staffers on the eve of Tour de France". VeloNews. 27 June 2022. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
- ↑ "Chute de Gino Mäder: le champion du monde s'indigne". Le Matin. 16 June 2023. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
- ↑ Fotheringham, Alasdair. "Gino Mäder dies after Tour de Suisse crash". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
- ↑ "Evenepoel leads tributes to Gino Mäder after winning Tour de Suisse stage seven". The Guardian. PA Media. 17 June 2023. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
- ↑ "Bahrain Victorious". UCI. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
Footnotes
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