TDT–Unibet Cycling Team
The team at the 2023 Fyen Rundt
Team information
UCI codeTDT
RegisteredNetherlands
Founded2023 (2023)
Discipline(s)Road
Status
Key personnel
General managerBas Tietema
Team manager(s)Hugo Haak
Team name history
  • 2023–
  • TDT–Unibet 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 is set to upgrade to UCI ProTeam status in 2024.[2][3]

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 teams 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 11 October 2023.[1]
Rider Date of birth
 Joren Bloem (NED) (1999-12-21) 21 December 1999
 Davide Bomboi (BEL) (2000-03-27) 27 March 2000
 Jordy Bouts (BEL) (1996-08-08) 8 August 1996
 Martijn Budding (NED) (1995-08-31) 31 August 1995
 Hartthijs de Vries (NED) (1996-07-11) 11 July 1996
 Kevin Inkelaar (NED) (1997-07-08) 8 July 1997
 Tomáš Kopecký (CZE) (2000-04-08) 8 April 2000
Rider Date of birth
 Lander Loockx[lower-alpha 1] (BEL) (1997-04-25) 25 April 1997
 Abram Stockman (BEL) (1996-07-31) 31 July 1996
 Harry Tanfield (GBR) (1994-11-17) 17 November 1994
 Bas Tietema[lower-alpha 2] (NED) (1995-01-29) 29 January 1995
 Wouter Toussaint (NED) (2004-03-23) 23 March 2004
 Yentl Vandevelde (BEL) (2000-10-31) 31 October 2000
  1. ↑ Joined on 1 October.
  2. ↑ Retired on 30 September.

Major wins

2023
Stage 1 ZLM Tour, Yentl Vandevelde
Overall Kreiz Breizh Elites, Hartthijs de Vries
Stage 3, Tomáš Kopecký

References

  1. 1 2 "TDT-UNIBET". UCI. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  2. ↑ Hood, Ed (3 January 2023). "Harry Tanfield - with Tour de Tietema-Unibet for 2023". VeloVeritas. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  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. ↑ "Unibet signs partnership with Dutch cycling team Tour de Tietema". www.prnewswire.com. 9 November 2022. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  5. ↑ Long, Jonny (9 November 2022). "With gambling sponsorship, Bas Tietema's professional team takes shape". CyclingTips. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  6. ↑ "Succescoach Haak aan de slag bij nieuwe Nederlandse wegploeg". nos.nl (in Dutch). 9 November 2022. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  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. ↑ "ZLM Tour stage winner Yentl Vandevelde has to look for new team". cyclinguptodate.com. 22 September 2023. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
  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. ↑ "Tour de Tietema Unibet ‐ Scope Cycling". Scope Cycling. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  11. ↑ Hood, Edmond (9 January 2023). "Tour de Tietema Unibet's Bas Tietema Gets PEZ'd!". PezCycling News. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
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