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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| 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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History
editThe 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
editOn 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
editDuring 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
edit- As of 3 March 2024.[12]
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Major wins
editWorld, National and continental champions
edit- 2017
Ethiopia Time Trial, Tsgabu Grmay- 2018
Spain Road Race, Gorka Izagirre
Slovenia Road Race, Matej Mohorič- 2019
Taiwan Time Trial, Chun Kai Feng
Ukrainian Time Trial, Mark Padun- Slovenia Road Race, Domen Novak
- 2020
- Spain Time Trial, Pello Bilbao
- 2021
- Slovenia Time Trial, Jan Tratnik
Italy Road Race, Sonny Colbrelli- Slovenia Road Race, Matej Mohorič
European Road Race, Sonny Colbrelli- Taiwan Road Race, Chun Kai Feng
- 2022
Bahrain Road Race, Ahmed Madan- Slovenia Time Trial, Jan Tratnik
Japan Road Race, Yukiya Arashiro
Asia U23 Time Trial Ahmed Madan- 2023
Croatia Time Trial, Fran Miholjević
British Road Race, Fred Wright
Serbia Road Race, Dušan Rajović
UCI World Gravel Championships, Matej Mohorič- Taiwan Time Trial, Sergio Tu
- 2024
- Slovenia Time Trial, Matej Mohorič
References
edit- ^ "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.