2015 IAM Cycling season

The 2015 season for the IAM Cycling cycling team began in January at the Tour Down Under. As a UCI WorldTeam, they were automatically invited and obligated to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour.

IAM Cycling
2015 season
UCI code	IAM
Status	UCI ProTeam
Manager	Serge Beucherie
Main sponsor(s)	IAM Independent Asset Management
Based	Switzerland
Bicycles	Scott
Groupset	Shimano
Season victories
One-day races	2
Stage race overall	—
Stage race stages	9
National Championships	3
Most wins	Matteo Pelucchi and Matthias Brändle (2 wins)
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In December 2014 the UCI announced that the team would be granted a WorldTour licence for the 2015 season.^[1]

Team roster

As of 1 January 2015

Rider Date of birth  Marcel Aregger (SUI) (1990-08-26)26 August 1990 (aged 24)  Matthias Brändle (AUT) (1989-12-07)7 December 1989 (aged 25)  Sylvain Chavanel (FRA) (1979-06-30)30 June 1979 (aged 35)  Clément Chevrier (FRA) (1992-06-29)29 June 1992 (aged 22)  Stef Clement (NED) (1982-09-24)24 September 1982 (aged 32)  Jérôme Coppel (FRA) (1986-08-06)6 August 1986 (aged 28)  Thomas Degand (BEL) (1986-05-13)13 May 1986 (aged 28)  Stefan Denifl (AUT) (1987-09-20)20 September 1987 (aged 27)  Dries Devenyns (BEL) (1983-07-22)22 July 1983 (aged 31)  Martin Elmiger (SUI) (1978-09-23)23 September 1978 (aged 36)  Sondre Holst Enger (NOR) (1993-12-17)17 December 1993 (aged 21)  Mathias Frank (SUI) (1986-12-09)9 December 1986 (aged 28)  Jonathan Fumeaux (SUI) (1988-03-07)7 March 1988 (aged 26)  Heinrich Haussler (AUS) (1984-02-25)25 February 1984 (aged 30)  Reto Hollenstein (SUI) (1985-08-22)22 August 1985 (aged 29)

Rider Date of birth  Roger Kluge (GER) (1986-02-05)5 February 1986 (aged 28)  Pirmin Lang (SUI) (1984-11-25)25 November 1984 (aged 30)  Jarlinson Pantano (COL) (1988-11-19)19 November 1988 (aged 26)  Simon Pellaud (SUI) (1992-11-06)6 November 1992 (aged 22)  Matteo Pelucchi (ITA) (1989-01-21)21 January 1989 (aged 25)  Jérôme Pineau (FRA) (1980-01-02)2 January 1980 (aged 34)  Sébastien Reichenbach (SUI) (1989-05-28)28 May 1989 (aged 25)  Vicente Reynés (ESP) (1981-07-30)30 July 1981 (aged 33)  Aleksejs Saramotins (LAT) (1982-04-08)8 April 1982 (aged 32)  Patrick Schelling (SUI) (1990-05-01)1 May 1990 (aged 24)  David Tanner (AUS) (1984-09-30)30 September 1984 (aged 30)  Jonas van Genechten (BEL) (1986-09-16)16 September 1986 (aged 28)  Larry Warbasse (USA) (1990-06-28)28 June 1990 (aged 24)  Marcel Wyss (SUI) (1986-06-25)25 June 1986 (aged 28)

Riders who joined the team for the 2015 season Rider 2014 team Clément Chevrier neo-pro (Bissell Development) Stef Clement[2] Belkin Pro Cycling Jérôme Coppel[2] Cofidis Thomas Degand Wanty–Groupe Gobert Dries Devenyns[2] Giant–Shimano Sondre Holst Enger neo-pro (Sparebanken Sør) Jarlinson Pantano Colombia Simon Pellaud neo-pro (Roth-Felt) David Tanner Belkin Pro Cycling Jonas Vangenechten Lotto–Belisol Larry Warbasse BMC Racing Team

Riders who left the team during or after the 2014 season Rider 2015 team Kristof Goddaert[3] †18.02.14 Sébastien Hinault Retired Kevyn Ista Wallonie-Bruxelles Dominic Klemme Gustav Larsson[4] Cult Energy Pro Cycling Thomas Löfkvist[5] Retired Johann Tschopp[6] IAM MTB Team

Season victories

Date	Race	Competition	Rider	Country	Location
29 January	Trofeo Santanyi-Ses Salines-Campos	UCI Europe Tour	Matteo Pelucchi (ITA)	Spain	Campos
1 February	Trofeo Playa de Palma	UCI Europe Tour	Matteo Pelucchi (ITA)	Spain	Palma de Mallorca
22 February	Tour of Oman, Stage 6	UCI Asia Tour	Matthias Brändle (AUT)	Oman	Muttrah Promenade
27 May	Tour of Belgium, Prologue	UCI Europe Tour	Matthias Brändle (AUT)	Belgium	Bornem
17 June	Ster ZLM Toer, Prologue	UCI Europe Tour	Roger Kluge (GER)	Netherlands	Goes
5 July	Tour of Austria, Stage 1	UCI Europe Tour	Sondre Holst Enger (NOR)	Austria	Scheibbs
6 July	Tour of Austria, Stage 2	UCI Europe Tour	David Tanner (AUS)	Austria	Grieskirchen
28 July	Tour de Wallonie, Stage 4	UCI Europe Tour	Jonas van Genechten (BEL)	Belgium	Quaregnon
3 August	Tour de Pologne, Stage 2	UCI World Tour	Matteo Pelucchi (ITA)	Poland	Dąbrowa Górnicza
4 August	Tour de Pologne, Stage 3	UCI World Tour	Matteo Pelucchi (ITA)	Poland	Katowice
2 October	Tour de l'Eurométropole, Stage 2	UCI Europe Tour	Jonas van Genechten (BEL)	Belgium	Poperinge
4 October	Tour de l'Eurométropole, Teams classification	UCI Europe Tour	[N 1]	Belgium

Victory originally obtained by Denifl but vacated

Date	Race	Competition	Country	Location
21 June	Tour de Suisse, Mountains classification	UCI World Tour	Switzerland

National, Continental and World champions 2015

Date	Discipline	Jersey	Rider	Country	Location
11 January	Australian National Road Race Champion		Heinrich Haussler (AUS)	Australia	Buninyong
25 June	French National Time Trial Champion		Jérôme Coppel (FRA)	France	Chantonnay
28 June	Latvian National Road Race Champion		Aleksejs Saramotins (LAT)	Latvia	Dobele

Footnotes

1. The riders on the squad were Matthias Brändle, Dries Devenyns, Heinrich Haussler, Reto Hollenstein, Sondre Holst Enger, Simon Pellaud, Aleksejs Saramotins and Jonas van Genechten