2017 Team Bahrain–Merida season

The 2017 Bahrain–Merida Pro Cycling season was the first season of the Bahrain–Merida team, which was founded in 2016. As a UCI WorldTeam, they were automatically invited and obligated to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour, and their season began in January with the Tour Down Under.

Bahrain–Merida Pro Cycling Team
2017 season
Franco Pellizotti in Giro d'Italia 2017
UCI code	TBM
Status	UCI WorldTeam
Manager	Brent Copeland
Based	Bahrain
Season victories
One-day races	1
Stage race overall	1
Stage race stages	4
National Championships	1
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Team roster

As of 1 January 2017.

Rider Date of birth  Valerio Agnoli (ITA) (1985-01-06)6 January 1985 (aged 31)  Yukiya Arashiro (JPN) (1984-09-22)22 September 1984 (aged 32)  Manuele Boaro (ITA) (1987-03-12)12 March 1987 (aged 29)  Grega Bole (SLO) (1985-08-13)13 August 1985 (aged 31)  Niccolò Bonifazio (ITA) (1993-10-09)9 October 1993 (aged 23)  Borut Božič (SLO) (1980-08-08)8 August 1980 (aged 36)  Janez Brajkovič (SLO) (1983-12-18)18 December 1983 (aged 33)  Ondřej Cink (CZE) (1990-12-07)7 December 1990 (aged 26)  Sonny Colbrelli (ITA) (1990-05-17)17 May 1990 (aged 26)  Chun-kai Feng (TWN) (1988-11-02)2 November 1988 (aged 28)  Iván García (ESP) (1995-11-20)20 November 1995 (aged 21)  Enrico Gasparotto (ITA) (1982-03-22)22 March 1982 (aged 34)  Tsgabu Grmay (ETH) (1991-08-25)25 August 1991 (aged 25)  Heinrich Haussler (AUS) (1984-02-25)25 February 1984 (aged 32)

Rider Date of birth  Jon Ander Insausti (ESP) (1982-12-13)13 December 1982 (aged 34)  Ion Izagirre (ESP) (1989-02-04)4 February 1989 (aged 27)  Javier Moreno (ESP) (1984-07-18)18 July 1984 (aged 32)  Ramūnas Navardauskas (LTU) (1988-01-30)30 January 1988 (aged 28)  Antonio Nibali (ITA) (1992-09-23)23 September 1992 (aged 24)  Vincenzo Nibali (ITA) (1984-11-14)14 November 1984 (aged 32)  Domen Novak (SLO) (1995-07-12)12 July 1995 (aged 21)  Franco Pellizotti (ITA) (1978-01-15)15 January 1978 (aged 38)  David Per (SLO) (1995-02-13)13 February 1995 (aged 21)  Luka Pibernik (SLO) (1993-10-23)23 October 1993 (aged 23)  Kanstantsin Sivtsov (BLR) (1982-08-09)9 August 1982 (aged 34)  Giovanni Visconti (ITA) (1983-01-13)13 January 1983 (aged 33)  Wang Meiyin (CHN) (1988-12-26)26 December 1988 (aged 28)

Riders who joined the team for the 2017 season Rider 2016 team Valerio Agnoli[1] Astana Yukiya Arashiro[2] Lampre–Merida Manuele Boaro[3] Tinkoff Grega Bole[4] Lampre–Merida Niccolò Bonifazio[5] Trek–Segafredo Borut Božič[6] Cofidis Janez Brajkovič[7] UnitedHealthcare Ondřej Cink[8] neo-pro Sonny Colbrelli[9] Bardiani–CSF Feng Chun-kai Lampre–Merida Iván García[10] Klein Constantia Enrico Gasparotto[11] Wanty–Groupe Gobert Tsgabu Grmay[12] Lampre–Merida Heinrich Haussler[4] IAM Cycling

Riders who joined the team for the 2017 season Rider 2016 team Jon Ander Insausti Euskadi Basque Country–Murias Ion Izagirre[13] Movistar Team Javier Moreno[14] Movistar Team Ramūnas Navardauskas[12] Cannondale–Drapac Antonio Nibali[15] Nippo–Vini Fantini Vincenzo Nibali[16] Astana Domen Novak[17] Adria Mobil Franco Pellizotti[18] Androni Giocattoli–Sidermec David Per[17] Adria Mobil Luka Pibernik[19] Lampre–Merida Kanstantsin Sivtsov[6] Team Dimension Data Giovanni Visconti[3] Movistar Team Wang Meiyin[20] Wisdom–Hengxiang Cycling Team

Season victories

Date	Race	Competition	Rider	Country	Location
25 January	Vuelta a San Juan, Stage 3	UCI America Tour	Ramūnas Navardauskas (LTU)	Argentina	San Juan
29 January	Vuelta a San Juan, Teams classification	UCI America Tour	[N 1]	Argentina
6 March	Paris–Nice, Stage 2	UCI World Tour	Sonny Colbrelli (ITA)	France	Amilly
8 April	Tour of the Basque Country, Teams classification	UCI World Tour	[N 2]	Spain
12 April	Brabantse Pijl	UCI Europe Tour	Sonny Colbrelli (ITA)	Belgium	Overijse
23 April	Tour of Croatia, Overall	UCI Europe Tour	Vincenzo Nibali (ITA)	Croatia
23 May	Giro d'Italia, Stage 16	UCI World Tour	Vincenzo Nibali (ITA)	Italy	Bormio
28 May	Tour of Japan, Stage 8	UCI Asia Tour	Jon Ander Insausti (ESP)	Japan	Tokyo
28 May	Tour of Japan, Youth classification	UCI Asia Tour	Domen Novak (SLO)	Japan	Tokyo

National, Continental and World champions 2017

Date	Discipline	Jersey	Rider	Country	Location
23 June	Ethiopian National Time Trial Champion		Tsgabu Grmay (ETH)	Ethiopia

Footnotes

1. The riders on the squad were Vincenzo Nibali, Valerio Agnoli, Manuele Boaro, Ramūnas Navardauskas, Franco Pellizotti and Kanstantsin Sivtsov
2. The riders on the squad were Ion Izagirre, Yukiya Arashiro, Grega Bole, Ondřej Cink, Tsgabu Grmay, Antonio Nibali, Janez Brajkovič and Giovanni Visconti