2018 Lotto–Soudal season

The 2018 season for the Lotto–Soudal 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.

Lotto-Soudal
2018 season
UCI code	LTS
Status	UCI WorldTeam
Manager	Marc Sergeant
Main sponsor(s)	Soudal
Based	Belgium
Bicycles	Ridley
Groupset	Campagnolo
Season victories
One-day races	3
Stage race overall	3
Stage race stages	18
National Championships	1
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Team roster

As of 13 October 2018.

Rider Date of birth  Sander Armée (BEL) (1985-12-10)10 December 1985 (aged 32)  Lars Bak (DEN) (1980-01-16)16 January 1980 (aged 37)  Tiesj Benoot (BEL) (1994-03-11)11 March 1994 (aged 23)  Victor Campenaerts (BEL) (1991-10-28)28 October 1991 (aged 26)  Jasper De Buyst (BEL) (1993-11-24)24 November 1993 (aged 24)  Thomas De Gendt (BEL) (1986-11-06)6 November 1986 (aged 31)  Jens Debusschere (BEL) (1989-08-28)28 August 1989 (aged 28)  Stan Dewulf (BEL) (1997-12-20)20 December 1997 (aged 20)  Frederik Frison (BEL) (1992-07-28)28 July 1992 (aged 25)  André Greipel (GER) (1982-07-16)16 July 1982 (aged 35)  Adam Hansen (AUS) (1981-05-11)11 May 1981 (aged 36)  Moreno Hofland (NED) (1991-08-31)31 August 1991 (aged 26)  Jens Keukeleire (BEL) (1988-11-23)23 November 1988 (aged 29)  Bjorg Lambrecht (BEL) (1997-04-02)2 April 1997 (aged 20)  Nikolas Maes (BEL) (1986-04-09)9 April 1986 (aged 31)

Rider Date of birth  Tomasz Marczyński (POL) (1984-03-06)6 March 1984 (aged 33)  Rémy Mertz (BEL) (1995-07-17)17 July 1995 (aged 22)  Maxime Monfort (BEL) (1983-01-14)14 January 1983 (aged 34)  Lawrence Naesen (BEL) (1992-08-28)28 August 1992 (aged 25)  James Shaw (GBR) (1996-06-06)6 June 1996 (aged 21)  Marcel Sieberg (GER) (1982-04-30)30 April 1982 (aged 35)  Gerben Thijssen (BEL) (1998-06-21)21 June 1998 (aged 19)  Tosh Van der Sande (BEL) (1990-11-28)28 November 1990 (aged 27)  Brent Van Moer (BEL) (1998-01-12)12 January 1998 (aged 19)  Jelle Vanendert (BEL) (1985-02-19)19 February 1985 (aged 32)  Harm Vanhoucke (BEL) (1997-06-17)17 June 1997 (aged 20)  Jelle Wallays (BEL) (1989-05-11)11 May 1989 (aged 28)  Tim Wellens (BEL) (1991-05-10)10 May 1991 (aged 26)  Enzo Wouters (BEL) (1996-03-21)21 March 1996 (aged 21)

Riders who joined the team for the 2018 season Rider 2017 team Victor Campenaerts[1] LottoNL–Jumbo Jens Keukeleire[2] Orica–Scott Bjorg Lambrecht[3] neo-pro (Lotto–Soudal U23) Stan Dewulf[3] neo-pro (Lotto–Soudal U23) Lawrence Naesen[4] WB Veranclassic Aqua Protect Gerben Thijssen[3] neo-pro (Lotto–Soudal U23) Brent Van Moer[3] neo-pro (Lotto–Soudal U23) Harm Vanhoucke[3] neo-pro (Lotto–Soudal U23)

Riders who left the team during or after the 2017 season Rider 2018 team Kris Boeckmans Vital Concept Sean De Bie Vérandas Willems–Crelan Bart De Clercq[5] Wanty–Groupe Gobert Tony Gallopin[6] AG2R La Mondiale Jürgen Roelandts[7] BMC Racing Team Rafael Valls[8] Movistar Team Louis Vervaeke[9] Team Sunweb

Season victories

Date	Race	Competition	Rider	Country	Location
16 January	Tour Down Under, Stage 1	UCI World Tour	André Greipel (GER)	Australia	Lyndoch
21 January	Tour Down Under, Stage 6	UCI World Tour	André Greipel (GER)	Australia	Adelaide
26 January	Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana	UCI Europe Tour	Tim Wellens (BEL)	Spain	Deià
27 January	Vuelta a San Juan, Stage 6	UCI America Tour	Jelle Wallays (BEL)	Argentina	San Juan
17 February	Vuelta a Andalucía, Stage 4	UCI Europe Tour	Tim Wellens (BEL)	Spain	Alcalá de los Gazules
18 February	Vuelta a Andalucía, Overall classification	UCI Europe Tour	Tim Wellens (BEL)	Spain
3 March	Strade Bianche	UCI World Tour	Tim Wellens (BEL)	Italy	Siena
21 March	Volta a Catalunya, Stage 3	UCI World Tour	Thomas De Gendt (BEL)	Spain	Camprodon
11 April	Brabantse Pijl	UCI Europe Tour	Tim Wellens (BEL)	Belgium	Overijse
26 April	Tour de Romandie, Stage 2	UCI World Tour	Thomas De Gendt (BEL)	Switzerland	Yverdon-les-Bains
8 May	Giro d'Italia, Stage 4	UCI World Tour	Tim Wellens (BEL)	Italy	Caltagirone
9 May	Four Days of Dunkirk, Stage 2	UCI Europe Tour	André Greipel (GER)	France	Soissons
12 May	Four Days of Dunkirk, Stage 5	UCI Europe Tour	André Greipel (GER)	France	Cassel
23 May	Baloise Belgium Tour, Stage 1	UCI Europe Tour	André Greipel (GER)	Belgium	Buggenhout
24 May	Baloise Belgium Tour, Stage 2	UCI Europe Tour	André Greipel (GER)	Belgium	Knokke-Heist
24 May	Tour des Fjords, Stage 3	UCI Europe Tour	Bjorg Lambrecht (BEL)	Norway	Egersund
26 May	Baloise Belgium Tour, Stage 4	UCI Europe Tour	Jelle Vanendert (BEL)	Belgium	Wanze
27 May	Baloise Belgium Tour, Overall classification	UCI Europe Tour	Jens Keukeleire (BEL)	Belgium
29 July	Tour de Wallonie, Stage 2	UCI Europe Tour	Tim Wellens (BEL)	Belgium	Namur
1 August	Tour de Wallonie, Stage 5	UCI Europe Tour	Jens Keukeleire (BEL)	Belgium	Waremme
1 August	Tour de Wallonie, Overall classification	UCI Europe Tour	Tim Wellens (BEL)	Belgium
2 September	Tour of Britain, Stage 1	UCI Europe Tour	André Greipel (GER)	United Kingdom	Newport
5 September	Tour of Britain, Stage 4	UCI Europe Tour	André Greipel (GER)	United Kingdom	Royal Leamington Spa
13 September	Vuelta a España, Stage 18	UCI World Tour	Jelle Wallays (BEL)	Spain	Lleida

National, Continental and World champions 2018

Date	Discipline	Jersey	Rider	Country	Location
21 June	Belgian National Time Trial Champion		Victor Campenaerts (BEL)	Belgium	Anzegem
8 August	European Time Trial Champion		Victor Campenaerts (BEL)	United Kingdom	Glasgow