Unibet Tietema Rockets

The Unibet Tietema Rockets are a Dutch UCI ProTeam status cycling team on a French license focusing on road bicycle racing.^[1] Bas Tietema created the team in 2023. The team upgraded from UCI Continental to UCI ProTeam status in 2024.^[2][3]

Unibet Tietema Rockets

The team at the 2023 Fyen Rundt
Team information
UCI code	RKT
Registered	France
Founded	2023 (2023)
Discipline(s)	Road
Status	UCI Continental (2023) UCI ProTeam (2024–)
Key personnel
General manager	Julia Soek
Team manager(s)	Rob Harmeling Bas Tietema Sverre Vik Gaëtan Pons
Team name history
2023–2024 2025–	TDT–Unibet Cycling Team Unibet Tietema Rockets

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 major race organizers 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 2028 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 team's 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]

On 17 October 2024 the team announced that it would be renamed to Unibet Tietema Rockets and would ride on a French license from 2025 on.

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 January 2025.^[12]

Rider Date of birth  Joren Bloem (NED) (1999-12-21) 21 December 1999 (age 25)  Davide Bomboi (BEL) (2000-03-27) 27 March 2000 (age 24)  Martijn Budding (NED) (1995-08-31) 31 August 1995 (age 29)  Giovanni Carboni (ITA) (1995-08-31) 31 August 1995 (age 29)  Cedrik Bakke Christophersen (NOR) (2001-12-11) 11 December 2001 (age 23)  Hartthijs de Vries (NED) (1996-07-11) 11 July 1996 (age 28)  Odd Christian Eiking (NOR) (1994-12-28) 28 December 1994 (age 30)  Owen Geleijn (NED) (2001-01-14) 14 January 2001 (age 24)  Axel Huens (FRA) (2001-09-05) 5 September 2001 (age 23)  Baptiste Huyet (FRA) (2000-07-06) 6 July 2000 (age 24)  Kevin Inkelaar (NED) (1997-07-08) 8 July 1997 (age 27)  Jelle Johannink (NED) (1996-10-22) 22 October 1996 (age 28)  Tomáš Kopecký (CZE) (2000-04-08) 8 April 2000 (age 24)

Rider Date of birth  Lukáš Kubiš (SVK) (2000-01-31) 31 January 2000 (age 25)  Zeb Kyffin (GBR) (1998-02-23) 23 February 1998 (age 27)  Lander Loockx (BEL) (1997-04-25) 25 April 1997 (age 27)  Adrien Maire (FRA) (2000-11-17) 17 November 2000 (age 24)  Sergio Meris (ITA) (2001-03-10) 10 March 2001 (age 24)  Wessel Mouris (NED) (2002-12-30) 30 December 2002 (age 22)  Sebastian Nielsen (DEN) (2000-08-27) 27 August 2000 (age 24)  Charles Paige (GBR) (2001-07-07) 7 July 2001 (age 23)  Abram Stockman (BEL) (1996-07-31) 31 July 1996 (age 28)  Andreas Stokbro (DEN) (1997-04-08) 8 April 1997 (age 27)  Adam Ťoupalík (CZE) (1996-05-09) 9 May 1996 (age 28)  Killian Verschuren (FRA) (2002-10-20) 20 October 2002 (age 22)

Major wins

2023

Stage 1 ZLM Tour, Yentl Vandevelde

Overall Kreiz Breizh Elites, Hartthijs de Vries

Stage 3, Tomáš Kopecký

2024

Stage 4 Tour of Antalya, Hartthijs de Vries

Ster van Zwolle, Nicklas Amdi Pedersen

Overall Oberösterreich Rundfahrt, Adrien Maire

Stage 3, Adrien Maire

2025

Cholet Agglo Tour, Lukas Kubis