Team Illuminate (men's team)

Team Illuminate is an American UCI Continental cycling team established in 2014.^[2]

Team Illuminate

Team information
UCI code	ILU
Registered	United States
Founded	2014 (2014)
Discipline(s)	Road
Status	UCI Continental
Website	Team home page
Key personnel
General manager	Chris Johnson[1]
Team name history
2014 2015 2016–	Airgas Cycling Airgas-Safeway Cycling Team Team Illuminate

Team history

Team Illuminate grew out of the 2015 Airgas–Safeway team that included 2013 Vuelta a España winner Chris Horner.^[3] The team launched the 2016 season with success at the 2.1 rated Tour of Taiwan.^[4] Later in the season the team became the first US team to compete in Iran, where US rider Connor McCutcheon captured a stage win and wore the yellow jersey in the 2.1 rated Tour of Iran.^[5]

In December 2016, the organisation announced that it was adding a UCI Women's Team for the 2017 season.^[6]

Team roster

As of February 19, 2022.^[7]

Rider Date of birth  Cullen Easter (USA) (1987-10-28) October 28, 1987 (age 37)  Griffin Easter (USA) (1991-11-06) November 6, 1991 (age 33)  Rob Evans (USA) (1978-03-11) March 11, 1978 (age 47)  Travis Furman (USA) (1989-03-19) March 19, 1989 (age 36)  John Keller (USA) (1997-08-28) August 28, 1997 (age 27)

Rider Date of birth  Aria Kiani (USA) (1992-04-12) April 12, 1992 (age 33)  Cameron Piper (USA) (1991-10-16) October 16, 1991 (age 33)  Johnatan Fernando Sarmiento (COL) (1992-12-04) December 4, 1992 (age 32)  Sebastian Schaub (GER) (1997-03-13) March 13, 1997 (age 28)  Rodolfo Andrés Torres (COL) (1987-03-21) March 21, 1987 (age 38)

Major wins

2016

Stage 1 Tour of Iran, Connor McCutcheon

2017

Stages 1 & 4 Tour de Taiwan, Edwin Avila

Stage 1 Sibiu Cycling Tour, Edwin Avila

Stage 4 Tour d'Azerbaïdjan, Edwin Avila

Stage 6 Vuelta a Colombia, Griffin Easter

Stage 2 Tour of Rwanda, Simon Pellaud

2018

Points classification Tour of Thailand, Martin Laas

Stages 4, 5 & 6, Martin Laas

Stage 8 Tour of Japan, Martin Laas

Stage 1 Baltic Chain Tour, Martin Laas

Stage 9 Tour of Hainan, Simon Pellaud

2019

Stage 6 The Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn's Cup, Martin Laas

Overall Tour of Taiyuan, Cameron Piper

Points classification, Martin Laas

Stage 1, Cameron Piper

Stage 2, 3, 5 & 6, Martin Laas

Stages 2, 4 & 5 Tour de Korea, Martin Laas

National champions

2016

Australian U23 Time Trial, Callum Scotson

Colombian Road Race, Edwin Avila

2019

Colombian Track (Scratch race), Félix Alejandro Barón Castillo