UCI WorldTeam
Formerly Skil-Shimano, the once German now Dutch team made the jump to the WorldTour in 2013 as Argos-Shimano.
They then became Giant-Alpecin before settling on their well-known guise of Team Sunweb from 2017 to 2020. They’ve since had three rebrands and are now known as dsm-firmenich PostNL, dropping the Sunweb travel brand in favour of a Dutch multinational corporation and the country's postal company.
In 2022, Romain Bardet and Andreas Leknessund netted the team overall titles at the Tour of the Alps and the Arctic Race of Norway, while Alberto Dainese and Thymen Arensman picked up stage wins at the Giro d’Italia and Vuelta a España.
The following season, Bardet was a leader once again but the team also enjoyed a string of victories from sprinters, Sam Welsford and Alberto Dainese. In the absence of a victory from Bardet, Dainese took the team's most prestigious stage wins in the Giro d'Italia and Vuelta a España. The team also won the opening day team time trial at the latter.
Bardet remains the team’s best hope for Grand Tour success in 2024, but it does seem as though they’ve got one eye on the future too following the promising seasons of Britons Oscar Onley and Max Poole. Meanwhile, fan favourite Warren Barguil will return to the team after six seasons spent with Arkéa.
The team's most notable acquisition, however, is that of Fabio Jakobsen, with the Dutch sprinter making the move from Soudal Quick-Step. Jakobsen is a five-time Vuelta a España stage winner and former winner of the green jersey in Spain. For 2024, he will look forward to having a dedicated lead-out train at his disposal, after Quick-Step reorientated their team towards Remco Evenepoel's GC ambitions.
Provided by FirstCycling
Romain Bardet | 33 | 14 | 1696 | |
Warren Barguil | 32 | 12 | 879 | |
Oscar Onley | 21 | 2 | 791 | |
Kevin Vermaerke | 23 | 1 | 790 | |
Fabio Jakobsen | 27 | 57 | 559 |
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