2016 Team Sky season

Team Sky
2016 season
UCI codeSKY
StatusUCI WorldTeam
World Tour Rank3rd (1187 points)
ManagerDave Brailsford
Main sponsor(s)Sky
BasedNational Cycling Centre
Manchester
England
BicyclesPinarello
GroupsetShimano
Season victories
One-day races4
Stage race overall8
Stage race stages24
Grand Tours1
National Championships3
Most winsChris Froome (6 wins)
Best ranked riderChris Froome (5th)

The 2016 season for Team Sky began in January at the Tour Down Under.

As a UCI WorldTeam, they were automatically invited and obliged to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour.

Team roster

The 2016 team, as displayed on one of the team buses
As of 9 August 2016
Rider Date of birth
 Ian Boswell (USA) (1991-02-07)7 February 1991 (aged 25)
 Philip Deignan (IRL) (1983-09-07)7 September 1983 (aged 32)
 Owain Doull[N 1] (GBR) (1995-10-17)17 October 1995 (aged 20)
 Andrew Fenn (GBR) (1990-07-01)1 July 1990 (aged 26)
 Chris Froome (GBR) (1985-05-20)20 May 1985 (aged 31)
 Michał Gołaś (POL) (1984-04-29)29 April 1984 (aged 32)
 Sebastián Henao (COL) (1993-08-05)5 August 1993 (aged 23)
 Sergio Henao (COL) (1987-12-10)10 December 1987 (aged 28)
 Beñat Intxausti (ESP) (1986-03-20)20 March 1986 (aged 30)
 Peter Kennaugh (GBR) (1989-06-15)15 June 1989 (aged 27)
 Vasil Kiryienka (BLR) (1981-06-28)28 June 1981 (aged 35)
 Christian Knees (GER) (1981-03-05)5 March 1981 (aged 35)
 Michał Kwiatkowski (POL) (1990-06-02)2 June 1990 (aged 26)
 Mikel Landa (ESP) (1989-12-03)3 December 1989 (aged 26)
 Leopold König (CZE) (1987-11-15)15 November 1987 (aged 28)
Rider Date of birth
 David López (ESP) (1981-05-13)13 May 1981 (aged 35)
 Gianni Moscon (ITA) (1994-04-20)20 April 1994 (aged 22)
 Mikel Nieve (ESP) (1984-05-26)26 May 1984 (aged 32)
 Lars Petter Nordhaug (NOR) (1984-05-14)14 May 1984 (aged 32)
 Alex Peters (GBR) (1994-03-31)31 March 1994 (aged 22)
 Wout Poels (NED) (1987-10-01)1 October 1987 (aged 28)
 Salvatore Puccio (ITA) (1989-08-31)31 August 1989 (aged 26)
 Nicolas Roche (IRL) (1984-07-03)3 July 1984 (aged 32)
 Luke Rowe (GBR) (1990-03-10)10 March 1990 (aged 26)
 Ian Stannard (GBR) (1987-05-25)25 May 1987 (aged 29)
 Ben Swift (GBR) (1987-11-05)5 November 1987 (aged 28)
 Geraint Thomas (GBR) (1986-05-25)25 May 1986 (aged 30)
 Danny van Poppel (NED) (1993-07-26)26 July 1993 (aged 23)
 Elia Viviani (ITA) (1989-02-07)7 February 1989 (aged 27)
 Xabier Zandio (ESP) (1977-03-17)17 March 1977 (aged 39)
  1. ^ Doull joined the team on 1 August as a stagiaire, from WIGGINS.[1]

Season victories

Date Race Competition Rider Country Location
24 January Tour Down Under, Mountains classification UCI World Tour  Sergio Henao (COL)  Australia Adelaide
31 January Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race UCI Oceania Tour  Peter Kennaugh (GBR)  Australia Geelong
3 February Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana, Stage 1 UCI Europe Tour  Wout Poels (NED)  Spain Oropesa del Mar
4 February Herald Sun Tour, Stage 1 UCI Oceania Tour  Peter Kennaugh (GBR)  Australia Healesville
4 February Dubai Tour, Stage 2 UCI Asia Tour  Elia Viviani (ITA)  United Arab Emirates Dubai
6 February Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana, Stage 4 UCI Europe Tour  Wout Poels (NED)  Spain Xorret de Catí
7 February Herald Sun Tour, Stage 4 UCI Oceania Tour  Chris Froome (GBR)  Australia Arthurs Seat, Victoria
7 February Herald Sun Tour, Overall UCI Oceania Tour  Chris Froome (GBR)  Australia
7 February Herald Sun Tour, Mountains classification UCI Oceania Tour  Chris Froome (GBR)  Australia
7 February Herald Sun Tour, Teams classification UCI Oceania Tour [N 1]  Australia
7 February Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana, Overall UCI Europe Tour  Wout Poels (NED)  Spain
7 February Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana, Points classification UCI Europe Tour  Wout Poels (NED)  Spain
7 February Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana, Mountains classification UCI Europe Tour  Wout Poels (NED)  Spain
7 February Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana, Teams classification UCI Europe Tour [N 2]  Spain
21 February Volta ao Algarve, Overall UCI Europe Tour  Geraint Thomas (GBR)  Portugal
21 February Vuelta an Andalucía, Points classification UCI Europe Tour  Ben Swift (GBR)  Spain
6 March UCI Oceania Tour, Individual classification UCI Oceania Tour  Peter Kennaugh (GBR)
6 March UCI Oceania Tour, Teams classification UCI Oceania Tour [N 3]
13 March Paris–Nice, Overall UCI World Tour  Geraint Thomas (GBR)  France
25 March Volta a Catalunya, Stage 5 UCI World Tour  Wout Poels (NED)  Spain Valls
25 March E3 Harelbeke UCI World Tour  Michał Kwiatkowski (POL)  Belgium Harelbeke
27 March Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali, Teams classification UCI Europe Tour [N 4]  Italy
30 March Three Days of De Panne, Stage 2 UCI Europe Tour  Elia Viviani (ITA)  Belgium Koksijde
31 March Three Days of De Panne, Sprints classification UCI Europe Tour  Danny van Poppel (NED)  Belgium
5 April Tour of the Basque Country, Stage 2 UCI World Tour  Mikel Landa (ESP)  Spain Amurrio-Baranbio
9 April Tour of the Basque Country, Points classification UCI World Tour  Sergio Henao (COL)  Spain
9 April Tour of the Basque Country, Teams classification UCI World Tour [N 5]  Spain
20 April Giro del Trentino, Stage 2 UCI Europe Tour  Mikel Landa (ESP)  Austria Anras
22 April Giro del Trentino, Overall UCI Europe Tour  Mikel Landa (ESP)  Italy
22 April Giro del Trentino, Mountains classification UCI Europe Tour  Mikel Landa (ESP)  Italy
24 April Liège–Bastogne–Liège UCI World Tour  Wout Poels (NED)  Belgium Ans
30 April Tour de Yorkshire, Stage 2 UCI Europe Tour  Danny van Poppel (NED)  United Kingdom Doncaster
30 April Tour de Romandie, Stage 4 UCI World Tour  Chris Froome (GBR)   Switzerland Villars-sur-Ollon
20 May Giro d'Italia, Stage 13 UCI World Tour  Mikel Nieve (ESP)  Italy Cividale del Friuli
29 May Giro d'Italia, Mountains classification UCI World Tour  Mikel Nieve (ESP)  Italy
10 June Critérium du Dauphiné, Stage 5 UCI World Tour  Chris Froome (GBR)  France Vaujany
12 June Critérium du Dauphiné, Overall UCI World Tour  Chris Froome (GBR)  France
12 June Critérium du Dauphiné, Teams classification UCI World Tour [N 6]  France
9 July Tour de France, Stage 8 UCI World Tour  Chris Froome (GBR)  France Bagnères-de-Luchon
21 July Tour de France, Stage 18 UCI World Tour  Chris Froome (GBR)  France Megève
24 July Tour de France, Overall UCI World Tour  Chris Froome (GBR)  France
2 August Vuelta a Burgos, Stage 1 UCI Europe Tour  Danny van Poppel (NED)  Spain Melgar de Fernamental
4 August Vuelta a Burgos, Stage 3 UCI Europe Tour  Danny van Poppel (NED)  Spain Villarcayo
6 August Vuelta a Burgos, Points classification UCI Europe Tour  Danny van Poppel (NED)  Spain
12 August Arctic Race of Norway, Stage 2 UCI Europe Tour  Danny van Poppel (NED)  Norway Sandnessjøen
13 August Arctic Race of Norway, Stage 3 UCI Europe Tour  Gianni Moscon (ITA)  Norway Korgfjellet
14 August Arctic Race of Norway, Overall UCI Europe Tour  Gianni Moscon (ITA)  Norway
14 August Arctic Race of Norway, Young rider classification UCI Europe Tour  Gianni Moscon (ITA)  Norway
14 August Arctic Race of Norway, Teams classification UCI Europe Tour [N 7]  Norway
20 August Vuelta a España, Stage 1 UCI World Tour Team Time Trial [N 8]  Spain Castrelo de Miño
31 August Vuelta a España, Stage 11 UCI World Tour  Chris Froome (GBR)  Spain Peña Cabarga
6 September Tour of Britain, Stage 3 UCI Europe Tour  Ian Stannard (GBR)  United Kingdom Tatton Park
9 September Tour of Britain, Stage 6 UCI Europe Tour  Wout Poels (NED)  United Kingdom Haytor
9 September Vuelta a España, Stage 19 UCI World Tour  Chris Froome (GBR)  Spain Calp
11 September Tour of Britain, Teams classification UCI Europe Tour [N 9]  United Kingdom
23 October Chrono des Nations UCI Europe Tour  Vasil Kiryienka (BLR)  France Les Herbiers

National, Continental and World champions 2016

Date Discipline Jersey Rider Country Location
23 June Czech National Time Trial Champion
 Leopold König (CZE)  Czech Republic Hodonín
23 June Irish National Time Trial Champion Champion
 Nicolas Roche (IRL)  Ireland Kilcullen
26 June Irish National Road Race Championships
 Nicolas Roche (IRL)  Ireland Kilcullen

Footnotes

  1. ^ The riders on the squad were Chris Froome, Ian Boswell, Salvatore Puccio, Peter Kennaugh, Sebastián Henao and Luke Rowe
  2. ^ The riders on the squad were Wout Poels, Beñat Intxausti, Leopold König, Mikel Nieve, Vasil Kiryienka, Alex Peters, David Lopez and Nicolas Roche
  3. ^ This award is calculated by adding the points earned by a team's top five riders in the individual standings. Those five riders were Peter Kennaugh, Chris Froome, Ben Swift Luke Rowe, and Sebastián Henao
  4. ^ The riders on the squad were Philip Deignan, Sebastián Henao, Mikel Landa, Xavier Zandio, Danny van Poppel, Alex Peters, David Lopez and Gianni Moscon
  5. ^ The riders on the squad were Sergio Henao, Sebastián Henao, Mikel Landa, Xavier Zandio, Lars Petter Nordhaug, David Lopez, Philip Deignan and Vasil Kiryienka
  6. ^ The riders on the squad were Sergio Henao, Chris Froome, Mikel Landa, Michał Kwiatkowski, Wout Poels, Salvatore Puccio, Luke Rowe and Ian Stannard
  7. ^ The riders on the squad were Sebastián Henao, Gianni Moscon, Lars Petter Nordhaug, Danny van Poppel, Andrew Fenn and Ben Swift
  8. ^ The winning riders were Chris Froome, Ian Boswell, Michał Gołaś, Peter Kennaugh, Christian Knees, Leopold König, Michał Kwiatkowski, Salvatore Puccio and David López
  9. ^ The riders on the squad were Elia Viviani, Ian Stannard, Wout Poels, Nicolas Roche, Ben Swift and Danny van Poppel

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