2021 Lotto–Soudal season

The 2021 season for Lotto–Soudal was the 37th season in the team's existence and the seventh season under the current name. The team has been a UCI WorldTeam since 2005, when the tier was first established.[1]

Lotto–Soudal
2021 season
UCI codeLTS
StatusUCI WorldTeam
World Tour Rank18th
Manager John Lelangue (BEL)
Main sponsor(s)
Based Belgium
BicyclesRidley
GroupsetCampagnolo
Season victories
Stage race overall1
Stage race stages11
Most wins Caleb Ewan (AUS) (7)
Best ranked rider Tim Wellens (BEL) (65th)
Jersey
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Team roster

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As of 10 June 2021.[1][2][3]
Rider Date of birth
  Filippo Conca (ITA) (1998-09-22)22 September 1998 (aged 22)
  Steff Cras (BEL) (1996-02-13)13 February 1996 (aged 24)
  Jasper De Buyst (BEL) (1993-11-24)24 November 1993 (aged 27)
  Thomas De Gendt (BEL) (1986-11-06)6 November 1986 (aged 34)
  John Degenkolb (GER) (1989-01-07)7 January 1989 (aged 31)
  Caleb Ewan (AUS) (1994-07-11)11 July 1994 (aged 26)
  Frederik Frison (BEL) (1992-07-28)28 July 1992 (aged 28)
  Philippe Gilbert (BEL) (1982-07-05)5 July 1982 (aged 38)
  Kobe Goossens (BEL) (1996-04-29)29 April 1996 (aged 24)
  Sébastien Grignard (BEL) (1999-04-29)29 April 1999 (aged 21)
  Matthew Holmes (GBR) (1993-12-08)8 December 1993 (aged 27)
  Roger Kluge (GER) (1986-02-05)5 February 1986 (aged 34)
  Andreas Kron (DEN) (1998-06-01)1 June 1998 (aged 22)
  Kamil Małecki (POL) (1996-01-02)2 January 1996 (aged 24)
Rider Date of birth
  Tomasz Marczyński (POL) (1984-03-06)6 March 1984 (aged 36)
  Sylvain Moniquet (BEL) (1998-01-14)14 January 1998 (aged 22)
  Stefano Oldani (ITA) (1998-01-10)10 January 1998 (aged 22)
  Harry Sweeny (AUS) (1998-07-09)9 July 1998 (aged 22)
  Gerben Thijssen (BEL) (1998-06-21)21 June 1998 (aged 22)
  Tosh Van der Sande (BEL) (1990-11-28)28 November 1990 (aged 30)
  Maxim Van Gils (BEL) (1999-11-25)25 November 1999 (aged 21)
  Brent Van Moer (BEL) (1998-01-12)12 January 1998 (aged 22)
  Harm Vanhoucke (BEL) (1997-06-17)17 June 1997 (aged 23)
  Florian Vermeersch (BEL) (1999-04-12)12 April 1999 (aged 21)
  Viktor Verschaeve (BEL) (1998-08-03)3 August 1998 (aged 22)
  Xandres Vervloesem (BEL) (2000-05-13)13 May 2000 (aged 20)
  Tim Wellens (BEL) (1991-05-10)10 May 1991 (aged 29)

Season victories

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Date Race Competition Rider Country Location Ref.
5 February Étoile de Bessèges, Stage 3 UCI Europe Tour   Tim Wellens (BEL)   France Bessèges [31]
7 February Étoile de Bessèges, Overall UCI Europe Tour   Tim Wellens (BEL)   France [32]
7 February Étoile de Bessèges, Team classification UCI Europe Tour [a]   France [32]
14 February Tour de la Provence, Mountains classification UCI Europe Tour
UCI ProSeries
  Filippo Conca (ITA)   France [33]
27 February UAE Tour, Stage 7 UCI World Tour   Caleb Ewan (AUS)   United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi [34]
22 March Volta a Catalunya, Stage 1 UCI World Tour   Andreas Kron (DEN)   Spain Calella [35]
28 March Volta a Catalunya, Stage 7 UCI World Tour   Thomas De Gendt (BEL)   Spain Barcelona [36]
2 May Tour de Romandie, Mountains classification UCI World Tour   Kobe Goossens (BEL)   Switzerland [37]
12 May Giro d'Italia, Stage 5 UCI World Tour   Caleb Ewan (AUS)   Italy Cattolica [38][39]
14 May Giro d'Italia, Stage 7 UCI World Tour   Caleb Ewan (AUS)   Italy Termoli [40][41]
30 May Critérium du Dauphiné, Stage 1 UCI World Tour   Brent Van Moer (BEL)   France Issoire [42]
11 June Tour de Suisse, Stage 6 UCI World Tour   Andreas Kron (DEN)   Switzerland Disentis-Sedrun [43]
11 June Tour of Belgium, Stage 3 UCI Europe Tour
UCI ProSeries
  Caleb Ewan (AUS)   Belgium Scherpenheuvel-Zichem [44]
12 June Tour of Belgium, Stage 4 UCI Europe Tour
UCI ProSeries
  Caleb Ewan (AUS)   Belgium Hamoir [45]
13 June Tour of Belgium, Points classification UCI Europe Tour
UCI ProSeries
  Caleb Ewan (AUS)   Belgium [46]
24 July Tour de Wallonie, Mountains classification UCI Europe Tour
UCI ProSeries
  Florian Vermeersch (BEL)   Belgium [47]
31 July Tour de l'Ain, Team classification UCI Europe Tour [b]   France [48]
3 September Benelux Tour, Stage 5 UCI World Tour   Caleb Ewan (AUS)   Belgium Bilzen [49]

Notes

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References

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