TDT–Unibet Cycling Team

TDT–Unibet Cycling Team is a Dutch UCI Continental cycling team focusing on road bicycle racing.[1] Bas Tietema created the team in 2023. The team goal is to become a UCI ProTeam by 2024.[2]

TDT–Unibet Cycling Team
The team at the 2023 Fyen Rundt
Team information
UCI codeTDT
RegisteredNetherlands
Founded2023 (2023)
Discipline(s)Road
StatusUCI Continental
Key personnel
General managerBas Tietema
Team manager(s)Hugo Haak
Team name history
  • 2023–
  • TDT–Unibet Cycling Team

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 the UCI 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, [3] although from 2025 teams sponsored by gambling companies will not be able to race in Belgium.[4]

Hugo Haak joined as Team Manager in 2023 after coaching on the Track for the past few years.[5]

The team's calendar for 2023 consists of mostly Belgian and Dutch races.[6]

Equipment

The team uses Cannondale bicycles in a bright yellow-pink colour scheme.[7] The bike has Shimano Ultegra Di2 12 speed gearing with Scope wheels[8] and Pirelli tires.[9]

Team roster
As of 11 October 2023.[1]
Rider Date of birth
 Joren Bloem (NED) (1999-12-21) 21 December 1999
 Davide Bomboi (BEL) (2000-03-27) 27 March 2000
 Jordy Bouts (BEL) (1996-08-08) 8 August 1996
 Martijn Budding (NED) (1995-08-31) 31 August 1995
 Hartthijs de Vries (NED) (1996-07-11) 11 July 1996
 Kevin Inkelaar (NED) (1997-07-08) 8 July 1997
 Tomáš Kopecký (CZE) (2000-04-08) 8 April 2000
Rider Date of birth
 Lander Loockx[lower-alpha 1] (BEL) (1997-04-25) 25 April 1997
 Abram Stockman (BEL) (1996-07-31) 31 July 1996
 Harry Tanfield (GBR) (1994-11-17) 17 November 1994
 Bas Tietema[lower-alpha 2] (NED) (1995-01-29) 29 January 1995
 Wouter Toussaint (NED) (2004-03-23) 23 March 2004
 Yentl Vandevelde (BEL) (2000-10-31) 31 October 2000
  1. Joined on 1 October.
  2. Retired on 30 September.

Major wins
2023
Stage 1 ZLM Tour, Yentl Vandevelde
Overall Kreiz Breizh Elites, Hartthijs de Vries
Stage 3, Tomáš Kopecký

References
  1. "TDT-UNIBET". UCI. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  2. Hood, Ed (3 January 2023). "Harry Tanfield - with Tour de Tietema-Unibet for 2023". VeloVeritas. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  3. "Unibet signs partnership with Dutch cycling team Tour de Tietema". www.prnewswire.com. 9 November 2022. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  4. Long, Jonny (9 November 2022). "With gambling sponsorship, Bas Tietema's professional team takes shape". CyclingTips. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  5. "Succescoach Haak aan de slag bij nieuwe Nederlandse wegploeg". nos.nl (in Dutch). 9 November 2022. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  6. McGrath, Andy (12 November 2022). "Unibet returns to pro cycling with Dutch YouTuber's new Continental team". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  7. Smythe, Simon (5 January 2023). "New Dutch team TDT-Unibet unveils a Cannondale even louder than EF's". cyclingweekly.com. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  8. "Tour de Tietema Unibet ‐ Scope Cycling". Scope Cycling. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  9. Hood, Edmond (9 January 2023). "Tour de Tietema Unibet's Bas Tietema Gets PEZ'd!". PezCycling News. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
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