2013 Saxo–Tinkoff season

2013 Saxo–Tinkoff season
Manager	Bjarne Riis
One-day victories	2
Stage race overall victories	–
Stage race stage victories	5
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The 2013 season for Saxo–Tinkoff began in January with the Tour Down Under. As a UCI ProTeam, they were automatically invited and obligated to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour.

On 25 June 2012, it was announced that the Russian Tinkoff Bank would join the team as co-sponsors for the rest of the 2012 season and through to the end of 2013. Saxo Bank also renewed their sponsorship through 2013, with the team's name thus becoming Saxo-Tinkoff.^[1][2]

2013 roster

As of 6 August 2013.^[3]

Rider Date of birth   Daniele Bennati (ITA) (1980-09-24) 24 September 1980 (age 43)   Manuele Boaro (ITA) (1987-12-03) 3 December 1987 (age 36)   Matti Breschel (DEN) (1984-08-31) 31 August 1984 (age 39)   Jonathan Cantwell (AUS) (1982-01-08) 8 January 1982 (age 41)   Mads Christensen (DEN) (1984-04-06) 6 April 1984 (age 39)   Alberto Contador (ESP) (1982-12-06) 6 December 1982 (age 41)   Timmy Duggan (USA) (1982-11-14) 14 November 1982 (age 41)   Jesper Hansen^[N 1] (DEN) (1991-05-04)4 May 1991 (aged 21)   Jonas Aaen Jørgensen (DEN) (1986-04-20) 20 April 1986 (age 37)   Christopher Juul-Jensen (DEN) (1989-07-06) 6 July 1989 (age 34)   Roman Kreuziger (CZE) (1986-05-06) 6 May 1986 (age 37)   Karsten Kroon (NED) (1976-01-29) 29 January 1976 (age 47)   Marko Kump (SLO) (1988-09-09) 9 September 1988 (age 35)   Anders Lund (DEN) (1985-02-14) 14 February 1985 (age 38)   Rafał Majka (POL) (1989-09-12) 12 September 1989 (age 34)   Jay McCarthy (AUS) (1992-09-08) 8 September 1992 (age 31)

Rider Date of birth   Takashi Miyazawa (JPN) (1978-02-27) 27 February 1978 (age 45)   Michael Mørkøv (DEN) (1985-04-30) 30 April 1985 (age 38)   Benjamín Noval (ESP) (1979-01-23) 23 January 1979 (age 44)   Sérgio Paulinho (POR) (1980-03-26) 26 March 1980 (age 43)   Evgeni Petrov (RUS) (1978-05-25) 25 May 1978 (age 45)   Bruno Pires (POR) (1981-05-15) 15 May 1981 (age 42)   Paweł Poljański^[N 2] (POL) (1990-05-06)6 May 1990 (aged 22)   Jesús Hernández (ESP) (1981-09-28) 28 September 1981 (age 42)   Nicolas Roche (IRL) (1984-07-03) 3 July 1984 (age 39)   Michael Rogers (AUS) (1979-12-20) 20 December 1979 (age 44)   Chris Anker Sørensen (DEN) (1984-09-05) 5 September 1984 (age 39)   Nicki Sørensen (DEN) (1975-05-14) 14 May 1975 (age 48)   Rory Sutherland (AUS) (1982-02-08) 8 February 1982 (age 41)   Matteo Tosatto (ITA) (1974-05-14) 14 May 1974 (age 49)   Oliver Zaugg (SUI) (1981-05-09) 9 May 1981 (age 42)

1. Hansen joined the team on 5 August as a stagiaire, from Team Cult Energy.^[4]
2. Poljański joined the team on 1 August as a stagiaire, from Team Mocaiana.^[4]

Riders who joined the team for the 2013 season Rider 2012 team Daniele Bennati^[5] RadioShack–Nissan Matti Breschel^[6] Rabobank Timmy Duggan^[7] Liquigas–Cannondale Roman Kreuziger^[8] Astana Marko Kump^[9] Adria Mobil Jay McCarthy Jayco-AIS Evgeni Petrov^[10] Astana Nicolas Roche^[11] Ag2r–La Mondiale Michael Rogers^[12] Team Sky Rory Sutherland^[13] UnitedHealthcare Oliver Zaugg^[14] RadioShack–Nissan

Riders who left the team during or after the 2012 season Rider 2013 team Volodymir Gustov Juan José Haedo^[15] Jamis–Hagens Berman Lucas Sebastián Haedo Cannondale Kasper Klostergaard Concordia Forsikring–Riwal Ran Margaliot Jarosław Marycz^[16] CCC–Polsat–Polkowice Daniel Navarro^[17] Cofidis Nick Nuyens Garmin–Sharp Luke Roberts Stölting-Ruhr David Tanner^[18] Blanco Pro Cycling Troels Vinther Team Cult Energy

Season victories

Date	Race	Competition	Rider	Country	Location
26 January	Tour de San Luis, Stage 6	UCI America Tour	Alberto Contador (ESP)	Argentina	Mirador del Sol
17 February	Volta ao Algarve, Mountains classification	UCI Europe Tour	Manuele Boaro (ITA)	Portugal
12 March	Tirreno–Adriatico, Points classification	UCI World Tour	Alberto Contador (ESP)	Italy
5 April	Circuit de la Sarthe, Teams classification	UCI Europe Tour	^[N 1]	France
14 April	Amstel Gold Race	UCI World Tour	Roman Kreuziger (CZE)	Netherlands	Valkenburg
21 July	Tour de France, Teams classification	UCI World Tour	^[N 2]	France
1 August	Danmark Rundt, Stage 2	UCI Europe Tour	Matti Breschel (DEN)	Denmark	Sønderborg
2 August	Danmark Rundt, Stage 3	UCI Europe Tour	Matti Breschel (DEN)	Denmark	Vejle
3 August	Tour de Pologne, Points classification	UCI World Tour	Rafał Majka (POL)	Poland
25 August	Vuelta a España, Stage 2	UCI World Tour	Nicolas Roche (IRL)	Spain	Baiona–Alto do Monte da Groba
29 August	Vuelta a España, Stage 6	UCI World Tour	Michael Mørkøv (DEN)	Spain	Cáceres
20 October	Japan Cup	UCI Asia Tour	Michael Rogers (AUS)	Japan	Utsunomiya

Footnotes

1. The riders on the squad were Karsten Kroon, Jay McCarthy, Mads Christensen, Nicki Sørensen, Rory Sutherland, and Takashi Miyazawa
2. The riders on the squad were Alberto Contador, Daniele Bennati, Jesús Hernández, Roman Kreuziger, Benjamín Noval, Sérgio Paulinho, Nicolas Roche, Michael Rogers, and Matteo Tosatto

References

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