2017 Cannondale–Drapac season

The 2017 season for the Cannondale–Drapac cycling team began in January at the Tour Down Under. As a UCI WorldTeam, they are obligated to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour.

Cannondale–Drapac
2017 season
UCI code	CPT
Status	UCI WorldTeam
Manager	Jonathan Vaughters
Main sponsor(s)	Cannondale
Based	Boulder, Colorado, United States
Bicycles	Cannondale
Groupset	Shimano
Season victories
One-day races	0
Stage race overall	0
Stage race stages	8
National Championships	2
Jersey
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Team roster

As of 1 January 2017.^[1]

Rider Date of birth   Alberto Bettiol (ITA) (1993-10-23)October 23, 1993 (aged 23)   Patrick Bevin (NZL) (1991-05-01)May 1, 1991 (aged 25)   Nate Brown (USA) (1991-07-06)July 6, 1991 (aged 25)   Brendan Canty (AUS) (1992-08-17)August 17, 1992 (aged 24)   Hugh Carthy (GBR) (1994-07-09)July 9, 1994 (aged 22)   Simon Clarke (AUS) (1986-07-18)July 18, 1986 (aged 30)   Will Clarke (AUS) (1985-04-11)April 11, 1985 (aged 31)   Lawson Craddock (USA) (1992-02-20)February 20, 1992 (aged 24)   Joe Dombrowski (USA) (1991-05-12)May 12, 1991 (aged 25)   Davide Formolo (ITA) (1992-10-25)October 25, 1992 (aged 24)   Alex Howes (USA) (1988-01-01)January 1, 1988 (aged 29)   Kristijan Koren (SLO) (1986-11-25)November 25, 1986 (aged 30)   Sebastian Langeveld (NED) (1985-01-17)January 17, 1985 (aged 31)   Ryan Mullen (IRL) (1994-08-07)August 7, 1994 (aged 22)

Rider Date of birth   Taylor Phinney (USA) (1990-06-27)June 27, 1990 (aged 26)   Pierre Rolland (FRA) (1986-10-10)October 10, 1986 (aged 30)   Tom Scully (NZL) (1990-01-14)January 14, 1990 (aged 26)   Toms Skujiņš (LAT) (1991-06-15)June 15, 1991 (aged 25)   Tom-Jelte Slagter (NED) (1989-07-01)July 1, 1989 (aged 27)   Andrew Talansky (USA) (1988-11-23)November 23, 1988 (aged 28)   Rigoberto Urán (COL) (1987-01-26)January 26, 1987 (aged 29)   Tom Van Asbroeck (BEL) (1990-04-19)April 19, 1990 (aged 26)   Dylan van Baarle (NED) (1993-05-22)May 22, 1993 (aged 23)   Sep Vanmarcke (BEL) (1988-07-27)July 27, 1988 (aged 28)   Davide Villella (ITA) (1991-06-27)June 27, 1991 (aged 25)   Wouter Wippert (NED) (1990-08-14)August 14, 1990 (aged 26)   Michael Woods (CAN) (1986-10-12)October 12, 1986 (aged 30)

Riders who joined the team for the 2017 season Rider 2016 team Brendan Canty^[2] Drapac Professional Cycling Hugh Carthy^[3] Caja Rural–Seguros RGA Will Clarke^[2] Drapac Professional Cycling Taylor Phinney^[4] BMC Racing Team Tom Scully^[2] Drapac Professional Cycling Tom Van Asbroeck^[5] LottoNL–Jumbo Sep Vanmarcke^[6] LottoNL–Jumbo

Riders who left the team during or after the 2016 season Rider 2017 team Jack Bauer^[7] Quick-Step Floors Matti Breschel^[8] Astana André Cardoso^[9] Trek–Segafredo Phil Gaimon^[10] Retired Ben King^[11] Team Dimension Data Alan Marangoni Nippo–Vini Fantini Moreno Moser^[12] Astana Ramūnas Navardauskas^[13] Bahrain–Merida Kristoffer Skjerping Joker Icopal Ruben Zepuntke Development Team Sunweb

Season victories

Date	Race	Competition	Rider	Country	Location
24 March	Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali, Stage 2	UCI Europe Tour	Toms Skujiņš (LAT)	Italy	Sogliano al Rubicone
26 March	Volta a Catalunya, Sprints classification	UCI World Tour	Pierre Rolland (FRA)	Spain
8 April	Tour of the Basque Country, Mountains classification	UCI World Tour	Alex Howes (USA)	Spain
18 May	Tour of California, Stage 5	UCI World Tour	Andrew Talansky (USA)	United States	Mount Baldy
24 May	Giro d'Italia, Stage 17	UCI World Tour	Pierre Rolland (FRA)	Italy	Canazei
17 June	Route du Sud, Stage 3	UCI Europe Tour	Pierre Rolland (FRA)	France	Gavarnie-Gèdre
18 June	Route du Sud, Stage 4	UCI Europe Tour	Tom Scully (NZL)	France	Nogaro
4 July	Tour of Austria, Stage 2	UCI Europe Tour	Tom-Jelte Slagter (NED)	Austria	Pöggstall
8 July	Tour of Austria, Points classification	UCI Europe Tour	Sep Vanmarcke (BEL)	Austria
9 July	Tour de France, Stage 9	UCI World Tour	Rigoberto Urán (COL)	France	Chambéry
11 August	Colorado Classic, Stage 2	UCI America Tour	Alex Howes (USA)	United States	Breckenridge
13 August	Colorado Classic, Teams classification	UCI America Tour	^[N 1]	United States

National, Continental and World champions

Date	Discipline	Jersey	Rider	Country	Location
22 June	Irish National Time Trial Championships		Ryan Mullen (IRL)	Ireland	Wexford
25 June	Irish National Road Race Championships		Ryan Mullen (IRL)	Ireland	Wexford

Footnotes

1. The riders on the squad were Hugh Carthy, William Clarke, Lawson Craddock, Alex Howes, Taylor Phinney, and Rigoberto Urán

References

1. "Team Members Archive – Cannondale–Drapac Pro Cycling Team". Cannondale–Drapac Pro Cycling Team. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
2. "Cannondale-Drapac announce Canty, Clarke and Scully signings". cyclingnews.com. 20 October 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
3. "British rider Hugh Carthy to ride for Cannondale-Drapac in 2017". Cycling Weekly. 2 August 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
4. "Taylor Phinney: I'll start a new chapter at Cannondale-Drapac". cyclingnews.com. 27 September 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
5. "Van Asbroeck final signing for Cannondale-Drapac's 2017 team". cyclingnews.com. 6 December 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
6. "Vanmarcke signs for Cannondale-Drapac". cyclingnews.com. 5 August 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
7. "Etixx-Quickstep confirm signing Bauer". cyclingnews.com. 10 September 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
8. "Breschel and Bilbao among four new Astana signings". cyclingnews.com. 5 October 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
9. "Cardoso signs with Trek-Segafredo for 2017". cyclingnews.com. 24 September 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
10. "Phil Gaimon calls an end to his cycling career". cyclingnews.com. 31 October 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
11. "King, Thwaites and Morton join Dimension Data for 2017". cyclingnews.com. 29 September 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
12. "Astana announce four new signings". cyclingnews.com. 1 August 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
13. "Bahrain-Merida signs Gasparotto for 2017". cyclingnews.com. 20 September 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2017.

External links

• 2017 Cannondale–Drapac season at ProCyclingStats