Team Bahrain Victorious

Team Bahrain Victorious (UCI team code: TBV[2]) is a UCI WorldTeam cycling team from Bahrain which was founded in 2017.[3] Its title sponsor is the government of Bahrain.

Team Bahrain Victorious
Team information
UCI codeTBV
RegisteredBahrain
Founded2017
Discipline(s)Road
StatusUCI WorldTeam
BicyclesMerida
ComponentsShimano
WebsiteTeam home page
Key personnel
General managerMilan Eržen
Team manager(s)
Team name history
2017–2019 Bahrain–Merida
2020 Bahrain–McLaren
2021– Team Bahrain Victorious[1]

History

The idea for a Bahrain pro cycling team was started in August 2016 by Sheikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa.[4] The team is financed by the government of Bahrain to promote the country worldwide.

Doping

On 5 September 2018, the UCI announced that an out-of-competition test had resulted in an adverse analytical finding of erythropoietin in a sample collected 31 July 2018. Kanstantsin Sivtsov was provisionally suspended pending the result of any B sample test.[5]

Following Stage 17 of the 2021 Tour de France, French police raided the team's hotel and bus on the suspicion of doping.[6] The Police confirmed they conducted the raids and have the riders' training files in their possession, and "A preliminary enquiry has been opened to see if there has been, or not, acquisition, transport or possession of banned substances".[7]

On 27 June 2022, four days before the first stage of the 2022 Tour de France, Europol raided residences of several Team Bahrain Victorious staff and riders in several countries including Slovenia, Poland, and Spain. The team stated that the raids were directly linked to the hotel searches that took place at the previous year’s Tour, while Matej Mohorič and Jan Tratnik denied that their properties had been searched.[8]

Team roster
As of 11 April 2023.[9][10][11][12]
Rider Date of birth
 Yukiya Arashiro (JPN) (1984-09-22) 22 September 1984
 Nikias Arndt (GER) (1991-11-18) 18 November 1991
 Phil Bauhaus (GER) (1994-07-08) 8 July 1994
 Pello Bilbao (ESP) (1990-02-25) 25 February 1990
 Santiago Buitrago (COL) (1999-09-26) 26 September 1999
 Nicolò Buratti (ITA) (2001-07-07) 7 July 2001
 Damiano Caruso (ITA) (1987-10-12) 12 October 1987
 Matevž Govekar (SLO) (2000-04-17) 17 April 2000[lower-alpha 1]
 Kamil Gradek (POL) (1990-09-17) 17 September 1990
 Jack Haig (AUS) (1993-09-06) 6 September 1993
 Rainer Kepplinger (AUT) (1997-08-19) 19 August 1997
 Mikel Landa (ESP) (1989-12-13) 13 December 1989
 Filip Maciejuk (POL) (1999-09-03) 3 September 1999
 Ahmed Madan (BHR) (2000-08-25) 25 August 2000
Rider Date of birth
 Gino Mäder (SUI) (1997-01-04) 4 January 1997
 Fran Miholjević (CRO) (2002-08-02) 2 August 2002
 Jonathan Milan (ITA) (2000-10-01) 1 October 2000
 Matej Mohorič (SLO) (1994-10-19) 19 October 1994
 Andrea Pasqualon (ITA) (1988-01-02) 2 January 1988
 Hermann Pernsteiner (AUT) (1990-08-07) 7 August 1990
 Wout Poels (NED) (1987-10-01) 1 October 1987
 Johan Price-Pejtersen (DEN) (1999-05-26) 26 May 1999
 Dušan Rajović (SER) (1997-11-19) 19 November 1997
 Cameron Scott (AUS) (1998-01-04) 4 January 1998
 Jasha Sütterlin (GER) (1992-11-04) 4 November 1992
 Sergio Tu (TPE) (1997-02-24) 24 February 1997
 Alfred Wright (GBR) (1999-06-13) 13 June 1999
 Edoardo Zambanini (ITA) (2001-04-21) 21 April 2001

Major wins
Main article: List of wins by Bahrain–Merida and its successors

National champions
2017
Ethiopia Time Trial, Tsgabu Grmay
2018
Spain Road Race, Gorka Izagirre
Slovenia Road Race, Matej Mohorič
2019
Taiwan Time Trial, Chun Kai Feng
Ukrainian Time Trial, Mark Padun
Slovenia Road Race, Domen Novak
2020
Spain Time Trial, Pello Bilbao
2021
Slovenia Time Trial, Jan Tratnik
Italy Road Race, Sonny Colbrelli
Slovenia Road Race, Matej Mohorič
European Road Race, Sonny Colbrelli
Taiwan Road Race, Chun Kai Feng
2022
Bahrain Road Race, Ahmed Madan
Slovenia Time Trial, Jan Tratnik
Japan Road Race, Yukiya Arashiro

References
  1. "Bahrain Victorious". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  2. "Bahrain Victorious". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 January 2022. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  3. "Bahrain–Merida Pro Cycling Team 2017 season". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  4. "Who is really behind the Bahrain-Merida team? - Cycling Weekly". Cycling Weekly. 19 September 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
  5. "UCI Statement on Kanstantsin Siutsou".
  6. Benson, Daniel; July 2021, Simone Giuliani 15 (15 July 2021). "Police raid Bahrain Victorious hotel at Tour de France". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  7. "Police target Tour team Bahrain Victorious in anti-doping raid". France 24. 15 July 2021. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  8. "Police raid homes of Bahrain-Victorious riders, staffers on the eve of Tour de France". VeloNews. 27 June 2022. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
  9. "2022 Team Preview: Bahrain Victorious". CyclingNews. Future plc. 31 December 2021. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  10. "Bahrain Victorious". UCI. Archived from the original on 18 January 2022. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  11. "Team - Team Bahrain". Team Bahrain Victorious. Archived from the original on 18 January 2022. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  12. "Bahrain Victorious Sign Matevž Govekar". Team Bahrain Victorious. 24 May 2022. Retrieved 1 January 2023.

Notations
  1. Joined the team on 1 June 2022
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