2013 Garmin–Sharp season

2013 Garmin–Sharp season
Manager	Jonathan Vaughters
One-day victories	1
Stage race overall victories	3
Stage race stage victories	11
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The 2013 season for the Garmin–Sharp cycling team is scheduled to begin in January at the Tour Down Under. As a UCI ProTeam, they are automatically invited and obligated to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour.

Team roster

As of September 9, 2013.^[1][2]

Ages as of January 1, 2013.^[1]

Rider Date of birth  Jack Bauer (NZL) April 7, 1985 (aged 27)  Tom Danielson (USA) March 13, 1978 (aged 34)  Thomas Dekker (NED) September 6, 1984 (aged 28)  Rohan Dennis (AUS) May 28, 1990 (aged 22)  Caleb Fairly (USA) February 19, 1987 (aged 25)  Tyler Farrar (USA) June 2, 1984 (aged 28)  Koldo Fernández (ESP) September 13, 1981 (aged 31)  Nathan Haas (AUS) March 12, 1989 (aged 23)  Ryder Hesjedal (CAN) December 9, 1980 (aged 32)  Alex Howes (USA) January 1, 1988 (aged 25)  Robert Hunter (RSA) April 22, 1977 (aged 35)  Andreas Klier[N 1] (AUS) June 14, 1989 (aged 23)  Alex Rasmussen[N 3] (DEN) June 9, 1984 (aged 28)  Jacob Rathe (USA) March 13, 1991 (aged 21)  Sébastien Rosseler (BEL) July 15, 1981 (aged 31)  Peter Stetina (USA) August 8, 1987 (aged 25)  Andrew Talansky (USA) November 23, 1988 (aged 24)  Christian Vande Velde (USA) May 22, 1976 (aged 36)  Johan Vansummeren (BEL) February 4, 1981 (aged 31)  Steele Von Hoff (AUS) December 31, 1987 (aged 25)  Fabian Wegmann (GER) June 20, 1980 (aged 32)  David Zabriskie (USA) January 12, 1979 (aged 33)

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   	Rider	Date of birth
   David Millar (GBR)		January 4, 1977 (aged 35)
   Lachlan Morton (AUS)		January 2, 1992 (aged 20)
   Ramūnas Navardauskas (LTU)		January 30, 1988 (aged 24)
   Nick Nuyens (BEL)		May 5, 1980 (aged 32)
   Glenn O'Shea[N 2]

2. O'Shea joined the team on August 28 as a stagiaire, from the An Post–Chain Reaction team.<ref>"World Ports Classic start list". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. August 28, 2013. Retrieved September 9, 2013.
3. Rasmussen rejoined the team on March 16, upon the completion of an 18-month ban.^[3]

Riders who joined the team for the 2013 season Rider 2012 team Rohan Dennis[4] Team Jayco-AIS Caleb Fairly[1] SpiderTech–C10 Lachlan Morton[1] Chipotle–First Solar Development Team Nick Nuyens[5] Saxo Bank–Tinkoff Bank Steele Von Hoff[1] Chipotle–First Solar Development Team

Riders who left the team during or after the 2012 season Rider 2013 team Murilo Fischer[6] FDJ Heinrich Haussler[7] IAM Cycling Christophe Le Mével[8] Cofidis Thomas Peterson[9] Argos–Shimano Sep Vanmarcke[10] Blanco Pro Cycling

Season victories

Date	Race	Competition	Rider	Country	Location
March 6	Paris–Nice, Stage 3	UCI World Tour	Talansky, AndrewAndrew Talansky (USA)	France	Brioude
March 10	Paris–Nice, Young rider classification	UCI World Tour	Talansky, AndrewAndrew Talansky (USA)	France
March 21	Volta a Catalunya, Stage 4	UCI World Tour	Martin, DanDan Martin (IRL)	Spain	Rialp
March 24	Volta a Catalunya, Overall	UCI World Tour	Martin, DanDan Martin (IRL)	Spain
March 24	Volta a Catalunya, Teams classification	UCI World Tour	[N 1]	Spain
April 21	Liège–Bastogne–Liège	UCI World Tour	Martin, DanDan Martin (IRL)	Belgium	Liège
April 25	Tour de Romandie, Stage 2	UCI World Tour	Navardauskas, RamūnasRamūnas Navardauskas (LTU)	Switzerland	Grenchen
May 4	Four Days of Dunkirk, Stage 4	UCI Europe Tour	Kreder, MichelMichel Kreder (NED)	France	Olhain
May 15	Giro d'Italia, Stage 11	UCI World Tour	Navardauskas, RamūnasRamūnas Navardauskas (LTU)	Italy	Erto e Casso
May 15	Tour of California, Stage 4	UCI America Tour	Farrar, TylerTyler Farrar (USA)	United States	Santa Barbara
May 22	Bayern-Rundfahrt, Stage 1	UCI Europe Tour	Rasmussen, AlexAlex Rasmussen (DEN)	Germany	Mühldorf
June 9	Critérium du Dauphiné, Young rider classification	UCI World Tour	Dennis, RohanRohan Dennis (AUS)	France
July 7	Tour de France, Stage 9	UCI World Tour	Martin, DanDan Martin (IRL)	France	Bagnères-de-Bigorre
August 8	Tour of Utah, Stage 3	UCI America Tour	Morton, LachlanLachlan Morton (AUS)	United States	Payson
August 11	Tour of Utah, Overall	UCI America Tour	Danielson, TomTom Danielson (USA)	United States
August 11	Tour of Utah, Young rider classification	UCI America Tour	Morton, LachlanLachlan Morton (AUS)	United States
August 25	USA Pro Cycling Challenge, Young rider classification	UCI America Tour	Morton, LachlanLachlan Morton (AUS)	United States
September 6	Tour of Alberta, Stage 3	UCI America Tour	Dennis, RohanRohan Dennis (AUS)	Canada	Drumheller
September 8	Tour of Alberta, Overall	UCI America Tour	Dennis, RohanRohan Dennis (AUS)	Canada
September 8	Tour of Alberta, Young rider classification	UCI America Tour	Dennis, RohanRohan Dennis (AUS)	Canada
October 5	Tour de l'Eurometropole, Stage 3	UCI Europe Tour	Farrar, TylerTyler Farrar (USA)	Belgium	Nieuwpoort

Footnotes

1. The riders on the squad were Dan Martin, Koldo Fernández, Ryder Hesjedal, Tom Danielson, Christian Vande Velde, Michel Kreder, David Zabriskie and Peter Stetina

References

1. "Team Garmin-Sharp-Barracuda Unveils 2013 Roster". Garmin-Sharp. Boulder, Colorado: Slipstream Sports LLC. December 28, 2012. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
2. "Andreas Klier retires to become a team director at Garmin Sharp". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. May 13, 2013. Retrieved May 13, 2013.
3. Ralbjerg, Jesper (March 19, 2013). "Rasmussen returns to Garmin-Sharp". CyclingQuotes. Feltet. Retrieved July 8, 2013.
4. Benson, Daniel (August 4, 2012). "Rohan Dennis signs with Garmin-Sharp". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. Retrieved August 4, 2012.
5. "Nuyens signs with Garmin-Sharp through 2015". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. October 6, 2012. Retrieved October 6, 2012.
6. "Fischer joins FDJ-BigMat". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. August 21, 2012. Retrieved August 23, 2012.
7. "IAM Cycling announces 2013 roster". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. September 20, 2012. Retrieved September 24, 2012.
8. "Le Mével signs for Cofidis". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. August 18, 2012. Retrieved August 20, 2012.
9. "Argos-Shimano completed by Parisien". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. October 26, 2012. Retrieved January 2, 2013.
10. "Vanmarcke to 'White Label' former Rabobank team for two years". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. October 25, 2012. Retrieved January 3, 2013.