Lotto–Dstny
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UCI code | LTD | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Registered | Belgium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Founded | 1985 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Discipline(s) | Road | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Status | UCI WorldTeam(2005–2022) UCI ProTeam(2023–) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bicycles | Orbea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Components | Shimano | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Website | Team home page | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Key personnel | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
General manager | Stéphane Heulot[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Team manager(s) | Marc Sergeant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lotto–Dstny(UCIteam code:LTD) is a Belgian professionalcycling teamatUCI ProTeamlevel sponsored by the Belgianlotteryand Dstny, a business communications provider. The same organisations also sponsor a women's cycling team,Lotto–Dstny Ladies.
History
[edit]Sponsorship
[edit]Lotto has a long history of cycling sponsorship, they began sponsoring 1984 with Tönissteiner–Lotto–Mavic–Pecotex. In 1985, it became prime sponsor of a team bearing only its name.Walter GodefrootandPatrick Lefeverewere earlydirecteurs sportifs.The fusion of the Lotto–Adecco and Domo–Farm Frites teams for the start of the 2003 season created the current team and structure in the guise of Lotto–Domo.
Omega Pharmahad previously been a co-sponsor of theQuick-Step–Davitamonteam in 2003 and 2004.Omega Pharmabecame the main sponsors in 2005, under their Davitamon brand name. The team name switched to Omega Pharma's Predictor brand name in 2007 and the Silence brand in 2008. From 2010 the team became known as Omega Pharma–Lotto, but this sponsor moved their financial support to the Quick-Step setup for the 2012 season.
Belisol became co-sponsors in 2012, and are a Belgian company making windows and doors and solar panels.
On the final day of the2014 Tour de Francethe team announced that they had secured new sponsorship for the team withSoudal,manufacturers of sealants, adhesives and foams. Soudal signed a deal lasting six seasons, the team name becoming Lotto Soudal: in 2019, they extended the deal for two more years.[3]Lotto continue to sponsor the team, as well as thewomen's teamand under-23 team.[4]
For one stage race each year since 2016 (at the2016 Paris–Nice,2017 Paris–Nice,2018 Giro d'Italia,and2019 Tour de Pologne), the team raced under the nameLotto Fix ALLand changed the team kit to a grey colour to reflect one of Soudal's key brands.[5]
Tour status
[edit]Lotto–Dstny was a member team of theUCI World Tourfrom its inception in 2009 until the end of the 2022 season. The team was relegated from the World Tour at the end of 2022 after finishing 19th in the points standings for the 2020 - 2022 qualification cycle. The top 18 teams qualified for the 2023 - 2025 cycle, meaning that from 2023 the team will drop down a division and race under aUCI ProTeamlicence.[6]Among non-World Tour teams, Lotto finished first in the 2022 one-year points list ahead ofTotalEnergies,meaning it receives wildcards for all 2023 World Tour stage and one-day races.
Current team structure
[edit]The team is managed byMarc Sergeantand Bill Olivier and they are assisted byHerman Frison,Jean-Pierre Heynderickx,Bart Leysen,Marc Wauters,Mario Aerts,Dirk DemolandMichiel Elijzen.
After Tosh Van der Sande accidentally listed the wrong nasal spray brand in the paperwork at the2018 Six Days of Ghentwhere he returned a positive test forprednisolone,a substance found in the nasal spray Sofrasolone,[7]he was temporarily suspended by the team.[8]Van der Sande was later cleared of any wrongdoing by theUCI.[9][10][11]
Team roster
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Major wins
[edit]National champions
[edit]- 1985
- Belgian Road Race,Paul Haghedooren
- 1986
- Belgian Road Race,Marc Sergeant
- 1988
- Belgian Track (Individual Pursuit),Benjamin Van Itterbeeck
- 1990
- Belgian Road Race,Claude Criquielion
- 1992
- Belgian Road Race,Johan Museeuw
- 1995
- Belgian Road Race,Wilfried Nelissen
- 2000
- Belgian Time Trial,Rik Verbrugghe
- 2002
- Australian Road Race,Robbie McEwen
- Dutch Road Race,Stefan van Dijk
- 2005
- Australian Road Race,Robbie McEwen
- Belgian Road Race,Serge Baguet
- Dutch Road Race,Léon van Bon
- 2007
- Belgian Time Trial,Leif Hoste
- 2008
- Australian Road Race,Matthew Lloyd
- Belgian Road Race,Jürgen Roelandts
- 2009
- World Road Race,Cadel Evans
- 2011
- Belgian Road Race,Philippe Gilbert
- Belgian Time Trial,Philippe Gilbert
- 2013
- German Road Race,André Greipel
- 2014
- German Road Race,André Greipel
- Belgian Road Race,Jens Debusschere
- 2015
- Belgian Time Trial,Jurgen van den Broeck
- 2016
- German Road Race,André Greipel
- 2018
- Belgian Time Trial,Victor Campenaerts
- 2024
- New Zealand Time Trial,Logan Currie
- Belgian Road Race,Arnaud De Lie
Notes
[edit]- ^From July
- ^From July
- ^For the2016 Paris–Nice,2017 Paris–Nice,2018 Giro d'Italia,and2019 Tour de Pologne,the name Lotto Fix All was used.
References
[edit]- ^Fletcher, Patrick (24 December 2022)."Lotto-Dstny appoint Stéphane Heulot as new manager".Cyclingnews.Retrieved25 December2022.
- ^"Soudal set to switch sponsorship from Lotto to Quickstep for 2023".Cyclingnews.July 6, 2021.RetrievedJuly 8,2021.
- ^Lotto en Soudal verlengen tot 2022!
- ^"Lotto-Belisol to become Lotto Soudal from 2015".Cyclingnews.July 28, 2014.RetrievedFebruary 2,2015.
- ^"Lotto Soudal to become Lotto Fix ALL for Paris–Nice".cyclingnews.
- ^Farrand, Stephen (12 December 2022)."Israel-Premier Tech, Lotto–Soudal relegated from WorldTour, UCI confirms".Cyclingnews.Retrieved25 December2022.
- ^"Van der Sande cleared after positive test for prednisolone".Cyclingnews.Future plc.Retrieved29 April2019.
- ^"Positive doping test Tosh van der Sande".19 December 2018.
- ^"Lotto–Soudal's Tosh van der Sande cleared of doping after 'administrative error'".24 January 2019.
- ^"Tosh van der Sande doping case 'will be clear by early February,' according to manager".23 January 2019.
- ^"Van der Sande cleared after positive test for prednisolone".Cyclingnews.Future plc.Retrieved29 April2019.
- ^"Lotto–Dstny".UCI.Retrieved15 January2024.
- ^"Team – Lotto–Dstny".Lotto–Dstny.Retrieved15 January2024.