The 2022 season for is the team's 39th season overall and the fourth season under the current name. The team has been a UCI WorldTeam since 2005, when the tier was first established. They use Cervélo bicycles, Shimano drivetrain, Shimano wheels and Agu clothing.
The team started their season at the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana.
Team roster
Riders who joined the team for the 2022 season Rider 2021 team Tiesj Benoot Rohan Dennis Michel Hessmann neo-pro () Christophe Laporte Milan Vader neo-pro (KMC–Orbea mountain biking) Tim van Dijke neo-pro () Tosh Van der Sande
Riders who left the team during or after the 2021 season Rider 2022 team George Bennett Dylan Groenewegen Paul Martens Retired Tony Martin Retired Christoph Pfingsten Retired Antwan Tolhoek Maarten Wynants Retired
One-day races The team's first One-day Race victory came at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad where Wout van Aert attacked from a small group of 'favorites' with 13 km to go at the base of the Bosberg. He managed to get a gap of 10s with 9.6 km to go. At 3 km to the finish he had a gap of 27s and managed to hold off the chasing group and win the race.
Also on at the same time was the Faun-Ardèche Classic where the team sent a strong team with leader Primož Roglič. With 8 km to go a group of 3 was chasing leader on the road Brandon McNulty of . The chase group contained Sepp Kuss from the team with Mauri Vansevenant of and Clément Champoussin of . An attack by Kuss with 7 km to go dropped Champoussin from the group. The remaining pair held of the peloton but didn't catch McNulty and sprinted for the line with Kuss finishing third.
The following day was the La Drôme Classic where Dane Jonas Vingegaard showed he was in good form by taking the win. He attacked from the peloton on the Col de la Grande Limite taking Vansevenant, Juan Ayuso of and Victor Lafay of with him. On the Côte des Roberts Ayuso attacked with Vingegaard the only rider able to follow, the pair worked together having an advantage of 17s to the chasing group and 54s to the peloton with 20 km remaining. With 300m to go Vingegaard attacked with chasers Benoît Cosnefroy and Guillaume Martin passing Ayuso but coming to finish 3s behind Vingegaard.
Stage races The first stage race that the team rode was the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana. The team came to the race in support of Dutch sprinter David Dekker hoping to win stages. With 12 km to go in stage 2 Dekker, a stage which the team was working for him, crashed into a ravine after mis-judging a corner in the descent. Although he escaped serious injury he still abandoned the race that stage. The team didn't start stage 4 and pulled all riders from the race after members of the team tested positive for COVID-19.
The Volta ao Algarve was the next stage race for the team. Norwegian Tobias Foss was the team's leader in the race with Maarten Wynants, Team Directeur sportif, stating "Tobias can do well here". The first mountain stage was stage 2 of the tour with Foss crashing in the final sprint after bumping shoulders with Sergio Higuita he lost 41s to stage winner David Gaudu. The stage 4 time trial was dominated by Belgian Remco Evenepoel taking the victory by 58s with Foss finishing in fourth 1 minute and 11s down. Stage 5 was the final stage which finished up another mountain. Foss came home sixth securing his sixth place overall in the Tour. Johannes Staune-Mittet who is part of the development team, , and rode with the Pro team at this race finished second in the Youth classification.
Season victories Date Race Competition Rider Country Location Ref. Omloop Het Nieuwsblad UCI World Tour Ninove La Drôme Classic UCI ProSeries Étoile-sur-Rhône Paris–Nice, Stage 1 UCI World Tour Mantes-la-Ville Paris–Nice, Stage 4 (ITT) UCI World Tour Montluçon Paris–Nice, Stage 7 UCI World Tour Col de Turini Paris–Nice, Overall UCI World Tour Paris–Nice, Points classification UCI World Tour E3 Saxo Bank Classic UCI World Tour Harelbeke Tour of the Basque Country, Stage 1 (ITT) UCI World Tour Hondarribia Circuit de la Sarthe, Stage 2 UCI Europe Tour Le Lude Circuit de la Sarthe, Stage 4 UCI Europe Tour La Chapelle-Saint-Aubin Circuit de la Sarthe, Overall UCI Europe Tour Circuit de la Sarthe, Young rider classification UCI Europe Tour Tour de Hongrie, Stage 1 UCI Europe Tour Székesfehérvár Giro d'Italia, Stage 7 UCI World Tour Potenza Giro d'Italia, Stage 19 UCI World Tour Santuario di Castelmonte Giro d'Italia, Mountains classification UCI World Tour Critérium du Dauphiné, Stage 1 UCI World Tour Beauchastel Critérium du Dauphiné, Stage 8 UCI World Tour Plateau de Solaison Critérium du Dauphiné, Overall UCI World Tour Critérium du Dauphiné, Points classification UCI World Tour Critérium du Dauphiné, Team classification UCI World Tour 5 JulyTour de France, Stage 4UCI World Tour9 JulyTour de France, Stage 8UCI World Tour11 JulyTour de France, Stage 11UCI World Tour18 JulyTour de France, Stage 18UCI World Tour22 JulyTour de France, Stage 19UCI World Tour23 JulyTour de France, Stage 20UCI World Tour24 JulyTour de France, OverallUCI World Tour24 JulyTour de France, Points classificationUCI World Tour24 JulyTour de France, Mountains classificationUCI World Tour
National, Continental, and World Champions Date Discipline Jersey Rider Country Location Ref. Australian National Time Trial Championships Ballarat
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