Rabobank 2013 – who’s in and who’s out?
This post was written before Rabobank announced it would end its sponsorship per 31 December 2012. The contracts will be honoured and Rabobank will ride in 2013. WorldTour-license is almost certain and there are several sponsors interested to be on the jerseys in 2013.
I made an overview of Rabobank in 2013. Of course this would be possible for every team but I don’t have the time. A great tool for transfers can be found on Cyclingfever.
The focus of the team remains Dutch riders, as the new structure clearly states. The newcomers will be in support of the current Dutch team leaders and of course Jack Bobridge and Lars Petter Nordhaug are good for some wins themselves.
(formerly) Rabobank in 2013
(Their contract duration is between brackets)
Staying
Jetse Bol (2013, 2014)
Lars Boom (2013, 2014)
Theo Bos (2013, 2014)
Graeme Brown (2013)
Stef Clement (2013, 2014)
Laurens ten Dam (2013)
Jos van Emden (2013)
Rick Flens (2013)
Juanma Garate (2013)
Robert Gesink (2013, 2014)
Wilco Kelderman (2013, 2014)
Steven Kruijswijk (2013, 2014)
Tom Leezer (2013)
Paul Martens (2013)
Bauke Mollema (2013, 2014)
Mark Renshaw (2013)
Luis Leon Sanchez (2013, 2014, 2015)
Tom Jelte Slagter (2013)
Bram Tankink (2013, 2014)
Maarten Tjallingii (2013, 2014)
Dennis van Winden (2013)
Maarten Wynants (2013, 2014)
New:
Jack Bobridge (2013, 2014) comes from Orica-GreenEDGE
David Tanner (2013,2014) comes from Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank
Robert Wagner (2013, 2014) comes from Radioshack-Nissan-Trek
Moreno Hofland (2013,2014) comes from Rabobank continentals
Lars Petter Nordhaug (2013, 2014) comes from Team SKY
Marc Goos (2013, 2014) from Rabobank Continental
Sep Vanmarcke (2013, 2014) from Garmin-Sharp
Out:
Coen Vermeltfoort moves to Cycling Team De Rijke-Shanks (continental)
Grischa Niermann retires and becomes coach of Continental team
Michael Matthews goes to Orica-GreenEDGE
Matti Breschel moves to Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank
Pending
Carlos Barredo’s contract renewal is pending because of the questions UCI asked after biopassport values.. With Rabobank withdrawing it’s not likely it will be renewed at all
