# Team dsm–firmenich PostNL (men's team)

Team dsm–firmenich PostNL (UCI team code: DFP) is a Dutch professional cycling team at UCI WorldTeam level. The team is managed by Iwan Spekenbrink. The team is sponsored by the health, nutrition, and fragrances company DSM-Firmenich.

## History

The team was founded in 2005 under the name "Shimano-Memory Corp", sponsored by Skil and Shimano, and was based in the Netherlands. Thanks to aggressive strategies during Paris–Nice in 2008 and 2009, the team was awarded a wildcard for the 2009 Tour de France, making it their first appearance in a Grand Tour.
After losing its sponsors at the end of 2011, the team adopted the name "Project 1T4i", standing for "team spirit, inspiration, integrity, improvement and innovation", until a new sponsor was secured. Ahead of the Tour of Flanders on 1 April 2012, the team became Argos-Shimano following the announcement of a three-year naming rights contract with the Argos North Sea Group, an oil company based in the Netherlands.
In 2012, the team received their second wildcard invitation to the 2012 Tour de France, along with three French-registered teams: Cofidis, Team Europcar and Saur–Sojasun.
In December 2012 it was announced that the team would compete at the World Tour level for the 2013 season.
In September 2014 German shampoo manufacturer Alpecin announced that they would co-sponsor the team alongside Giant for the 2015 season. In December 2014 Sunweb (a Dutch-owned international tour operator) was announced as a new major sponsor of the team, signing a 2-year deal.
On 23 January 2016 during training in Spain, six members of the team (John Degenkolb, Warren Barguil, Max Walscheid, Chad Haga, Fredrik Ludvigsson and Ramon Sinkeldam) were hit by a car that was driven by an English tourist, who turned the wrong way into on-coming traffic. For a time there was serious concern about some of them not only returning to ride in the 2016 season, but whether or not the accident might end their careers. Fortunately everyone recovered.
On the first rest day of the 2016 Tour de France, the team announced that Sunweb would become a named sponsor of the team for the 2017 season, and the team would move their registration from the Netherlands to Germany. In 2017, Team Sunweb won its first Grand Tour: the 2017 Giro d'Italia with Tom Dumoulin. At the 2017 Tour de France, the team won four stages and two major jerseys: Warren Barguil won the Mountains classification and Combativity Award while reaching 10th overall, and Michael Matthews won the Points classification. In 2018 the team rode in support of Tom Dumoulin, who finished second in both the 2018 Giro d'Italia and the 2018 Tour de France.
From the 2021 season, DSM took over title sponsorship of the team, with the name changing to DSM-firmenich in response to a company merger shortly before the 2023 Tour de France.

## Team roster

    As of 14 January 2024.
| | Rider | Date of birth |
| Tobias Lund Andresen (DEN) | Tobias Lund Andresen (DEN) | (2002-08-20) 20 August 2002 (age 21) |
| Romain Bardet (FRA) | Romain Bardet (FRA) | (1990-11-09) 9 November 1990 (age 33) |
| Warren Barguil (FRA) | Warren Barguil (FRA) | (1991-10-28) 28 October 1991 (age 32) |
| Patrick Bevin (NZL) | Patrick Bevin (NZL) | (1991-02-15) 15 February 1991 (age 33) |
| Pavel Bittner (CZE) | Pavel Bittner (CZE) | (2002-10-29) 29 October 2002 (age 21) |
| Romain Combaud (FRA) | Romain Combaud (FRA) | (1991-04-01) 1 April 1991 (age 33) |
| John Degenkolb (GER) | John Degenkolb (GER) | (1989-01-07) 7 January 1989 (age 35) |
| Matthew Dinham (AUS) | Matthew Dinham (AUS) | (2000-04-09) 9 April 2000 (age 24) |
| Patrick Eddy (AUS) | Patrick Eddy (AUS) | (2002-10-17) 17 October 2002 (age 21) |
| Alex Edmondson (AUS) | Alex Edmondson (AUS) | (1993-12-22) 22 December 1993 (age 30) |
| Nils Eekhoff (NED) | Nils Eekhoff (NED) | (1998-01-23) 23 January 1998 (age 26) |
| Sean Flynn (GBR) | Sean Flynn (GBR) | (2000-03-02) 2 March 2000 (age 24) |
| Chris Hamilton (AUS) | Chris Hamilton (AUS) | (1995-05-18) 18 May 1995 (age 29) |
| Fabio Jakobsen (NED) | Fabio Jakobsen (NED) | (1996-08-31) 31 August 1996 (age 27) |
| | Rider | Date of birth |
| Gijs Leemreize (NED) | Gijs Leemreize (NED) | (1999-10-23) 23 October 1999 (age 24) |
| Enzo Leijnse (NED) | Enzo Leijnse (NED) | (2001-07-16) 16 July 2001 (age 22) |
| Emīls Liepiņš (LAT) | Emīls Liepiņš (LAT) | (1992-10-21) 21 October 1992 (age 31) |
| Niklas Märkl (GER) | Niklas Märkl (GER) | (1999-03-03) 3 March 1999 (age 25) |
| Tim Naberman (NED) | Tim Naberman (NED) | (1999-05-11) 11 May 1999 (age 25) |
| Oscar Onley (GBR) | Oscar Onley (GBR) | (2002-10-13) 13 October 2002 (age 21) |
| Max Poole (GBR) | Max Poole (GBR) | (2003-03-01) 1 March 2003 (age 21) |
| Timo Roosen (NED) | Timo Roosen (NED) | (1993-01-11) 11 January 1993 (age 31) |
| Martijn Tusveld (NED) | Martijn Tusveld (NED) | (1993-09-09) 9 September 1993 (age 30) |
| Julius van den Berg (NED) | Julius van den Berg (NED) | (1996-10-23) 23 October 1996 (age 27) |
| Frank van den Broek (NED) | Frank van den Broek (NED) | (2000-12-28) 28 December 2000 (age 23) |
| Casper van Uden (NED) | Casper van Uden (NED) | (2001-07-22) 22 July 2001 (age 22) |
| Kevin Vermaerke (USA) | Kevin Vermaerke (USA) | (2000-10-16) 16 October 2000 (age 23) |
| Bram Welten (NED) | Bram Welten (NED) | (1997-03-29) 29 March 1997 (age 27) |

## National and world champions
### 2005

    Japan Road Race, Hidenori Nodera

### 2008

    Japan Road Race, Hidenori Nodera

### 2012

    Japan Road Race, Yukihiro Doi

### 2014

    Dutch Time Trial, Tom Dumoulin

### 2015

    Austria Time Trial, Georg Preidler

### 2016

    Dutch Time Trial, Tom Dumoulin

### 2017

    Dutch Time Trial, Tom Dumoulin
    Austria Time Trial, Georg Preidler
    Dutch Road Race, Ramon Sinkeldam
    World Team Time Trial
    World Time Trial, Tom Dumoulin