# 2013 Belkin Pro Cycling season

2013 Belkin Pro Cycling season :
| Manager | Richard Plugge |
| One-day victories | 5 |
| Stage race overall victories | 5 |
| Stage race stage victories | 29 |
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The 2013 season for the Belkin Pro Cycling team began in January at the Tour Down Under. As a UCI ProTeam, they were automatically invited and obligated to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour.
Having lost the sponsorship of Rabobank after seventeen years in the sport, the team were able to compete during the 2013 season due to Rabobank funding. As a result, the team ran as the Blanco Pro Cycling team for the first half of the season. Prior to the Tour de France, it was announced that Belkin, an American manufacturer of consumer electronics, acquired title sponsorship of the team in a 2+1⁄2-year deal.

## 2013 roster

    As of 9 September 2013.
| | Rider | Date of birth |
| Jack Bobridge (AUS) | Jack Bobridge (AUS) | (1989-07-13) 13 July 1989 (age 35) |
| Jetse Bol (NED) | Jetse Bol (NED) | (1989-09-08) 8 September 1989 (age 35) |
| Lars Boom (NED) | Lars Boom (NED) | (1985-12-30) 30 December 1985 (age 38) |
| Theo Bos (NED) | Theo Bos (NED) | (1983-08-22) 22 August 1983 (age 41) |
| Graeme Brown (AUS) | Graeme Brown (AUS) | (1979-04-09) 9 April 1979 (age 45) |
| Stef Clement (NED) | Stef Clement (NED) | (1982-09-24) 24 September 1982 (age 42) |
| Rick Flens (NED) | Rick Flens (NED) | (1983-04-11) 11 April 1983 (age 41) |
| Juan Manuel Gárate (ESP) | Juan Manuel Gárate (ESP) | (1976-04-24) 24 April 1976 (age 48) |
| Robert Gesink (NED) | Robert Gesink (NED) | (1986-05-31) 31 May 1986 (age 38) |
| Marc Goos (NED) | Marc Goos (NED) | (1990-11-30) 30 November 1990 (age 33) |
| Moreno Hofland (NED) | Moreno Hofland (NED) | (1991-08-31) 31 August 1991 (age 33) |
| Wilco Kelderman (NED) | Wilco Kelderman (NED) | (1991-03-25) 25 March 1991 (age 33) |
| Steven Kruijswijk (NED) | Steven Kruijswijk (NED) | (1987-06-07) 7 June 1987 (age 37) |
| Tom Leezer (NED) | Tom Leezer (NED) | (1985-12-26) 26 December 1985 (age 38) |
| Paul Martens (GER) | Paul Martens (GER) | (1983-10-26) 26 October 1983 (age 40) |
| | Rider | Date of birth |
| Bauke Mollema (NED) | Bauke Mollema (NED) | (1986-11-26) 26 November 1986 (age 37) |
| Lars Petter Nordhaug (NOR) | Lars Petter Nordhaug (NOR) | (1984-05-14) 14 May 1984 (age 40) |
| Mark Renshaw (AUS) | Mark Renshaw (AUS) | (1982-10-22) 22 October 1982 (age 41) |
| Luis León Sánchez (ESP) | Luis León Sánchez (ESP) | (1983-11-24) 24 November 1983 (age 40) |
| Tom-Jelte Slagter (NED) | Tom-Jelte Slagter (NED) | (1989-07-01) 1 July 1989 (age 35) |
| Ivar Slik (NED) | Ivar Slik (NED) | (1993-05-27) 27 May 1993 (age 31) |
| Bram Tankink (NED) | Bram Tankink (NED) | (1978-12-03) 3 December 1978 (age 45) |
| David Tanner (AUS) | David Tanner (AUS) | (1984-09-30) 30 September 1984 (age 40) |
| Laurens ten Dam (NED) | Laurens ten Dam (NED) | (1980-11-13) 13 November 1980 (age 43) |
| Maarten Tjallingii (NED) | Maarten Tjallingii (NED) | (1977-11-05) 5 November 1977 (age 46) |
| Jos van Emden (NED) | Jos van Emden (NED) | (1987-06-27) 27 June 1987 (age 37) |
| Dennis van Winden (NED) | Dennis van Winden (NED) | (1987-12-02) 2 December 1987 (age 36) |
| Sep Vanmarcke (BEL) | Sep Vanmarcke (BEL) | (1988-07-28) 28 July 1988 (age 36) |
| Robert Wagner (GER) | Robert Wagner (GER) | (1983-04-17) 17 April 1983 (age 41) |
| Maarten Wynants (BEL) | Maarten Wynants (BEL) | (1982-05-13) 13 May 1982 (age 42) |
| Rider | 2012 team |
| Jack Bobridge | Orica–GreenEDGE |
| Marc Goos | Rabobank Continental Team |
| Moreno Hofland | Rabobank Continental Team |
| Lars Petter Nordhaug | Team Sky |
| David Tanner | Saxo Bank–Tinkoff Bank |
| Sep Vanmarcke | Garmin–Sharp |
| Robert Wagner | RadioShack–Nissan |
| Rider | 2013 team |
| Carlos Barredo | Retired |
| Matti Breschel | Saxo–Tinkoff |
| Michael Matthews | Orica–GreenEDGE |
| Grischa Niermann | Retired |
| Coen Vermeltfoort | Cycling Team De Rijke–Shanks |

## Season victories

| Date | Race | Competition | Rider | Country | Location |
| 24 January | Tour Down Under, Stage 3 | UCI World Tour | Tom-Jelte Slagter (NED) | Australia | Stirling |
| 27 January | Tour Down Under, Overall | UCI World Tour | Tom-Jelte Slagter (NED) | Australia | |
| 27 January | Tour Down Under, Young rider classification | UCI World Tour | Tom-Jelte Slagter (NED) | Australia | |
| 7 February | Tour Méditerranéen, Stage 2 | UCI Europe Tour | Lars Boom (NED) | France | Sète |
| 14 February | Volta ao Algarve, Stage 1 | UCI Europe Tour | Paul Martens (GER) | Portugal | Albufeira |
| 15 February | Volta ao Algarve, Stage 2 | UCI Europe Tour | Theo Bos (NED) | Portugal | Lagoa |
| 17 February | Tour du Haut Var, Stage 2 | UCI Europe Tour | Lars Boom (NED) | France | Draguignan |
| 21 February | Tour de Langkawi, Stage 1 | UCI Asia Tour | Theo Bos (NED) | Malaysia | Kulim |
| 22 February | Tour de Langkawi, Stage 2 | UCI Asia Tour | Theo Bos (NED) | Malaysia | Kuala Kangsar |
| 24 February | Clásica de Almería | UCI Europe Tour | Mark Renshaw (AUS) | Spain | Almería |
| 26 February | Tour de Langkawi, Stage 6 | UCI Asia Tour | Tom Leezer (NED) | Malaysia | Kuantan |
| 23 March | Critérium International, Stage 1 | UCI Europe Tour | Theo Bos (NED) | France | Porto-Vecchio |
| 28 April | Tour de Romandie, Young rider classification | UCI World Tour | Wilco Kelderman (NED) | Switzerland | |
| 17 May | Glava Tour of Norway, Stage 3 | UCI Europe Tour | Theo Bos (NED) | Norway | Drammen |
| 26 May | Tour of Belgium, Stage 5 | UCI Europe Tour | Luis León Sánchez (ESP) | Belgium | Banneux |
| 2 June | Grote Prijs Wase Polders | National event | Sep Vanmarcke (BEL) | Belgium | Verrebroek |
| 9 June | Tour de Suisse, Stage 2 | UCI World Tour | Bauke Mollema (NED) | Switzerland | Crans-Montana |
| 12 June | Ster ZLM Toer, Stage 1 | UCI Europe Tour | Robert Wagner (GER) | Netherlands | Goes |
| 13 June | Ster ZLM Toer, Stage 2 | UCI Europe Tour | Theo Bos (NED) | Netherlands | Breda |
| 15 June | Ster ZLM Toer, Stage 4 | UCI Europe Tour | Lars Boom (NED) | Belgium | La Gileppe-Jalhay |
| 16 June | Ster ZLM Toer, Overall | UCI Europe Tour | Lars Boom (NED) | Netherlands | |
| 16 June | Tour de Luxembourg, Overall | UCI Europe Tour | Paul Martens (GER) | Luxembourg | |
| 16 June | Tour de Luxembourg, Teams classification | UCI Europe Tour | | Luxembourg | |
| 3 August | Danmark Rundt, Stage 5 | UCI Europe Tour | Wilco Kelderman (NED) | Denmark | Holbæk |
| 4 August | Danmark Rundt, Overall | UCI Europe Tour | Wilco Kelderman (NED) | Denmark | |
| 4 August | Danmark Rundt, Points classification | UCI Europe Tour | Wilco Kelderman (NED) | Denmark | |
| 4 August | Danmark Rundt, Young rider classification | UCI Europe Tour | Wilco Kelderman (NED) | Denmark | |
| 11 August | Arctic Race of Norway, Mountains classification | UCI Europe Tour | Lars Petter Nordhaug (NOR) | Norway | |
| 12 August | Tour de l'Ain, Stage 3 | UCI Europe Tour | Luis León Sánchez (ESP) | France | Lélex–Monts Jura |
| 12 August | Eneco Tour, Stage 1 | UCI World Tour | Mark Renshaw (AUS) | Belgium | Ardooie |
| 13 August | Tour de l'Ain, Teams classification | UCI Europe Tour | | France | |
| 18 August | Eneco Tour, Points classification | UCI World Tour | Lars Boom (NED) | | |
| 31 August | World Ports Classic, Stage 2 | UCI Europe Tour | Maarten Tjallingii (NED) | Belgium | Antwerp |
| 8 September | Tour of Alberta, Mountains classification | UCI America Tour | Tom-Jelte Slagter (NED) | Canada | |
| 11 September | Vuelta a España, Stage 17 | UCI World Tour | Bauke Mollema (NED) | Spain | Burgos |
| 13 September | Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec | UCI World Tour | Robert Gesink (NED) | Canada | Quebec City |
| 21 September | GP Impanis-Van Petegem | UCI Europe Tour | Sep Vanmarcke (BEL) | Belgium | Haacht |
| 3 October | Münsterland Giro | UCI Europe Tour | Jos van Emden (NED) | Germany | Münster |
| 20 October | Tour of Hainan, Stage 1 | UCI Asia Tour | Moreno Hofland (NED) | China | Chengmai |
| 21 October | Tour of Hainan, Stage 2 | UCI Asia Tour | Theo Bos (NED) | China | Haikou |
| 22 October | Tour of Hainan, Stage 3 | UCI Asia Tour | Theo Bos (NED) | China | Qionghai |
| 23 October | Tour of Hainan, Stage 4 | UCI Asia Tour | Theo Bos (NED) | China | Xinglong–Wanning |
| 24 October | Tour of Hainan, Stage 5 | UCI Asia Tour | Theo Bos (NED) | China | Sanya |
| 25 October | Tour of Hainan, Stage 6 | UCI Asia Tour | Moreno Hofland (NED) | China | Wuzhishan |
| 26 October | Tour of Hainan, Stage 7 | UCI Asia Tour | Theo Bos (NED) | China | Dongfang |
| 27 October | Tour of Hainan, Stage 8 | UCI Asia Tour | Moreno Hofland (NED) | China | Danzhou |
| 28 October | Tour of Hainan, Stage 9 | UCI Asia Tour | Theo Bos (NED) | China | Chengmai |
| 28 October | Tour of Hainan, Overall | UCI Asia Tour | Moreno Hofland (NED) | China | |
| 28 October | Tour of Hainan, Points classification | UCI Asia Tour | Moreno Hofland (NED) | China | |
| 28 October | Tour of Hainan, Teams classification | UCI Asia Tour | | China | |

## Footnotes

* ↑ Slik joined the team on 15 August as a stagiaire, from the Rabobank Development Team.
* ↑ The riders on the squad were Paul Martens, Robert Gesink, Dennis van Winden, Moreno Hofland, Maarten Wynants, Laurens ten Dam and Maarten Tjallingii
* ↑ The riders on the squad were Stef Clement, Juan Manuel Gárate, Marc Goos, Steven Kruijswijk, Luis León Sánchez and Tom-Jelte Slagter
* ↑ Race held in Belgium and the Netherlands.
* ↑ The riders on the squad were Lars Boom, Theo Bos, Jos van Emden, Moreno Hofland, Tom Leezer, Dennis van Winden and Marc Goos