# 2016 Lotto–Soudal season

The 2016 season for the Lotto–Soudal cycling team began in January at the Tour Down Under. As a UCI WorldTeam, they were automatically invited and obligated to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour.

## Team roster

    As of 29 March 2016
| | Rider | Date of birth |
| Sander Armée (BEL) | Sander Armée (BEL) | (1985-12-10)10 December 1985 (aged 30) |
| Lars Bak (DEN) | Lars Bak (DEN) | (1980-01-16)16 January 1980 (aged 36) |
| Tiesj Benoot (BEL) | Tiesj Benoot (BEL) | (1994-03-11)11 March 1994 (aged 22) |
| Kris Boeckmans (BEL) | Kris Boeckmans (BEL) | (1987-02-13)13 February 1987 (aged 29) |
| Stig Broeckx (BEL) | Stig Broeckx (BEL) | (1990-05-10)10 May 1990 (aged 25) |
| Sean De Bie (BEL) | Sean De Bie (BEL) | (1991-10-03)3 October 1991 (aged 24) |
| Jasper De Buyst (BEL) | Jasper De Buyst (BEL) | (1993-11-24)24 November 1993 (aged 22) |
| Bart De Clercq (BEL) | Bart De Clercq (BEL) | (1986-08-26)26 August 1986 (aged 29) |
| Thomas De Gendt (BEL) | Thomas De Gendt (BEL) | (1986-11-06)6 November 1986 (aged 29) |
| Jens Debusschere (BEL) | Jens Debusschere (BEL) | (1989-08-28)28 August 1989 (aged 26) |
| Kevin Deltombe (BEL) | Kevin Deltombe (BEL) | (1994-02-27)27 February 1994 (aged 22) |
| Gert Dockx (BEL) | Gert Dockx (BEL) | (1988-07-04)4 July 1988 (aged 27) |
| Frederik Frison (BEL) | Frederik Frison (BEL) | (1992-07-28)28 July 1992 (aged 23) |
| Tony Gallopin (FRA) | Tony Gallopin (FRA) | (1988-04-19)19 April 1988 (aged 27) |
| Michael Goolaerts (BEL) | Michael Goolaerts (BEL) | (1995-07-24)24 July 1995 (aged 20) |
| | Rider | Date of birth |
| André Greipel (GER) | André Greipel (GER) | (1982-07-16)16 July 1982 (aged 33) |
| Adam Hansen (AUS) | Adam Hansen (AUS) | (1981-05-11)11 May 1981 (aged 34) |
| Greg Henderson (NZL) | Greg Henderson (NZL) | (1976-09-10)10 September 1976 (aged 39) |
| Pim Ligthart (NED) | Pim Ligthart (NED) | (1988-06-16)16 June 1988 (aged 27) |
| Tomasz Marczyński (POL) | Tomasz Marczyński (POL) | (1984-03-06)6 March 1984 (aged 32) |
| Maxime Monfort (BEL) | Maxime Monfort (BEL) | (1983-01-14)14 January 1983 (aged 33) |
| Jürgen Roelandts (BEL) | Jürgen Roelandts (BEL) | (1985-07-02)2 July 1985 (aged 30) |
| James Shaw (GBR) | James Shaw (GBR) | (1996-06-06)6 June 1996 (aged 19) |
| Marcel Sieberg (GER) | Marcel Sieberg (GER) | (1982-04-30)30 April 1982 (aged 33) |
| Rafael Valls (ESP) | Rafael Valls (ESP) | (1987-06-27)27 June 1987 (aged 28) |
| Tosh Van der Sande (BEL) | Tosh Van der Sande (BEL) | (1990-11-28)28 November 1990 (aged 25) |
| Jelle Vanendert (BEL) | Jelle Vanendert (BEL) | (1985-02-19)19 February 1985 (aged 31) |
| Louis Vervaeke (BEL) | Louis Vervaeke (BEL) | (1993-11-06)6 November 1993 (aged 22) |
| Jelle Wallays (BEL) | Jelle Wallays (BEL) | (1989-05-11)11 May 1989 (aged 26) |
| Tim Wellens (BEL) | Tim Wellens (BEL) | (1991-05-10)10 May 1991 (aged 24) |
* ↑ Deltombe joined the team on 1 August as a stagiaire, from Lotto–Soudal U23.
* ↑ Goolaerts joined the team on 1 August as a stagiaire, from Lotto–Soudal U23.
* ↑ Shaw joined the team on 1 August as a stagiaire, from Lotto–Soudal U23.
| Rider | 2015 team |
| Tomasz Marczyński | Torku Şekerspor |
| Rafael Valls | Lampre–Merida |
| Jelle Wallays | Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise |
| Rider | 2016 team |
| Vegard Breen | Fortuneo–Vital Concept |
| Kenny Dehaes | Wanty–Groupe Gobert |
| Boris Vallée | Fortuneo–Vital Concept |
| Jurgen Van den Broeck | Team Katusha |
| Dennis Vanendert | |

## Season victories

| Date | Race | Competition | Rider | Country | Location |
| 28 January | Trofeo Felanitx-Ses Salines-Campos-Porreres | UCI Europe Tour | André Greipel (GER) | Spain | Mallorca |
| 31 January | Trofeo Playa de Palma | UCI Europe Tour | André Greipel (GER) | Spain | Mallorca |
| 21 February | Volta ao Algarve, Youth Classification | UCI Europe Tour | Tiesj Benoot (BEL) | Portugal | |
| 6 March | Three Days of West Flanders, Overall | UCI Europe Tour | Sean De Bie (BEL) | Belgium | |
| 6 March | Three Days of West Flanders, Youth classification | UCI Europe Tour | Sean De Bie (BEL) | Belgium | |
| 6 March | Three Days of West Flanders, Teams classification | UCI Europe Tour | | Belgium | |
| 13 March | Paris–Nice, Stage 7 | UCI World Tour | Tim Wellens (BEL) | France | Nice |
| 23 March | Dwars door Vlaanderen | UCI Europe Tour | Jens Debusschere (BEL) | Belgium | Waregem |
| 24 March | Volta a Catalunya, Stage 4 | UCI World Tour | Thomas De Gendt (BEL) | Spain | Port Ainé |
| 27 March | Volta a Catalunya, Mountains classification | UCI World Tour | Thomas De Gendt (BEL) | Spain | |
| 26 April | Presidential Tour of Turkey, Stage 3 | UCI Europe Tour | André Greipel (GER) | Turkey | Konya |
| 1 May | Tour de Romandie, Mountains classification | UCI World Tour | Sander Armée (BEL) | Switzerland | |
| 11 May | Giro d'Italia, Stage 5 | UCI World Tour | André Greipel (GER) | Italy | Benevento |
| 12 May | Giro d'Italia, Stage 6 | UCI World Tour | Tim Wellens (BEL) | Italy | Roccaraso |
| 13 May | Giro d'Italia, Stage 7 | UCI World Tour | André Greipel (GER) | Italy | Foligno |
| 19 May | Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 | UCI World Tour | André Greipel (GER) | Italy | Bibione |
| 2 June | Tour de Luxembourg, Stage 1 | UCI Europe Tour | André Greipel (GER) | Luxembourg | Hesperange |
| 14 July | Tour de France, Stage 12 | UCI World Tour | Thomas De Gendt (BEL) | France | Mont Ventoux |
| 16 July | Tour de Pologne, Stage 5 | UCI World Tour | Tim Wellens (BEL) | Poland | Zakopane |
| 18 July | Tour de Pologne, Overall | UCI World Tour | Tim Wellens (BEL) | Poland | |
| 18 July | Tour de Pologne, Mountains classification | UCI World Tour | Tim Wellens (BEL) | Poland | |
| 18 July | Tour de Pologne, Teams classification | UCI World Tour | | Poland | |
| 24 July | Tour de France, Stage 21 | UCI World Tour | André Greipel (GER) | France | Paris |
| 11 August | Tour de l'Ain, Stage 2 | UCI Europe Tour | Tosh Van der Sande (BEL) | France | Montreal-la Cluse |
| 13 August | Tour de l'Ain, Mountains classification | UCI Europe Tour | Bart De Clercq (BEL) | France | |
| 4 September | Tour of Britain, Stage 1 | UCI Europe Tour | André Greipel (GER) | United Kingdom | Castle Douglas |
| 14 September | Grand Prix de Wallonie | UCI Europe Tour | Tony Gallopin (FRA) | Belgium | Namur |

## National, Continental and World champions 2016

| Date | Discipline | Jersey | Rider | Country | Location |
| 26 June | German National Road Race Champion | | André Greipel (GER) | Germany | Erfurt |

## Footnotes

* ↑ The riders on the squad were Jelle Wallays, Sean De Bie, Gert Dockx, Tosh Van der Sande, Louis Vervaeke, Sander Armée and Frederik Frison
* ↑ The riders on the squad were Tiesj Benoot, Jasper De Buyst, Bart De Clercq, Sander Armée, Maxime Monfort, Rafael Valls, Louis Vervaeke and Tim Wellens