# 2018 Team Bahrain–Merida season

The 2018 Bahrain–Merida Pro Cycling season was the second season of the Bahrain–Merida team, which was founded in 2016. As a UCI WorldTeam, they were automatically invited and obligated to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour, and their season began in January with the Tour Down Under.

## Team roster

    As of 17 March 2018.
| | Rider | Date of birth |
| Valerio Agnoli (ITA) | Valerio Agnoli (ITA) | (1985-01-06)6 January 1985 (aged 33) |
| Yukiya Arashiro (JPN) | Yukiya Arashiro (JPN) | (1984-09-22)22 September 1984 (aged 33) |
| Manuele Boaro (ITA) | Manuele Boaro (ITA) | (1987-03-12)12 March 1987 (aged 31) |
| Grega Bole (SLO) | Grega Bole (SLO) | (1985-08-13)13 August 1985 (aged 32) |
| Niccolò Bonifazio (ITA) | Niccolò Bonifazio (ITA) | (1993-10-29)29 October 1993 (aged 24) |
| Borut Božič (SLO) | Borut Božič (SLO) | (1980-08-08)8 August 1980 (aged 37) |
| Sonny Colbrelli (ITA) | Sonny Colbrelli (ITA) | (1990-05-17)17 May 1990 (aged 27) |
| Feng Chun-kai (TWN) | Feng Chun-kai (TWN) | (1988-11-02)2 November 1988 (aged 29) |
| Iván García (ESP) | Iván García (ESP) | (1995-11-20)20 November 1995 (aged 22) |
| Enrico Gasparotto (ITA) | Enrico Gasparotto (ITA) | (1982-03-22)22 March 1982 (aged 35) |
| Heinrich Haussler (AUS) | Heinrich Haussler (AUS) | (1984-02-25)25 February 1984 (aged 34) |
| Gorka Izagirre (ESP) | Gorka Izagirre (ESP) | (1987-10-07)7 October 1987 (aged 30) |
| Ion Izagirre (ESP) | Ion Izagirre (ESP) | (1989-02-04)4 February 1989 (aged 29) |
| Kristijan Koren (SLO) | Kristijan Koren (SLO) | (1986-11-25)25 November 1986 (aged 31) |
| | Rider | Date of birth |
| Matej Mohorič (SLO) | Matej Mohorič (SLO) | (1994-10-19)19 October 1994 (aged 23) |
| Ramūnas Navardauskas (LTU) | Ramūnas Navardauskas (LTU) | (1988-01-30)30 January 1988 (aged 30) |
| Antonio Nibali (ITA) | Antonio Nibali (ITA) | (1992-09-23)23 September 1992 (aged 25) |
| Vincenzo Nibali (ITA) | Vincenzo Nibali (ITA) | (1984-11-14)14 November 1984 (aged 33) |
| Domen Novak (SLO) | Domen Novak (SLO) | (1995-07-12)12 July 1995 (aged 22) |
| Mark Padun (UKR) | Mark Padun (UKR) | (1996-07-06)6 July 1996 (aged 21) |
| Franco Pellizotti (ITA) | Franco Pellizotti (ITA) | (1978-01-15)15 January 1978 (aged 40) |
| David Per (SLO) | David Per (SLO) | (1995-02-13)13 February 1995 (aged 23) |
| Hermann Pernsteiner (AUT) | Hermann Pernsteiner (AUT) | (1990-08-07)7 August 1990 (aged 27) |
| Luka Pibernik (SLO) | Luka Pibernik (SLO) | (1993-10-23)23 October 1993 (aged 24) |
| Domenico Pozzovivo (ITA) | Domenico Pozzovivo (ITA) | (1982-11-30)30 November 1982 (aged 35) |
| Kanstantsin Sivtsov (BLR) | Kanstantsin Sivtsov (BLR) | (1982-08-09)9 August 1982 (aged 35) |
| Giovanni Visconti (ITA) | Giovanni Visconti (ITA) | (1983-01-13)13 January 1983 (aged 35) |
| Wang Meiyin (CHN) | Wang Meiyin (CHN) | (1988-12-26)26 December 1988 (aged 29) |
| Rider | 2017 team |
| Gorka Izagirre | Movistar Team |
| Kristijan Koren | Cannondale–Drapac |
| Matej Mohorič | UAE Team Emirates |
| Mark Padun | Neo-pro |
| Hermann Pernsteiner | Amplatz–BMC |
| Domenico Pozzovivo | AG2R La Mondiale |
| Rider | 2018 team |
| Janez Brajkovič | Adria Mobil |
| Ondrej Cink | Retired from road cycling |
| Tsgabu Grmay | Trek–Segafredo |
| Jon Ander Insausti | Fundación Euskadi |
| Javier Moreno | Delko–Marseille Provence KTM |

## Season victories

| Date | Race | Competition | Rider | Country | Location |
| 9 February | Dubai Tour, Stage 4 | UCI Asia Tour | Sonny Colbrelli (ITA) | United Arab Emirates | Hatta Dam |
| 4 March | GP Industria & Artigianato | UCI Europe Tour | Matej Mohorič (SLO) | Italy | Larciano |
| 17 March | Milan–San Remo | UCI World Tour | Vincenzo Nibali (ITA) | Italy | |
| 17 April | Tour of Croatia, Stage 1 | UCI Europe Tour | Niccolò Bonifazio (ITA) | Croatia | Koprivnica |
| 19 April | Tour of Croatia, Stage 3 | UCI Europe Tour | Kanstantsin Sivtsov (BLR) | Croatia | Sveti Jure - Biokovo |
| 20 April | Tour of the Alps, Stage 5 | UCI Europe Tour | Mark Padun (UKR) | Austria | Innsbruck |
| 21 April | Tour of Croatia, Stage 5 | UCI Europe Tour | Manuele Boaro (ITA) | Croatia | Učka |
| 22 April | Tour of Croatia, Overall classification | UCI Europe Tour | Kanstantsin Sivtsov (BLR) | Croatia | |
| 15 May | Giro d'Italia, Stage 10 | UCI World Tour | Matej Mohorič (SLO) | Italy | Gualdo Tadino |
| 22 May | Tour of Japan, Stage 3 | UCI Asia Tour | Grega Bole (SLO) | Japan | Inabe |
| 26 May | Tour of Japan, Stage 7 | UCI Asia Tour | Grega Bole (SLO) | Japan | Izu |
| 1 June | Hammer Sportzone Limburg, Stage 1 | UCI Europe Tour | | Netherlands | |
| 3 June | Gran Premio di Lugano | UCI Europe Tour | Hermann Pernsteiner (AUT) | Switzerland | |
| 11 June | Tour de Suisse, Stage 3 | UCI World Tour | Sonny Colbrelli (ITA) | Italy | Gansingen |
| 7 July | Tour of Austria, Stage 1 | UCI Europe Tour | Matej Mohorič (SLO) | Austria | Feldkirch |
| 8 July | Tour of Austria, Stage 2 | UCI Europe Tour | Giovanni Visconti (ITA) | Austria | Fulpmes / Telfes |
| 10 July | Tour of Austria, Stage 4 | UCI Europe Tour | Giovanni Visconti (ITA) | Austria | Prägraten |
| 13 July | Tour of Austria, Stage 7 | UCI Europe Tour | Antonio Nibali (ITA) | Austria | Sonntagberg |
| 14 July | Tour of Austria, Stage 8 | UCI Europe Tour | Giovanni Visconti (ITA) | Austria | Wels |
| 19 August | BinckBank Tour, Overall classification | UCI World Tour | Matej Mohorič (SLO) | Belgium Netherlands | |
| 25 August | Deutschland Tour, Stage 3 | UCI Europe Tour | Matej Mohorič (SLO) | Germany | Merzig |
| 26 August | Deutschland Tour, Overall classification | UCI Europe Tour | Matej Mohorič (SLO) | Germany | |
| 16 September | Coppa Bernocchi | UCI Europe Tour | Sonny Colbrelli (ITA) | Italy | |

## National, Continental and World champions 2018

| Date | Discipline | Jersey | Rider | Country | Location |
| 24 June | Spanish National Road Race Championships | | Gorka Izagirre (ESP) | Spain | Benicassim |
| 24 June | Slovenian National Road Race Championships | | Matej Mohorič (SLO) | Slovenia | Mirna Peč |