# Team Bahrain Victorious

Team Bahrain Victorious (UCI team code: TBV) is a UCI WorldTeam cycling team from Bahrain which was founded in 2017. Its title sponsor is the government of Bahrain.

## History

The idea for a Bahrain pro cycling team was started in August 2016 by Sheikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa. The team is financed by the government of Bahrain to promote the country worldwide.

## Doping

On 5 September 2018, the UCI announced that an out-of-competition test had resulted in an adverse analytical finding of erythropoietin in a sample collected 31 July 2018. Kanstantsin Sivtsov was provisionally suspended pending the result of any B sample test.
Following Stage 17 of the 2021 Tour de France, French police raided the team's hotel and bus on the suspicion of doping. The Police confirmed they conducted the raids and have the riders' training files in their possession, and "A preliminary enquiry has been opened to see if there has been, or not, acquisition, transport or possession of banned substances".
On 27 June 2022, four days before the first stage of the 2022 Tour de France, Europol raided residences of several Team Bahrain Victorious staff and riders in several countries including Slovenia, Poland, and Spain. The team stated that the raids were directly linked to the hotel searches that took place at the previous year’s Tour, while Matej Mohorič and Jan Tratnik denied that their properties had been searched.

## Death of Gino Mäder

During the fifth stage of the Tour de Suisse on 15 June 2023, Swiss rider Gino Mäder fell in a turn when descending from the stage's highest point at Albula Pass. Mäder, 26, was found to be unconscious and submerged in water. He was resuscitated and airlifted to a hospital in Chur. Mäder died from his injuries a day later. Bahrain Victorious, along with two other teams, withdrew from the Tour on the next stage of competitive racing on 17 June 2023.

## Team roster

    As of 5 January 2025.
| | Rider | Date of birth |
| Nikias Arndt (GER) | Nikias Arndt (GER) | (1991-11-18) 18 November 1991 (age 33) |
| Phil Bauhaus (GER) | Phil Bauhaus (GER) | (1994-07-08) 8 July 1994 (age 30) |
| Pello Bilbao (ESP) | Pello Bilbao (ESP) | (1990-02-25) 25 February 1990 (age 34) |
| Alberto Bruttomesso (ITA) | Alberto Bruttomesso (ITA) | (2003-10-30) 30 October 2003 (age 21) |
| Santiago Buitrago (COL) | Santiago Buitrago (COL) | (1999-09-26) 26 September 1999 (age 25) |
| Nicolò Buratti (ITA) | Nicolò Buratti (ITA) | (2001-07-07) 7 July 2001 (age 23) |
| Damiano Caruso (ITA) | Damiano Caruso (ITA) | (1987-10-12) 12 October 1987 (age 37) |
| Roman Ermakov (RUS) | Roman Ermakov (RUS) | (2004-10-06) 6 October 2004 (age 20) |
| Žak Eržen (SLO) | Žak Eržen (SLO) | (2005-10-19) 19 October 2005 (age 19) |
| Afonso Eulálio (POR) | Afonso Eulálio (POR) | (2001-09-30) 30 September 2001 (age 23) |
| Matevž Govekar (SLO) | Matevž Govekar (SLO) | (2000-04-17) 17 April 2000 (age 24) |
| Kamil Gradek (POL) | Kamil Gradek (POL) | (1990-09-17) 17 September 1990 (age 34) |
| Jack Haig (AUS) | Jack Haig (AUS) | (1993-09-06) 6 September 1993 (age 31) |
| Rainer Kepplinger (AUT) | Rainer Kepplinger (AUT) | (1997-08-19) 19 August 1997 (age 27) |
| Lenny Martinez (FRA) | Lenny Martinez (FRA) | (2003-07-11) 11 July 2003 (age 21) |
| | Rider | Date of birth |
| Fran Miholjević (CRO) | Fran Miholjević (CRO) | (2002-08-02) 2 August 2002 (age 22) |
| Matej Mohorič (SLO) | Matej Mohorič (SLO) | (1994-10-19) 19 October 1994 (age 30) |
| Mathijs Paasschens (NED) | Mathijs Paasschens (NED) | (1996-03-18) 18 March 1996 (age 28) |
| Andrea Pasqualon (ITA) | Andrea Pasqualon (ITA) | (1988-01-02) 2 January 1988 (age 37) |
| Finlay Pickering (GBR) | Finlay Pickering (GBR) | (2003-01-27) 27 January 2003 (age 22) |
| Daniel Skerl (ITA) | Daniel Skerl (ITA) | (2003-03-21) 21 March 2003 (age 21) |
| Robert Stannard (AUS) | Robert Stannard (AUS) | (1998-09-16) 16 September 1998 (age 26) |
| Oliver Stockwell (GBR) | Oliver Stockwell (GBR) | (2002-06-07) 7 June 2002 (age 22) |
| Antonio Tiberi (ITA) | Antonio Tiberi (ITA) | (2001-06-24) 24 June 2001 (age 23) |
| Torstein Træen (NOR) | Torstein Træen (NOR) | (1995-07-16) 16 July 1995 (age 29) |
| Sergio Tu (TPE) | Sergio Tu (TPE) | (1997-02-24) 24 February 1997 (age 27) |
| Max van der Meulen (NED) | Max van der Meulen (NED) | (2004-01-13) 13 January 2004 (age 21) |
| Vlad Van Mechelen (BEL) | Vlad Van Mechelen (BEL) | (2004-06-02) 2 June 2004 (age 20) |
| Fred Wright (GBR) | Fred Wright (GBR) | (1999-06-13) 13 June 1999 (age 25) |
| Edoardo Zambanini (ITA) | Edoardo Zambanini (ITA) | (2001-04-21) 21 April 2001 (age 23) |

## World, National and continental champions
### 2017

    Ethiopia Time Trial, Tsgabu Grmay

### 2018

    Spain Road Race, Gorka Izagirre
    Slovenia Road Race, Matej Mohorič

### 2019

    Taiwan Time Trial, Chun Kai Feng
    Ukrainian Time Trial, Mark Padun
    Slovenia Road Race, Domen Novak

### 2020

    Spain Time Trial, Pello Bilbao

### 2021

    Slovenia Time Trial, Jan Tratnik
    Italy Road Race, Sonny Colbrelli
    Slovenia Road Race, Matej Mohorič
    European Road Race, Sonny Colbrelli
    Taiwan Road Race, Chun Kai Feng

### 2022

    Bahrain Road Race, Ahmed Madan
    Slovenia Time Trial, Jan Tratnik
    Japan Road Race, Yukiya Arashiro
    Asia U23 Time Trial Ahmed Madan

### 2023

    Croatia Time Trial, Fran Miholjević
    British Road Race, Fred Wright
    Serbia Road Race, Dušan Rajović
    UCI World Gravel Championships, Matej Mohorič
    Taiwan Time Trial, Sergio Tu

### 2024

    Slovenia Time Trial, Matej Mohorič