# Lotto (cycling team)

Lotto (UCI team code: LOT) is a Belgian professional cycling team at UCI ProTeam level sponsored by the Belgian lottery. The same organisations also sponsor a women's cycling team, Lotto Ladies.

## History
### Sponsorship

Lotto has a long history of cycling sponsorship, they began sponsoring 1984 with Tönissteiner–Lotto–Mavic–Pecotex. In 1985, it became prime sponsor of a team bearing only its name. Walter Godefroot and Patrick Lefevere were early directeurs sportifs. The fusion of the Lotto–Adecco and Domo–Farm Frites teams for the start of the 2003 season created the current team and structure in the guise of Lotto–Domo.
Omega Pharma had previously been a co-sponsor of the Quick-Step–Davitamon team in 2003 and 2004. Omega Pharma became the main sponsors in 2005, under their Davitamon brand name. The team name switched to Omega Pharma's Predictor brand name in 2007 and the Silence brand in 2008. From 2010 the team became known as Omega Pharma–Lotto, but this sponsor moved their financial support to the Quick-Step setup for the 2012 season.
Belisol became co-sponsors in 2012, and are a Belgian company making windows and doors and solar panels.
On the final day of the 2014 Tour de France the team announced that they had secured new sponsorship for the team with Soudal, manufacturers of sealants, adhesives and foams. Soudal signed a deal lasting six seasons, the team name becoming Lotto Soudal: in 2019, they extended the deal for two more years. Lotto continue to sponsor the team, as well as the women's team and under-23 team.
For one stage race each year since 2016 (at the 2016 Paris–Nice, 2017 Paris–Nice, 2018 Giro d'Italia, and 2019 Tour de Pologne), the team raced under the name Lotto Fix ALL and changed the team kit to a grey colour to reflect one of Soudal's key brands.

### Tour status

Lotto–Dstny was a member team of the UCI World Tour from its inception in 2009 until the end of the 2022 season. The team was relegated from the World Tour at the end of 2022 after finishing 19th in the points standings for the 2020 - 2022 qualification cycle. The top 18 teams qualified for the 2023 - 2025 cycle, meaning that from 2023 the team will drop down a division and race under a UCI ProTeam licence. Among non-World Tour teams, Lotto finished first in the 2022 one-year points list ahead of TotalEnergies, meaning it receives wildcards for all 2023 World Tour stage and one-day races.

### Current team structure

The team is managed by Marc Sergeant and Bill Olivier and they are assisted by Herman Frison, Jean-Pierre Heynderickx, Bart Leysen, Marc Wauters, Mario Aerts, Dirk Demol and Michiel Elijzen.
After Tosh Van der Sande accidentally listed the wrong nasal spray brand in the paperwork at the 2018 Six Days of Ghent where he returned a positive test for prednisolone, a substance found in the nasal spray Sofrasolone, he was temporarily suspended by the team. Van der Sande was later cleared of any wrongdoing by the UCI.

## Team roster

    As of 5 January 2025.
| | Rider | Date of birth |
| Jenno Berckmoes (BEL) | Jenno Berckmoes (BEL) | (2001-02-04) 4 February 2001 (age 24) |
| Cédric Beullens (BEL) | Cédric Beullens (BEL) | (1997-01-27) 27 January 1997 (age 28) |
| Lars Craps (BEL) | Lars Craps (BEL) | (2001-10-17) 17 October 2001 (age 23) |
| Logan Currie (NZL) | Logan Currie (NZL) | (2001-06-24) 24 June 2001 (age 23) |
| Jasper De Buyst (BEL) | Jasper De Buyst (BEL) | (1993-11-24) 24 November 1993 (age 31) |
| Arnaud De Lie (BEL) | Arnaud De Lie (BEL) | (2002-03-16) 16 March 2002 (age 22) |
| Steffen De Schuyteneer (BEL) | Steffen De Schuyteneer (BEL) | (2005-02-24) 24 February 2005 (age 19) |
| Jarrad Drizners (AUS) | Jarrad Drizners (AUS) | (1999-05-31) 31 May 1999 (age 25) |
| Joshua Giddings (GBR) | Joshua Giddings (GBR) | (2003-07-20) 20 July 2003 (age 21) |
| Jonas Gregaard (DEN) | Jonas Gregaard (DEN) | (1996-07-30) 30 July 1996 (age 28) |
| Sébastien Grignard (BEL) | Sébastien Grignard (BEL) | (1999-04-29) 29 April 1999 (age 25) |
| Arjen Livyns (BEL) | Arjen Livyns (BEL) | (1994-09-01) 1 September 1994 (age 30) |
| Milan Menten (BEL) | Milan Menten (BEL) | (1996-10-31) 31 October 1996 (age 28) |
| | Rider | Date of birth |
| Robin Orins (BEL) | Robin Orins (BEL) | (2002-03-06) 6 March 2002 (age 22) |
| Alec Segaert (BEL) | Alec Segaert (BEL) | (2003-01-16) 16 January 2003 (age 22) |
| Eduardo Sepúlveda (ARG) | Eduardo Sepúlveda (ARG) | (1991-06-13) 13 June 1991 (age 33) |
| Liam Slock (BEL) | Liam Slock (BEL) | (2000-09-18) 18 September 2000 (age 24) |
| Lionel Taminiaux (BEL) | Lionel Taminiaux (BEL) | (1996-05-19) 19 May 1996 (age 28) |
| Reuben Thompson (NZL) | Reuben Thompson (NZL) | (2001-02-15) 15 February 2001 (age 23) |
| Jarne Van de Paar (BEL) | Jarne Van de Paar (BEL) | (2000-10-23) 23 October 2000 (age 24) |
| Lorenz Van de Wynkele (BEL) | Lorenz Van de Wynkele (BEL) | (2001-08-19) 19 August 2001 (age 23) |
| Lennert Van Eetvelt (BEL) | Lennert Van Eetvelt (BEL) | (2001-07-17) 17 July 2001 (age 23) |
| Brent Van Moer (BEL) | Brent Van Moer (BEL) | (1998-01-12) 12 January 1998 (age 27) |
| Henri Vandenabeele (BEL) | Henri Vandenabeele (BEL) | (2000-04-15) 15 April 2000 (age 24) |
| Baptiste Veistroffer (FRA) | Baptiste Veistroffer (FRA) | (2000-05-29) 29 May 2000 (age 24) |

## National champions
### 1985

    Belgian Road Race, Paul Haghedooren

### 1986

    Belgian Road Race, Marc Sergeant

### 1988

    Belgian Track (Individual Pursuit), Benjamin Van Itterbeeck

### 1990

    Belgian Road Race, Claude Criquielion

### 1992

    Belgian Road Race, Johan Museeuw

### 1995

    Belgian Road Race, Wilfried Nelissen

### 2000

    Belgian Time Trial, Rik Verbrugghe

### 2002

    Australian Road Race, Robbie McEwen
    Dutch Road Race, Stefan van Dijk

### 2005

    Australian Road Race, Robbie McEwen
    Belgian Road Race, Serge Baguet
    Dutch Road Race, Léon van Bon

### 2007

    Belgian Time Trial, Leif Hoste

### 2008

    Australian Road Race, Matthew Lloyd
    Belgian Road Race, Jürgen Roelandts

### 2009

    World Road Race, Cadel Evans

### 2011

    Belgian Road Race, Philippe Gilbert
    Belgian Time Trial, Philippe Gilbert

### 2013

    German Road Race, André Greipel

### 2014

    German Road Race, André Greipel
    Belgian Road Race, Jens Debusschere

### 2015

    Belgian Time Trial, Jurgen van den Broeck

### 2016

    German Road Race, André Greipel

### 2018

    Belgian Time Trial, Victor Campenaerts

### 2024

    New Zealand Time Trial, Logan Currie
    Belgian Road Race, Arnaud De Lie