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| UCI code | TBV | ||||||
| Registered | Bahrain | ||||||
| Founded | 2017 | ||||||
| Discipline | Road | ||||||
| Status | UCI WorldTeam | ||||||
| Bicycles | Merida | ||||||
| Components | Shimano | ||||||
| Website | Team home page | ||||||
| Key personnel | |||||||
| General manager | Milan Eržen | ||||||
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Team Bahrain Victorious (UCI team code:TBV[2]) is aUCI WorldTeamcycling team fromBahrain which was founded in 2017.[3] Its title sponsor is the government ofBahrain.
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The idea for a Bahrain pro cycling team was started in August 2016 by SheikhNasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa.[4] The team is financed by the government of Bahrain to promote the country worldwide.
During the fifth stage of theTour de Suisse on 15 June 2023, Swiss riderGino Mäder fell in a turn when descending from the stage's highest point atAlbula Pass. Mäder, 26, was found to be unconscious and submerged in water. He was resuscitated and airlifted to a hospital inChur. Mäder died from his injuries a day later.[5][6] Bahrain Victorious, along with two other teams, withdrew from the Tour on the next stage of competitive racing on 17 June 2023.[7]
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On 5 September 2018, the UCI announced that an out-of-competition test had resulted in an adverse analytical finding oferythropoietin in a sample collected 31 July 2018.Kanstantsin Sivtsov was provisionally suspended pending the result of any B sample test.[9]
Following Stage 17 of the2021 Tour de France, French police raided the team's hotel and bus on the suspicion of doping.[10] 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".[11]
On 27 June 2022, four days before the first stage of the2022 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, whileMatej Mohorič andJan Tratnik denied that their properties had been searched.[12]
Ethiopia Time Trial, Tsgabu Grmay
Spain Road Race, Gorka Izagirre
Slovenia Road Race, Matej Mohorič
Taiwan Time Trial, Chun Kai Feng
Ukrainian Time Trial, Mark Padun Slovenia Road Race, Domen Novak Spain Time Trial, Pello Bilbao 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
Bahrain Road Race, Ahmed Madan Slovenia Time Trial, Jan Tratnik
Japan Road Race, Yukiya Arashiro
Asia U23 Time Trial Ahmed Madan
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 Slovenia Time Trial, Matej Mohorič
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