Klein Constantia (cycling team)
Klein Constantia (UCI team code: KLC) was a UCI Continental cycling team based in the Czech Republic and a development squad for UCI World Tour team Etixx-Quick Step. It was set up by Patrick Lefevere in 2013.[2]
Team information | |
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UCI code | KLC |
Registered | Czech Republic |
Founded | 2013 |
Disbanded | 2016 |
Discipline(s) | Road |
Status | Continental |
Key personnel | |
General manager | Petr Kováč[1] |
Team name history | |
2013 2014 2015 2016 | Etixx–IHNed Etixx AWT Greenway Klein Constantia |
The team was initially sponsored by Etixx, Belgian producer of supplements and nutrition products, owned by Omega Pharma, and iHNed.cz, Czech news portal, operated by Economia, Czech media company owned by Zdeněk Bakala, who owns Etixx-Quick Step team. In 2014 Etixx became only sponsor. Since season 2015 Advanced World Transport, Czech transport company, owned by Bakala, and Slovakian electric vehicle charging company,took over as title sponsors. The squad has been rebuilt with only two riders staying on board and 10 new young joining the team. In 2016, the South African wine making company Klein Constantia, owned by Zdeněk Bakala,[3] became title sponsor.[4]
Team roster
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Major wins
- 2013
- France U23 National Cyclo-cross Championships, Julian Alaphilippe
- Stage 1 Boucle de l'Artois, Louis Verhelst
- Stage 1 Circuit des Ardennes, Louis Verhelst
- Stage 1 Tour de Bretagne Cycliste, Louis Verhelst
- Stage 4 Tour de Bretagne Cycliste, Julian Alaphilippe
- Grand Prix Südkärnten, Julian Alaphilippe
- Overall Tour de Slovaquie, Petr Vakoč
- Stage 1 Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23, Łukasz Wiśniowski
- Stage 3 Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23, Julian Alaphilippe
- Poland U23 National Road Race Championships, Łukasz Wiśniowski
- Poland U23 National Time Trial Championships, Łukasz Wiśniowski
- Overall Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid Sub 23, Petr Vakoč
- Stage 1, Petr Vakoč
- Stage 4 Czech Cycling Tour, Petr Vakoč
- Memoriał Henryka Łasaka, Florian Sénéchal
- GP Královehradeckého Kraje, Petr Vakoč
- Overall Okolo Jižních Čech, Florian Sénéchal
- Stage 2, Florian Sénéchal
- 2014
- Kattekoers, Łukasz Wiśniowski
- Stage 4 Tour de Normandie, Łukasz Wiśniowski
- Stage 4 Volta ao Alentejo, Karel Hník
- Overall Circuit des Ardennes, Łukasz Wiśniowski
- Stage 5 Tour de Bretagne, Daniel Hoelgaard
- Overall Course de la Paix U23, Samuel Spokes
- Stages 2 & 3, Samuel Spokes
- Stage 2 Ronde de l'Oise, Daniel Hoelgaard
- Netherlands U23 National Road Race Championships, Tim Kerkhof
- Stage 3 GP Internacional Torres Vedras, Karel Hník
- Stage 3 Czech Cycling Tour, Jan Hirt
- Overall Tour Alsace, Karel Hník
- Stage 4, Karel Hník
- Stages 1 & 4 Okolo Jižních Čech, Daniel Hoelgaard
- 2015
- Stage 1 Carpathia Couriers Paths, Jan Brockhoff
- Stage 3 Tour de Berlin, Erik Baška
- Slovakia U23 National Time Trial Championships, Erik Baška
- Slovakia U23 National Road Race Championships, Erik Baška
- Puchar Ministra Obrony Narodowej, Erik Baška
- 2016
- New Zealand U23 National Road Race Championships, Hamish Schreurs
- Trofej Umag, Jonas Bokeloh
- Overall Volta ao Alentejo, Enric Mas
- Stage 2, Enric Mas
- Stage 5, Rémi Cavagna
- Stage 1 Circuit des Ardennes, Rémi Cavagna
- Stage 1 Le Tour de Bretagne Cycliste trophée harmonie Mutuelle, Frantisek Sisr
- Overall Carpathian Couriers Race, Hamish Schreurs
- Prologue & Stage 3, Hamish Schreurs
- Overall Tour de Berlin, Rémi Cavagna
- Stage 3a (ITT), Rémi Cavagna
- Ecuador U23 National Time Trial Championships, Jhonatan Narvaez
- Stage 3 Paris-Arras Tour, Rémi Cavagna
- Overall Tour de Savoie Mont Blanc, Enric Mas
- Czech Republic U23 National Time Trial Championships, Michal Schlegel
- Germany U23 National Time Trial Championships, Maximilian Schachmann
- Stage 4 Course de la Solidarité Olympique, Iván García Cortina
- Stage 3 Giro della Valle d'Aosta, Maximilian Schachmann
- Overall Tour Alsace, Maximilian Schachmann
- Stage 3, Maximilian Schachmann
- France U23 National Time Trial Championships, Rémi Cavagna
- Stage 1 East Bohemia Tour, Frantisek Sisr
National champions
- 2013
- France U23 Cyclo-cross, Julian Alaphilippe
- Poland U23 Road Race, Łukasz Wiśniowski
- Poland U23 Time Trial, Łukasz Wiśniowski
- 2014
- Netherlands U23 Road Race, Tim Kerkhof
- 2015
- Slovakia U23 Time Trial, Erik Baška
- Slovakia U23 Road Race, Erik Baška
- 2016
- New Zealand U23 Road Race, Hamish Schreurs
- Ecuador U23 Time Trial, Jhonatan Narvaez
- Czech U23 Time Trial, Michal Schlegel
- Germany U23 Time Trial, Maximilian Schachmann
- France U23 Time Trial, Rémi Cavagna
References
- "Staff". AWT Greenway. Archived from the original on 10 January 2015. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
- Farrand, Stephen (27 February 2013). "Lefevere criticises the UCI over rules on team selections". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
- "Klein Constantia » Our Family". Retrieved 2018-12-20.
- "Klein Constantia has a new cycling team". kleinconstantia.com. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
- "Klein Constantia (KLC) – CZE". Retrieved 2 March 2016.
- "Przemyslaw Kasperkiewicz signs with AWT Greenway". Rowery.org. Retrieved 10 January 2015.