 The team at the 2023 Fyen Rundt | |
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| UCI code | RKT |
| Registered | France |
| Founded | 2023 |
| Discipline | Road |
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| Bicycles | Rose Bikes |
| Website | Team home page |
| Key personnel | |
| General manager | Julia Soek and Josse Wester |
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The Unibet Rose Rockets are a Dutch UCI ProTeam status cycling team on a French license focusing on road bicycle racing.[1] Bas Tietema created the team in 2023. The team upgraded from UCI Continental to UCI ProTeam status in 2024.[2][3]
History
[edit]The main sponsor of the team is Unibet. They previously sponsored a different team in 2006/2007 (Unibet.com). However, owing to a dispute with major race organizers over gambling companies being sponsors they pulled out. Now with other teams having sponsors which are lotteries, Unibet decided to come back to professional cycling,[4] although from 2028 teams sponsored by gambling companies will not be able to race in Belgium.[5]
2023
[edit]Hugo Haak joined as Team Manager in 2023 after coaching on the Track for the past few years.[6]
The team's calendar for 2023 consisted of mostly Belgian and Dutch races.[7] The team's biggest victory was stage 1 of the ZLM Tour by Yentl Vandevelde. Despite this success, Vandevelde was let go by the team for 2024.[8]
2024
[edit]They started their season with 12 new riders, and started their first race in Turkey at the Tour of Antalya where they won stage 1 with the rider Hartthijs de Vries. They then participated in their first UCI WorldTour race, the Amstel Gold Race. The team went on to win the general classification and a stage in the Oberösterreich Rundfahrt. In the summer of 2024, they rode their second UCI World Tour race the Renewi Tour, Davide Bomboi took a top 10 result. On 17 October 2024 the team announced that it would be renamed to Unibet Tietema Rockets and would ride on a French license from 2025 on.
Equipment
[edit]The team will be using Rose Bikes in the 2026 Season
Team roster
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Major wins
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Overall Kreiz Breizh Elites, Hartthijs de Vries
Stage 3, Tomáš Kopecký
2024
Stage 4 Tour of Antalya, Hartthijs de Vries
Ster van Zwolle, Nicklas Amdi Pedersen
Overall Oberösterreich Rundfahrt, Adrien Maire
Stage 3, Adrien Maire
2025
Cholet Agglo Tour, Lukáš Kubiš
Paris–Camembert, Lander Loockx
Stage 4 International Tour of Hellas, Adrien Maire
Slovakia Road Race Championships, Lukáš Kubiš
Stage 7 Tour de Langkawi, Zeb Kyffin
2026
Clàssica Comunitat Valenciana , Dylan Groenewegen
References
[edit]- ^ "UNIBET TIETEMA ROCKETS". UCI. Retrieved 15 January 2025.
- ^ Hood, Ed (3 January 2023). "Harry Tanfield - with Tour de Tietema-Unibet for 2023". VeloVeritas. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
- ^ Poole, George (20 November 2023). "'The past few months have felt like playing ProCyclingManager': TDT-Unibet aim for 2026 Tour de France". Global Cycling Network. Archived from the original on 24 November 2023. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
- ^ "Unibet signs partnership with Dutch cycling team Tour de Tietema". www.prnewswire.com. 9 November 2022. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
- ^ "Total ban on gambling advertisements in Belgium from 2028". Wielerflits (in Dutch). 18 February 2023. Retrieved 15 January 2025.
- ^ "Succescoach Haak aan de slag bij nieuwe Nederlandse wegploeg". nos.nl (in Dutch). 9 November 2022. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
- ^ McGrath, Andy (12 November 2022). "Unibet returns to pro cycling with Dutch YouTuber's new Continental team". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
- ^ "ZLM Tour stage winner Yentl Vandevelde has to look for new team". cyclinguptodate.com. 22 September 2023. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
- ^ "Unibet Tietema Rockets". UCI.org. Retrieved 11 January 2025.