Belgian cycling team
"Lotto (cycling team)" redirects here. For the Dutch cycling team, see
Team LottoNL?Jumbo
.
Lotto?Dstny
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/2024_Volta_NXT_Classic_-_Team_Lotto_Dstny.jpg/220px-2024_Volta_NXT_Classic_-_Team_Lotto_Dstny.jpg) The team in 2024
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UCI code
| LTD
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Registered
| Belgium
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Founded
| 1985
(
1985
)
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Discipline(s)
| Road
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Status
| UCI WorldTeam
(2005?2022)
UCI ProTeam
(2023?)
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Bicycles
| Orbea
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Components
| Shimano
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Website
| Team home page
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General manager
| Stephane Heulot
[1]
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Team manager(s)
| Marc Sergeant
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1985
| Lotto
| 1986
| Lotto-Emerxil?Merckx
| 1986
[N 1]
| Joker?Emerxil?Merckx
| 1987
| Lotto?Merckx
| 1987
[N 2]
| Joker?Merckx
| 1988
| Lotto
| 1988?1989
| Lotto?Vlaanderen?Jong?Mbk?Merckx
| 1990
| Lotto?Superclub
| 1991
| Lotto
| 1992
| Lotto?Mavic?MBK
| 1993?1994
| Lotto
| 1995
| Lotto?Isoglass
| 1996
| Lotto
| 1997
| Lotto?Mobistar?Isoglass
| 1998?1999
| Lotto?Mobistar
| 2000?2002
| Lotto?Adecco
| 2003?2004
| Lotto?Domo
(LOT)
| 2005?2006
| Davitamon?Lotto
(DVL)
| 2007
| Predictor?Lotto
(PRL)
| 2008?2009
| Silence?Lotto
(SIL)
| 2010?2011
| Omega Pharma?Lotto
(OLO)
| 2012?2014
| Lotto?Belisol
(LTB)
| 2015?2022
[2]
| Lotto?Soudal
(LTS)
[N 3]
| 2023?
| Lotto?Dstny
(LTD)
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Current season
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Lotto?Dstny
(
UCI
team code:
LTD
) is a Belgian professional
cycling team
at
UCI ProTeam
level sponsored by the Belgian
lottery
and Dstny, a business communications provider. The same organisations also sponsor a women's cycling team,
Lotto?Dstny Ladies
.
History
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Peter De Clercq
in a Lotto jersey in 1994
Philippe Gilbert
at the
2021 Liege?Bastogne?Liege
Lotto has a long history of cycling sponsorship, they began sponsoring 1984 with Tonissteiner?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.
[3]
Lotto continue to sponsor the team, as well as the
women's team
and under-23 team.
[4]
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.
[5]
Tour status
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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.
[6]
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
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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
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,
[7]
he was temporarily suspended by the team.
[8]
Van der Sande was later cleared of any wrongdoing by the
UCI
.
[9]
[10]
[11]
Team roster
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- As of 15 January 2024.
[12]
[13]
Major wins
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National champions
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- 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,
Leon van Bon
- 2007
Belgian Time Trial,
Leif Hoste
- 2008
Australian Road Race,
Matthew Lloyd
Belgian Road Race,
Jurgen Roelandts
- 2009
World Road Race,
Cadel Evans
- 2011
Belgian Road Race,
Philippe Gilbert
Belgian Time Trial,
Philippe Gilbert
- 2013
German Road Race,
Andre Greipel
- 2014
German Road Race,
Andre Greipel
Belgian Road Race,
Jens Debusschere
- 2015
Belgian Time Trial,
Jurgen van den Broeck
- 2016
German Road Race,
Andre Greipel
- 2018
Belgian Time Trial,
Victor Campenaerts
Belgian Road Race,
Gerben Thijssen
- 2024
New Zealand Time Trial,
Logan Currie
Notes
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References
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External links
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