Unibet Tietema Rockets
The team at the 2023 Fyen Rundt | |
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| UCI code | RKT |
| Registered | France |
| Founded | 2023 |
| Discipline(s) | Road |
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| Key personnel | |
| General manager | Julia Soek |
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The Unibet Tietema 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
The main sponsor of the team is Unibet who sponsored a team back in 2006/2007 (Unibet.com) but because of 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]
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]
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
The team uses Cannondale bicycles in a bright yellow-pink colour scheme.[9] The bike has Shimano Ultegra Di2 12 speed gearing with Scope wheels[10] and Pirelli tires.[11]
Team roster
- As of 11 January 2025.[12]
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Major wins
- 2023
- Stage 1 ZLM Tour, Yentl Vandevelde
- 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, Lukas Kubis
- Paris - Camembert, Lander Loockx
References
- ^ "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. 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.
- ^ Smythe, Simon (5 January 2023). "New Dutch team TDT-Unibet unveils a Cannondale even louder than EF's". cyclingweekly.com. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
- ^ "Tour de Tietema Unibet ‐ Scope Cycling". Scope Cycling. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
- ^ Hood, Edmond (9 January 2023). "Tour de Tietema Unibet's Bas Tietema Gets PEZ'd!". PezCycling News. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
- ^ "Unibet Tietema Rockets". UCI.org. Retrieved 11 January 2025.