{{short description|Dutch men's cycling team}} {{For|the women's team|Team Picnic–PostNL (women's team)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2023}} {{Infobox cycling team | name = Team Picnic–PostNL | image =File:Team Picnic–PostNL logo.png | caption = | code = TPP | registered = Netherlands (2008–2014)<br>Germany (2015–2021)<br>Netherlands (2022–present) | founded = {{start date|2008}} | disbanded = | website = https://www.teampicnicpostnl.com/ | generalmanager = Iwan Spekenbrink | teammanager = | discipline = Road | bicycles = Koga (2008–2011)<br>Felt (2012)<br>Giant (2013–2018)<br>Cervélo (2019–2020)<br>Scott (2021–2024)<br>Lapierre (2025–) | components = Shimano | status = UCI Professional Continental (2008–2012)<br>UCI WorldTeam (2013–) | oldname = {{aligned table|cols=2|fullwidth=y|style=white-space:nowrap|col1style=font-weight:bold; padding-right:1em; | 2005 | Shimano–Memory Corp | 2006–2011 | Skil Shimano | 2012 | Project 1t4i | 2012–2013 | Argos–Shimano | 2014 | Giant–Shimano | 2015–2016 | Team Giant–Alpecin<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.procyclingstats.com/team/1360-Team-Giant-Alpecin-2015|title=Team Giant-Alpecin 2015|author=ProCyclingStats|work=procyclingstats.com|access-date=20 December 2014|archive-date=15 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141015070515/http://www.procyclingstats.com/team/1360-Team-Giant-Alpecin-2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> | 2017–2020 | Team Sunweb | 2021–2023 | Team DSM | 2023 | Team dsm–firmenich | 2024 | Team dsm–firmenich PostNL | 2025– | Team Picnic–PostNL }} | kitimage = | current = 2025 Team Picnic–PostNL (men's team) season }} '''Team Picnic–PostNL''' ({{UCI code|TPP}}<ref name="DSM">{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15245/1000596/279|title=Team DSM|work=UCI.org|publisher=Union Cycliste Internationale|access-date=2 January 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210102003957/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15245/1000596/279|archive-date=2 January 2021}}</ref>) is a Dutch professional cycling team, competing at UCI WorldTeam level. The team is managed by Iwan Spekenbrink. The title sponsors of the team are online supermarket {{interlanguage link|Picnic (supermarket)|nl|Picnic (supermarkt)|lt=Picnic}} and the Dutch mail, parcel and e-commerce company PostNL.
[[File:Paris-Roubaix 2025 - Véhicule Picnic - PostNL.jpg|A team car at the 2025 Paris-Roubaix|thumb]]
The team in 2005|thumb
[[File:2025 LBL Presentation - Romain Bardet 1.jpg|Romain Bardet at the team presentation for 2025 Liège–Bastogne–Liège|thumb]]
==History== The team was founded in 2008 when Iwan Spekenbrink founded a small second division professional team under the name Team Skil-Shimano. Thanks to aggressive strategies during Paris–Nice in 2008 and 2009, the team was awarded a wildcard for the 2009 Tour de France, making it their first appearance in a Grand Tour.
In 2010, Team Skil-Shimano added a Women's program. Operating under the same umbrella and within the same structure; the idea of equality was paramount with the focus on one organisation. Around the same time, the team became an ambassador of Trees for All: and became the first in the peloton to compensate towards the CO<sub>2</sub> emissions generated by its operation.
In 2011, the team took its first Grand Tour win with sprint success on stage seven of the Vuelta a España, as Marcel Kittel delivered after an impressive lead-out from the team. This can be recognized as the starting point for the team's reputation as becoming one of the best sprint trains in the peloton.
After losing its sponsors at the end of 2011, the team adopted the name "Project 1T4i", standing for "team spirit, inspiration, integrity, improvement and innovation",<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/1t4i-unveils-young-squad-with-big-ambition|title=1T4I unveils young squad with big ambition|author=Sam Dansie|work=Cyclingnews.com}}</ref> until a new sponsor was secured. Ahead of the Tour of Flanders on 1 April 2012, the team became Team Argos-Shimano following the announcement of a three-year naming rights contract with the Argos North Sea Group, an oil company based in the Netherlands.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sporza.be/cm/sporza/wielrennen/120330_1t4i_Argos-Shimano|title=1t4i-ploeg heet vanaf zondag Argos-Shimano|language=nl|trans-title=1T4i-team is called Argos-Shimano from next Sunday on|date=30 March 2012|access-date=30 March 2012|work=Sporza|publisher=Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroeporganisatie|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120401173313/http://www.sporza.be/cm/sporza/wielrennen/120330_1t4i_Argos-Shimano|archive-date=1 April 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/argos-shimano-cycling-team-presented-in-rotterdam|first=Daniel|last=Benson|title=Argos-Shimano cycling team presented in Rotterdam|date=30 March 2012|access-date=30 March 2012|work=Cycling News|publisher=Future Publishing Limited}}</ref>
In 2012, the team received their second wildcard invitation to the 2012 Tour de France, along with three French-registered teams: {{UCI team code|COF|2012}}, {{UCI team code|EUC|2012}} and {{UCI team code|SAU|2012}}.<ref>{{cite news|title=Argos-Shimano receives Tour de France wildcard invitation|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/argos-shimano-receives-tour-de-france-wildcard-invitation|access-date=5 July 2012|work=Cycling News|publisher=Future Publishing Limited|date=6 April 2012}}</ref>
In December 2012 it was announced that the team would compete at the World Tour level for the 2013 season.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/argos-shimano-team-celebrates-its-new-worldtour-license|title=Argos-Shimano Team celebrates its new WorldTour license|work=CyclingNews|publisher=Future Publishing Limited|date=10 December 2012|access-date=13 February 2013}}</ref>
Two years after the team's first Grand Tour win, they achieved their first major success in the Tour de France. Following an impressive lead-out and sprint to the line, Marcel Kittel took the team's first Tour de France stage win at the opening stage on the island of Corsica, and with it the famous yellow jersey.
In September 2014 German shampoo manufacturer Alpecin announced that they would co-sponsor the team alongside Giant for the 2015 season.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://velonews.competitor.com/2014/09/news/german-shampoo-maker-alpecin-to-sponsor-giant_347057 |title=German shampoo maker Alpecin to sponsor Giant|date=24 September 2014 |website=VeloNews |access-date=24 September 2014}}</ref> In December 2014 Sunweb (a Dutch-owned international tour operator) was announced as a new major sponsor of the team, signing a 2-year deal.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/sunweb-signs-two-year-deal-with-giant-alpecin|title=Sunweb signs two-year deal with Giant-Alpecin|author=Cycling News|work=Cyclingnews.com}}</ref>
In 2015, the team created history by winning its first cycling Monument with John Degenkolb at Milano-Sanremo. Following on from success at Milano-Sanremo, the team collected their second Monument in as many months after winning Paris-Roubaix, otherwise known as the Hell of the North.
On 23 January 2016 during training in Spain, six members of the team (John Degenkolb, Warren Barguil, Max Walscheid, Chad Haga, Fredrik Ludvigsson and Ramon Sinkeldam) were hit by a car that was driven by an English tourist, who turned the wrong way into on-coming traffic.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Irish Independent|url=http://www.independent.ie/sport/other-sports/cycling/john-degenkolb-and-warren-barguil-among-six-giantalpecin-cyclists-hospitalised-after-being-hit-by-a-car-34390916.html|title=John Degenkolb and Warren Barguil among six Giant-Alpecin cyclists hospitalised after being hit by a car|date=23 January 2016}}</ref> For a time there was serious concern about some of them not only returning to ride in the 2016 season, but whether or not the accident might end their careers. Fortunately everyone recovered.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/mixed-fortunes-in-2016-for-the-six-giant-alpecin-riders-involved-in-calpe-crash/ |title=Mixed fortunes in 2016 for the six Giant-Alpecin riders involved in Calpe crash |author=Editorial Staff |publisher=Cycling News |date=27 October 2016 |access-date=11 July 2022}}</ref>
On the first rest day of the 2016 Tour de France, the team announced that Sunweb would become a named sponsor of the team for the 2017 season, and the team would move their registration from the Netherlands to Germany.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Profil of TEAM SUNWEB – Tour de France 2018 |url=https://www.letour.fr/en/team/SUN/team-sunweb |access-date=2018-07-30 |website=www.letour.fr |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/giant-alpecin-confirm-sunweb-as-new-title-sponsor/ |title = Giant-Alpecin confirm Sunweb as new title sponsor}}</ref>
At the beginning of 2017, Team Sunweb launched its Development Program alongside its Men's and Women's programs with the goal of sourcing and developing young international talents, bringing them up to the WorldTour. By 2025, the Development program has already promoted its 22nd talent to the pro's.
In 2017, Team Sunweb won its first Grand Tour: the 2017 Giro d'Italia with Tom Dumoulin. At the 2017 Tour de France, the team won four stages and two major jerseys: Warren Barguil won the Mountains classification and Combativity Award while reaching 10th overall, and Michael Matthews won the Points classification. In September that year, the team collected three world titles in Bergen, Norway. On 17 September, both the Men's and Women's programs become team time trial world champions. 3 days later, Tom Dumoulin writes history once again as the first Dutchman ever to become a world champion in the individual time trial.
In 2018, the team continued to push for a cleaner sport and becomes the first WorldTour team with an additional and independent anti-doping program, in cooperation with the Dutch National Anti-Doping agency ("Dopingautoriteit"). In 2018 the team rode in support of Tom Dumoulin, who finished second in both the 2018 Giro d'Italia and the 2018 Tour de France.
From the 2021 season, DSM took over title sponsorship of the team,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://teamsunweb.com/team-dsm/|title=Home|access-date=4 December 2020|archive-date=4 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201204113026/https://teamsunweb.com/team-dsm/|url-status=dead}}</ref> with the name changing to Team dsm-firmenich in response to a company merger shortly before the 2023 Tour de France.
In 2024, PostNL joined dsm-firmenich as title partner. At the 2024 Tour de France, Romain Bardet claimed the first yellow jersey of the race by winning the opening stage after a two-man breakaway with teammate Frank van den Broek, a Development Program graduate who made his debut at the biggest race in cycling.<ref>{{Cite web |last=updated |first=James Moultrie last |date=2024-06-29 |title=Tour de France: Romain Bardet steals the show on stage 1 to claim first maillot jaune |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-de-france-2024/stage-1/results/ |access-date=2025-04-08 |website=cyclingnews.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=IJnsen |first=Youri |date=2024-06-30 |title=De wonderlijke weg naar de top van Frank van den Broek |url=https://www.wielerflits.nl/nieuws/frank-van-den-broek-bewijst-zich-via-alternatief-programma-wat-is-zijn-weg-naar-de-top/ |access-date=2025-04-08 |website=WielerFlits |language=nl}}</ref>
From the 2025 season, the online Dutch supermarket Picnic replaced dsm-firmenich as title sponsor. The official team name became Team Picnic–PostNL, dsm-firmenich however remained an important partner of the team.<ref>{{Cite web |last=emily |date=2024-12-12 |title=Picnic becomes first title partner of Team Picnic PostNL |url=https://www.teampicnicpostnl.com/picnic-title-partner-team-picnic-postnl/ |access-date=2025-04-08 |website=Team Picnic PostNL |language=en-US}}</ref>
==Team roster== {{Updated|13 March 2026.<ref>{{cite web |title=TEAM PICNIC POSTNL |url=https://www.uci.org/team-details/20811 |website=UCI |access-date=13 March 2026}}</ref>}} {{Cycling squad start}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=Warren Barguil|nat=FRA|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1991|10|28}}}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=Pavel Bittner|nat=CZE|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|2002|10|29}}}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=Dillon Corkery|nat=IRL|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1999|2|12}}}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=John Degenkolb|nat=GER|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1989|1|7}}}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=Robbe Dhondt|nat=BEL|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|2004|6|25}}}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=Matthew Dinham|nat=AUS|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|2000|4|9}}}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=Nils Eekhoff|nat=NED|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1998|1|23}}}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=Alexy Faure Prost|nat=FRA|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|2004|4|22}}}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=Sean Flynn|nat=GBR|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|2000|3|2}}}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=Mattia Gaffuri|nat=ITA|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1999|7|4}}}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=Chris Hamilton|nat=AUS|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1995|5|18}}}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=Fabio Jakobsen|nat=NED|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1996|8|31}}}} {{Cycling squad mid}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=Timo de Jong|nat=NED|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1999|3|28}}}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=James Knox|nat=GBR|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1995|11|4}}}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=Gijs Leemreize|nat=NED|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1999|10|23}}}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=Enzo Leijnse|nat=NED|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|2001|7|16}}}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=Niklas Märkl|nat=GER|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1999|3|3}}}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=Tim Naberman|nat=NED|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1999|5|11}}}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=Max Poole|nat=GBR|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|2003|3|1}}}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=Timo Roosen|nat=NED|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1993|1|11}}}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=Julius van den Berg|nat=NED|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1996|10|23}}}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=Frank van den Broek|nat=NED|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|2000|12|28}}}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=Casper van Uden|nat=NED|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|2001|7|22}}}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=Bram Welten|nat=NED|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1997|3|29}}}} {{Cycling squad end}}
==Major wins== {{Main|List of wins by Shimano–Memory Corp and its successors}}
==National and world champions== {{div col|colwidth=22em}} ;2005 :20px Japan Road Race, Hidenori Nodera ;2008 :20px Japan Road Race, Hidenori Nodera ;2012 :20px Japan Road Race, Yukihiro Doi ;2014 :20px Dutch Time Trial, Tom Dumoulin ;2015 :20px Austria Time Trial, Georg Preidler ;2016 :20px Dutch Time Trial, Tom Dumoulin ;2017 :20px Dutch Time Trial, Tom Dumoulin :20px Austria Time Trial, Georg Preidler :20px Dutch Road Race, Ramon Sinkeldam :20px World Team Time Trial :20px World Time Trial, Tom Dumoulin {{div col end}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{commons category|Team DSM–Firmenich}} * {{Official website|https://www.teampicnicpostnl.com/}}
{{Team Picnic–PostNL (men's team) riders}} {{Team Picnic–PostNL (men's team) seasons}} {{UCI WorldTeams}} {{UCI Road World Champions – Men's team time trial}}
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