Joker Fuel of Norway
(Redirected from Maxbo–Bianchi)
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| Registered | Norway |
| Founded | 2005 |
| Disbanded | 2020 |
| Discipline(s) | Road |
| Status | Continental |
| Key personnel | |
| General manager | Birger Hungerholdt |
| Team manager(s) | Gino van Oudehove |
| Team name history | |
2005–2007 2008–2010 2011–2013 2014–2016 2016 2017–2018 2019–2020 | Maxbo–Bianchi Joker–Bianchi Joker–Merida Team Joker Team Joker–Byggtorget Joker Icopal Joker Fuel of Norway |
Joker Fuel of Norway (UCI team code: JFN) was a UCI Continental cycling team based in Norway, [1] managed by Birger Hungerholdt with assistance from directeur sportifs Gino van Oudehove and Anders Linnestad. The team had well known riders, including Alexander Kristoff who rode for the team from 2007 to 2009,[2] and Edvald Boasson Hagen who joined the team in 2006 Maxbo–Bianchi and in his first season in the continental circuits he took eight wins including three stages of the Tour de l'Avenir.[3]
The team folded in 2020 due to financial pressures of the COVID-19 pandemic.[4]
Team roster
[edit]- As of 6 April 2020.[5]
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Major wins
[edit]- 2006
Norway Road Race Championships, Lars Petter Nordhaug- Stage 4 Rhône-Alpes Isère Tour, Edvald Boasson Hagen
- Stages 1 & 5 Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23, Edvald Boasson Hagen
- GP Möbel Alvisse, Gabriel Rasch
- Stage 3 Flèche du Sud, Christopher Myhre
- Overall Ringerike GP, Gabriel Rasch
- Stage 3, Edvald Boasson Hagen
- Scandinavian Open Road Race, Edvald Boasson Hagen
- Stages 2, 5 & 7 Tour de l'Avenir, Edvald Boasson Hagen
- 2007
- Norway Time Trial Championships, Edvald Boasson Hagen
- Norway Road Race Championships, Alexander Kristoff
- Overall Istrian Spring Trophy, Edvald Boasson Hagen
- Prologue, Edvald Boasson Hagen
- Stage 6 Tour de Normandie, Edvald Boasson Hagen
- Overall Rhône-Alpes Isère Tour, Gabriel Rasch
- Stage 3, Gabriel Rasch
- Stages 1 & 6 Tour de Bretagne, Edvald Boasson Hagen
- Overall Ringerike GP, Edvald Boasson Hagen
- Stages 1, 2, 3 & 5, Edvald Boasson Hagen
- Overall Paris–Corrèze, Edvald Boasson Hagen
- Stages 1 & 2, Edvald Boasson Hagen
- Stage 4 Tour of Ireland, Edvald Boasson Hagen
- 2008
- Stage 7 Tour de Bretagne, Frederik Wilmann
- Stage 2 Olympia's Tour, Joachim Bohler
- Stage 3 Ringerike GP, Joachim Bohler
- Stage 4 Ringerike GP, Alexander Kristoff
- 2009
- Poreč Trophy, Ole Haavardsholm
- Stage 6 Tour de Normandie, Lars Petter Nordhaug
- Stage 3 Ringerike GP, Alexander Kristoff
- Stage 4 Ringerike GP, Sondre Sortveit
- Stage 5 Ringerike GP, Stian Remme
- Stage 1 Tour Alsace, Frederik Wilmann
- Overall Mi-Août Bretonne, Frederik Wilmann
- Stage 3 Tour of Ireland, Lars Petter Nordhaug
- 2010
- Overall Ringerike GP, Christer Rake
- Stage 4, Christer Rake
- 2011
- Rogaland GP, Frederik Wilmann
- Stage 5 Tour of Norway, Christer Rake
- Stage 2 Tour of China, Adrian Gjølberg
- 2012
- Norway Time Trial Championships, Reidar Borgersen
- 2013
- Stage 3 Circuit des Ardennes, Team time trial
- Ringerike GP, Reidar Borgersen
- Overall Ronde de l'Oise, Vegard Breen
- Gooikse Pijl, Vegard Robinson Bugge
- 2014
- Norway Time Trial Championships, Reidar Borgersen
- Arno Wallaard Memorial, Edvin Wilson
- Overall Okolo Jižních Čech, Reidar Borgersen
- Stage 2 (ITT), Reidar Borgersen
- Duo Normand, Reidar Borgersen & Truls Korsæth
- 2015
- Stage 3 Tour de Normandie, Daniel Hoelgaard
- Stage 5 Tour de Normandie, Bjørn Tore Hoem
- Stage 1 Tour de Bretagne, Adrian Aas Stien
- Stage 5 Tour de Bretagne, Daniel Hoelgaard
- Stage 3 Ronde de l'Oise, Vegard Stake Laengen
- Overall Tour Alsace, Vegard Stake Laengen
- Stage 1, Bjørn Tore Hoem
- Stage 3, Vegard Stake Laengen
- 2016
- Overall Tour de Gironde, Amund Grøndahl Jansen
- Stage 1, Truls Korsæth
- Stage 2, Amund Grøndahl Jansen
- Stage 3, Adrian Aas Stien
- Grand Prix d'Isbergues, Kristoffer Halvorsen
- Stages 3b & 4 Olympia's Tour, Kristoffer Halvorsen
- UCI Under-23 World Road Race Championships, Kristoffer Halvorsen
- 2017
- Handzame Classic, Kristoffer Halvorsen
- Stage 1 Circuit des Ardennes, Markus Hoelgaard
- Norway Road Race Championships, Rasmus Tiller
- Stage 1 Tour Alsace, Markus Hoelgaard
- Stage 3 Tour Alsace, Carl Fredrik Hagen
- 2018
- Overall Tour du Jura, Carl Fredrik Hagen
- Stage 1 Tour de Bretagne, Herman Dahl
- Prologue Grand Prix Priessnitz spa, Rasmus Tiller
- Overall Ronde de l'Oise, Henrik Evensen
- Stages 1 & 4, Henrik Evensen
- GP Horsens, Herman Dahl
- 2019
- Stage 3 International Tour of Rhodes, Herman Dahl
- Stage 4 Tour de Normandie, Ole Forfang
- 2020
- Stage 1 International Tour of Rhodes, Søren Wærenskjold
National Champions
[edit]- 2006
Norway Road Race Championships, Lars Petter Nordhaug- 2007
- Norway Time Trial Championships, Edvald Boasson Hagen
- Norway Race Championships, Alexander Kristoff
- 2012
- Norway Time Trial Championships, Reidar Borgersen
- 2014
- Norway Time Trial Championships, Reidar Borgersen
- 2017
- Norway Road Race Championships, Rasmus Tiller
References
[edit]- ^ Alpers, Henrik (2014-10-28). "Stake Laengen tilbake til Norge – Skal sykle med gamle kjente i 2015" (in Norwegian). Landevei.no. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
- ^ Fredagsvik, Jarle (2014-10-28). "Team Joker har 2015-stallen klar" (in Norwegian). Procycling.no. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
- ^ "Cruising into the ProTour, Norwegian style". www.cyclingnews.com. 24 August 2007. Retrieved 26 November 2007.
- ^ "Joker Fuel of Norway legger ned satsinga | Procycling.no". Retrieved 25 August 2021.
- ^ "Joker Fuel of Norway". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 6 April 2020. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
External links
[edit]- Official website (in Norwegian)