Unibet Rose Rockets
Dutch cycling team
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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]
The team at the 2023 Fyen Rundt | |
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| UCI code | URR |
| 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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History
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
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
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. By the end of the year, the team announced that it would be renamed to Unibet Tietema Rockets and would ride on a French license from 2025 on.[9]
2025
Results included a victory at the Cholet-Pays de la Loire by new rider Lukáš Kubiš and a victory in Paris–Camembert by Lander Lookx. The team also gained entry to larger races more frequently: their participation in cycling monument Paris-Roubaix through a wildcard was a key milestone. At the same time, the season was not without setbacks: new rider Giovanni Carboni became involved in a doping case and ultimately left the team. The team ended the year with the signings of experienced riders such as Dylan Groenewegen, Wout Poels and Victor Lafay. A partnership with Rose Bikes lead to a change in team name: from 2026, the team is named Unibet Rose Rockets.[10]
2026
In March 2026, the team won their first UCI World Tour race, with Groenewegen winning the Tour of Bruges. The team was invited to the Giro d'Italia,[11] but missed out on an invite to the Tour de France, despite media expectations.[12]
Equipment
The team will be using Rose Bikes in the 2026 Season.[citation needed]
Team roster
- As of 16 March 2026.[13]
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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, 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
- Bredene Koksijde Classic, Dylan Groenewegen
- Grote Prijs Jean-Pierre Monseré, Dylan Groenewegen
- Tour of Bruges, Dylan Groenewegen
- La Roue Tourangelle, Clément Venturini
Supplementary statistics
Sources:[14]