IAM Cycling will be flying to Adelaide on January 9, 2016. Once they have arrived, the riders will do their best to overcome the nine and a half hour time difference in order to be able to complete the workouts that directeur sportif Kjell Carlström will lay out for them in order to have the squad ready and competitive starting on January 17th in time for the criterium that will be raced around the streets of Adelaide.

"2016 will be a year of action for our strong and well established team culture." Michel Thétaz, CEO of IAM, wants to see his riders on center stage early in the new season.   

IAM Cycling Sports Manager, Rik Verbrugghe, sets the tone for his protégés even before the first pedal stroke of the year: "We have to be up to the level of the WorldTour.  In Australia, we will bring together a great team with more than one opportunity for success.  We have strengthened the lead-out train in order to give Matteo Pelucchi the greatest chance for success.  And Jarlinson Pantano has what it takes to finish in the top-5 overall."

IAM Cycling did more than just fill up the spaces in January last year racing around the Adelaide region.  Heinrich Haussler succeeded in taking 5th place in the opening criterium before grabbing 2nd, 4th, and 5th places in the TDU stages.  Meanwhile, Jarlinson Pantano climbed to 9th place overall in the race that was won by Rohan Dennis (BMC).

IAM Cycling will spend 23 days in Oceania, as the only Swiss member of the WorldTour, before competing in the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Race, which is scheduled for January 31st, over the same course around Geelong that was used for the World Road Race Championships in 2010.

Line-up

Marcel Aregger (S)

Leigh Howard (Aus)

Roger Kluge (All)

Jarlinson Pantano (Col)

Matteo Pelucchi (It)

Aleksejs Saramotins (Let)

David Tanner (Aus)