The 2021 season for Lotto–Soudal was the 37th season in the team's existence and the seventh season under the current name. The team has been a UCI WorldTeam since 2005, when the tier was first established.[1]

Team roster

As of 10 June 2021.[1][2][3]
Rider Date of birth
 Filippo Conca (ITA) (1998-09-22)22 September 1998 (aged 22)
 Steff Cras (BEL) (1996-02-13)13 February 1996 (aged 24)
 Jasper De Buyst (BEL) (1993-11-24)24 November 1993 (aged 27)
 Thomas De Gendt (BEL) (1986-11-06)6 November 1986 (aged 34)
 John Degenkolb (GER) (1989-01-07)7 January 1989 (aged 31)
 Caleb Ewan (AUS) (1994-07-11)11 July 1994 (aged 26)
 Frederik Frison (BEL) (1992-07-28)28 July 1992 (aged 28)
 Philippe Gilbert (BEL) (1982-07-05)5 July 1982 (aged 38)
 Kobe Goossens (BEL) (1996-04-29)29 April 1996 (aged 24)
 Sébastien Grignard (BEL) (1999-04-29)29 April 1999 (aged 21)
 Matthew Holmes (GBR) (1993-12-08)8 December 1993 (aged 27)
 Roger Kluge (GER) (1986-02-05)5 February 1986 (aged 34)
 Andreas Kron (DEN) (1998-06-01)1 June 1998 (aged 22)
 Kamil Małecki (POL) (1996-01-02)2 January 1996 (aged 24)
Rider Date of birth
 Tomasz Marczyński (POL) (1984-03-06)6 March 1984 (aged 36)
 Sylvain Moniquet (BEL) (1998-01-14)14 January 1998 (aged 22)
 Stefano Oldani (ITA) (1998-01-10)10 January 1998 (aged 22)
 Harry Sweeny (AUS) (1998-07-09)9 July 1998 (aged 22)
 Gerben Thijssen (BEL) (1998-06-21)21 June 1998 (aged 22)
 Tosh Van der Sande (BEL) (1990-11-28)28 November 1990 (aged 30)
 Maxim Van Gils (BEL) (1999-11-25)25 November 1999 (aged 21)
 Brent Van Moer (BEL) (1998-01-12)12 January 1998 (aged 22)
 Harm Vanhoucke (BEL) (1997-06-17)17 June 1997 (aged 23)
 Florian Vermeersch (BEL) (1999-04-12)12 April 1999 (aged 21)
 Viktor Verschaeve (BEL) (1998-08-03)3 August 1998 (aged 22)
 Xandres Vervloesem (BEL) (2000-05-13)13 May 2000 (aged 20)
 Tim Wellens (BEL) (1991-05-10)10 May 1991 (aged 29)

Season victories

Date Race Competition Rider Country Location Ref.
5 February Étoile de Bessèges, Stage 3 UCI Europe Tour  Tim Wellens (BEL)  France Bessèges [31]
7 February Étoile de Bessèges, Overall UCI Europe Tour  Tim Wellens (BEL)  France [32]
7 February Étoile de Bessèges, Team classification UCI Europe Tour [a]  France [32]
14 February Tour de la Provence, Mountains classification UCI Europe Tour
UCI ProSeries		  Filippo Conca (ITA)  France [33]
27 February UAE Tour, Stage 7 UCI World Tour  Caleb Ewan (AUS)  United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi [34]
22 March Volta a Catalunya, Stage 1 UCI World Tour  Andreas Kron (DEN)  Spain Calella [35]
28 March Volta a Catalunya, Stage 7 UCI World Tour  Thomas De Gendt (BEL)  Spain Barcelona [36]
2 May Tour de Romandie, Mountains classification UCI World Tour  Kobe Goossens (BEL)  Switzerland [37]
12 May Giro d'Italia, Stage 5 UCI World Tour  Caleb Ewan (AUS)  Italy Cattolica [38][39]
14 May Giro d'Italia, Stage 7 UCI World Tour  Caleb Ewan (AUS)  Italy Termoli [40][41]
30 May Critérium du Dauphiné, Stage 1 UCI World Tour  Brent Van Moer (BEL)  France Issoire [42]
11 June Tour de Suisse, Stage 6 UCI World Tour  Andreas Kron (DEN)  Switzerland Disentis-Sedrun [43]
11 June Tour of Belgium, Stage 3 UCI Europe Tour
UCI ProSeries		  Caleb Ewan (AUS)  Belgium Scherpenheuvel-Zichem [44]
12 June Tour of Belgium, Stage 4 UCI Europe Tour
UCI ProSeries		  Caleb Ewan (AUS)  Belgium Hamoir [45]
13 June Tour of Belgium, Points classification UCI Europe Tour
UCI ProSeries		  Caleb Ewan (AUS)  Belgium [46]
24 July Tour de Wallonie, Mountains classification UCI Europe Tour
UCI ProSeries		  Florian Vermeersch (BEL)  Belgium [47]
31 July Tour de l'Ain, Team classification UCI Europe Tour [b]  France [48]
3 September Benelux Tour, Stage 5 UCI World Tour  Caleb Ewan (AUS)  Belgium Bilzen [49]

Notes

  1. ^ The riders in the squad were John Degenkolb, Philippe Gilbert, Andreas Kron, Stefano Oldani, Gerben Thijssen, Brent Van Moer, and Tim Wellens.
  2. ^ The riders in the squad were Steff Cras, Frederik Frison, Andreas Kron, Sylvain Moniquet, Harm Vanhoucke, and Florian Vermeersch.

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