The Unibet Tietema Rockets are a Dutch

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status

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on a French license focusing on

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Bas Tietema Bas Tietema (born 29 January 1995) is a Dutch former cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2017 to 2018 and again from 2022 to 2023. He runs thTour de TietemaYouTube channel and founded UCI ProTeam in 2023. Career Tietema originally playe ...

created the team in 2023. The team upgraded from

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status in 2024.

History

The main sponsor of the team is

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who sponsored a team back in 2006/2007 () but because of 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, although from 2028 teams sponsored by gambling companies will not be able to race in Belgium.

Hugo Haak Hugo Haak (born 29 October 1991) is a Dutch track cyclist and revered coach. He represented his nation at the 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships. At the 2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships he won the si ...

joined as Team Manager in 2023 after coaching on the Track for the past few years. The team's calendar for 2023 consisted of mostly Belgian and Dutch races. The team's biggest victory was stage 1 of the ZLM Tour by

Yentl Vandevelde Yentl Vandevelde (born 31 October 2000) is a Belgian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam . Vandevelde had a surprise victory from the breakaway on stage 1 of the 2023 ZLM Tour, a UCI ProSeries event. However, he was let go by for 2024 ...

. Despite this success, Vandevelde was let go by the team for 2024. On 17 October 2024 the team announced that it would be renamed to Unibet Tietema Rockets and would ride on a French license from 2025 on.

Equipment

The team uses

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bicycles in a bright yellow-pink colour scheme. The bike has

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Ultegra Di2 12 speed gearing with Scope wheels and

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tires.

Team roster

Major wins

;2023 :Stage 1 ZLM Tour,

: Overall

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, Hartthijs de Vries ::Stage 3,

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;2024 :Stage 4

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, Hartthijs de Vries :

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, Nicklas Amdi Pedersen : Overall

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* Cycl ...

Adrien Maire Adrien Maire (born 17 November 2000) is a French road bicycle racing, road cyclist, who rides for UCI ProSeries, UCI ProTeam . Major results ;2021 : 6th Trofeo Città di San Vendemiano ;2022 : 6th GP Capodarco ;2023 : 1st Overall :es:Vuelta a l ...

::Stage 3,

;2025 : Cholet Agglo Tour, Lukas Kubis : Paris - Camembert,

Lander Loockx Lander Loockx (born 25 April 1997) is a Belgian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam . Major results Cyclo-cross ;2014–2015 : 3rd National Junior Championships : 3rd Junior Azencross : Junior BPost Bank Trophy ::3rd Essen ;2016–2 ...

References

External links

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