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Bennelong SwissWellness Cycling Team p/b Cervelo

Australian cycling team


Summary

Australian cycling team

FieldValue
nameBennelong SwissWellness Cycling Team p/b Cervelo
codeIWS
registeredAustralia
founded
disbanded2018
Merged with Mobius BridgeLane to form Team BridgeLane.
bicyclesCervelo
teammanagerAndrew Christie-Johnson
Steve Price
disciplineRoad
statusUCI Continental
season2000–2009
2010–2012
2013
2014–2015
2016
2017
2018
oldnamePraties
Genesys Wealth Advisers
Huon Salmon-Genesys Wealth Advisers
Avanti Racing Team
Avanti IsoWhey Sports
IsoWhey Sports SwissWellness
Bennelong SwissWellness Cycling Team p/b Cervelo

Merged with Mobius BridgeLane to form Team BridgeLane. Steve Price 2010–2012 2013 2014–2015 2016 2017 2018 Genesys Wealth Advisers Huon Salmon-Genesys Wealth Advisers Avanti Racing Team Avanti IsoWhey Sports IsoWhey Sports SwissWellness Bennelong SwissWellness Cycling Team p/b Cervelo Bennelong SwissWellness Cycling Team p/b Cervelo () was an Australian UCI Continental cycling team focusing on road bicycle racing. Based in Tasmania since its establishment in 2000, the team's original title sponsor was a Tasmanian restaurant chain, Praties, but Genesys Wealth Advisers, an Australian financial planning network, has taken over this role in 2010. The team was founded by Andrew Christie-Johnson and Steve Price.

In 2014 team was the top ranked team in Australia's National Road Series (NRS). It has competed overseas in the Tour of Qinghai Lake (2.HC), Tour de Taiwan (2.2) and the Herald Sun Tour (2.1).

The team was invited to compete in the Team Time Trial of the 2013 UCI Road World Championships as the Oceania representative.

For the 2016 season the team secured the sponsorship of sports nutrition company, IsoWhey Sports.

For the 2017 season the team merged with SwissWellness, securing the teams immediate future after Avanti announced they would stop sponsoring the team in October 2016

The 2018 season saw Bennelong Funds Management secure primary naming rights of the team.

Team roster

As at 31 December 2018

Major wins

;2008 :Stage 2 Tour of Wellington, Richie Porte ;2009 :Stage 2 Giro della Regione Friuli Venezia Giulia, Richie Porte ;2010 :Stage 4 Tour of Wellington, Joel Pearson :Stage 1 Tour de Taiwan, Will Clarke ;2011 :[[File:Jersey yellow.svg|20px]] Overall Herald Sun Tour, Nathan Haas :Japan Cup, Nathan Haas ;2012 :Stage 1 New Zealand Cycle Classic, Campbell Flakemore :Stages 1 & 3 Tour de Taiwan, Anthony Giacoppo :Stages 2 & 4 Tour of Borneo, Nathan Earle :Stage 3 Tour of Borneo, Anthony Giacoppo :Prologue Tour de Kumano, Anthony Giacoppo ;2013 :Stage 1 Herald Sun Tour, Aaron Donnelly :Stage 3 Herald Sun Tour, Nathan Earle :[[File:Jersey yellow.svg|20px]] Overall New Zealand Cycle Classic, Nathan Earle

:Stage 2 Tour de Taiwan, Nathan Earle :Stage 4 Tour of Japan, Ben Dyball :Stage 5 Tour of Japan, Nathan Earle :Stage 2 Jelajah Malaysia, Aaron Donnelly :Stage 4 Jelajah Malaysia, Anthony Giacoppo ;2014 :Stage 3 New Zealand Cycle Classic, Brenton Jones :Stages 7 & 9 Tour de Singkarak, Brenton Jones ;2015 :[[File:Jersey yellow.svg|20px]] Overall New Zealand Cycle Classic, Taylor Gunman

:Stage 4 Herald Sun Tour, Patrick Bevin :The REV Classic, Patrick Bevin :Stage 2 Tour de Taiwan, Patrick Bevin :Prologue & Stage 1 Tour de Kumano, Neil Van der Ploeg :Stage 4 Tour de Korea, Patrick Bevin :Prologue Tour of China I, Neil Van der Ploeg :Tour de Okinawa, Jason Christie ;2016 :[[File:Jersey yellow.svg|20px]] Overall New Zealand Cycle Classic, Ben O'Connor

:Overall Tour de Taiwan, Robbie Hucker

:Stages 1 & 3 Tour of Japan, Anthony Giacoppo :Stage 8 Tour of Japan, Sam Crome ;2017 :[[File:Jersey yellow.svg|20px]] Overall New Zealand Cycle Classic, Joseph Cooper

:Stage 1 Tour de Langkawi, Scott Sunderland :Stage 3 Tour de Korea, Scott Sunderland :Prologue & Stage 5 Tour de Hongrie, Scott Sunderland :Stages 3 & 4 (ITT) Tour of China I, Joseph Cooper ;2018 :Stage 4 Herald Sun Tour, Sam Crome :Stage 4 Tour de Taiwan, Cameron Bayly :Commonwealth Games Road Race, Steele Von Hoff :Young rider classification Tour of Japan, Chris Harper :Stage 4 Tour de Korea, Joseph Cooper :Prologue & Stage 2 Tour of China II, Anthony Giacoppo

World, Continental & National Champions

;2013 :[[File:MaillotNuevaZelanda.PNG|20px]] New Zealand Time Trial, Joseph Cooper ;2014 :[[File:MaillotNuevaZelanda.PNG|20px]] New Zealand Time Trial, Taylor Gunman :[[File:OceaniaChampionJersey.png|20px]] Oceania Time Trial, Joseph Cooper :[[File:Jersey rainbow chrono.svg|20px]] World U23 Time Trial, Campbell Flakemore ;2015 :[[File:MaillotNuevaZelanda.PNG|20px]] New Zealand Road Race, Joseph Cooper ;2016 :[[File:OceaniaChampionJersey.png|20px]] Oceania Time Trial, Sean Lake :[[File:OceaniaChampionJersey.png|20px]] Oceania Road Race, Sean Lake ;2017 :[[File:MaillotNuevaZelanda.PNG|20px]] New Zealand Road Race, Joseph Cooper ;2018 :[[File:OceaniaChampionJersey.png|20px]] Oceania Road Race, Chris Harper :[[File:MaillotAustralia.PNG|20px]] Australia Track (Madison), Alexander Porter

National Road Series

;2012 : Stage 3 Mersey Valley Tour, Nathan Earle : Stage 2 North Western Tour, Anthony Giacoppo : Stage 3 Tour of Gippsland, Anthony Giacoppo : Overall Tour of the Great South Coast, Anthony Giacoppo

: Stages 2, 3 & 5 Tour of the Murray River, Anthony Giacoppo : Stages 4 & 14 Tour of the Murray River, Joel Pearson : Stage 9 Tour of the Murray River, Campbell Flakemore : Stage 1 (TTT), Tour of Tasmania : Stage 8, Campbell Flakemore ;2013 : Overall Woodside Tour de Perth, Joseph Cooper

: Overall Battle on the Border, Jack Haig

: Overall Tour of Toowoomba, Nathan Earle

: Overall Santos North West Tour, Nathan Earle

: Stages 1, 4 & 6 Tour of Gippsland, Anthony Giacoppo : Stages 3, 4 & 5 Tour of the Great South West, Anthony Giacoppo ;2014 : Overall Tour de Perth, Joseph Cooper

: Stage 2 Adelaide Tour, Brenton Jones : Stage 4 Adelaide Tour, Jack Beckinsale : Overall Battle on the Border, Joseph Cooper

: Overall Tour of Toowoomba, Jack Haig

: Stages 1, 3 & 4 Tour of the Murray River, Brenton Jones : Overall Tour of the Great South Coast, Brenton Jones

: Stage 1 Tour of Gippsland, Scott Law

References

References

  1. (23 September 2013). "National Road Series Special: The Genesis of Genesys".
  2. (24 November 2016). "A team on the brink: Avanti-IsoWhey Sports' fight for survival".
  3. (29 January 2017). "2017 Herald Sun Tour start list".
  4. (23 March 2015). "Tour de Taiwan 2015: Stage 2 Results".
  5. "Avanti Bikes - Avanti Racing Team Focus on Stage Wins in China".
  6. (17 August 2013). "UCI announces world championship allocations - Cyclingnews.com".
  7. (17 December 2015). "Avanti IsoWhey Sports confirm 2016 roster - Cyclingnews.com".
  8. (12 December 2016). "Avanti IsoWhey and SwissWellness merge to create new IsoWhey Sports SwissWellness team - Cyclingnews.com".
  9. (26 October 2016). "Avanti IsoWhey Sports lose Avanti as co-naming rights sponsor - Cyclingnews.com".
  10. (23 November 2017). "Bennelong new naming rights sponsor for IsoWhey Sports Swisswellness - Cyclingnews.com".
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