Bennelong SwissWellness Cycling Team p/b Cervelo
Australian cycling team
Bennelong SwissWellness Cycling Team p/b Cervelo UCI code IWS Registered Australia Founded 2000 (2000 ) Disbanded 2018Merged with Mobius BridgeLane to form Team BridgeLane . Discipline(s) Road Status UCI Continental Bicycles Cervelo Team manager(s) Andrew Christie-Johnson 2000–2009
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Bennelong SwissWellness Cycling Team p/b Cervelo (UCI team code:IWS ) 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.[ 1] [ 2]
In 2014 team was the top ranked team in Australia's National Road Series (NRS).[ 3] Tour of Qinghai Lake (2.HC), Tour de Taiwan (2.2) and the Herald Sun Tour (2.1).[ 4] [ 5] [ 6]
The team was invited to compete in the Team Time Trial of the 2013 UCI Road World Championships as the Oceania representative.[ 7]
For the 2016 season the team secured the sponsorship of sports nutrition company, IsoWhey Sports.[ 8]
For the 2017 season the team merged with SwissWellness ,[ 9] Avanti announced they would stop sponsoring the team in October 2016[ 10]
The 2018 season saw Bennelong Funds Management secure primary naming rights of the team.[ 11]
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
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
New Zealand Cycle Classic , Nathan Earle
Stage 1 (ITT ), Joseph Cooper
Stages 2 & 4, 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
New Zealand Cycle Classic , Taylor Gunman
Prologue, Joseph Cooper
Stage 1, Jason Christie 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
New Zealand Cycle Classic , Ben O'Connor
Stage 4, Ben O'Connor Overall Tour de Taiwan , Robbie Hucker
Stage 5, Robbie Hucker
Stages 1 & 3 Tour of Japan , Anthony Giacoppo
Stage 8 Tour of Japan, Sam Crome
2017
New Zealand Cycle Classic , Joseph Cooper
Stage 1, Tim Roe
Stage 2, Sam Crome 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
2013
New Zealand Time Trial , Joseph Cooper 2014
New Zealand Time Trial , Taylor Gunman Joseph Cooper Campbell Flakemore 2015
New Zealand Road Race , Joseph Cooper 2016
Sean Lake Sean Lake 2017
New Zealand Road Race , Joseph Cooper 2018
Chris Harper 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 1 & 3, Brenton Jones
Stage 7, Anthony Giacoppo
Stage 9, Campbell Flakemore
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
Stage 2 (ITT), Joseph Cooper
Stage 3, Nathan Earle
Overall Battle on the Border, Jack Haig
Stage 1, Jack Haig
Stage 2, Anthony Giacoppo
Stage 3 (ITT), Joseph Cooper
Overall Tour of Toowoomba, Nathan Earle
Stage 2, Nathan Earle
Stage 3 (TTT)
Overall Santos North West Tour, Nathan Earle
Stage 1 (ITT), Jack Haig
Stage 4, 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 3, Joseph Cooper
Stage 2 Adelaide Tour, Brenton Jones
Stage 4 Adelaide Tour, Jack Beckinsale
Overall Battle on the Border, Joseph Cooper
Stage 1, Mark O'Brien
Stage 3, Joseph Cooper
Stage 4, Scott Law
Overall Tour of Toowoomba, Jack Haig
Stages 1 & 5, Neil van der Ploeg
Stage 2, Jack Haig
Stage 3, TTT
Stages 1, 3 & 4 Tour of the Murray River, Brenton Jones
Overall Tour of the Great South Coast, Brenton Jones
Stages 3 & 5, Brenton Jones
Stage 1 Tour of Gippsland, Scott Law
References
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