GreenEDGE Cycling
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GreenEDGE Cycling is a professional cycling team
planning to compete in international road bicycle races. The team, launched in January 2011, aims to be the first Australian team to gain a UCI ProTeam licence. The team is under the management of Andrew Ryan
and Shayne Bannan with Neil Stephens
as Sporting Director
. Equipment sponsorships have been announced with SCOTT Sports and Santini Maglificio Sportivo. The team is understood to have financial backing from Australian businessman Gerry Ryan who owns Jayco Australia.
The team is aiming to fill three-quarters of its roster with Australian riders and has an arrangement with the Team Jayco-AIS to act as its non-exclusive feeder team. The team also plans to compete in women's and track cycling
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. It has signed a full complement of 30 riders, and aims to compete in the 2012 UCI ProTour.
While GreenEDGE is still seeking major sponsorships, it has attracted SCOTT Sports as a bicycle supplier and Santini Maglificio Sportivo. as suppliers of apparel.
Cycling team
A cycling team is a group of cyclists who join a team or are acquired and train together to compete in bicycle races whether recreational or professional - and the supporting personnel...
planning to compete in international road bicycle races. The team, launched in January 2011, aims to be the first Australian team to gain a UCI ProTeam licence. The team is under the management of Andrew Ryan
Andrew Ryan
Andrew Ryan is an Australian professional rugby league footballer for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs of the National Rugby League. He has also represented Australia and New South Wales and previously played for the Parramatta Eels...
and Shayne Bannan with Neil Stephens
Neil Stephens
Neil Stephens is an Australian former road bicycle racer. He is a Tour de France stage winner and is a one of only 25 riders and the only Australian to have completed the three Grand Tours in a calendar year. He was involved in the Festina doping scandal in 1998 Tour de France...
as Sporting Director
Directeur sportif
A directeur sportif is a person directing a cycling team during a road bicycle racing event...
. Equipment sponsorships have been announced with SCOTT Sports and Santini Maglificio Sportivo. The team is understood to have financial backing from Australian businessman Gerry Ryan who owns Jayco Australia.
The team is aiming to fill three-quarters of its roster with Australian riders and has an arrangement with the Team Jayco-AIS to act as its non-exclusive feeder team. The team also plans to compete in women's and track cycling
Track cycling
Track cycling is a bicycle racing sport usually held on specially built banked tracks or velodromes using track bicycles....
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History
The team was launched on 17 Jan 2011 in AdelaideAdelaide
Adelaide is the capital city of South Australia and the fifth-largest city in Australia. Adelaide has an estimated population of more than 1.2 million...
. It has signed a full complement of 30 riders, and aims to compete in the 2012 UCI ProTour.
While GreenEDGE is still seeking major sponsorships, it has attracted SCOTT Sports as a bicycle supplier and Santini Maglificio Sportivo. as suppliers of apparel.