Scott Sunderland (coach)
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Scott G. Sunderland is a former Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

n professional cyclist, now Sports Manager and Consultant.

Sunderland was born in Inverell, a country town in northern New South Wales
New South Wales
New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...

. He worked double shifts in the Inverell abattoirs to fund his early European racing career.

Until he retired at the end of 2004, Sunderland was Australia's longest serving professional cyclist, and placed highly in many of the cycling world's greatest events.

As a racer, Sunderland had more than his fair share of injuries and setbacks, the most memorable being when he was struck by a car driven by his former director, Cees Priem, during the 1998 Amstel Gold race.
Sunderland recovered and the final few years of his career saw a resurgent Scott Sunderland.

Sunderland rode his last Tour de France in 2004.

Management career

After his retirement Scott Sunderland became Sports Director with Bjarne Riis
Bjarne Riis
Bjarne Lykkegård Riis , nicknamed The Eagle from Herning , is a Danish former professional road bicycle racer who placed first in the 1996 Tour de France, and is now the team owner and manager of Danish UCI ProTour outfit Team Saxo Bank Sungard...

' CSC squad
Team CSC
Team Saxo Bank-SunGard is a professional cycling team from Denmark. It competes in the UCI ProTour. The team is owned and managed by former Tour de France winner Bjarne Riis, under the management of his company Riis Cycling. The sponsor is a Danish investment bank.Founded for 1998 Team home – Jack...

 from 2004 till end of 2008. He coached the team to consecutive wins in the Paris–Roubaix in 2006 and 2007. In 2008 CSC squad
Team CSC
Team Saxo Bank-SunGard is a professional cycling team from Denmark. It competes in the UCI ProTour. The team is owned and managed by former Tour de France winner Bjarne Riis, under the management of his company Riis Cycling. The sponsor is a Danish investment bank.Founded for 1998 Team home – Jack...

  took the overall victory in the Tour de France
Tour de France
The Tour de France is an annual bicycle race held in France and nearby countries. First staged in 1903, the race covers more than and lasts three weeks. As the best known and most prestigious of cycling's three "Grand Tours", the Tour de France attracts riders and teams from around the world. The...

 with Spanish star rider Carlos Sastre
Carlos Sastre
Carlos Sastre Candil is a retired Spanish professional road bicycle racer and champion of the 2008 Tour de France. Sastre rides in 2011 for UCI Professional Continental team...

.

In September 2008, Sunderland was recruited by the Cervélo TestTeam
Cervélo TestTeam
Cervélo TestTeam is a former professional cycling team, whose license was held in Switzerland by the cycling management company Cycling United Racing. The team's title sponsor was Cervélo, a Canadian manufacturer of bicycle frames that previously exclusively supplied...

 owner Gerard Vroomen to form his newly announced Professional Cycling Team. 2008 Tour de France winner Carlos Sastre followed Sunderland in his move.

Early 2009 Sunderland was headhunted by British Cycling
British Cycling
British Cycling is the national governing body for cycle racing in Great Britain. It administers most competitive cycling in Great Britain, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man...

 and BC High Performance Manager Dave Brailsford and appointed Sports Manager to help put together a new professional British road cycling team, financially backed by BSkyB.

In 2010
2010 Team Sky season
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 , Team Sky
Team Sky
Team Sky is a British professional road bicycle racing team that competes in international road bicycle races. The creation of the team was announced on 26 February 2009 and the team began competition in January 2010....

 entered its first year of competition with Scott Sunderland in the position of Senior Sports Director.

In February 2010 the team got its first semi-classic victory when Juan Antonio Flecha won the Belgian semi-classic Omloop Het Nieuwsblad with a solo break.
Sunderland left Team Sky in May 2010, citing that he wanted to spend more time with his family.

Palmares

Juniors Under 16
NSW State Champion (Road Race)
2nd Teams Pursuit (Track) Australian National Championships
2nd Teams Time-trial (Road) Australian National Championships

Juniors Under 18
NSW State Champion (Individual National Road Race)
Australian National Champion 50km Teams Time-trial (Road)
Australian National Champion Teams Pursuit (Track)

Oceania Games
1st Individual Road Race, 1st Time Trial, 2nd teams pursuit (Track), 3rd 30 km point score (Track)

1985 Amateur
NSW State Champion, 50km point score (Track)
2nd 4000m teams pursuit (Track) Australian National Championships

1986 Amateur
1st Australian Individual Senior National Road Championships (Aged 19 - racing elite)

1990
Out due to a knee injury in the early part of the season
14th Paris–Camembert
Finished Tour of Switzerland and Giro d'Italia

1991
1st Trofeo Pantalica
Trofeo Pantalica
The Trofeo Pantalica was a professional road bicycle race held annually in Province of Syracuse, Italy. The last edition took place in 2003.-Winners:-External links:*...

9th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
3rd in stage 4
4th Overall Herald Sun Tour
7th Overall Kellogg's Tour of Great Britain

1992
1st Overall Mazda Alpine Tour
1st Mountain jersey,

5th Milan – San Remo

4th Overall Settimana Ciclista Internazionale
3rd stage 12 Vuelta a España
Vuelta a España
The Vuelta a España is a three-week road bicycle racing stage race that is one of the three "Grand Tours" of Europe and part of the UCI World Ranking calendar. The race lasts three weeks and attracts cyclists from around the world. The race is broken into day-long segments, called stages...


1993
Winner Oppy Oscar Cyclist of the Year, Australia
3rd Zottegem
4th Stage 3 Vuelta a España
Vuelta a España
The Vuelta a España is a three-week road bicycle racing stage race that is one of the three "Grand Tours" of Europe and part of the UCI World Ranking calendar. The race lasts three weeks and attracts cyclists from around the world. The race is broken into day-long segments, called stages...

5th Stage 2 Vuelta a España
Vuelta a España
The Vuelta a España is a three-week road bicycle racing stage race that is one of the three "Grand Tours" of Europe and part of the UCI World Ranking calendar. The race lasts three weeks and attracts cyclists from around the world. The race is broken into day-long segments, called stages...

10th Overall Tour of Switzerland,
13th Milan – San Remo

1994
1st Schynberg Rundfahrt Sulz
2nd Trophee Des Grimpeurs
4th stage 1 Vuelta de Pays Basque
10th Overall Kelloggs Tour of Great Britain,
1st Mountains jersey
10th Overall Vuelta a Burgos
15th Clásica de San Sebastián
Clásica de San Sebastián
The Donostia-Donostia Klasikoa - Clásica San Sebastián-San Sebastián is a cycle race that has been held every summer since 1981 in San Sebastián, Spain...

17th World Championships Sicily

1995
Knee operation in April; back in competition in July
10th Giro Del Emilia
11th Coppa Sabatini
13th Coppa Placci

1996
1st Stage 4 Tour Des Regions Wallonne
16th Overall Tour of Luxemburg
3rd in 1 stage

1997
1st Sprint classification Tour De Romandie
7th Overall Tour Du Mediterrian
10th Milan-Turin
14th Paris - Bourges
15th Tour of Lombardie
19th Overall Paris–Nice
5th in stage over Mt Ventoux
19th Overall Vuelta Du Pays Basque
2nd in stage 3

1998
1st GP Nokere
3rd G.P. Pino Cerami
6th Kemzeke
9th G.P. Cholet
11th Ronde Van Vlaanderen
11th Gent–Wevelgem


Out of competition from May 1998 until 18 July 1999 due to accident during Amstel Gold World Cup Race

1999
A crash kept him out of competition until July 1999
1st Stage 1 Vuelta a Castilla-Leon
4th Overall Commonwealth Bank Classic,
1st King Of The Mountains Classification
1st Points Classification

2000
1st Noosa Criterium
2nd stage 4 Vuelta a Burgos
3rd stage 2 Vuelta a Burgos,
2nd Australian National Road Race Championships
3rd Overijse
4th Zottegem
7th World Road Race Championships

2001
1st Grand Prix Pino Cerami
1st Grand Prix Fourmies
1st Stage 5 Herald Sun Tour
2nd Brabantse Pijl
2nd Grand Prix Rennes
3rd Paris–Camembert
3rd Grand Prix Wallonie
3rd Overall Paris–Corrèze
3rd Paris–Bourges
5th Overall Hessen Rundfahrt
1st in Mountains Classification
13th Overall Tour of Germany
18th Amstel Gold Race
Amstel Gold Race
The Amstel Gold Race is a road bicycle race held in the southern part of the province of Limburg, Netherlands. Since 1989 it has been among the races included in season long rankings tables, as part of the UCI Road World Cup , the UCI ProTour , UCI World Ranking and from 2011 the UCI World Tour...


2002
1st Stage 7 Bank Austria Tour

2003
2nd CSC Classic
23rd Overall Giro d'Italia
Giro d'Italia
The Giro d'Italia , also simply known as The Giro, is a long distance road bicycle racing stage race for professional cyclists held over three weeks in May/early June in and around Italy. The Giro is one of the three Grand Tours , and is part of the UCI World Ranking calendar...


2004
44th Paris–Roubaix
96th Overall Tour de France
Tour de France
The Tour de France is an annual bicycle race held in France and nearby countries. First staged in 1903, the race covers more than and lasts three weeks. As the best known and most prestigious of cycling's three "Grand Tours", the Tour de France attracts riders and teams from around the world. The...



External links

  • http://www.scottsunderland.com/
  • http://www.twitter.com/triplesmc
  • http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/2170/Sunderland-talks-High-Performance-as-UCI-initiates-new-cycling-era.aspx
  • http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/sky-to-nurture-young-talent
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