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] The team was founded by Andrew Christie-Johnson and Steve Price.[2]
| Team information | |
|---|---|
| UCI code | IWS |
| Registered | Australia |
| Founded | 2000 |
| Disbanded | 2018 Merged with Mobius BridgeLane to form Team BridgeLane. |
| Discipline(s) | Road |
| Status | UCI Continental |
| Bicycles | Cervelo |
| Key personnel | |
| Team manager(s) | Andrew Christie-Johnson Steve Price |
| Team name history | |
2000–2009 2010–2012 2013 2014–2015 2016 2017 2018 | Praties Genesys Wealth Advisers Huon Salmon-Genesys Wealth Advisers Avanti Racing Team Avanti IsoWhey Sports IsoWhey Sports SwissWellness Bennelong SwissWellness Cycling Team p/b Cervelo |
In 2014 team was the top ranked team in Australia's National Road Series (NRS).[3] It has competed overseas in the 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] securing the teams immediate future after 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
editAs at 31 December 2018
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Major wins
edit- 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
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
- Overall 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
- Overall 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
- Overall 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
- 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
edit- 2013
New Zealand Time Trial, Joseph Cooper- 2014
- New Zealand Time Trial, Taylor Gunman
Oceania Time Trial, Joseph Cooper
World U23 Time Trial, Campbell Flakemore- 2015
- New Zealand Road Race, Joseph Cooper
- 2016
- Oceania Time Trial, Sean Lake
- Oceania Road Race, Sean Lake
- 2017
- New Zealand Road Race, Joseph Cooper
- 2018
- Oceania Road Race, Chris Harper
Australia Track (Madison), Alexander Porter
National Road Series
edit- 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
edit- ^ "National Road Series Special: The Genesis of Genesys". Bicycling Australia. 23 September 2013. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
- ^ "Tour of Tasmania hits west". The Advocate. 16 September 2010. Retrieved 5 October 2010.
- ^ "A team on the brink: Avanti-IsoWhey Sports' fight for survival". CyclingTips. 24 November 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
- ^ "2017 Herald Sun Tour start list". cyclingnews.com. 29 January 2017. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
- ^ "Tour de Taiwan 2015: Stage 2 Results". cyclingnews.com. 23 March 2015. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
- ^ "Avanti Bikes - Avanti Racing Team Focus on Stage Wins in China". Avanti Bikes. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
- ^ "UCI announces world championship allocations - Cyclingnews.com". 17 August 2013. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
- ^ "Avanti IsoWhey Sports confirm 2016 roster - Cyclingnews.com". 17 December 2015. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
- ^ "Avanti IsoWhey and SwissWellness merge to create new IsoWhey Sports SwissWellness team - Cyclingnews.com". 12 December 2016. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
- ^ "Avanti IsoWhey Sports lose Avanti as co-naming rights sponsor - Cyclingnews.com". 26 October 2016. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
- ^ "Bennelong new naming rights sponsor for IsoWhey Sports Swisswellness - Cyclingnews.com". 23 November 2017. Retrieved 9 April 2018.