Bennelong SwissWellness Cycling Team p/b Cervelo
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. The team was founded by Andrew Christie-Johnson and Steve Price.[1]
Team information | |
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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 |
The team is currently 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.[2]
For the 2016 season the team secured the sponsorship of sports nutrition company, IsoWhey Sports.[3]
For the 2017 season the team merged with SwissWellness,[4] securing the teams immediate future after Avanti announced they would stop sponsoring the team in October 2016[5]
The 2018 season saw Bennelong Funds Management secure primary naming rights of the team.[6]
Team roster
As at 31 December 2018
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Major wins
- 2008
- Stage 2 Tour of Wellington, Richie Porte
- 2009
- Stage 2 Giro del 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 2 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
- 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
- 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
- "Tour of Tasmania hits west". The Advocate. 16 September 2010. Retrieved 5 October 2010.
- "UCI announces world championship allocations - Cyclingnews.com". Retrieved 9 April 2018.
- "Avanti IsoWhey Sports confirm 2016 roster - Cyclingnews.com". Retrieved 9 April 2018.
- "Avanti IsoWhey and SwissWellness merge to create new IsoWhey Sports SwissWellness team - Cyclingnews.com". Retrieved 9 April 2018.
- "Avanti IsoWhey Sports lose Avanti as co-naming rights sponsor - Cyclingnews.com". Retrieved 9 April 2018.
- "Bennelong new naming rights sponsor for IsoWhey Sports Swisswellness - Cyclingnews.com". Retrieved 9 April 2018.