Bennelong SwissWellness Cycling Team p/b Cervelo explained
Bennelong SwissWellness Cycling Team p/b Cervelo |
Code: | IWS |
Registered: | Australia |
Disbanded: | 2018
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Bicycles: | Cervelo |
Teammanager: | Andrew Christie-Johnson Steve Price |
Discipline: | Road |
Status: | UCI Continental |
Season: | 2000–2009 2010–2012 2013 2014–2015 2016 2017 2018 |
Oldname: | 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 |
Bennelong SwissWellness Cycling Team p/b Cervelo 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]
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
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
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, 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 CooperWorld, 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 PorterNational 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 LawNotes and References
- Web site: National Road Series Special: The Genesis of Genesys . Bicycling Australia . 19 March 2022 . en-AU . 23 September 2013.
- Web site: Tour of Tasmania hits west. The Advocate. 2010-09-16. 5 October 2010.
- Web site: A team on the brink: Avanti-IsoWhey Sports' fight for survival . CyclingTips . 19 March 2022 . en . 24 November 2016.
- Web site: 2017 Herald Sun Tour start list . cyclingnews.com . 19 March 2022 . en . 29 January 2017.
- Web site: Tour de Taiwan 2015: Stage 2 Results . cyclingnews.com . 19 March 2022 . en . 23 March 2015.
- Web site: Avanti Bikes - Avanti Racing Team Focus on Stage Wins in China . Avanti Bikes . 19 March 2022 . en.
- Web site: UCI announces world championship allocations - Cyclingnews.com. 17 August 2013 . 9 April 2018.
- Web site: Avanti IsoWhey Sports confirm 2016 roster - Cyclingnews.com. 17 December 2015 . 9 April 2018.
- Web site: Avanti IsoWhey and SwissWellness merge to create new IsoWhey Sports SwissWellness team - Cyclingnews.com. 12 December 2016 . 9 April 2018.
- Web site: Avanti IsoWhey Sports lose Avanti as co-naming rights sponsor - Cyclingnews.com. 26 October 2016 . 9 April 2018.
- Web site: Bennelong new naming rights sponsor for IsoWhey Sports Swisswellness - Cyclingnews.com. 23 November 2017 . 9 April 2018.