Drapac Cannondale Holistic Development Team Explained

Drapac–EF p/b Cannondale Holistic Development Team
Code:	DCC
Registered:	Australia
Disbanded:	2019^[1]
Bicycles:	Cannondale
Website:	http://www.drapaccycling.com
Teammanager:	Agostino Giramondo Tom Southam^[2]
Discipline:	Road
Status:	National (2004–2005) UCI Continental (2006–2013) UCI Continental (2017–2019)
Season:	2004 2005 2006 2007–2008 2009–2010 2011–2016 2017 2018 2019
Oldname:	Drapac Development Program MG Xpower–BigPond Drapac–Porsche Drapac–Porsche Development Program Drapac–Porsche Cycling Drapac Professional Cycling Drapac–Pat's Veg Holistic Development Team Drapac–EF p/b Cannondale Holistic Development Team Drapac Cannondale Holistic Development Team
Kitimage:	Drapac Professional Cycling jersey.png

Drapac–EF p/b Cannondale Holistic Development Team was an Australian UCI Continental cycling team focusing on road bicycle racing. It was founded in 2004 by Michael Drapac to promote cycling in Australia and became a UCI team in 2006.^[3] In November 2013 the team was promoted from UCI Continental to Professional Continental status.^[4] In June 2016 it was announced that Drapac would become co-sponsor of the UCI WorldTeam for the remainder of the year, before a merger with Drapac Professional Cycling for 2017. The sponsorship deal was agreed for five years, with Michael Drapac becoming a joint owner of the Cannondale team's holding company Slipstream Sports and continuing to fund a development squad under the name Drapac–Pat's Veg.^[5]

The team announced that 2019 would be their final season before ceasing operations.^[6]

Team roster

Major wins

2006

Stage 2 Tour of Wellington, Stuart Shaw

Stages 1, 2, 3 & 7, Tour de Taiwan, Robert McLachlan

Overall Tour of Chongming Island, Robert McLachlan

Stage 1 & 3, Robert McLachlan

Stage 1 & 5 Tour de Korea, Stuart Shaw

Stage 2 & 6 Tour de Korea, Robert McLachlan

Stage 7 Tour de Korea, Darren Lapthorne

Melbourne to Warrnambool Classic, Robert McLachlan

Stage 3 Tour of Southland, Robert McLachlan

2007

Stage 6 Tour de Taiwan, Robert McLachlan

Stage 3 Tour de Hokkaido, Mitchell Docker

Stage 5 Tour de Hokkaido, Darren Lapthorne

2008

Stage 3 Tour de Taiwan, Peter McDonald

Stage 5 Tour de East Java, Mitchell Docker

Stage 5 Tour de Hokkaido, Peter McDonald

2009

Overall Tour of Wellington, Peter McDonald

Stage 2, Peter McDonald

Stage 1 Tour de Gironde, Stuart Shaw

Stage 1 Tour de Okinawa, Thomas Palmer

2010

Stage 1 Tour of Wellington, Peter McDonald

Stage 7 Tour de Langkawi, Stuart Shaw

Stage 1 Tour de Okinawa, Thomas Palmer

2nd Japan Cup, Peter McDonald

Melbourne to Warrnambool Classic, Rhys Pollock

2011

Prologue Tour de Taiwan, Adam Phelan

Stage 4 Tour de Taiwan, Floris Goesinnen

Stages 6 & 9 Tour de Taiwan, Adam Semple

Stage 6 Tour de Korea, Muhamad Othman

Stage 1 Tour de Brunei, Muhamad Othman

Stage 1 Herald Sun Tour, Rhys Pollock

2012

Stage 4 New Zealand Cycle Classic, Thomas Palmer

Overall Tour de Taiwan, Rhys Pollock

Stage 2 Flèche du Sud, Floris Goesinnen

Tour de Okinawa, Thomas Palmer

2013

Stage 5 New Zealand Cycle Classic, Thomas Palmer

Overall Tour de Taiwan, Bernard Sulzberger

2014

Stages 2 & 4 New Zealand Cycle Classic, Wouter Wippert

Stage 3 Tour de Taiwan, Wouter Wippert

Stage 1 (ITT) Tour of Japan, Will Clarke

Stage 2 Tour of Japan, Wouter Wippert

Prologue Tour de Kumano, Will Clarke

Stages 1 & 3, Tour de Kumano, Wouter Wippert

Stage 2 Tour of Iran, Will Clarke

Stage 4 Tour of China II, Wouter Wippert

Stage 9 Tour of Hainan, Wouter Wippert

2015

Stage 6 Tour Down Under, Wouter Wippert

Prologue Herald Sun Tour, Will Clarke

Stages 1 & 3 Tour de Taiwan, Wouter Wippert

Stage 1 (ITT) Tour of Japan, Brenton Jones

Stages 1 & 6 Tour de Korea, Wouter Wippert

Stage 7 Tour of Utah, Lachlan Norris

Stage 9 Tour of Hainan, Brenton Jones

2016

Stage 3 Tour de San Luis, Peter Koning

Prologue Herald Sun Tour, Will Clarke

Stages 1 & 4 Tour de Taiwan, Will Clarke

Stage 2 Tour of Iran, Peter Koning

Stage 3 Boucles de la Mayenne, Thomas Scully

Stages 4 & 8 Tour de Korea, Brenton Jones

Stage 7 Tour de Korea, Brad Evans

Prologue Tour of Austria, William Clarke

Stage 3 Tour of Austria, Brendan Canty

Stage 3 Volta a Portugal, William Clarke

2019

Stage 3 New Zealand Cycle Classic, Jensen Plowright

Stage 5 New Zealand Cycle Classic, Theodore Yates

U23 Oceania Road Cycling Championships, Liam Magennis

National champions

2007

Australia Road Race, Darren Lapthorne

2009

Australia Road Race, Peter McDonald

2010

Malaysia Road Race, Muhamad Othman

2018

Australia U23 Road Race, Cyrus Monk

2019

Australia U23 Time Trial, Liam Magennis

External links

- ProCyclingStats: Drapac Professional Cycling (PCT)

Notes and References

Web site: Drapac Cycling: End of an Era. 13 December 2019 . Drapac Cycling . 26 May 2020.
Web site: Vogels resigns as Drapac's sports director . 27 November 2014 . . 29 January 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141205200037/http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/news/57401/vogels-resigns-as-drapac-s-sports-director . 5 December 2014 .
"Drapac-Porsche Development Program launched", cyclingnews.com, October 20, 2005.
Web site: Drapac Pro Cycling secures Santos Tour Down Under wildcard with ProConti registration . Atkins . Ben . 6 November 2013 . Velonation . 9 November 2013.
Web site: Cannondale to merge with Drapac for 2017. 30 June 2016 . cyclingnews.com. 27 September 2016.
Web site: Drapac Cycling to conclude at the end of 2019. 17 July 2019.