James Oram Explained

James Oram
Fullname:James Oram
Birth Date:17 June 1993
Birth Place:Palmerston North, New Zealand[1]
Height:1.83 m
Weight:68 kg
Currentteam:Retired
Discipline:Road
Role:Rider
Amateuryears1:2011
Amateurteam1:PureBlack Racing
Proyears1:2012–2015
Proyears2:2016–2018
Proteam2:[2]
Proyears3:2019
Proyears4:2020–2023
Proteam4:[3] [4] [5]
Majorwins:One-day races and Classics
Show-Medals:no

James Oram (born 17 June 1993) is a New Zealand former cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2012 to 2023.[6] His career took him from the American development team, to British UCI continental team, before a year with Chinese and finally riding for New Zealand .[6] He achieved one professional win in his career, the national road race championship in 2023.

Career

Early years

Oram started cycling to school but didn't get into competitive cycling until high school where he met his first coach Scott Guyton.[7] Oram rode for PureBlack Racing's development squad for the 2011 season.[8] He won stage 1 of the Tour de l'Abitibi from a sprint of eight riders.[9] His teammate Dion Smith took second and the pair held their positions over the seven-day race to take first and second overall.At the end of the year Oram rode the time trial at the UCI Junior Road World Championships. He set the best time of the early starters so was in the Hot-seat most of the day. Mads Würtz Schmidt beat Oram's time by 4 seconds to take the win with Oram moved to second.[10]

Bontrager–Livestrong (2012 to 2015)

Oram's plan for the 2012 season was to originally ride for the professional PureBlack Racing team but they folded late 2011 leaving him without a contract.[11] Instead he rode for run by Axel Merckx.[12] At the end of the 2013 season Oram rode the National event Tour of Southland. He won the Queen stage 2 up Bluff hill to take the lead, which he held onto over the following six stages.[13] [14]

ONE pro cycling (2016 to 2018)

Oram moved to his first 'Professional' team in 2016 with UCI Professional Continental team . His only win for the team came at the UCI rated 2.2 race Kreiz Breizh Elites where he attacked with just over 1.5kms to go and held off the chasing peloton to win.[15] He placed third overall at the New Zealand Cycle Classic after leading for two days and won the Mountain classification.[16] [17]

Mitchelton–BikeExchange (2019)

After folded at the end of 2018 Oram was once again looking for a team. He approached Australian but they did not have space.[18] While searching for a team Oram raced the New Zealand Cycle Classic for Team Skoda-Fruzio an amateur team, where he placed ninth. It wasn't until early March that he found a team the development team of UCI WorldTeam, . The team focused on Chinese races which was an area of the world Oram was not familiar with.

Black Spoke (2020 to 2023)

In 2023 Oram won the overall of the New Zealand Cycle Classic a race where he had finished in the top 10 on 8 previous occasions and on the podium twice. Oram won the opening stage out-sprinting four other on the hill-top finish. He held the lead all the way to the end.[19] The following month Oram took his only professional win of his career in the New Zealand National Road Race Championships sprinting team-mate Ryan Christensen on the line.[20] While 2023 was the best year for Murray Bolton pulled his funding and the team disbanded leaving Oram without a team for 2024. Because of this Oram decided to retire from professional cycling.[21]

Major results

Sources:[22]

2010
  • 4th Overall Tour de l'Abitibi
    2011
  • 1st Overall Tour de l'Abitibi
  • 1st Stage 1
  • 1st Overall BDO Tour of Northland
  • 1st Stage 1
  • 2nd Time trial, UCI Junior Road World Championships
    2012
  • 10th Chrono Champenois
    2013
  • National Road Championships
  • 1st Under-23 road race
  • 2nd Under-23 time trial
  • 3rd Road race
  • 1st Overall Tour of Southland
  • 1st Stage 2
  • 5th Chrono Champenois
    2014
  • 1st Stage 1 San Dimas Stage Race
  • National Under-23 Road Championships
  • 2nd Time trial
  • 3rd Road race
  • 2nd Overall New Zealand Cycle Classic
  • 1st Stage 5
  • 10th Time trial, UCI Road World Under-23 Championships
  • 10th Overall Tour of Alberta
    2015
  • 1st Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
  • 2nd The REV Classic
  • 3rd Overall Volta ao Alentejo
  • 1st Young rider classification
  • 1st Stage 1
  • 4th Overall GP Liberty Seguros
  • 6th Time trial, UCI Road World Under-23 Championships
  • 7th Overall Tour de Beauce
  • 8th Overall New Zealand Cycle Classic
  • 1st Stage 3
    2016
  • 4th Overall New Zealand Cycle Classic
  • 6th Beaumont Trophy
    2017
  • 3rd Overall New Zealand Cycle Classic
  • 1st Mountains classification
  • 4th Overall Ronde van Midden-Nederland
  • 1st Stage 1 (TTT)
  • 5th Overall Kreiz Breizh Elites
  • 1st Stage 2
  • 6th Velothon Wales
  • 8th Overall Szlakiem Grodów Piastowskich
    2018
  • 5th Time trial, Commonwealth Games
  • 5th Gravel and Tar
  • 6th Overall New Zealand Cycle Classic
  • 7th Overall Tour of Małopolska
  • 9th Overall Kreiz Breizh Elites
    2019
  • 1st Mountains classification, Tour de Korea
  • 4th Gravel and Tar
  • 9th Overall New Zealand Cycle Classic
  • 9th Overall Tour of Quanzhou Bay
  • 10th Overall Tour of Taiyuan
    2020
  • 7th Overall New Zealand Cycle Classic
  • 10th Overall Herald Sun Tour
    2021
  • 6th Overall New Zealand Cycle Classic
    2022
  • 6th Overall Tour de la Mirabelle
    2023
  • 1st Road race, National Road Championships
  • 1st Overall New Zealand Cycle Classic
  • 1st Stage 1
  • 10th Overall Tour de Kyushu

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: James Oram. New Zealand Olympic Team. New Zealand Olympic Committee. 11 June 2022.
    2. Web site: ONE Pro Cycling announce Hayden McCormick, James Oram and Dion Smith signings. 26 September 2015 . cyclingnews.com. 26 September 2015.
    3. Web site: Black Spoke Pro Cycling Academy. UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 10 March 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200310223838/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/14231/2003448/257. 10 March 2020.
    4. Web site: Black Spoke Pro Cycling. UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 4 February 2021. https://archive.today/20210204224943/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15362/2003448/276. 4 February 2021.
    5. Web site: BOLTON EQUITIES BLACK SPOKE . UCI . 11 January 2023.
    6. Web site: James ORAM . UCI . 16 June 2024.
    7. Web site: Hood . Edmond . A Name To Watch: New Zealand's James Oram . PezCycling News . 16 June 2024 . 12 September 2011.
    8. Web site: Avanti rides with PureBlack Racing . infonews.co.nz . 17 June 2024 . en . 22 October 2010.
    9. Web site: Tour de l'Abitibi 2011: Stage 1 Results . cyclingnews.com . 16 June 2024 . en . 20 July 2011.
    10. Web site: Ryan . Barry . Oram upbeat after silver in Worlds TT . cyclingnews.com . 17 June 2024 . en . 20 September 2011.
    11. Web site: Aubrey . Jane . PureBlack Racing folds leaving riders searching for opportunties . cyclingnews.com . 17 June 2024 . en . 12 December 2011.
    12. Web site: Hood . Ed . James Oram - "busy enough not to miss home" . VeloVeritas . 17 June 2024 . 31 May 2012.
    13. Web site: Stage 7 Wrap - Saturday 3 November . www.tourofsouthland.com . 17 June 2024.
    14. Web site: Cycling: Oram makes move on the steep slope . Otago Daily Times Online News . 17 June 2024 . en . 7 November 2013.
    15. Web site: Hood . Edmond . ONEProCycling's James Oram Gets PEZ'd! . PezCycling News . 17 June 2024 . 17 August 2017.
    16. Web site: New Zealand Cycle Classic Stage 2 velouk.net . velouk.net . 17 June 2024 . 23 January 2017.
    17. Web site: New Zealand Cycle Classic (2017) Results . SportSplits . 17 June 2024 . en.
    18. Web site: Oram adjusts to new cycling challenge . . 17 June 2024 . en.
    19. Web site: "DREAM COME TRUE" FOR JAMES ORAM WHO WINS NZ CYCLE CLASSIC . Cycling New Zealand . 16 June 2024 . 15 January 2023.
    20. Web site: A dream come true': James Oram leads Black Spoke sweep in elite men's road race . www.stuff.co.nz . 16 June 2024 . 12 February 2023.
    21. Web site: Dream over for history-making Kiwi cycling team . 1News . 17 June 2024 . en.
    22. Web site: James Oram . www.procyclingstats.com . 16 June 2024.

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