Scott Sunderland (road cyclist) explained

Scott Sunderland
Birth Date:	28 November 1966
Birth Place:	Inverell, New South Wales, Australia
Proyears1:	1990–1994
Proteam1:	^[1]
Proyears2:	1995–1996
Proyears3:	1997
Proyears4:	1998–2000
Proyears5:	2001–2003
Proteam5:	Team Fakta
Proyears6:	2004

Scott G. Sunderland (born 28 November 1966) is an Australian former professional cyclist, who is a now a sports manager and consultant.^[2]

Sunderland was born in Inverell, a country town in northern New South Wales. He worked double shifts in the Inverell abattoirs to fund his early European racing career.

Until he retired at the end of 2004, Sunderland was Australia's longest serving professional cyclist, and placed highly in many of the cycling world's greatest events.

As a racer, Sunderland had some injuries and setbacks, the most memorable being when he was struck by a car driven by his former director, Cees Priem, during the 1998 Amstel Gold race.^[3]

Sunderland recovered and the final few years of his career saw a resurgent Scott Sunderland.

Sunderland rode his last Tour de France in 2004.

Management career

After his retirement Scott Sunderland became Sports Director with Bjarne Riis' CSC squad from 2004 till end of 2008. He coached the team to consecutive wins in the Paris–Roubaix in 2006 and 2007. In 2008 CSC squad took the overall victory in the Tour de France with Spanish star rider Carlos Sastre.

In September 2008, Sunderland was recruited by the Cervélo TestTeam owner Gerard Vroomen to form his newly announced Professional Cycling Team. 2008 Tour de France winner Carlos Sastre followed Sunderland in his move.

Early 2009 Sunderland was headhunted by British Cycling and BC High Performance Manager Dave Brailsford and appointed Sports Manager to help put together a new professional British road cycling team, financially backed by BSkyB. In 2010, Team Sky entered its first year of competition with Scott Sunderland in the position of Senior Sports Director.^[4]

In February 2010 the team got its first semi-classic victory when Juan Antonio Flecha won the Belgian semi-classic Omloop Het Nieuwsblad with a solo break.^[5] ^[6] ^[7] ^[8] Sunderland left Team Sky in May 2010, citing that he wanted to spend more time with his family.^[9]

Sunderland took up a role as a Race Director for the National Road Series, Australia's premier domestic road cycling competition, in 2013^[10]

In 2019 Sunderland took on the role of general race director of the Flanders Classics in Belgium.^[11]

Major results

Juniors Under 16

NSW State Champion (Road Race)

2nd Teams Pursuit (Track) Australian National Championships

2nd Teams Time-trial (Road) Australian National Championships

Juniors Under 18

NSW State Champion (Individual National Road Race)

Australian National Champion 50 km Teams Time-trial (Road)

Australian National Champion Teams Pursuit (Track)

Oceania Games

1st Individual Road Race, 1st Time Trial, 2nd teams pursuit (Track), 3rd 30 km point score (Track)

1985 Amateur

NSW State Champion, 50 km point score (Track)

2nd 4000m teams pursuit (Track) Australian National Championships

1986 Amateur

1st Australian Individual Senior National Road Championships (Aged 19 - racing elite)

1990

Out due to a knee injury in the early part of the season

14th Paris–Camembert

Finished Tour of Switzerland and Giro d'Italia

1991

1st Trofeo Pantalica

9th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico

3rd in stage 4

4th Overall Herald Sun Tour

7th Overall Kellogg's Tour of Great Britain

1992

1st Overall Mazda Alpine Tour

1st Mountain jersey,

5th Milan–San Remo

4th Overall Settimana Ciclista Internazionale

3rd stage 12 Vuelta a España

1993Winner Oppy Oscar Cyclist of the Year, Australia

3rd Zottegem

4th Stage 3 Vuelta a España

5th Stage 2 Vuelta a España

10th Overall Tour of Switzerland,

13th Milan–San Remo

1994

1st Schynberg Rundfahrt Sulz

2nd Trophee Des Grimpeurs

4th stage 1 Vuelta de Pays Basque

10th Overall Kelloggs Tour of Great Britain,

1st Mountains jersey

10th Overall Vuelta a Burgos

15th Clásica de San Sebastián

17th World Championships Sicily

1995Knee operation in April; back in competition in July

10th Giro Del Emilia

11th Coppa Sabatini

13th Coppa Placci

1996

1st Stage 4 Tour Des Regions Wallonne

16th Overall Tour of Luxemburg

3rd in 1 stage

1997

1st Sprint classification Tour De Romandie

7th Overall Tour Du Mediterrian

10th Milan-Turin

14th Paris - Bourges

15th Tour of Lombardie

19th Overall Paris–Nice

5th in stage over Mt Ventoux

19th Overall Vuelta Du Pays Basque

2nd in stage 3

1998

1st GP Nokere

3rd G.P. Pino Cerami

6th Kemzeke

9th G.P. Cholet

11th Tour of Flanders

11th Gent–Wevelgem

Out of competition from May 1998 until 18 July 1999 due to accident during Amstel Gold World Cup Race

1999A crash kept him out of competition until July 1999

1st Stage 1 Vuelta a Castilla-Leon

4th Overall Commonwealth Bank Classic,

1st King of the Mountains Classification

1st Points Classification

2000

1st Noosa Criterium

2nd stage 4 Vuelta a Burgos

3rd stage 2 Vuelta a Burgos,

2nd Australian National Road Race Championships

3rd Overijse

4th Zottegem

7th World Road Race Championships

2001

1st Grand Prix Pino Cerami

1st Grand Prix Fourmies

1st Stage 5 Herald Sun Tour

2nd Brabantse Pijl

2nd Grand Prix Rennes

3rd Paris–Camembert

3rd Grand Prix Wallonie

3rd Overall Paris–Corrèze

3rd Paris–Bourges

5th Overall Hessen Rundfahrt

1st in Mountains Classification

13th Overall Tour of Germany

18th Amstel Gold Race

2002

1st Stage 7 Bank Austria Tour

2003

2nd CSC Classic

23rd Overall Giro d'Italia

2004

44th Paris–Roubaix

96th Overall Tour de France

External links

http://www.scottsunderland.com/
https://www.twitter.com/triplesmc
http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/2170/Sunderland-talks-High-Performance-as-UCI-initiates-new-cycling-era.aspx
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/sky-to-nurture-young-talent

Notes and References

Web site: Scott Sunderland . Cycling Archives. 5 July 2015.
Web site: Scott Sunderland, Australian Cycling Coach and Consultant. bot: unknown. https://web.archive.org/web/20100104152741/http://scottsunderland.com/. 4 January 2010.
Web site: 1998 Amstel Gold Race. Christopher Smith. 2 November 2006. YouTube.
http://www.teamsky.com/profile/0,27291,17543_5776873,00.html Scott Sunderland Senior Sports Director
http://www.sporza.be/permalink/1.726431 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, last kilometers
http://www.sporza.be/permalink/1.726779 Post race interviews with Juan Antonio Flecha and Scott Sunderland
http://www.sporza.be/permalink/1.728534 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, Interview Senior Sports Director Scott Sunderland and Juan Antonio Flecha
http://www.teamsky.com/article/0,27290,17546_5987271,00.html Sunderland hails Flecha
News: Scott Sunderland leaves Team Sky . 22 May 2010 . 1 August 2010 . Cyclingnews.com.
http://www.cycling.org.au/road/news/scott-sunderland-announced-as-cycling-australias-race-director-for-top-tier-subaru-nrs-events-33493 Scott Sunderland Announced as Cycling Australia's Race Director For Top Tier Subaru NRS Events
News: Scott Sunderland appointed Flanders Classics general race director . 4 April 2021 . Cycling News . 26 January 2019.