2014 Drapac Cycling season

2014 Drapac Cycling season
Manager Agostino Giramondo
One-day victories  –
Stage race overall victories  –
Stage race stage victories 11
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The 2014 season for the Drapac Professional Cycling team began in January at the Tour Down Under. The team participated in UCI Continental Circuits and UCI World Tour events when given a wildcard invitation.

In November 2013 the team was promoted from UCI Continental to Professional Continental status.[1]

2014 roster

As of 1 February 2014.[2]
Rider Date of birth
 Jack Anderson (AUS) (1987-06-02)2 June 1987 (aged 26)
 Jonathan Cantwell (AUS) (1982-01-08)8 January 1982 (aged 32)
 Brendan Canty[N 1] (AUS) (1992-01-17)17 January 1992 (aged 22)
 Will Clarke (AUS) (1985-04-11)11 April 1985 (aged 28)
 Jai Crawford (AUS) (1983-08-04)4 August 1983 (aged 30)
 Floris Goesinnen (NED) (1983-10-30)30 October 1983 (aged 30)
 Robbie Hucker (AUS) (1990-03-13)13 March 1990 (aged 23)
 Ben Johnson (AUS) (1983-01-07)7 January 1983 (aged 31)
 Jordan Kerby (AUS) (1992-08-15)15 August 1992 (aged 21)
Rider Date of birth
 Darren Lapthorne (AUS) (1983-03-04)4 March 1983 (aged 30)
 Travis Meyer (AUS) (1989-06-08)8 June 1989 (aged 24)
 Lachlan Norris (AUS) (1987-01-21)21 January 1987 (aged 27)
 Thomas Palmer (AUS) (1990-06-28)28 June 1990 (aged 23)
 Adam Phelan (AUS) (1991-08-23)23 August 1991 (aged 22)
 Malcolm Rudolph (AUS) (1989-01-04)4 January 1989 (aged 25)
 Bernard Sulzberger (AUS) (1983-12-05)5 December 1983 (aged 30)
 Wesley Sulzberger (AUS) (1986-10-20)20 October 1986 (aged 27)
 Wouter Wippert (NED) (1990-08-14)14 August 1990 (aged 23)
  1. ^ Canty joined the team on 1 August as a stagiaire.

Season victories

Date Race Competition Rider Country Location
30 January New Zealand Cycle Classic, Stage 2 UCI Oceania Tour  Wouter Wippert (NED)  New Zealand Palmerston North
2 February New Zealand Cycle Classic, Stage 4 UCI Oceania Tour  Wouter Wippert (NED)  New Zealand Palmerston North
9 February Herald Sun Tour, Sprints classification UCI Oceania Tour  Jack Anderson (AUS)  Australia
27 February Tour de Taiwan, Stage 3 UCI Asia Tour  Wouter Wippert (NED)  Taiwan Changhua County
18 May Tour of Japan, Stage 1 UCI Asia Tour  Will Clarke (AUS)  Japan Sakai
20 May Tour of Japan, Stage 2 UCI Asia Tour  Wouter Wippert (NED)  Japan Mino
29 May Tour de Kumano, Prologue UCI Asia Tour  Will Clarke (AUS)  Japan Shingū
30 May Tour de Kumano, Stage 1 UCI Asia Tour  Wouter Wippert (NED)  Japan Shingū
1 June Tour de Kumano, Stage 3 UCI Asia Tour  Wouter Wippert (NED)  Japan Taiji Hanto
1 June Tour de Kumano, Points classification UCI Asia Tour  Wouter Wippert (NED)  Japan
18 June Tour of Iran, Stage 2 UCI Asia Tour  Will Clarke (AUS)  Iran Aras
22 June Tour of Iran, Points classification UCI Asia Tour  Will Clarke (AUS)  Iran
12 September Tour of China II, Stage 4 UCI Asia Tour  Wouter Wippert (NED)  China Laohekou
29 October Tour of Hainan, Stage 9 UCI Asia Tour  Wouter Wippert (NED)  China Chengmai

References

  1. ^ Atkins, Ben (6 November 2013). "Drapac Pro Cycling secures Santos Tour Down Under wildcard with ProConti registration". VeloNation. VeloNation LLC. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
  2. ^ "Drapac Professional Cycling (DPC) - AUS". UCI Continental Circuits. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
  3. ^ "Drapac Cycling announce new signings for 2014". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 2 October 2013. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
  4. ^ a b "Drapac announce three more signings". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 21 October 2013. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
  5. ^ "Wesley Sulzberger joins Drapac Pro Cycling". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 11 November 2013. Retrieved 30 April 2014.