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| Registered | Australia | ||||||||||||||||
| Founded | 2011 (2011) | ||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road | ||||||||||||||||
| Status | UCI WorldTeam | ||||||||||||||||
| Bicycles | Scott (2011–2020) Bianchi (2021) Giant (2022–) | ||||||||||||||||
| Components | Shimano | ||||||||||||||||
| Website | Team home page | ||||||||||||||||
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Team Jayco–AlUla (UCI team code:JAY) is an Australian professionalroad racecycling team. Launched in January 2011, it competes atUCI WorldTeam level. The team was formed under the management of Andrew Ryan and Shayne Bannan, withNeil Stephens andMatt White[1] asSporting Directors.[2] The team ridesGiant bicycles, and wear MAAP Cycling clothing.[3]
The team has financial backing from Australian businessmanGerry Ryan[4] who ownsJayco Australia.[5] The current (2023-24) co-sponsor is the Saudi Arabian city ofal-Ula.
The team has awomen's team and supports its riders competing intrack cycling.[6] In 2017 adevelopment team,Mitchelton–BikeExchange was established.[7]
In June 2016, ahead of the2016 Tour de France the team announcedBikeExchange, an Australian cycling retailer, was stepping up as a title sponsor of the team.[8] Team owner Gerry Ryan had previously sought to secure further sponsorship after Orica announced it would stop sponsoring the team after the 2017 season.[9] From 2018 until 2020, the team was known as Mitchelton–Scott, with Ryan's Mitchelton Wines as a major sponsor.[10]
The team was launched as 'GreenEDGE Cycling' on 17 January 2011 inAdelaide,South Australia, and signed a full complement of 30 riders. On 6 December 2011, the team was admitted by the UCI to the 2012 and 2013 World Tour seasons.[11][12]
Orica, a multinational company that provides chemicals and explosives for the mining industry, was GreenEDGE's title sponsor.[13] The team attractedScott Sports[14] as a bicycle supplier andSantini Maglificio Sportivo as suppliers of apparel.[3]
In January 2012, GreenEDGE made its debut in theBay Classic Series inVictoria, Australia.Allan Davis won the men's classification racing for GreenEDGE's second team in the race, Mitchelton Wines/Lowe Farms, whileMelissa Hoskins won the women's event.[15] The following weekSimon Gerrans won theAustralian National Road Race Championships inBuninyong. He was one of 16 GreenEDGE riders in the race.Luke Durbridge won the time trial title ahead of GreenEDGE team-mateCameron Meyer.[16][17][18]
At the end of January, Gerrans won theTour Down Under, picking up victory for GreenEDGE in its first World Tour event.[19] The team won their first major European race in the team time trial ofTirreno–Adriatico[20] following a near miss from Gerrans duringParis–Nice.[21] GreenEDGE then won their firstmonument when, again, Simon Gerrans wonMilan–San Remo in a 3 up sprint after following the key move over the top of the final climb.[22]
Going into the 2013 season, Orica–GreenEDGE started at theBay Classic Series inVictoria, Australia.Luke Durbridge won stage 2 andMitchell Docker won the third and final stage. Defending Champion in the Women's EventMelissa Hoskins defended her title and picked up her first win in stage 3 of the Women's event.
With the defending champions in the Men's and Women's Time Trial and Road Race in theAustralian National Road Race Championships Orica–GreenEDGE had high expectations to meet.Luke Durbridge went out and won the Time Trial on day one.Cameron Meyer followed that up with a solo break in the criterium. With the defending championSimon Gerrans the favourite in the road race they were set for a clean sweep.
Luke Durbridge was part of an early break in the first few kilometers. As the race progressed the other riders of the break dropped off.Luke Durbridge rode the final lap and a half solo to win by over 1 minute. New signing for 2013Michael Matthews sprinted home to make it a one-two and a clean sweep of the Nationals.
Orica–GreenEDGE had a very successful start to the2013 Tour de France. After avoiding much of the carnage of the first two stages,Simon Gerrans won the 3rd stage. The next day, in the team time trial, Orica–GreenEDGE took out the stage by beatingOmega Pharma–Quick-Step by 0.75 of a second. In the process, Gerrans took possession of the yellow jersey as the new race leader and held it for 2 days, then gave it up to teammate Daryl Impey for an additional two days.
The team started the 2014 with success, tasting overall victory at the inaugural round of the2014 UCI World Tour, theTour Down Under – courtesy ofSimon Gerrans. New recruitAdam Yates secured his first classification win with the young riders classification at theTour de San Luis.Simon Clarke took the second overall victory, winning theHerald Sun Tour. In the remainder of the spring season, the team won a smattering of victories at theTour of the Basque Country,Tour de Romandie, andTour of Turkey. The team's most notable wins of the spring again came courtesy of Gerrans, who took victory atLiège–Bastogne–Liège. Adam Yates continued his good early season form, winning the overall classification of theTour of Turkey, his first pro GC victory.
Entering the first Grand Tour of the year, theGiro d'Italia, the team targeted the stage win in the Team Time Trial and stage victories withMichael Matthews, who took victory on stage 6 intoMontecassino.Pieter Weening took a surprise victory intoSestola on stage 9.
The team again took a smattering of stage wins as the season progressed through the summer, notching victories at theTour de Suisse,Tour of Slovenia,GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano andGiro di Toscana. As the season entered the second half, Matthews took a stage at theVuelta a España, whileDaryl Impey claimed the overall win in theTour of Alberta. Gerrans won in the two Canadian one-day World Tour races:Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec andGrand Prix Cycliste de Montréal. The team's final victory came fromMichael Albasini, atTre Valli Varesine.
On 28 April 2016,Simon Yates returned an adverse analytical finding forTerbutaline. Yates had been prescribed the drug to treat asthma, but a therapeutic use exemption (TUE) request had not been filed. The team attributed this to an administrative error. The team took full responsibility for this error, emphasising that Yates had no fault in the occurrence.[23][24]
The team is known for their online videos created by Dan Jones. Their channel has been successful due to their series "Backstage Pass" which gives viewers an insight into the team and the personalities in it. As of July 2016, Dan had made over 400 episodes of Backstage Pass.[25] The channel had series such as "Bike Riders Can't Cook" and "Sunrise to Sunset" which showed fans a day in the life of a rider or staff member.
The total hits on the channel is currently over 16.5 million. One of the most successful videos so far was the team's version ofCall Me Maybe by singerCarly Rae Jepsen. It has had over 1 million hits on YouTube and was used by Eurosport to introduce the coverage of the 16th stage of the2012 Vuelta a España.
Neal Rogers from Velo News labelled the video"Possibly the single best PR move I've seen from a pro cycling team in years![26]
In 2013, they made a tribute video ofAC/DC's famous song "You Shook Me All Night Long", though they were forced to remove it from their official channel after a complaint from the rights holders.
In 2014 Dan Jones created #SKYvOGE, a series where bothOrica–GreenEDGE andTeam Sky took part in a series of challenges off the bike which was also featured on Eurosport's cycling coverage of the 2014 Paris–Nice.
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Australian Road RaceSimon Gerrans Australian Time TrialLuke Durbridge
Canadian Time TrialSvein Tuft
Eritrean Road RaceDaniel Teklehaymanot Eritrean Time TrialDaniel Teklehaymanot
African Time TrialDaniel Teklehaymanot Australian Road RaceLuke Durbridge Australian Time TrialLuke Durbridge Australian Criterium,Cameron Meyer
South African Time TrialDaryl Impey
Oceania Road RaceCameron Meyer
Lithuanian Road RaceTomas Vaitkus African Time TrialDaniel Teklehaymanot Australian Time TrialMichael Hepburn Australian Road RaceSimon Gerrans South African Time TrialDaryl Impey Oceania Road RaceLuke Durbridge Canadian Time TrialSvein Tuft Canadian Road RaceSvein Tuft South African Time TrialDaryl Impey Oceania Time TrialMichael Hepburn Australian Criterium,Caleb Ewan South African Time TrialDaryl Impey
Hong Kong Time Trial,Cheung King Lok Hong Kong Road Race,Cheung King Lok Australian Criterium,Caleb Ewan South African Time TrialDaryl Impey
Chinese Time Trial,Cheung King Lok
Slovenian Road RaceLuka Mezgec Canadian Time TrialSvein Tuft Slovenian Cross Country MountainbikeLuka Mezgec Slovenian Cyclo-crossLuka Mezgec Australian Criterium,Caleb Ewan Australian Road RaceAlexander Edmondson South African Time TrialDaryl Impey South African Road RaceDaryl Impey
World Track (Points race),Cameron Meyer Canadian Time TrialSvein Tuft
European Road RaceMatteo Trentin Australian Time TrialLuke Durbridge South African Time TrialDaryl Impey South African Road RaceDaryl Impey
Ethiopian Time TrialTsgabu Grmay Australian Time TrialLuke Durbridge Australian Road RaceCameron Meyer South African Time TrialDaryl Impey
Hungarian Time TrialBarnabás Peák Australian Criterium,Kaden Groves Australian Road RaceCameron Meyer
American Time Trial,Lawson Craddock Australian Criterium,Kelland O'Brien Ethiopian Time TrialTsgabu Grmay Australian Time TrialLuke Plapp Australian Road RaceLuke Plapp Australian Time TrialLuke Plapp Australian Road RaceLuke Durbridge South African Time TrialAlan Hatherly
