Orica GreenEdge

Orica Green Edge (at the beginning of the 2012 season: GreenEdge Cycling Team ) is an Australian cycling team based in Victoria.

  • 3.1 Achievements in the UCI World Tour
  • 3.2 Achievements in the UCI Africa Tour
  • 3.3 Achievements in the UCI Asia Tour
  • 3.4 Achievements in the UCI Oceania Tour
  • 3.5 Disposals - Arrivals

History

The management hoped that with the commitment of top-class drivers and their points account to qualify for the status as one of a maximum of 18 UCI ProTeam for the 2012 season and so to have an automatic right to start for the UCI World Tour.

Since early August 2011, drivers were contracted. The most popular team members are the young Australian Jack Bobridge, Cameron Meyer and Travis Meyer and the experienced Stuart O'Grady and Simon Gerrans, the Dutchman Pieter Weening and Sebastian Langeveld and multiple African champion and reigning continental champions in the ITT, Daniel Teklehaimanot from Eritrea, who thus the first professional cyclist in his country is. Later still came, inter alia, the sprinter Robbie McEwen and Jens Mouris to the team, while others have placed in conjunction with the team riders as the Tour Specialist Richie Porte and Karsten Kroon did not come to the team.

Among other things, even considering this squad the team received by the UCI on 5 December 2011, the World Tour Team License UCI ProTeam as.

The team is funded by the Australian businessman Gerry Ryan, is the American manufacturer of RVs Jayco the owner. On 1 May 2012, the team announced that the Australian chemical company Orica will fund the new main and title sponsor of the team in the next three years.

A co- exists with the from the Australian Institute of Sport -powered Continental Team Jayco AIS.

Green Edge operates in 2012 also along with the Australian Institute of Sport as a community project, a women's cycling team named GreenEDGE - AIS.

The team will according to media reports in 2012 a member of the Mouvement Pour un Cyclisme Credible (short MPCC; German movement for a credible cycling ) have become, but not out -run lists of the MPCC members in October this year. In the wake of the doping scandal surrounding Lance Armstrong sports director of the team Mathew White admitted in his time with the U.S. Postal Service team to have doped, followed by Orica Green Edge parted from him and announced the introduction of an external doping control program.

The team won the Tour de France on July 2, 2013, 25:56 minutes, the team time trial in Nice on the 25 km long course. With an average speed of 57.8 km / h, this stage is the fastest Tour history.

Season 2013

Successes in the UCI World Tour

Successes in the UCI Africa Tour

Successes in the UCI America Tour

Successes in the UCI Europe Tour

Successes in the UCI Oceania Tour

Additions - Disposals

Team

2014 season

Successes in the UCI World Tour

Successes in the UCI Africa Tour

Successes in the UCI Asia Tour

Successes in the UCI Oceania Tour

Departures - Arrivals

Placings in UCI rankings

UCI World Tour

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