Scott Sunderland (road cyclist)

G. Scott Sunderland ( born November 28, 1966 in Inverell ) is an Australian former racing driver and current sports director.

Sporting career

In 1986, Scott Sunderland Australian amateur champion on the road. In 1990, he stepped over to the pros and drove as such at all major road races, especially in Europe, with. He finished the Tour de France twice, started three times the Giro d'Italia, and four in the Vuelta and was able to record several stage wins for himself; However, top places in the overall rankings were denied him.

Even as an amateur, 1988, Sunderland won the Giro del Mendrisio, 2001 Grand Prix Four Mies and the Grand Prix Pino Cerami. He suffered numerous falls and injuries during his career, most spectacularly, however, was his accident at the Amstel Gold Race in 1998, when he was accidentally run over by his own sporting director Cees Priem by car while it supplied the teammates Peter Van Petegem with provisions. In this accident Sunderland suffered serious head injuries, and it took a year before he was able to race again. In 2004, he drove his last Tour de France and then stepped back.

After the active career

From 2004 to 2008 Scott Sunderland was sports director of Team CSC by Bjarne Riis. In 2008 he supervised the Cervélo Test Team; the following year he was sports director of the British road national teams. To May 2010, Sunderland was sports director of Team Sky.

Private

Scott Sunderland is married to a Belgian; his wife works as an author. The couple lives in Belgium and has two sons. Due to a serious illness of the younger son Sunderland left the team Sky in May 2010.