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Oz Cycling Project | PT15
SportingNonsense
Yep, congrats to Morton. Fared much better than when riding there for Jaguar.

tastasol wrote:
Yay! Big congrats Smile There has been some good years for Australian cycling recently. Even though this was in many ways a two-man job with Haig and Morton himself, it was great to be a part of a winning team with Watson. Thanks for having us Wink


Watson did step in quite well on the final stage, before Haig re-emerged with that decisive move!
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tsmoha
Thanks, guys! And thanks for that info, SN. Seems like both Watson and Haig did their job, which was great to see. Always a pleasure to see some of Australia`s talents riding in Oz colours Smile
 
SotD
tsmoha wrote:
Thanks, sutty. Things went pretty well in France this time Smile




We send a huge congratulations from Festina and Pierre-Henri Lecuisinier on the well deserved win. We were happy to be there to put up a fight for the overall win and hope for many more fights for U25 jerseys in the PT peloton in the coming two seasons Smile
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|NEWS|


TALENT DEVELOPMENT 2015


Just because everyone else does..

It's pretty obvious that our team will rely on Lachlan Morton as one of our biggest riders next year. The climber, who claimed the Tour de l'Avenir just a few weeks ago, will make another step forward and will hopefully be more competitive than he was in most of the ProTour this year. Morton and Jack Haig (see picture below) already proved to be a well working duo in Avenir and Haig, who's not as far as Morton, will keep gaining key experiences on the highest level next year.

Tom Scully will be finally maxed, just like Brenton Jones as another sprinter for Oz. While Scully may become quite handy as a leadout for Goss (who's future remains uncertain though), Jones may prefer a step to (P)CT level first. Domestiques like Adam Phelan or Rhys Gillett could well stay with Oz, as they come with a decent allround package for races that include a TTT.. speaking of timetrials, Glenn O'Shea, James Oram and Alex Wohler will be back stronger as well.

Lachlan Morton | 23 years old | XP 2016: Maxed
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201569807471777676545765676871
201670827673797878545766686873


Jack Haig | 22 years old | XP 2016: 4.xx | Pot 6
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Tom Scully | 25 years old | XP 2016: Maxed
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Glenn O'Shea | 26 years old | XP 2016: Maxed
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Alex Wohler | 23 years old | XP 2016: 4.xx | Pot 4
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Adam Phelan | 24 years old | XP 2016: Maxed
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Rhys Gillett | 25 years old | XP 2016: Maxed
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Brenton Jones | 24 years old | XP 2016: Maxed
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James Oram | 22 years old | XP 2016: 4.xx | Pot 6
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QUIET IN COLOMBIA - VISCONTI SHINES IN TONE


The last two bigger stage races in the ProTour brought pretty uneven results for Oz Cycling: while Lachlan Morton wasn't at this best in the Vuelta a Colombia, our ever reliable veteran Giovanni Visconti delivered big time in the challenging Tour of Northern Europe! His podium in the final GC makes us confident to stay in the ProTour for another year at least.

Morton, who just had won the Tour de l'Avenir a few days ago, travelled to South America with both a special mental boost but - apparently - tired legs, too. Our young climber was never really in the mix for good stage results and so he had to settle for a 17th place in the final GC. That's somewhat in a region, where he finished most of his GC's this year.

The Oz had higher expectations for the TONE anyway: the TTT (where we came 2nd behind Festina), the cobbled key stage (where Visconti finished 6th, while Marcus Burghardt failed to gain valuable time), the hills (where Visconti did well, but Jack Bobridge did nothing) and the ITT (where Visconti kept his GC podium, but our specialists did nothing special). You can already read it here: Visconti did make this race a pretty good one for Oz, as his 3rd in the final GC - also spending a day in the leaders shirt (see first picture below) - may be crucial points for our team eventually.

Marcus Burghardt added a solid 11th place, as he limited the damage in both the hills and the timetrial. Still a bummer to see him losing that much time on Fabian Cancellara, who crushed the cobbled stage in style. Something, we would have loved to see from our German cobbler. Anyway, despite missing out on a stage-win, that looked achievable prior to the race, we can't complain with Visconti being so strong on all key terrains here.

Vuelta a Colombia | ProTour
1 Simon SpilakFestina-Canal+25h33'27
2 Angel MadrazoQuickstep+46
3 Rein TaaramäeBouygues Telecom+1'05
...
17 Lachlan MortonOz Cycling Project+ 27'24


Tour of Northern Europe | ProTour
1 Fabian CancellaraRed Bull - Huawei25h40'33
2 Philippe GilbertPendleton's+ 2'02
3 Giovanni ViscontiOz Cycling Project+ 2'10
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11 Marcus BurghardtOz Cycling Project+ 5'51

Note | 2nd in Stage 1 (TTT)

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aidanvn13
Nice ride by Visconti in ToNE. It really made up for Burghardt being a bit lackluster on the cobbles. Smile

And regarding talents, you've got Morton. Who well, needs no introduction really. But he might be overshadowing some of your other riders who will be solid top-level domestiques and leadout men.
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SotD
Lachlan Morton is going to be amazing. I am really looking forward to see new battles between him and Lecuisinier next season Smile - Instead of fighting for top 15s then should now be well equipped for top 10 fights, and maybe even top 5 from time to time.

Jack Haig is my favorite talent IRL, I really would love to have him in my team, so I'm very jealous of you!

Also Scully seems like a nice leadout sprinter - Too bad you don't have any top sprinters to lead out Pfft
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Heine
I love Morton's stats, except for his Acc, really hope that it wont hold him back
 
tsmoha
Heine wrote:
I love Morton's stats, except for his Acc, really hope that it wont hold him back


It's concerning, yes.. Would be horrific to see him pulling an 'Intxausti' next year!

SotD wrote:
Jack Haig is my favorite talent IRL, I really would love to have him in my team, so I'm very jealous of you!

Also Scully seems like a nice leadout sprinter - Too bad you don't have any top sprinters to lead out Pfft


Well, I've been following Haig since three years now, so only a very good offer would make me consider a transfer Wink

Scully, yes.. I guess Goss won't ask for a train anywhere Grin Time for a change at the sprinter's front!
 
Roman
tsmoha wrote:
Scully, yes.. I guess Goss won't ask for a train anywhere Grin Time for a change at the sprinter's front!

*Roman's secretary makes a note* Pfft
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tsmoha
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|NEWS|


INVISIBLE MORTON - INVINCIBLE OZ


Two more late season classics, two very much different expectations, two very much different results: while Lachlan Morton entered the mountain killer GP Liechtenstein with maybe only a shot at the Top-15, our much anticipated Copenhagen - Malmö TTT would see our defending race champions taking part as the top favorites. It has also been one of our most important season goals (win).

Charles Anguilet (see first picture below) was part of the early break in Liechtenstein, showing Oz's colors for at least some TV time. He was one of the first to get caught by the chasing pack though. Lachlan Morton wasn't at his best and was never in the mix for a somewhat decent results - eventually climbing a tough way to a disappointing 27th place here. Definitely not his best showing.

Our TTT lineup did better in Denmark/Sweden then: while the split times promised a disastrous result (trailing by more than half a minute on the best teams), our specialists did well to bounce back in the final sector. Just like last season, where we took this event as a wildcard entry, the team delivered a stunning final sector to eventually claim the victory by just five seconds on a very strong Project 1t4i. Our first achieved season goal, which keeps Oz in touch for the Top-12 in the ProTour!

GP Liechtenstein | ProTour
1 Andy SchleckVesuvio - Accumalux8h16'40
2 Joseph Dombrowski Pendleton's + 3'12
3 Romain Sicard Orange - KLM Cycling + 2'52
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27 Lachlan MortonOz Cycling Project+ 15'18


Copenhagen - Malmö TTT | ProTour
1pcmdaily.com/images/mg/micro/ozc.png Oz Cycling Project 1h19'23
2pcmdaily.com/images/mg/micro/pro.png Project 1t4i + 5
3pcmdaily.com/images/mg/micro/mus.png Movistar - US Postal + 14
4pcmdaily.com/images/mg/micro/aeg.png Aegon - Lavazza + 19
5pcmdaily.com/images/mg/micro/sui.png Swisscom - UBS + 35


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tsmoha
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|NEWS|


BOBRIDGE DELIVERS BIG TIME ON HOME SOIL


The 2015 campaign is over (with now "just" the Worlds and National Championships to come). We will give an update and recap of Oz's first year in the ProTour soon, but first have to catch up with the final races of the regular season. We had one more goal to achieve..

The two late season classics Praha - Karlovy - Praha and Giro di Lombardia didn't brought Oz too special results. As to be expected, to be honest. While William Ford (first picture below) showed himself aggressively in Praha (trying to attack the pack halfway through the race), our riders weren't really in the mix for a notable result eventually. Marcus Burghardt went to finish 21st then. We were even less succesfull in Italy, where Jack Bobridge was our best finisher as 27th in the Giro di Lombardia.

The more important race took place in Tasmania though: we entered our only home race with the goal to achieve a Top-3 in the GC. A tough goal with Jack Bobridge not amongst the very best puncheurs in the division yet. Fortunatelly, our captain delivered big time though: finishing 4th in the first key (hilly) stage and adding another 4th in the concluding timetrial, Bobridge went to achieve our ambitious goal as 3rd in the final GC! In addition to this great result, our team finished 1st in the team's rankings. What a great way to finish our good season. We could have hardly imagined a better showing on home soil.

In our last two HC-outings (Giro d'Emilia and Rheden GP), we wasn't much of a factor. Stay tuned for a season recap.

Praha - Karlovy Vary - Praha | ProTour
1 Sam BewleyBecherovka - Petrof6h16'47
2 Jérôme BaugniesAMEX-Navigons.t.
3 Jacopo GuarnieriGood Energys.t.
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21 Marcus BurghardtOz Cycling Projects.t.


Tour of Tasmania | ProTour
1 Edvald Boasson HagenAker - MOT8h57'46
2 Yuri TrofimovTinkoff Bank - Tinkoff+ 12
3 Jack BobridgeOz Cycling Project+ 44
...
19 Andrei GrivkoOz Cycling Project+ 2'52

Note | 2x 4th Stages (Bobridge), 1st in Teams

Giro di Lombardia | Monument
1 Simone PonziGood Energy6h31'45
2 Jan BakelantsBouygues Telecoms.t.
3 Yuri TrofimovTinkoff Bank - Tinkoff s.t.
…
27 Jack BobridgeOz Cycling Project+ 2'42
28 Domenico PozzovivoOz Cycling Projects.t.


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|SEASON RECAP IN NUMBERS|

Sponsor Goals
GoalRaceResult
WIN Copenhagen-Malmo TTTACHIEVED
WIN GP MoscowFAILED
TOP-3 Tour of TasmaniaACHIEVED
STAGE-WIN Giro d'ItaliaFAILED
-Avoid RelegationACHIEVED


Best results
RaceRider
i1176.photobucket.com/albums/x323/tsmoha/oz_yellow_zpsf1befb0d.gif GC-
i1176.photobucket.com/albums/x323/tsmoha/oz_1st_zpse0ef814b.gif ClassicsCopenhagen - MalmoTTT
i1176.photobucket.com/albums/x323/tsmoha/oz_2nd_zps4a2ea0ea.gif 2ndRonde van VlaanderenMarcus Burghardt
i1176.photobucket.com/albums/x323/tsmoha/oz_3rd_zpse0a37048.gif 3rdTour of Northern EuropeGiovanni Visconti
Tour of TasmaniaJack Bobridge
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Stage WinsOmloop Het VolkGiovanni Visconti
Vuelta a EspanaRhys Gillett
Criterium DauphineTTT


Results by riders
Oz Cycling Projecti1176.photobucket.com/albums/x323/tsmoha/oz_1st_zpse0ef814b.gif 1stCopenhagen - Malmo TTT
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2nd Stage 1Giro d'Italia
2nd Stage 1TONE
Matthew Goss5thLisbon Classic
13thGP Moscow
2nd Stage 3Giro d'Italia
2nd Stage 10Giro d'Italia
3rd Stage 21Giro d'Italia
3rd Stage 2Tour de Suisse
4th Stage 3Vuelta a Espana
5th Stage 6Giro d'Italia
5th Stage 4Tour de Suisse
2x Top10 StagesTour of Qatar
Marcus Burghardti1176.photobucket.com/albums/x323/tsmoha/oz_2nd_zps4a2ea0ea.gif 2ndRonde van Vlaanderen
9thMilan San Remo
9thEast Midlands CiCla
10th GCOmloop Het Volk
11th GCTONE
15th GCDeutschland Tour
18thParis - Roubaix
21stPraha - Karlovy - Praha
Jack Bobridgei1176.photobucket.com/albums/x323/tsmoha/oz_3rd_zpse0a37048.gif 3rd GCTour of Tasmania
6th GCParis - Nice
7thLiege - Bastogne - Liege
13thFleche Wallone
13th GCVuelta al Pais Vasco
14thAmstel Gold Race
19th GCTour of California
21stMilan San Remo
26th GCDeutschland Tour
27thGiro di Lombardia
4th Stage 2Tour of Tasmania
4th Stage 3Tour of Tasmania
8thAsia Conti Champs
Domenico Pozzovivo10th GCGiro d'Italia
10th GCVuelta a Espana
4th GCTirreno-Adriatico
8th GCCriterium Dauphine
28thGiro di Lombardia
3rd Stage 5Tirreno-Adriatico
5th Stage 19Vuelta a Espana
5th Stage 5Criterium Dauphine
Lachlan Mortoni1176.photobucket.com/albums/x323/tsmoha/oz_yellow_zpsf1befb0d.gif 1st GCTour de l'Avenir
15th GCTour de France
16th GCTour de Suisse
17th GCTirreno-Adriatico
17th GCVuelta a Colombia
27th GCTour of California
27thGP Liechtenstein
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3rd Stage 20Tour de France
3rd Stage 9Tour de Suisse
4th Stage 10Tour de l'Avenir
Giovanni Viscontii1176.photobucket.com/albums/x323/tsmoha/oz_3rd_zpse0a37048.gif 3rd GCTONE
5th GCBayern Rundfahrt
11thRonde van Vlaanderen
20th GCOmloop Het Volk
22nd GC5 Jours Dunkerque
26thBadaling International
28thGiro dell'Emilia
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3rd Stage 4Bayern Rundfahrt
4th Stage 2Tour of California
4th Stage 15 Jours Dunkerque
6th Stage 3TONE
Andrei Grivko19th GCTour of Tasmania
22nd GCBayern Rundfahrt
23rdGiro dell'Emilia
24thClassique du Grand-Duché
24th GCDeutschland Tour
5thEurope B Conti Champs
Luke Durbridge4thChrono des Herbiers
3rd Stage 1Paris - Nice
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Michael Ford9th GCTour of Qatar
19thChrono des Herbiers
3rd Stage 6Tour of Qatar
3rd Stage 1Tirreno-Adriatico
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William Ford26thGP Moscow
Rhys Gillettwww.tourvoyageturkey.com/Customer/111/template/theme/starOrange.png 1st Stage 7Vuelta a Espana
6th Stage 21Tour de France
Jack Haig13th GCTour de l'Avenir
6th Stage 8Vuelta a Espana
4th Stage 9Tour de l'Avenir
Steele Von Hoff6th Stage 2Tour de Suisse
6thBay Cycling Classic
Miles Olman10thChrono des Herbiers
Pim Ligthart18th GCTour of Qatar
Haijun Ma19th GCTour of Qatar
Elias Afewerki25th GC5 Jours Dunkerque
Glenn O'Shea4th Stage 55 Jours Dunkerque
Alex Wohler27th GCEneco Tour
Tom Scully30thGP Moscow
Wen Hao Li4th Stage 6Tour of Qatar
4thAsia TT Conti Champs


Final Team's Standings | ProTour
1pcmdaily.com/images/mg/micro/fes.pngFestina-Canal+7672
2pcmdaily.com/images/mg/micro/vsa.pngVesuvio - Accumalux7575
3pcmdaily.com/images/mg/micro/bec.pngBecherovka - Petrof7323
4pcmdaily.com/images/mg/micro/akm.pngAker - MOT6674
5pcmdaily.com/images/mg/micro/gde.pngGood Energy6507
6pcmdaily.com/images/mg/micro/met.pngMetinvest-Dacia6455
7pcmdaily.com/images/mg/micro/tcs.pngTinkoff Bank - Tinkoff Insurance6292
8pcmdaily.com/images/mg/micro/pok.pngPokerstars.com5914
9pcmdaily.com/images/mg/micro/btc.pngBouygues Telecom5597
10pcmdaily.com/images/mg/micro/rbh.pngRed Bull - Huawei5403
11pcmdaily.com/images/mg/micro/ozc.pngOz Cycling Project5320
12pcmdaily.com/images/mg/micro/pro.pngProject 1t4i5262
13pcmdaily.com/images/mg/micro/pnd.pngPendleton's5227
14pcmdaily.com/images/mg/micro/qst.pngQuickstep5070
15pcmdaily.com/images/mg/micro/ork.pngOrange - KLM4929
16pcmdaily.com/images/mg/micro/ven.pngVenchi4808
17pcmdaily.com/images/mg/micro/mus.pngMovistar - US Postal4523
18pcmdaily.com/images/mg/micro/vwa.pngVolksWagen - Andritz4387
19pcmdaily.com/images/mg/micro/bac.pngBacardi Limited4294
20pcmdaily.com/images/mg/micro/sui.pngSwisscom - UBS4176
21pcmdaily.com/images/mg/micro/mei.pngMeiji - JR East3586
22pcmdaily.com/images/mg/micro/ayu.pngAyubowan!3577


Final Individual's Standings | ProTour (just Oz)
32Marcus BurghardtGERpcmdaily.com/images/mg/micro/ozc.pngOz Cycling Project730
37Jack BobridgeAUSpcmdaily.com/images/mg/micro/ozc.pngOz Cycling Project691
47Giovanni ViscontiITApcmdaily.com/images/mg/micro/ozc.pngOz Cycling Project628
72Domenico PozzovivoITApcmdaily.com/images/mg/micro/ozc.pngOz Cycling Project428
76Lachlan MortonAUSpcmdaily.com/images/mg/micro/ozc.pngOz Cycling Project400
77Matthew GossAUSpcmdaily.com/images/mg/micro/ozc.pngOz Cycling Project394
99Luke DurbridgeAUSpcmdaily.com/images/mg/micro/ozc.pngOz Cycling Project317
136Michael FordAUSpcmdaily.com/images/mg/micro/ozc.pngOz Cycling Project223
139Andrei GrivkoUKRpcmdaily.com/images/mg/micro/ozc.pngOz Cycling Project219
205Haijun MaCHNpcmdaily.com/images/mg/micro/ozc.pngOz Cycling Project143
243Rhys GillettAUSpcmdaily.com/images/mg/micro/ozc.pngOz Cycling Project118
267Adam PhelanAUSpcmdaily.com/images/mg/micro/ozc.pngOz Cycling Project108
292Michael RogersAUSpcmdaily.com/images/mg/micro/ozc.pngOz Cycling Project94
297Souheil KhederiTUNpcmdaily.com/images/mg/micro/ozc.pngOz Cycling Project90
313Pim LigthartNEDpcmdaily.com/images/mg/micro/ozc.pngOz Cycling Project85
330Miles OlmanAUSpcmdaily.com/images/mg/micro/ozc.pngOz Cycling Project79
374Jack HaigAUSpcmdaily.com/images/mg/micro/ozc.pngOz Cycling Project68
377Alex WohlerAUSpcmdaily.com/images/mg/micro/ozc.pngOz Cycling Project67
396Tom ScullyNZLpcmdaily.com/images/mg/micro/ozc.pngOz Cycling Project61
403Ki Ho ChoiHKGpcmdaily.com/images/mg/micro/ozc.pngOz Cycling Project60
441Wen Hao LiCHNpcmdaily.com/images/mg/micro/ozc.pngOz Cycling Project50
448Glenn O'SheaAUSpcmdaily.com/images/mg/micro/ozc.pngOz Cycling Project48
456Elias AfewerkiERIpcmdaily.com/images/mg/micro/ozc.pngOz Cycling Project46
462William FordAUSpcmdaily.com/images/mg/micro/ozc.pngOz Cycling Project41
465Charles AnguiletGABpcmdaily.com/images/mg/micro/ozc.pngOz Cycling Project40
481Steele Von HoffAUSpcmdaily.com/images/mg/micro/ozc.pngOz Cycling Project34
493James OramNZLpcmdaily.com/images/mg/micro/ozc.pngOz Cycling Project25
497Brenton JonesAUSpcmdaily.com/images/mg/micro/ozc.pngOz Cycling Project23
509Taylor GunmanNZLpcmdaily.com/images/mg/micro/ozc.pngOz Cycling Project10

 
SotD
Impressive how well Visconti performed. He really shouldn't do that well in the PT, but nice nontheless...

Goss underperforms a bit, but not much... I hope that my TT'ers can replicate 223 and 317 next season. Vlatos and Paillot should be almost similar to Durbridge and Ford.

I will be looking forward to see if you will challenge for TTTs next season as well. Rogers being useless next season, but several riders go up a level to take over from him. O'Shea to 77, Haig to 75, Gunman to 75, Oram to 75, Wohler to 74, Morten to 73, Choi to 73... I wish my TT setup was this versatile.
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tsmoha
SotD wrote:
Impressive how well Visconti performed. He really shouldn't do that well in the PT, but nice nontheless...

Goss underperforms a bit, but not much... I hope that my TT'ers can replicate 223 and 317 next season. Vlatos and Paillot should be almost similar to Durbridge and Ford.

I will be looking forward to see if you will challenge for TTTs next season as well. Rogers being useless next season, but several riders go up a level to take over from him. O'Shea to 77, Haig to 75, Gunman to 75, Oram to 75, Wohler to 74, Morten to 73, Choi to 73... I wish my TT setup was this versatile.


Thanks, mate.

Yes, Visconti did OP in two races, but I'm happy someone polyvalent like him did so. Always been one of my favorites.. Goss had a few good showings. If only he had have more luck at the Giro, this might have turn his season into a success.. Can't really complain anyway, our results were pretty solid afterall Smile

TTTs... I'm not sure yet! They can be frustrating, but surely my TTlers gave me some points. On paper,my setup still looks like a good base to once again focus on timetrials. But it depends on many things during the transfer period.. Choi was just loaned in, btw Wink
 
viking90
You had a good first season in PT, congrats to that! Smile

Will be fun seeing how the next season will go for you specially with Morton maxed. Cool
 
Eden95
A very nice first season in PT, glad to see it went so well! 3/5 goals is quite nice as well. Looking forward to how you'll develop your team moving forward into the next season.
Indosat - ANZ HQ

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HAIG NEW U23 TIMETRIAL CHAMPION - MORTON SILVER IN THE RR


This year's Road World Championships were held in and around Paarl, South Africa. With no real chance for any Ozzie to follow up on Matthew Goss' Elite Road title from last season, our team still had some real threats for a few of the several events during those days in South Africa. Of course Lachlan Morton (Tour de l'Avenir winner) would have been our biggest hope to bring home another Worlds medal, entering the U23 Road Race as the top favorite.

But first, another of our current riders took home the ever prestigious golden medal: Domenico Pozzovivo was part of the Italian setup, that rode to a stunning victory in the TTT competition! A strong performance from the team brought Italy a quite comfortable win ahead of Spain and Colombia. We are happy for Pozzovivo to achieve something big like this.

And we got another golden medal before Morton had his big chance in the U23 road race: Jack Haig, Morton's key helper in his Avenir showing, delivered big time in the U23 ITT. Our future premium stage racer had great legs on a challenging parcours and took the victory in a thrilling fight against Morton's biggest Avenir competitor Pierre-Henri Lecuisinier. One second. Just one second of advantage for Haig eventually. Definitely one of our biggest highlights this season.

Lachlan Morton unfortunatelly missed another gold in the U23 road race though: while our premium climber looked strong in the final quarter of the race (see second picture below), a stunning solo attack by Daan Olivier did prevent Morton from winning the race. We had to settle for a still pleasant 2nd place - again ahead of Lecusinier, who came 3rd. Of course it's a shame to miss this victory as the runner-up, but Olivier did very well to benefit from a few moments of passive racing from the biggest guns.

As to be expected, our Ozzies had no real chance in the B and A Worlds road races, but Luke Durbridge added another notable result as 6th in the Elite ITT event. A tricky parcours brought some hard times for pure TT specialists, so we were delighted to see Durbridge finish as the best of the non-climbers.

U23 ITT World Championships | WC Paarl
1 Jack HaigAustralia1h16'33
2 Pierre-Henri LecuisinierFrance+ 1
3 Marlen ZmorkaUkraine+ 18
…
11 Lachlan MortonAustralia+ 1'24


U23 World Championships | WC Paarl
1 Daan OlivierNetherlands6h50'27
2 Lachlan MortonAustralia+ 1'40
3 Pierre-Henri LecuisinierFrance+ 2'53
...
25 Jack HaigAustralia+ 18'38


Elite TTT World Championships | WC Paarl
1 Italy1h24'40
with Domenico Pozzovivo
2 Spain+ 21
3 Colombia+ 23


Elite ITT World Championships | WC Paarl
1 Aleksandr PluchkinMoldova1h13'57
2 Simon SpilakSlovenia+ 32
3 Robert GesinkNetherlands+ 36
…
6 Luke DurbridgeAustralia+ 1'02


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