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[PT] Jayco'z Cycling Project | 2016
tsmoha
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Early season recap.. in short..


All notable riders' results can be found on the front page. Here's just an overview of Jayco'z best finishers (and other notable achievements) in the first 12 events of our season. The first rankings update saw us in the upper mid table, but it's a close ranking obviously. Our latest results went from disappointing (Morton, Durbridge) over so-and-so (Burghardt and Goss) to good (Bobridge).

PT Badaling International
i.imgur.com/bZ9pXaM.png Jack Bobridge17th
HC Down Under Classic
i.imgur.com/bZ9pXaM.png Cheng Ji28th
PT Tour of Qatar
i.imgur.com/bZ9pXaM.png Miles Olman20th GC
PT Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
i.imgur.com/bZ9pXaM.png Marcus Burghardt3rd
PT Kuurne - Bruxelles - Kuurne
i.imgur.com/bZ9pXaM.png Marcus Burghardt11th
PT Tirreno-Adriatico
i.imgur.com/bZ9pXaM.png Jack Bobridge8th GC
i.imgur.com/bZ9pXaM.png Michael FordStage-Win
i.imgur.com/bZ9pXaM.png Jack BobridgeStage-Win
PT Paris - Nice
i.imgur.com/bZ9pXaM.png Lachlan Morton17th GC
i.imgur.com/bZ9pXaM.png Rohan Dennisi1176.photobucket.com/albums/x323/tsmoha/oz_polka_zps6e0c6147.gif KoM
PT Milan - San Remo
i.imgur.com/bZ9pXaM.png Cheng Ji13th
i.imgur.com/bZ9pXaM.png Marcus Burghardt16th
PT Chrono des Herbiers
i.imgur.com/bZ9pXaM.png Luke Durbridge16th
PT SAA Tour d'Afrique
i.imgur.com/bZ9pXaM.png Matthew Goss10th GC
PT East Midlands Cicle Classic
i.imgur.com/bZ9pXaM.png Marcus Burghardt5th
PT Vuelta a Pais Vasco
i.imgur.com/bZ9pXaM.png Jack Bobridge4th GC


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Jayco'z leading the pack over the cobbles from Omloop..


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Penasa joining the early break in P-N's fifth stage..


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Dennis secured Jayco'z their first jersey: KoM in Paris - Nice!


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Ford kicked off T-A with a bang, winning the prologue..


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Bobridge taking out stage two in T-A!


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Bobridge leading the front group in Pais Vasco's fourth stage..

 
tsmoha
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Mid- and more season recap.. in short..


It's all about Jayco'z fight against relegation, as our key riders missed out on a few key points in their target races. Burghardt scored in most of his races, but failed to achieve something big on the cobbles. Bobridge couldn't repeat his strong showing from Pais Vasco earlier this season and had to settle for some solid but also disappointing results (like in the Deutschland Tour). Goss had a rather good couple of months, scoring his first win in 2016 with a stage win in Germany and a strong showing in the Lisbon Classic.. an unlucky Morton, who crashed two times at the Vuelta a Espana, finally landed some well needed points in Liechtenstein.

But still, we're in need of key points. Our most recent results give Oz some hope to survive the ProTour this year. It may come down to our performance in the Tour of Tasmania. We once saved our season in another home race: the Herald Sun Tour 2013, where our team delivered big time to rescue Oz Cycling from relegation to Continental level.. let's do it again!

PT Ronde van Vlaanderen
i.imgur.com/bZ9pXaM.png Marcus Burghardt5th
PT Paris - Roubaix
i.imgur.com/bZ9pXaM.png Marcus Burghardt7th
PT Tour of California
i.imgur.com/bZ9pXaM.png Jack Bobridge8th GC
PT Giro d'Italia
i.imgur.com/bZ9pXaM.png Pierre Paolo Penasa23rd GC
PT Amstel Gold Race
i.imgur.com/bZ9pXaM.png Jack Bobridge8th
HC Interlagos GP
i.imgur.com/bZ9pXaM.png Chun Kai Feng33rd
HC Dutch Food Valley Classic
i.imgur.com/bZ9pXaM.png James Oram23rd
HC 4 Jours de Dunkerque
i.imgur.com/bZ9pXaM.png Chun Kai Feng13th GC
PT Fleche Wallone
i.imgur.com/bZ9pXaM.png Jack Bobridge7th
PT Liege - Bastogne - Liege
i.imgur.com/bZ9pXaM.png Jack Bobridge30th
PT Vuelta a Espana
i.imgur.com/bZ9pXaM.png Lachlan Morton21st GC
PT Strada Appia Antica
i.imgur.com/bZ9pXaM.png Marcus Burghardt5th
PT Tour de Suisse
i.imgur.com/bZ9pXaM.png Lachlan Morton5th GC
PT Criterium du Dauphine
i.imgur.com/bZ9pXaM.png Chun Kai Feng77th GC
PT Tour de France
i.imgur.com/bZ9pXaM.png Jacob Salcone99th GC
PT Praha - Karlovy Vary - Praha
i.imgur.com/bZ9pXaM.png Luke Durbridge8th GC
PT Deutschland Tour
i.imgur.com/bZ9pXaM.png Nathan Haas24th GC
i.imgur.com/bZ9pXaM.png Matthew GossStage-Win
PT GP Moscow
i.imgur.com/bZ9pXaM.png Lahcen Saber12th
HC Tour of Ukraine
i.imgur.com/bZ9pXaM.png Jack Haig7th GC
i.imgur.com/bZ9pXaM.png Wouter WippertStage-Win
PT Vuelta a Colombia
i.imgur.com/bZ9pXaM.png Lachlan Morton11th GC
PT Tour of Northern Europe
i.imgur.com/bZ9pXaM.png Marcus Burghardt7th GC
PT GP Liechtenstein
i.imgur.com/bZ9pXaM.png Lachlan Morton4th
PT Copenhagen-Malmo TTT
i.imgur.com/bZ9pXaM.png Jayco'z Cycling3rd
PT Lisbon Classic
i.imgur.com/bZ9pXaM.png Matthew Goss4th
HC Giro dell'Emilia
i.imgur.com/bZ9pXaM.png Ben Dyball28th


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Wippert with line honours in Tour of Ukraine's opener..


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Goss sprinting to his victory in Deutschland Tour's third stage..


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Burghardt fought hard in Roubaix, but finished only as 7th eventually..


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Morton finished well in Liechtenstein, climbing to an important 4th place..

 
viking90
Nice to see you back tsmoha! Smile

Good luck in the relegation fight!
 
tsmoha
Thanks, vik Smile



 
knockout
Congrats for avoiding relegation. Bobridge finished the season in style with a strong home race. Glad to see you back in PT with your TTT monster Smile

Wasn't the season I expected to see from jayc'OZ. After a strong first season followed a very quite season. I look forward to see whether you plan to change some things up with Burghardt slowly declining and Goss underachieving / nonachieving for most of the last two seasons.
A Big Thank You To All MG Reporters!

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tsmoha
Thanks, knockout! Definitely the season didn't go as planned. We had some poor performances and also (as many other teams) some bad luck with crashes in key races.. already looking forward to next year. I'm as thrilled as you whether we will change our plan or not Smile

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Late season run saves Oz: Bobridge runner-up in Tasmania


Thanks to Jack Bobridge's second consecutive GC podium in the Tour of Tasmania (after his 3rd place last year), Jayco'z Cycling Project will stay in the ProTour after finishing 14th in the final rankings eventually. Bobridge added a stage-win in our home race and missed the GC win to Jerome Coppel by just a second. The race was expected to be our key race for the fight against relegation and Bobridge (as well as a few solid stage results by Goss, Durbridge and Dennis) delivered big time.

While he missed out on a special result in the final race - Giro di Lombardia - our captain's performance in Tassie was fine enough to secure our spot in the ProTour for another - our third - season. A huge feeling to deliver such a result just ahead of our fans. No question: the Tour of Tasmania is our most favorite race on the calendar. Thanks to all folks for the outstanding support at the tracks.

PT GP Liechtenstein
i.imgur.com/bZ9pXaM.png Lachlan Morton4th
PT Copenhagen-Malmo TTT
i.imgur.com/bZ9pXaM.png Jayco'z Cycling3rd
PT Lisbon Classic
i.imgur.com/bZ9pXaM.png Matthew Goss4th
HC Giro dell'Emilia
i.imgur.com/bZ9pXaM.png Ben Dyball28th
PT Tour of Tasmania
i.imgur.com/bZ9pXaM.png Jack Bobridge2nd GC
i.imgur.com/bZ9pXaM.png Jack BobridgeStage-Win
PT Giro di Lombardia
i.imgur.com/bZ9pXaM.png Jack Bobridge17th


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Bobridge taking stage two in Tasmania, the key win to save our season!


The final rankings of the teams. Jayco'z had a thrilling season and our late run of good results made us jump from the relegation zone to a somewhat solid 14th eventually. After finishing 11th in our ProTour debut last year, we certainly had hoped for a better season though. May our guys avoid a relegation fight next year:

Team
TotalHC
1pcmdaily.com/files/Micros16/tif.pngTeam I-Gen - Festina8315123
2pcmdaily.com/files/Micros16/bec.pngBecherovka - Petrof666652
3pcmdaily.com/files/Micros16/vsa.pngVesuvio - Accumalux6641119
...
11pcmdaily.com/files/Micros16/bpv.pngBpost - Vlaanderen5961414
12pcmdaily.com/files/Micros16/pnd.pngPendleton's5703125
13pcmdaily.com/files/Micros16/btc.pngBouygues Telecom558032
14pcmdaily.com/files/Micros16/ozc.pngJayco'z Cycling Project5431250
15pcmdaily.com/files/Micros16/gzl.pngGazelle5426135
16pcmdaily.com/files/Micros16/rbc.pngRBC Pro Cycling5315228
17pcmdaily.com/files/Micros16/pok.pngPokerstars.com524315
18pcmdaily.com/files/Micros16/mus.pngMovistar - US Postal5180110
19pcmdaily.com/files/Micros16/ora.pngOrange - KLM Cycling4938151
20pcmdaily.com/files/Micros16/rbh.pngRed Bull - Huawei4647129
21pcmdaily.com/files/Micros16/kdd.pngKenya Airways - Dimension Data440833
22pcmdaily.com/files/Micros16/gre.pngGrieg - Eftel393955

 
tsmoha
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Season goals recap


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Marcus Burghardt missed out on our ambitious win goals, two Top-5's at least..


Ronde van VlaanderenWin5thBurghardt
East Midlands Cicle ClassicWin5thBurghardt
Vuelta al Pais VascoTop 34thBobridge
Vuelta a EspanaTop 1021stMorton
i1309.photobucket.com/albums/s635/Bikex/world_zps46708d49.png Team StandingsTop 1014th-


So we missed all of our goals. At least we came close to a Top-3 at Pais Vasco and Morton obviously missed his goal to Top-10 the Vuelta due to his two crashes earlier in the race. It ain't all black, even though we certainly had hoped for a better outcome of our goals. Burghardt just podium'd one cobbled classic, but avoided non-showings (or crashes) like he did one year before. Still, we surely ain't happy with missing those goals. Of course avoiding relegation was more important in the end though.

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Lachlan Morton had some tough times in Spain: no GC-hopes with two crashes..


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Jack Bobridge came close to podium Pais Vasco, finishing 4th eventually..

 
whitejersey
Hopefully a subpar season, in terms of goals, won't hurt your economy too hard going into next season. You were pretty close to fulfilling a couple of them Smile
 
tsmoha
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Rider's profile: Marcus Burghardt

| Age 33 | Wage 540,000€
Joined the team 2015 (as a free agent)


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2015 i.imgur.com/PX6n5tr.png Oz Cycling Projecti1176.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
ProTour - 32nd - 730pts
2016 i.imgur.com/bZ9pXaM.png Jayco'z Cycling Projecti1176.photobucket.com/albums/x323/tsmoha/oz_3rd_zpse0a37048.gif 3rdOmloop Het Nieuwsblad
5thRonde van Vlaanderen
5thEast Midlands CC
5thStrada Appia Antica
7thParis - Roubaix
7th GCToNE
11thKuurne - Bruxelles - Kuurne
16thMilan - San Remo
ProTour - 36th - 801pts


Joining Oz Cycling as the team's biggest signing in 2015, Burghardt (inking a 590,000€ deal) became our key rider to help the team surviving it's first ProTour season. With also Lachlan Morton and Domenico Pozzovivo joining the squad, Burghardt did not have to carry the whole pressure to upgrade a team, that came off a stellar PCT campaign with Jack Bobridge and 2014 world champion Matthew Goss as the biggest stars.

However, the German was the first real cobbler in Oz Cycling's history. The team had have some first solid cobbles results in 2014, where Jesus Del Nero and Giovanni Visconti had some race days on the pavé. Burghardt though lifted Oz into the very top of the world's best riders on this difficult terrain. Without any heavyweight support (Visconti remained Oz's second best cobbler in 2015) Burghardt had a somewhat solid, but also disappointing first year: a pleasant runner-up at the Ronde van Vlaanderen was followed by an unlucky Paris - Roubaix, where Burghardt suffered from a crash and had to settle for a quiet 18th place.. the veteran couldn't add another Top-5 in other classics and finished around Top-10 placings in a few more key events in his schedule.

While he did not really lift his point scoring to another level in 2016, Burghardt at least scored four Top-5 finishes on the cobbles. Again only one podium (3rd at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad) though. His 5th at RvV and 7th at P-R were solid, but still far from being special. A nice outing in the Tour of Northern Europe (7th in the final GC) made him score 71 points more than he had in 2015. Burghardt himself had hoped for a few more podiums, as he's still rated as one of the world's best cobblers. Turning 34 years next season, it remains uncertain, whether he will have another shot against Bewley or Van Avermaet in 2017.. while Jayco'z enjoyed the time we had on the pavement, the next off-season will surely be another question mark for Burghardt's future on the team.

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tsmoha
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Rider's profile: Lachlan Morton

| Age 24 | Wage 500,000€
Joined the team 2015 (from Eritel - Sonatrach)


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2015 i.imgur.com/PX6n5tr.png Oz Cycling Projecti1176.photobucket.com/albums/x323/tsmoha/oz_yellow_zpsf1befb0d.gif 1st GCTour de l'Avenir
15th GCTour de France
upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Silver_medal_icon.svg/12px-Silver_medal_icon.svg.png 2ndU23 WC RR
16th GCTour de Suisse
17th GCTirreno-Adriatico
17th GCVuelta a Colombia
27th GCTour of California
27thGP Liechtenstein
ProTour - 76th - 400pts
2016 i.imgur.com/bZ9pXaM.png Jayco'z Cycling Project4thGP Liechtenstein
5th GCTour de Suisse
11th GCVuelta a Colombia
13th GCTour of California
17th GCParis - Nice
21st GCVuelta a Espana
ProTour - 53rd - 586pts


Lachlan Morton was Oz Cycling's first huge transfer after promoting to ProTour. Early in the transfer season from 2015, the management agreed to terms with the African squad Eritel to sign Australia's biggest stage racer talent for a deal worth 2,200,000€ (additionally taking three loanees on bord). With also Marcus Burghardt and Domenico Pozzovivo joining Oz that year, we managed to build a strong core of key riders to eventually finish our ProTour debut as 11th best team.

Morton, not yet fully developed, struggled to hit the Top-15 in most of his races: 15-16-17-17 were his best GC results in his first season with Australia's premium cycling team. His 15th place in the Tour de France as the best of his GC outings.. while he yet had to show anything special for Oz Cycling, this process had have to be expected. He concluded a very good year for the team with the biggest results of his career then: his overall win of the Tour de l'Avenir, as well as his runner-up in the U23 world championships obviously made for a pleasant view of his personal achievements in 2015.

The 2016 campaign came with higher expectations and pressure then. As our premium stage racer (with Pozzovivo leaving the team), Morton was our only real GC-threat for stage races. While he did boost his individual scoring from 400pts to 586pts, Morton couldn't really deliver on a regular base. He helped to save Oz from relegation with an important 4th place in a tough GP Liechtenstein though. His 5th place in the Tour de Suisse, as well as a solid 11th place in the Vuelta a Colombia added some key points.

Morton's most important race though, the Vuelta a Espana, went horribly wrong. Two crashes earlier in the race destroyed his chances to fight for the expected Top-10 result. He tried to go for stage results in the third week, but couldn't land a notable finish. His 21st place in the final GC was definitely one reason for Oz Cycling to find itself in the battle against relegation. It's time for a big ProTour result for Morton in Jayco'z Cycling Project's colors. Will 2017 be the year of his first notable Grand Tour finish?

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whitejersey
Really like these riderprofiles, they give great insight Smile
 
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tsmoha
Thanks for the kind words, whitey Smile Just enjoying wrapping up some riders results. May continue with a few more at times.
 
jt1109
Top write ups there mate, the whole team really rode well in the last 1/5 of the season from Lisbon onwards if you can keep that going to start next season I'm sure you will raise up the table a lot more
 
tsmoha
@jt: Thanks, mate. Well, obviously I'm hoping for my riders to continue their performances from the last few races of the season Smile Of course there will be some off-season changes as well. I don't wanna fight against relegation for another year!

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Rider's profile: Jack Bobridge

| Age 27 | Wage 360,000€
Joined the team 2012 (as a free agent)


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2012 i.imgur.com/eAayYaK.png Oz Cycling Projecti1176.photobucket.com/albums/x323/tsmoha/oz_1st_zpse0ef814b.gif 1stNedbank Classic
4th GCHerald Sun Tour
6th GCTour of Czech Republic
6thIsle of Man ITT
16th GCTour de Beauce
18th GCTour of Japan
21st GCTour Down Under
i1176.photobucket.com/albums/x323/tsmoha/oz_young_zpsec03830f.gif U25Herald Sun Tour
Tour of Czech Republic
Tour de Beauce
Tour of Japan
CDiv - 69th - 347pts
2013 - loaned out to Red Bull13th GCTour of Tasmania
13th GCTour of Norway
14thClassique du Grand-Duche
17th GCTirreno-Adriatico
24th GCVuelta al País Vasco
ProTour - 89th - 359pts
2014 i.imgur.com/G38ZAav.png Oz Cycling Projecti1176.photobucket.com/albums/x323/tsmoha/oz_yellow_zpsf1befb0d.gif 1st GCTour of Czech Republic
i1176.photobucket.com/albums/x323/tsmoha/oz_1st_zpse0ef814b.gif 1stManx International
i1176.photobucket.com/albums/x323/tsmoha/oz_2nd_zps4a2ea0ea.gif 2nd GCTour of Britain
i1176.photobucket.com/albums/x323/tsmoha/oz_2nd_zps4a2ea0ea.gif 2ndJapan Cup
i1176.photobucket.com/albums/x323/tsmoha/oz_3rd_zpse0a37048.gif 3rd GCTour of Beijing
i1176.photobucket.com/albums/x323/tsmoha/oz_3rd_zpse0a37048.gif 3rdScandinavia Open
4th GCTour of South Africa
5thGiro dell'Emilia
7thNelspruit Classic
10thIsle of Man ITT
11thGisborne GP
12th GCTour of Norway (PT)
15th GCTour of California (PT)
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Tour of Czech Republic
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Tour of Bejing
PCT - 4th - 1232pts
2015 i.imgur.com/PX6n5tr.png Oz Cycling Projecti1176.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
ProTour - 37th - 691pts
2016 i.imgur.com/bZ9pXaM.png Jayco'z Cycling Projecti1176.photobucket.com/albums/x323/tsmoha/oz_2nd_zps4a2ea0ea.gif 2nd GCTour of Tasmania
4th GCVuelta a Pais Vasco
7thFleche Wallone
8th GCTirreno-Adriatico
8th GCTour of California
8th Amstel Gold Race
17thBadaling International
17thGiro di Lombardia
18th GCPraha - Karlovy
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Tour of Tasmania
ProTour - 21st - 1074pts


When the Oz Cycling Project was launched in 2012, there were only a few things that made the cycling world think positive about our chances to be competitive. Jack Bobridge, though quite expensive (wage back then: 360,000€), was one of those. With him and Luke Durbridge (who was loaned out to Red Bull straight away), we build our core of key riders for the upcoming years.

Bobridge did quite well for his age already in our debut season: while the team finished as dead last in the Continental Division (no relegation that year), "Bobo" brought home some notable results. His win at the Nedbank Classic from a 90km solo effort, as well as his several Young Rider shirts (including a 4th place at the Herald Sun Tour) made for a promising first season with our team.

Joining Durbridge as a loanee for Simply Red Bull in 2013, Bobridge had an important year in the ProTour then. A great experience and again some solid results. Another great performance on home soil, Bobridge delivered a 13th place in the GC of the Tour of Tasmania. An early sign of what to come a few years later..

Jack then had his breakthrough year in 2014: a stunning season for Oz Cycling and Bobridge himself. Finishing as 4th in the individual's rankings at the end of the season, Bobridge enjoyed a year full of success, including wins at the Tour of Czech Republic and the Manx International classic. Four more podiums in PCT events and also a notable stage-win in one of his ProTour stints (Tour of California) would follow. There's no question, who played the biggest part in Oz's way to ProTour.

In 2015, our ProTour debut season, Bobridge obviously would remain as our key rider. The Tour of Tasmania would mark a late season highlight, where Bobridge went to finish 3rd in the GC. His first ProTour podium finish. He also did very well in the Ardennes classics, including two Top-10 finishes. Yet another season, in which Bobo did his best to help Oz Cycling finish above/par expectations, avoiding relegation fears quite comfortably.

Our second ProTour campaign didn't go as planned then, but Bobridge would eventually prevent Oz from going down to PCT. His second consecutive podium in the Tour of Tasmania (2nd overall, plus a stage-win) would make for his best ProTour performance ever. He also delivered in the Vuelta a Pais Vasco (4th) and added a few more good finishes with Top-10 results. While he narrowly missed out on winning shirts, Bobridge once again managed to build up his good looking palmares for Oz Cycling and collected more than 1000pts in the individual's rankings. Who would expect him to change colors next year?

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tsmoha
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Rider's profile: Matthew Goss

| Age 30 | Wage 200,000€
Joined the team 2014 (from Wikipedia)


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2014 i.imgur.com/G38ZAav.png Oz Cycling Projectupload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Gold_medal_icon.svg/12px-Gold_medal_icon.svg.png 1stWC Elite RR
i1176.photobucket.com/albums/x323/tsmoha/oz_1st_zpse0ef814b.gif 1stZimnyanya GP
i1176.photobucket.com/albums/x323/tsmoha/oz_3rd_zpse0a37048.gif 3rd GCEneco Tour
5thRace Horizon Park
6thDown Under Classic
6th GCTour of Taihu
6th GCTour du Faso
7thParis - Tours
10thPhiladelphia CyClassic
13thBerlin ProRace
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Eneco Tour
Tour of Taihu
Tour de Faso
Stages Top-516x
PCT - 26th – 682pts
2015 i.imgur.com/PX6n5tr.png Oz Cycling Project5thLisbon Classic
13thGP Moscow
Stages Top-5Giro d'Italia (4x)
Vuelta a Espana
Tour de Suisse (2x)
ProTour - 77th – 394pts
2016 i.imgur.com/bZ9pXaM.png Jayco'z Cycling Project4thLisbon Classic
10th GCSAA Tour d'Afrique
21stMilan - San Remo
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Stages Top-5Tou de France (3x)
Tou of California
Praha – Karlovy
ProTour - 72nd – 433pts


When Matthew Goss joined Oz Cycling in 2014, he came off a ProTour title-campaign with Wikipedia. The Oz paid 1,800,000€ and sent Luke Durbridge/Wen Hao Li on loan to Wikipedia, receiving a world class sprinter, who finished inside the individual's Top-60 in ProTour the year before. Surely a huge deal for Oz, as we came off a relegation battle in the PCT.

Goss wouldn't exactly crush the competition on this new level for him, but he still delivered a good season for our team: winning the Zimnyanya GP, finishing 3rd overall at the Eneco Tour and sprinting to four stage-wins and sixteen more Top-5 finishes on stages across the year, Goss performed well inside the individual's Top-30 in the final rankings. Together with Jack Bobridge and Michael Rogers, Gossy built a strong trio for Oz Cycling's promotion campaign.

And of course let's not forget the biggest highlight at the end of the season: Goss would outsprint the world's best fast men to take the World Championship's road race! A huge ending to a huge season for Oz. The rainbow stripes would make for a great look in our ProTour debut.

Goss, however, couldn't repeat his strong performances from 2014. An unlucky Giro d'Italia (we had a stage-win goal here) saw him finishing on the podium a few times, but narrowly missing out on a stage. Goss couldn't sprint for line honours in any of his races, but at least did well as 5th in the Lisbon Classic. Not exactly a pleasant year for the reigning world champion, but still: his 394pts helped Oz to stay up comfortably.

Things went pretty similar in 2016 then. A few Top-5 finishes in a Grand Tour (TdF), an again strong result in Lisbon (4th this time, key points for Oz's survival) and a solid 10th place in the SAA Tour d'Afrique. Goss almost performed on level with his showings from 2015, but finally took a stage-win after one year without line honours: his stage-win in the Deutschland Tour became his fifth for Oz Cycling in his three years with the team. With Lahcen Saber showing promises to become a classy sprinter, Gossy's future on the team remains as uncertain as it already did last off-season though.

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tsmoha
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WC 2017 in Krakow: Saber wins B race in style!


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The world championships in Krakow couldn't have started with better news for Jayco'z: the opening event saw our upcoming sprinter Lahcen Saber winning the B-Worlds title thanks to a gutsy move about 10km to the finish. Entering the race as one of the top-favorites, Saber fortunately had both the legs and the tactics to match the role he had. It's the third gold medal for Oz after Goss (2014, Elite RR) and Haig (2015, U23 TT) took the primes in the previous two years.

Saber always looked in control in yesterday's tough cobbled event in and around Krakow. An interesting race made for some selection in the peloton and Saber launched the winning move out of a leading group with 10km remaining. A powerful and risky move, as most people would have expected Saber to wait for a sprint decision. But our man delivered big time and managed to held off a solo-chasing Marc Potts by ten seconds eventually.

1 Lahcen SaberMorocco7h17'06
2 Marc PottsIreland+ 11
3 Eugert ZhupaAlbania+ 37
4 Geoffroy NgandambaGabon+ 48
5 Gediminas BagdonasLithuanias.t.


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tsmoha
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WC 2017 in Krakow: Burghardt finishes 3rd for bronze


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After alread claiming two medals (Lahcen Saber as 1st in the B-Race and Jack Haig as 2nd in the U23 timetrial), our veteran Marcus Burghardt addded our third individual medal at the world championships in Krakow.

An unbeatable Bewley took the primes ahead of Florian Senechal, while Burghardt eventually had to settle for a 3rd place in a three-men sprint. The German showed a good race overall, finding himself in a thrilling final section of the race. Dropping most of the other top-favorites, a trio managed to went clear and fought for gold until the finish.

1 Sam BewleyNew Zealand6h34'43
2 Florian SenechalFrance+ 5
3 Marcus BurghardtGermanys.t.
4 Geraint ThomasGreat Britain+ 1'20
5 Adam BlytheGreat Britain+ 1'29


Except of the NCs, that race concluded our season. Stay tuned for a couple of news regarding the currently held NCs and other stuff. An overview of our wins, podiums and shirt(s) in the 2017 season:

RaceRider
i1176.photobucket.com/albums/x323/tsmoha/oz_yellow_zpsf1befb0d.gif GC
i1176.photobucket.com/albums/x323/tsmoha/oz_1st_zpse0ef814b.gif Classics
i1176.photobucket.com/albums/x323/tsmoha/oz_2nd_zps4a2ea0ea.gif 2ndTour of TasmaniaJack Bobridge
i1176.photobucket.com/albums/x323/tsmoha/oz_3rd_zpse0a37048.gif 3rdOmloop Het NieuwsbladMarcus Burghardt
Copenhagen-Malmo TTT
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i1176.photobucket.com/albums/x323/tsmoha/oz_polka_zps6e0c6147.gif KoMParis - NiceRohan Dennis
i1176.photobucket.com/albums/x323/tsmoha/points_zps63f449ab.png Points
Stage WinsTirreno-AdriaticoMichael Ford
Tirreno-AdriaticoJack Bobridge
Tour of TasmaniaJack Bobridge
Tour of UkraineWouter Wippert
Deutschland TourMatthew Goss
upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Gold_medal_icon.svg/12px-Gold_medal_icon.svg.png GoldB-WC RRLahcen Saber
upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Silver_medal_icon.svg/12px-Silver_medal_icon.svg.png SilverU23 WC ITTJack Haig
upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Bronze_medal_icon.svg/12px-Bronze_medal_icon.svg.png BronzeElite WC RRMarcus Burghardt

 
tsmoha
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Talents #2017: Haig & Saber take next step


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Most of our talents spent their seasons with Jayco'z last year: reaching their full potential now, we surely should expect some guys to be ready to take a next step in their role for the team. Of course there's two of our key signings in the past few seasons: Jack Haig (picture above), turning 24 years old next season, will be one of our most interesting young riders in 2017. Since joining Oz in 2014, Haig (who finished 7th in the Tour of Ukraine this season, adding a silver medal from the WC U23 timetrial) has been a manager's favorite and probably will get to ride a Grand Tour as our main man next year - or maybe two, depending on our transfer activities.

Lahcen Saber joined Oz as our most expensive rider last year. Probably no PT-winning material yet, Saber will still be our most exciting fully developed rider in 2017: his sprint in addition to his skills on cobbles is truly unique in our roster. While his skill-set may be a perfect PCT combination, Saber may be able to put some pressure on our main sprinter Goss next season and stay with Jaycpo'z for another year. Of course his triumph in the B-Race of the WC in Krakow made this more likely to happen.

We also look forward to guys like James Oram, Alex Wohler and Fiji national champion Jacob Salcone reaching their full potential. They all should be expected to stay as members on our team. Brendan Canty will also need some more ProTour experience next year and obviously he will spend the year with Oz, too. Same may happen for Dion Smith (picture below), who spent the last season with In-n-Out Cycling in the PCT. Our biggest unmaxed talent surely has a key year ahead.

Talents #maxed2017
[img-r]https://i.imgur.com/kNar4W4.png[/img-r][img-r]https://i1176.photobucket.com/albums/x323/tsmoha/NRS_Portraits/NRS_Platzhalter_zps31ed228a.png[/img-r] Jack Haig
on the team since 2014
23 years old | XP: 4.32 (Pot 6) | OVL: 74,93
Wage: 90,000€
FLMOHITTSTARESRECCOBSPACCFIDHPRL
71767375747376586172706775

Maxed in 2017
FLMOHITTSTARESRECCOBSPACCFIDHPRL
72787477767578586173706777
[img-r]https://i.imgur.com/WXM8cEb.png[/img-r][img-r]https://i1176.photobucket.com/albums/x323/tsmoha/NRS_Portraits/NRS_Platzhalter_zps31ed228a.png[/img-r] Lahcen Saber
on the team since 2016
26 years old | XP: 4.00 (Pot 4) | OVL: 75,42
Wage: 375,000€
FLMOHITTSTARESRECCOBSPACCFIDHPRL
73626864737277757977636870

Maxed in 2017
FLMOHITTSTARESRECCOBSPACCFIDHPRL
75626864747278768179636870
[img-r]https://i.imgur.com/FWB5QPs.png[/img-r][img-r]https://i1176.photobucket.com/albums/x323/tsmoha/NRS_Portraits/NRS_Platzhalter_zps31ed228a.png[/img-r] James Oram
on the team since 2015
23 years old | XP: 4.02 (Pot 6) | OVL: 70,77
Wage: 50,000€
FLMOHITTSTARESRECCOBSPACCFIDHPRL
71566475707066576869646475

Maxed in 2017
FLMOHITTSTARESRECCOBSPACCFIDHPRL
73566477727268576970656477
[img-r]https://i.imgur.com/vD5MwNo.png[/img-r][img-r]https://i1176.photobucket.com/albums/x323/tsmoha/NRS_Portraits/NRS_Platzhalter_zps31ed228a.png[/img-r] Alex Wohler
on the team since 2014
24 years old | XP: 4.04 (Pot 4) | OVL: 70,67
Wage: 50,000€
FLMOHITTSTARESRECCOBSPACCFIDHPRL
75586674716972517071806074

Maxed in 2017
FLMOHITTSTARESRECCOBSPACCFIDHPRL
77586676727173517172806076
[img-r]https://i.imgur.com/QwtFord.png[/img-r][img-r]https://i1176.photobucket.com/albums/x323/tsmoha/NRS_Portraits/NRS_Platzhalter_zps31ed228a.png[/img-r] Jacob Salcone
on the team since 2016
27 years old | XP: 4.00 (Pot 4) | OVL: 69,99
Wage: 50,000€
FLMOHITTSTARESRECCOBSPACCFIDHPRL
71706972666968505263706473

Maxed in 2017
FLMOHITTSTARESRECCOBSPACCFIDHPRL
71727074677070505263706475


Talents #levelup2017
[img-r]https://i.imgur.com/dMp9GKQ.png[/img-r][img-r]https://i1176.photobucket.com/albums/x323/tsmoha/NRS_Portraits/NRS_Platzhalter_zps31ed228a.png[/img-r] Brendan Canty
on the team since 2016
24 years old | XP: 3.00 (Pot 4) | OVL: 70,34
Wage: 50,000€
FLMOHITTSTARESRECCOBSPACCFIDHPRL
69717071686869526866656570

Level 4 in 2017
FLMOHITTSTARESRECCOBSPACCFIDHPRL
70737273707071526867666572
[img-r]https://i.imgur.com/XrEjwEh.png[/img-r][img-r]https://i1176.photobucket.com/albums/x323/tsmoha/NRS_Portraits/NRS_Platzhalter_zps31ed228a.png[/img-r] Dion Smith (back from loan)
on the team since 2016
23 years old | XP: 2.00 (Pot 5) | OVL: 69,23
Wage: 105,000€
FLMOHITTSTARESRECCOBSPACCFIDHPRL
68716867697169596668687064

Level 3 in 2017
FLMOHITTSTARESRECCOBSPACCFIDHPRL
68737067707271596670707064


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Scorchio
Another stand-out HQ with regular content in the off-season (puts me to shame). Write-ups are excellent as always. Your rider development cohort progressing into 2017 looks very strong, providing real solid support to your leaders with good potential to grab a decent points haul in their own right. Will follow with interest how you develop the roster through the off-season in order to ensure a less heart-attack inducing season in terms of flirting with relegation. Jayco'z should be able to establish themselves as a long-term PT team looking towards the top half of the table, rather than fearing the bottom half year on year.
Manager of ISA - Hexacta in the MG
 
tsmoha
Thanks for the kind words, Scorchio. Always appreciate positive feedback on my updates, as I spent some time to write them up.

Looking forward to our off-season as well Wink Not quite sure which direction we take. Got some ideas in my mind, but transfers can be a bit** sometimes, so I won't go for just one plan. We will present our new kit and maybe a few rumors soon. Thanks for stopping by. WCC had always some love from me, I followed Brenton Jones few notable results with interest.
 
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