@Abi & Guave: Will definitely follow both your teams with much interest. Oram & Watson should be nice additions for CT teams and of course I will follow Groves & Storer (my premium talents) closely. Thanks for the business, guys!
| roster |
bennelong - mitchelton 2020
[img-l]https://i.imgur.com/WVViOZH.png[/img-l]lachlan morton 28 years old | xp maxed | ovl 79.94
wage 730,000€
on the team since 2015
fl
mo
hi
tt
sta
res
rec
cob
sp
acc
fi
dh
prl
70
84
76
73
79
78
78
54
57
67
68
68
73
[img-l]https://i.imgur.com/jL1JzPS.png[/img-l]jack bobridge 31 years old | xp maxed | ovl 79.53
wage 550,000€
on the team since 2012
fl
mo
hi
tt
sta
res
rec
cob
sp
acc
fi
dh
prl
73
69
83
77
74
74
69
53
69
80
66
66
77
[img-l]https://i.imgur.com/lM41rRh.png[/img-l]jack haig 27 years old | xp maxed | ovl 78.13
wage 300,000€
on the team since 2014
fl
mo
hi
tt
sta
res
rec
cob
sp
acc
fi
dh
prl
72
81
74
77
76
75
78
58
61
73
70
67
77
*received training on mountain +1
[img-l]https://i.imgur.com/5X7xKyG.png[/img-l]leigh howard 31 years old | xp maxed | ovl 77.74
wage 340,000€
on the team since 2018
fl
mo
hi
tt
sta
res
rec
cob
sp
acc
fi
dh
prl
76
63
68
68
75
70
79
63
82
79
64
65
68
[img-l]https://i.imgur.com/uayTse2.png[/img-l]tom david 30 years old | xp maxed | ovl 75.85
wage 120,000€
on the team since 2020
fl
mo
hi
tt
sta
res
rec
cob
sp
acc
fi
dh
prl
74
62
75
65
76
74
70
78
70
73
68
70
65
[img-l]https://i.imgur.com/5fFlJu9.png[/img-l]cameron meyer 32 years old | xp maxed | ovl 75.22
wage 70,000€
on the team since 2020
fl
mo
hi
tt
sta
res
rec
cob
sp
acc
fi
dh
prl
72
57
62
73
70
65
74
63
80
76
59
62
78
[img-l]https://i.imgur.com/MDVA34Z.png[/img-l]robert power 25 years old | xp maxed | ovl 74.34
wage 75,000€
on the team since 2017
fl
mo
hi
tt
sta
res
rec
cob
sp
acc
fi
dh
prl
67
77
70
66
77
76
79
59
56
62
61
65
65
[img-l]https://i.imgur.com/pXDj5CY.png[/img-l]dylan kennett 26 years old | xp 4.50 pot 3 | ovl 74.09
wage 120,000€
on the team since 2020
fl
mo
hi
tt
sta
res
rec
cob
sp
acc
fi
dh
prl
74
58
65
69
73
75
77
62
77
76
67
68
77
[img-l]https://i.imgur.com/VC2mhQz.png[/img-l]patrick lane 29 years old | xp maxed | ovl 73.98
wage 60,000€
on the team since 2018
fl
mo
hi
tt
sta
res
rec
cob
sp
acc
fi
dh
prl
69
74
76
63
70
68
72
56
63
73
78
66
63
[img-l]https://i.imgur.com/5C0mjQT.png[/img-l]hayden mccormick 26 years old | xp maxed | ovl 73.93
wage 50,000€
on the team since 2018
fl
mo
hi
tt
sta
res
rec
cob
sp
acc
fi
dh
prl
70
66
76
65
74
71
70
53
73
73
67
59
65
[img-l]https://i.imgur.com/oh6Ky0k.png[/img-l]brendan canty 28 years old | xp maxed | ovl 73.84
wage 50,000€
on the team since 2016
fl
mo
hi
tt
sta
res
rec
cob
sp
acc
fi
dh
prl
70
75
73
75
71
71
73
52
68
67
66
65
74
[img-l]https://i.imgur.com/5Bw1DSX.png[/img-l]chris hamilton 25 years old | xp maxed | ovl 73.77
wage 50,000€
on the team since 2017
fl
mo
hi
tt
sta
res
rec
cob
sp
acc
fi
dh
prl
72
68
76
67
71
74
74
55
64
73
70
68
69
[img-l]https://i.imgur.com/2qNbRQB.png[/img-l]cameron bayly 30 years old | xp maxed | ovl 73.69
wage 65,000€
on the team since 2018
fl
mo
hi
tt
sta
res
rec
cob
sp
acc
fi
dh
prl
71
74
74
67
70
72
69
58
65
74
78
73
65
[img-l]https://i.imgur.com/uQWEV0H.png[/img-l]timothy roe 31 years old | xp maxed | ovl 73.63
wage 50,000€
on the team since 2019
fl
mo
hi
tt
sta
res
rec
cob
sp
acc
fi
dh
prl
66
75
73
75
71
69
72
57
62
74
70
62
75
[img-l]https://i.imgur.com/GV6LF3f.png[/img-l]taylor gunman 29 years old | xp maxed | ovl 72.85
wage 60,000€
on the team since 2020
fl
mo
hi
tt
sta
res
rec
cob
sp
acc
fi
dh
prl
72
65
75
70
71
68
70
51
70
75
74
68
77
[img-l]https://i.imgur.com/XKZtxSK.png[/img-l]alex wohler 28 years old | xp maxed | ovl 72.44
wage 50,000€
on the team since 2014
fl
mo
hi
tt
sta
res
rec
cob
sp
acc
fi
dh
prl
77
58
66
76
72
71
73
51
71
72
80
60
76
[img-l]https://i.imgur.com/7qrLw9v.png[/img-l]ben o'connor 25 years old | xp 4.00 pot 5 | ovl 72.41
wage 50,000€
on the team since 2017
fl
mo
hi
tt
sta
res
rec
cob
sp
acc
fi
dh
prl
69
75
69
69
68
71
73
53
58
68
68
70
68
[img-l]https://i.imgur.com/WuEjWOB.png[/img-l]glenn o'shea 31 years old | xp maxed | ovl 72.26
wage 50,000€
on the team since 2012
fl
mo
hi
tt
sta
res
rec
cob
sp
acc
fi
dh
prl
73
52
64
77
70
73
72
51
71
72
59
56
77
[img-l]https://i.imgur.com/AalByGu.png[/img-l]chris harper 26 years old | xp 4.00 pot 3 | ovl 72.04
wage 50,000€
on the team since 2020
fl
mo
hi
tt
sta
res
rec
cob
sp
acc
fi
dh
prl
67
73
72
62
71
71
73
60
65
73
70
65
62
[img-l]https://i.imgur.com/GlKDxCY.png[/img-l]callum scotson 24 years old | xp 4.65 pot 4 | ovl 71.68
wage 50,000€
on the team since 2018
fl
mo
hi
tt
sta
res
rec
cob
sp
acc
fi
dh
prl
71
56
63
75
71
69
69
73
66
75
68
63
77
[img-l]https://i.imgur.com/Ikyehtf.png[/img-l]adam phelan 29 years old | xp maxed | ovl 71.65
wage 50,000€
on the team since 2013
fl
mo
hi
tt
sta
res
rec
cob
sp
acc
fi
dh
prl
71
64
74
70
73
70
65
56
64
79
80
62
70
[img-l]https://i.imgur.com/21lLJHA.png[/img-l]ryan christensen 24 years old | xp 4.29 pot 4 | ovl 70.90
wage 50,000€
on the team since 2018
fl
mo
hi
tt
sta
res
rec
cob
sp
acc
fi
dh
prl
77
66
68
64
74
73
75
52
68
64
70
76
64
[img-l]https://i.imgur.com/RynPSAG.png[/img-l]cyrus monk 24 years old | xp 3.39 pot 4 | ovl 70.47
wage 65,000€
on the team since 2018
fl
mo
hi
tt
sta
res
rec
cob
sp
acc
fi
dh
prl
71
60
65
66
72
67
68
72
61
69
71
77
66
[img-l]https://i.imgur.com/x8jbyMl.png[/img-l]marcus culey 27 years old | xp 4.34 pot 5 | ovl 70.13
wage 50,000€
on the team since 2019
fl
mo
hi
tt
sta
res
rec
cob
sp
acc
fi
dh
prl
77
61
64
65
76
75
73
53
65
68
72
66
67
[img-l]https://i.imgur.com/4VXILEo.png[/img-l]miles scotson 26 years old | xp 4.00 pot 4 | ovl 68.42
wage 50,000€
on the team since 2020
fl
mo
hi
tt
sta
res
rec
cob
sp
acc
fi
dh
prl
71
54
63
74
70
70
63
58
57
64
65
64
74
[img-l]https://i.imgur.com/hzxGmoI.png[/img-l]liam magennis(stagiare) 23 years old | xp 2.00 pot 4 | ovl 68.18
wage 10,000€
on the team since 2020
fl
mo
hi
tt
sta
res
rec
cob
sp
acc
fi
dh
prl
69
63
68
70
64
68
64
62
68
69
65
66
70
loaned out
[img-l]https://i.imgur.com/33aWJzC.png[/img-l]michael storer(on loan to philips / ct) 23 years old | xp 3.11 pot 5 | ovl 72.01
wage 50,000€
on the team since 2019
fl
mo
hi
tt
sta
res
rec
cob
sp
acc
fi
dh
prl
69
70
73
68
70
71
69
58
64
70
70
65
71
[img-l]https://i.imgur.com/8aTRthm.png[/img-l]lucas hamilton(on loan to dk zalgiris / pct) 24 years old | xp 3.28 pot 5 | ovl 70.58
wage 50,000€
on the team since 08/2018
fl
mo
hi
tt
sta
res
rec
cob
sp
acc
fi
dh
prl
68
71
70
64
67
71
72
55
64
73
71
69
66
[img-l]https://i.imgur.com/4gprNu7.png[/img-l]jai hindley(on loan to bakkafrost / pct) 24 years old | xp 3.54 pot 6 | ovl 70.44
wage 50,000€
on the team since 2018
fl
mo
hi
tt
sta
res
rec
cob
sp
acc
fi
dh
prl
69
68
71
66
72
69
69
55
66
69
71
68
66
[img-l]https://i.imgur.com/3ShLTmy.png[/img-l]kaden groves(on loan to guave's sunlight / ct) 22 years old | xp 1.00 pot 6 | ovl 69.41
wage 185,000€
on the team since 2020
fl
mo
hi
tt
sta
res
rec
cob
sp
acc
fi
dh
prl
68
61
69
64
69
69
66
63
71
71
64
66
68
[img-l]https://i.imgur.com/xPlSaz0.png[/img-l]alexander evans(on loan to mccormick / ct) 23 years old | xp 2.55 pot 4 | ovl 69.12
wage 50,000€
on the team since 2019
As always a top notch presentation for a top notch team full of Oceanic talent
I'll intently be looking out for Callum Scotson coming off his successful loan period at Swisslion. Looks like he'll be Tom David's right hand man in the cobbled classics
Love to see that Haig training, should make him a real favorite for more TT heavy stage races. Haig and Morton are only 27 and 28 - they sure have a bright future ahead
Hope Bobridge will deliver this year, was a shame to see him failing so often last season. Really hope the updated profiles will suit him better!
Thanks for the feedback, guys. Haig was our only realistic training option and I'm glad it worked out eventually. Obviously would have preferred to get more done, but losing Rohan Dennis for nothing destroyed everything..
..talking about Rohan Dennis: here's our short recap of the 2019 season. He will surely be missed!
2019 | season recap |
as promised, we give a short recap of the last season, that once again ended with an 11th place in the protour rankings for us. the third time in total since we promoted to protour back in 2014.. a year with ups and downs: while lachlan morton had quite a good season with a stage-win and a 3rd place in the gc of the tour de france as his definite highlights, our long time captain and fan favorite jack bobridge had a simply terrible 2019 campaign. clearly the main reason for bennelong to miss out on the long awaited top-10 in the protour.. except of one stage-win, bobridge collapsed whenever it counted (particularly frustrating in the tour of tasmania, where he survived the hilly stage without a time loss, just to disappoint in the final timetrial)..
leigh howard and rohan dennis (we will miss him) had good seasons, even though howard couldn't repeat his stellar gt performance from his vuelta a espana output the year before. our manager's favorite jack haid had a so-and-so year with a 5th place at tour de suisse his best result. he sometimes struggled in the crucial gt outings though, yet delivering a top-10 at giro d'italia.
we missed a race win this time, but had a solid year regarding stage wins, where we could celebrate nine wins eventually. most notable statistic: we had stage wins in every grand tour. a positive end for the season was delivered in the australian national championships, where jack bobridge and glenn o'shea took the nc titles on road and in the timetrial.
the national championships in australia went just as we had hoped for, when jack bobridge (picture above) went for line honours (finishing ahead of lachlan morton) in the road race and thus bouncing back from a disastrous 2019 campaign. glenn o'shea completed the nc double with a surprising victory against suck big guns as former bennelong-rider like durbridge. a very special result for bennelong on home spoil, but also for bobridge and o'shea, who are both on our team since 2012! the green and gold will be worn with pride.
Spoiler
the season goals
the season goals for bennelong - mitchelton can be revealed, too. as always in the past years, we're aiming for the top-10 in the team's standings. losing riders such as rohan dennis and dion smith won't make it an easy task, but when jack bobridge manages to get back to something similar to what he used to be, we may have a chance anyway.
another "business as usual" goal: winning the tour of tasmania. bobridge came close to it several times, but had a terrible final tt last season, when he actually did not lose any significant time in the crucial hilly stage one day before.. he will also be our main man for the tour of norway, where we didn't attend for a long time. rely on bobridge again? yeah, why not?
after finishing 3rd in the tour de france last season, we attempt to repeat this success for another time. it won't be easy, of course. the top-10 at the vuelta a espana is the next (and final) goal for us then. in 2019, we went for 3 (tdf) - 9 (giro) - 12 (vuelta) in the gts and now it's time to go for the triple top-10.
the 2020 campaign is done and dusted. and once again we failed to achieve our goal to enter the top-10 of the protour rankings. we came close (again), but it just wasn't enough to secure our maybe biggest goal by this point of our team history.
the stories of bennelong's season can be told quickly:
- we had some nice gc results in big races, failed to score big with stage results though (only four stage wins in total)
- morton lost the tour de france in an early stage and failed our top-3 goal clearly
- howard had some ups, but couldn't repeat his best results from last year
- bobridge saved our season with two gc wins and a great "comeback" from a terrible 2019 campaign
- trading dion smith away for a cobbler... brilliant idea... not..
jack bobridge definitely was the man of our season and he deserves all the credits for keeping us in fight for the already mentioned top-10 in the protour. two outstanding victories at tirreno-adriatico and tour de slovenie round off his great career he had with our team since joining the project way back in 2012. surely he bounced back from 2019 in style.
morton and haig proved to be reliable gc forces in most cases, even though morton struggled in his most important race this year. the duo remains the team's future though. opposing to howard, who's future ain't clear, but who had a nice end of the season with a solid deutschland tour and the victory in the australian national championship's road race.
we don't want to be too harsh to specific riders, but maybe the biggest conclusion of our season must be the following:
swapping tom david for our beloved dion smith must be amongst the biggest failures in our team's history. dion, we miss you!
Top-10 in all GT's was nice, including a podium even. Just a shame that you didn't really get stage results there, which would have been necessary for that top-10 I guess. Great season by Bobridge, and love to see you able to fill 3 teams in one nc as well
Thanks for the feedback, guys. Bobridge indeed with a nice bounce back season. Overall still slightly frustrating year despite great GC results in the GTs, lacking scoring though..
2021 | to new shores?
the team's future is secured with a new head sponsor being confirmed today: amaysim, an australian provider of mobile phone plans. amaysim operates as a mobile virtual network operator on the optus 4G network, and specialises in offering a range of SIM-only mobile plans.
we're thankful for bennelong's support in the past couple of years and happy for them to stay in our team's pool of sponsors for at least another year - despite stepping back from the "service" as our team's name giving sponsor.
cerveló, another long time partner of our team, will step up as our new second main sponsor. the canadian manufacturer of bycicles decided to push their support to a new level and we're obviously delighted to welcome such a company in a key role within our sponsor pool.
this new premium partnerships raised some questions concerning our team's direction for the upcoming season. after a few years of staying 100 percent oceanian, this strategy may now come to an end - in order to finally achieve the top 10 in the protour, that we've been aiming for since years! nothing's confirmed regarding the management's strategy for the off-season though.
Does this mean you won't be asking about Ewan?
Does this mean i can sign even more riders from you at discount prices?
Does the new jersey have enough colors?
Dropping the 100% Oceanic focus is surely going to rustle some feathers, whilst opening some some very interesting transfer deals for the other Oceanic centric teams come silly-season.
Interesting sponsor change, love the jersey too - it’ll surely stand out. And with a slight shift in focus I’m interested to see who you’ll be targeting outside of Oceania and who’ll be surplus to requirements.
It's going to be weird without Bennelong as it's all I've known since starting MG. But I'm sure you'll do great with your new sponsor and that top 10 goal is on the way!
Another nice looking jersey, bright and strong colors but still very stylish! wouldnt mind if those rumors of staying 100% oceanic would stay rumors but we'll see what you'll be doing during transfers ...
renewals are done and we're sadly saying goodbye to our main sprinter leigh howard, who refused to sign a solid offer for another year in the team's (new) colors. it's been a good ride with us and him, so we obviously thank leigh for his days for the team and some great results overall.
a few minor 'assets' left the team as well, but we welcome back a solid bunch of well known faces - at least for now! the news about a new main sponsor and a possible change of direction (rebuild?) arrived a few weeks ago and with rumors spreading, it's time for a first (maybe not 100 percent accurate) picture of our core roster and possibly available riders - you may spot a few surprises or not:
Although it's definitely not my focus region, there are some interesting "Yes" flags... And why not help out with some loaning stuff? We'll see - don't be surprised if you get a PM soon
lachlan morton
tom david
