2016 Drapac Cycling season

Drapac Cycling
2016 season
UCI codeDPC
StatusUCI Professional Continental
ManagerAgostino Giramondo
Main sponsor(s)Drapac Group
BasedAustralia
BicyclesSwiftcarbon
Season victories
Stage race stages12
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The 2016 season for the Drapac Professional Cycling team began in January at the Tour Down Under and Tour de San Luis. The team participated in UCI Continental Circuits and UCI World Tour events when given a wildcard invitation.

2016 roster

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Rider Date of birth
 Graeme Brown (AUS) (1979-04-09)9 April 1979 (aged 36)
 Brendan Canty (AUS) (1992-01-17)17 January 1992 (aged 23)
 Will Clarke (AUS) (1985-04-11)11 April 1985 (aged 30)
 Nathan Earle (AUS) (1988-06-04)4 June 1988 (aged 27)
 Brad Evans[N 1] (NZL) (1992-05-08)8 May 1992 (aged 23)
 Brenton Jones (AUS) (1991-12-12)12 December 1991 (aged 24)
 Jordan Kerby (AUS) (1992-08-15)15 August 1992 (aged 23)
 Peter Koning (NED) (1990-12-03)3 December 1990 (aged 25)
 Jason Lowndes (AUS) (1994-12-14)14 December 1994 (aged 21)
Rider Date of birth
 Gavin Mannion (USA) (1991-08-24)24 August 1991 (aged 24)
 Travis Meyer (AUS) (1989-06-08)8 June 1989 (aged 26)
 Jens Mouris (NED) (1980-03-12)12 March 1980 (aged 35)
 Lachlan Norris (AUS) (1987-01-21)21 January 1987 (aged 28)
 Adam Phelan (AUS) (1991-08-23)23 August 1991 (aged 24)
 Tim Roe (AUS) (1989-10-28)28 October 1989 (aged 26)
 Tom Scully (NZL) (1990-01-14)14 January 1990 (aged 25)
 Samuel Spokes (AUS) (1992-04-16)16 April 1992 (aged 23)
 Bernard Sulzberger (AUS) (1983-12-05)5 December 1983 (aged 32)
  1. ^ Evans joined the team on 1 April.

Season victories

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Date Race Competition Rider Country Location
20 January Tour de San Luis, Stage 3 UCI America Tour  Peter Koning (NED)  Argentina La Punta
3 February Herald Sun Tour, Prologue UCI Oceania Tour  Will Clarke (AUS)  Australia Melbourne
21 February Tour of Oman, Youth classification UCI Asia Tour  Brendan Canty (AUS)  Oman
6 March Tour de Taiwan, Stage 1 UCI Asia Tour  Will Clarke (AUS)  Taiwan Taipei
9 March Tour de Taiwan, Stage 4 UCI Asia Tour  Will Clarke (AUS)  Taiwan Xiangshan Visitor Center
14 May Tour of Iran (Azerbaijan), Stage 2 UCI Asia Tour  Peter Koning (NED)  Iran Jolfa
5 June Boucles de la Mayenne, Stage 3 UCI Europe Tour  Tom Scully (NZL)  France Laval
8 June Tour de Korea, Stage 4 UCI Asia Tour  Brenton Jones (AUS)  South Korea Daejeon
11 June Tour de Korea, Stage 7 UCI Asia Tour  Brad Evans (AUS)  South Korea Seoul
12 June Tour de Korea, Stage 8 UCI Asia Tour  Brenton Jones (AUS)  South Korea Seoul
12 June Tour de Korea, Points classification UCI Asia Tour  Brenton Jones (AUS)  South Korea
2 July Tour of Austria, Prologue UCI Europe Tour  Will Clarke (AUS)  Austria Kitzbüheler Horn
5 July Tour of Austria, Stage 3 UCI Europe Tour  Brendan Canty (AUS)  Austria Sonntagberg
30 July Volta a Portugal, Stage 3 UCI Europe Tour  Will Clarke (AUS)  Portugal Macedo de Cavaleiros

References

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