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. Launched in January 2011, it competes at

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level. The team was formed under the management of

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and Shayne Bannan, with

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and Matt White as Sporting Directors. The team rides

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, and wear Giordana Cycling clothing and Scott eyewear. The team has financial backing from Australian businessman

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who owns Jayco Australia. The team has a women's team and supports its riders competing in

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. In 2017 they also established a development team, Mitchelton–BikeExchange. In June 2016, ahead of the

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the team announced BikeExchange, an Australian cycling retailer, was stepping up as a title sponsor of the team. Team owner, Gerry Ryan, had previously sought to secure further sponsorship after Orica announced they would stop sponsoring the team after the 2017 season. From 2018 until 2020, the team was known as Mitchelton–Scott, with Ryan's Mitchelton Wines as a major sponsor.

History

Formation

The team was launched as 'GreenEDGE Cycling' on 17 January 2011 in

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, and signed a full complement of 30 riders. On 6 December 2011, the team was admitted by the UCI to the 2012 and 2013 World Tour seasons.

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, a multinational company that provides chemicals and explosives for the mining industry, was GreenEDGE's title sponsor. The team attracted

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as a bicycle supplier and

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as suppliers of apparel.

2012

In January 2012, GreenEDGE made its debut in the

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. Allan Davis won the men's classification racing for GreenEDGE's second team in the race, Mitchelton Wines/Lowe Farms, while

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won the women's event. The following week

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won the

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. He was one of 16 GreenEDGE riders in the race.

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won the time trial title ahead of GreenEDGE team-mate

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. At the end of January, Gerrans won the

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, picking up victory for GreenEDGE in its first World Tour event. The team won their first major European race in the team time trial of

Tirreno–Adriatico Tirreno–Adriatico, nicknamed the "Race of the Two Seas", is an elite road cycling stage race in Italy, run between the Tyrrhenian and Adriatic coasts. Traditionally held in the early part of the season, it is considered to be an important prep ...

following a near miss from Gerrans during

Paris–Nice Paris–Nice is a professional cycling stage race in France, held annually since 1933. Raced over eight days, the race usually starts with a prologue in the Paris region and ends with a final stage either in Nice or on the Col d'Èze overlookin ...

. GreenEDGE then won their first

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when, again, Simon Gerrans won

Milan–San Remo Milan–San Remo (in Italian ''Milano-Sanremo''), also called "''The Spring classic''" or "''La Classicissima''", is an annual road cycling race between Milan and Sanremo, in Northwest Italy. With a distance of 298 km (~185.2 miles) it is t ...

in a 3 up sprint after following the key move over the top of the final climb.

2013

Going into the 2013 season, Orica–GreenEDGE started at the

won stage 2 and

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won the third and final stage. Defending Champion in the Women’s Event

defended her title and picked up her first win in stage 3 of the Women’s event. With the defending champions in the Men’s and Women’s Time Trial and Road Race in the

Orica–GreenEDGE had high expectations to meet.

went out and won the Time Trial on day one.

followed that up with a solo break in the criterium. With the defending champion

the favourite in the road race they were set for a clean sweep.

was part of an early break in the first few kilometers. As the race progressed the other riders of the break dropped off.

rode the final lap and a half solo to win by over 1 minute. New signing for 2013 Michael Matthews sprinted home to make it a one-two and a clean sweep of the Nationals. Orica–GreenEDGE had a very successful start to the

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. After avoiding much of the carnage of the first two stages,

won the 3rd stage. The next day, in the team time trial, Orica–GreenEDGE took out the stage by beating

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by 0.75 of a second. In the process, Gerrans took possession of the yellow jersey as the new race leader and held it for 2 days, then gave it up to teammate Daryl Impey for an additional two days.

2014

The team started the 2014 with success, tasting overall victory at the inaugural round of the

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, the

– courtesy of

. New recruit

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secured his first classification win with the young riders classification at the

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. Simon Clarke took the second overall victory, winning the

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. In the remainder of the spring season, the team would go on to take a smattering of victories at the

Tour of the Basque Country The Tour of the Basque Country (Officially: ''Itzulia Basque Country'', es, Vuelta al País Vasco, links=no, eu, Euskal Herriko Itzulia) is an annual road bicycle racing, road cycling stage race held in the Basque Country (autonomous community) ...

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, and

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. The team's most notable wins of the spring again came courtesy of Gerrans, who took victory at

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; whilst Adam Yates continued his good early season form, winning the overall classification of the

(his first pro GC victory). Entering the first Grand Tour of the year, the Giro d'Italia, the team targeted the stage win in the Team Time Trial and stage victories with Michael Matthews (who took victory on stage 6 into

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took a surprise victory into

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on stage 9. The team again took a smattering of stage wins as the season progressed through the summer, notching victories at the

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and

Giro di Toscana The Giro di Toscana is a road bicycle race held annually in Tuscany, Italy. From 2005 to 2014, the race has been organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. The race was not held in 2015. On 4 April 2016 it was announced that the race will r ...

. As the season entered the second half, Matthews would take a stage at the

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, whilst

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would claim the overall win in the

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. Gerrans would go on to take victory in the two Canadian one-day World Tour races:

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and

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. The team's final victory would come from

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, at

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2015

2016

2017

2018

Doping

On 28 April 2016, Simon Yates returned an adverse analytical finding for

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. Yates had been prescribed the drug to treat asthma, but a therapeutic use exemption (TUE) request had not been filed. The team attributed this to an administrative error. The team took full responsibility for this error, emphasising that Yates had no fault in the occurrence.

Media

The team is known for their online videos created by Dan Jones. Their channel has been successful due to their series "Backstage Pass" which gives viewers an insight into the team and the personalities in it. As of July 13, 2016, Dan has made over 400 episodes of Backstage Pass. The channel also had series such as "Bike Riders Can't Cook" and "Sunrise to Sunset" which showed fans a day in the life of a rider or staff member. The total hits on the channel is currently over 16.5 million. One of the most successful videos so far was the team's version of

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by singer

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. It has had over 1 million hits on YouTube and was also used by Eurosport to introduce the coverage of the 16th stage of the

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. Neal Rogers from Velo News labelled the video ''"Possibly the single best PR move I've seen from a pro cycling team in years!" In 2013, they made a tribute video of

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's famous song "

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", though they were forced to remove it from their official channel after a complaint from the rights holders. In 2014 Dan Jones created #SKYvOGE, a series where both and took part in a series of challenges off the bike which was also featured on Eurosport's cycling coverage of the 2014 Paris-Nice.

Team roster

Major wins

National, continental & world champions

;2012 :

Australian Road Race

Australian Time Trial

Canadian Time Trial

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Eritrean Road Race

Daniel Teklehaymanot Daniel Teklehaimanot Girmazion ( ti, ዳንኤል ተክለሃይማኖት ግርማጽዮን, ; born 10 November 1988) is a professional Road bicycle racing, road racing cyclist from Eritrea, who last rode for UCI Professional Continental team ...

Eritrean Time Trial

African Time Trial

;2013 :

Australian Road Race

Australian Time Trial

Australian Criterium,

South African Time Trial

Oceania Road Race

Lithuanian Road Race

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African Time Trial

;2014 :

Australian Time Trial

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Australian Road Race

South African Time Trial

Oceania Road Race

Canadian Time Trial

Canadian Road Race

;2015 :

South African Time Trial

Oceania Time Trial

;2016 :

Australian Criterium,

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South African Time Trial

Hong Kong Time Trial,

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Hong Kong Road Race,

;2017 :

Australian Criterium,

South African Time Trial

Chinese Time Trial,

Slovenian Road Race

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Canadian Time Trial

Slovenian Cross Country Mountainbike

Slovenian Cyclo-cross

;2018 :

Australian Criterium,

Australian Road Race

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South African Time Trial

South African Road Race

World Track (Points race),

Canadian Time Trial

European Road Race

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;2019 :

Australian Time Trial

South African Time Trial

South African Road Race

Ethiopian Time Trial Tsgabu Grmay ;2020 : MaillotAustralia

Australian Time Trial

Australian Road Race

South African Time Trial

Hungarian Time Trial

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;2021 :

Australian Criterium,

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Australian Road Race

;2022 :

American Time Trial,

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History

Formation

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

Doping

Media

Team roster

Major wins

National, continental & world champions

See also

References

Further reading

External links