Drapac Professional Cycling

Drapac Professional Cycling

Team information
UCI code	DPC
Registered	Australia
Founded	2004 (2004)
Discipline	Road
Status	Unrecognized (2004–2005) UCI Continental (2006–2013) UCI Professional Continental (2014–2016) UCI Continental (2017–present)
Website	Team home page
Key personnel
Team manager(s)	Agostino Giramondo Tom Southam[1]
Team name history
2004 2005 2006 2007–2008 2009–2010 2011–2016 2017–	Drapac Development Program MG Xpower–BigPond Drapac–Porsche Drapac–Porsche Development Program Drapac–Porsche Cycling Drapac Professional Cycling Drapac–Pat's Veg
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Drapac Professional Cycling (UCI Team Code: DPC) is an Australian UCI Professional Continental cycling team focusing on road bicycle racing. It was founded in 2004 by Michael Drapac to promote cycling in Australia and became a UCI team in 2006.^[2] In November 2013 the team was promoted from UCI Continental to Professional Continental status.^[3] In June 2016 it was announced that Drapac would become co-sponsor of the UCI WorldTeam Cannondale for the remainder of the year, before a merger with Drapac Professional Cycling for 2017. The sponsorship deal was agreed for five years, with Michael Drapac becoming a joint owner of the Cannondale team's holding company Slipstream Sports and continuing to fund a development squad under the name Drapac-Pat's Veg.^[4]

Team roster

As of 20 January 2016.^[5]

Rider Date of birth  Graeme Brown (AUS) (1979-04-09) 9 April 1979  Brendan Canty (AUS) (1992-01-17) 17 January 1992  Will Clarke (AUS) (1985-04-11) 11 April 1985  Nathan Earle (AUS) (1988-06-04) 4 June 1988  Brenton Jones (AUS) (1991-12-12) 12 December 1991  Jordan Kerby (AUS) (1992-08-15) 15 August 1992  Peter Koning (NED) (1990-12-03) 3 December 1990  Jason Lowndes (AUS) (1994-12-14) 14 December 1994  Gavin Mannion (USA) (1991-08-24) 24 August 1991

Rider Date of birth  Travis Meyer (AUS) (1989-06-08) 8 June 1989  Jens Mouris (NED) (1980-03-12) 12 March 1980  Lachlan Norris (AUS) (1987-01-21) 21 January 1987  Adam Phelan (AUS) (1991-08-23) 23 August 1991  Tim Roe (AUS) (1989-10-28) 28 October 1989  Tom Scully (NZL) (1990-01-14) 14 January 1990  Samuel Spokes (AUS) (1992-04-16) 16 April 1992  Bernard Sulzberger (AUS) (1983-12-05) 5 December 1983

Major results

National Champions

2007

Australia Road Race Championship, Darren Lapthorne

2009

Australia Road Race Championship, Peter McDonald

2010

Malaysia Road Race Championship, Muhamad Othman

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Drapac Professional Cycling.

• Official website
• ProCyclingStats: Drapac Professional Cycling (PCT)