2015 Drapac Cycling season

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Drapac Cycling
2015 season
UCI codeDPC
Status UCI Professional Continental
Manager Agostino Giramondo
Main sponsor(s)Drapac Group
BasedAustralia
Bicycles Swiftcarbon
Season victories
One-day races -
Stage race overall-
Stage race stages9
  2014
2016  

The 2015 season for the Australian Drapac Professional Cycling team began in January at the Tour Down Under. The team participated in UCI Continental Circuits and UCI World Tour events when given a wildcard invitation.

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2015 roster

RiderDate of birth
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Graeme Brown  (AUS) (1979-04-09)9 April 1979 (aged 35)
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Will Clarke  (AUS) (1985-04-11)11 April 1985 (aged 29)
Flag of New Zealand.svg  Brad Evans [N 1]  (NZL) (1992-05-08)8 May 1992 (aged 22)
Flag of South Africa.svg  Dylan Girdlestone  (RSA) (1989-10-11)11 October 1989 (aged 25)
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Robbie Hucker  (AUS) (1990-03-13)13 March 1990 (aged 24)
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Brenton Jones  (AUS) (1991-12-12)12 December 1991 (aged 23)
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Jordan Kerby  (AUS) (1992-08-15)15 August 1992 (aged 22)
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Martin Kohler  (SUI) (1985-07-17)17 July 1985 (aged 29)
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Peter Koning  (NED) (1990-12-03)3 December 1990 (aged 24)
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Darren Lapthorne  (AUS) (1983-03-04)4 March 1983 (aged 31)
RiderDate of birth
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Travis Meyer  (AUS) (1989-06-08)8 June 1989 (aged 25)
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Lachlan Norris  (AUS) (1987-01-21)21 January 1987 (aged 27)
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Cameron Peterson  (AUS) (1983-12-04)4 December 1983 (aged 31)
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Adam Phelan  (AUS) (1991-08-23)23 August 1991 (aged 23)
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Tim Roe  (AUS) (1989-10-28)28 October 1989 (aged 25)
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Malcolm Rudolph  (AUS) (1989-01-04)4 January 1989 (aged 25)
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Samuel Spokes  (AUS) (1992-04-16)16 April 1992 (aged 22)
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Bernard Sulzberger  (AUS) (1983-12-05)5 December 1983 (aged 31)
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Wouter Wippert  (NED) (1990-08-14)14 August 1990 (aged 24)
  1. Evans joined the team on 1 August as a stagiaire.

Season victories

DateRaceCompetitionRiderCountryLocation
25 January Tour Down Under, Stage 6 UCI World Tour Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Wouter Wippert  (NED)Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Adelaide
4 February Herald Sun Tour, Prologue UCI Oceania Tour Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Will Clarke  (AUS)Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Melbourne
22 March Tour de Taiwan, Stage 1 UCI Asia Tour Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Wouter Wippert  (NED)Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Taiwan Taipei
24 March Tour de Taiwan, Stage 3 UCI Asia Tour Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Wouter Wippert  (NED)Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Taiwan Changhua County
17 May Tour of Japan, Stage 1 UCI Asia Tour Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Brenton Jones  (AUS)Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Sakai
7 June Tour de Korea, Stage 1 UCI Asia Tour Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Wouter Wippert  (NED)Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Gumi
12 June Tour de Korea, Stage 6 UCI Asia Tour Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Wouter Wippert  (NED)Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Gunsan
9 August Tour of Utah, Stage 7 UCI America Tour Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Lachlan Norris  (AUS)Flag of the United States.svg  United States Park City
28 October Tour of Hainan, Stage 9 UCI Asia Tour Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Brenton Jones  (AUS)Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Xinglong County


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