Wesley Sulzberger

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Wesley Sulzberger
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Sulzberger at the 2009 Tour Down Under.
Personal information
Full nameWesley Sulzberger
NicknameWes
Born (1986-10-20) 20 October 1986 (age 37)
Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight67 kg (148 lb)
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Amateur team
2006–2008 Southaustralia.com–AIS
Professional teams
2009–2011 Française des Jeux
2012–2013 GreenEDGE
2014 Drapac Professional Cycling
2015 Navitas Satalyst Racing team
2016 Kinan Cycling Team
Major wins
National Under-23 Road Race Championships (2007)
Medal record
Representing Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
Men's road bicycle racing
World Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2007 Stuttgart Under-23 Men's Road Race

Wesley Sulzberger (born 20 October 1986) is an Australian former professional cyclist, who rode professionally from 2009 to 2016.

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Career

Born in Beaconsfield, Tasmania, Sulzberger started cycling with the West Tamar Cycling Club. He began his career with the Australian Continental Team Southaustralia.com–AIS and later joined Française des Jeux. After three years with the team, Sulzberger moved to the GreenEDGE team for the 2012 season. [1] He remained with the team until the end of the 2013 season, when he joined Drapac Professional Cycling for the 2014 season; he joined his brother Bernard Sulzberger, on the squad. Since 2017 working as Sr Country Manager Australian & New Zealand for Zwift, 2022 studying part time as an MBA candidate University of Queensland. [2]

Major results

2006
1st Overall Tour of Gippsland
1st Stage 7
Tour of Tasmania
1st Stages 6, 10 & 11
1st Stage 1 Tour de Hokkaido
2007
1st MaillotAustralia.PNG Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships
1st Stage 2 Herald Sun Tour
2nd Silver medal blank.svg Road race, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships
2008
1st Stage 2 Tour of Japan
2009
1st Stage 2 Paris–Corrèze
5th Overall Tour Down Under
2010
1st Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan
2011
8th Overall Tour of Turkey
8th Overall Bayern Rundfahrt
2013
4th Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia
2014
10th Overall Tour de Taiwan
2016
1st Stage 3 Le Tour de Filipinas
1st Mountains classification Tour de Kumano

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 20092010201120122013
Jersey pink.svg Giro d'Italia
Jersey yellow.svg Tour de France 151
Jersey red.svg Vuelta a España 117 145 DNF
Legend
Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

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References

  1. "Wesley Sulzberger to link up with GreenEdge in 2012". Cycling News . 13 September 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  2. "Wesley Sulzberger joins Drapac Pro Cycling". Cyclingnews.com . 11 November 2013. Retrieved 23 December 2013.

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