Congratulations - GreenEDGE granted World Tour status
Cycling Australia congratulates GreenEDGE Cycling on being granted World Tour status by the UCI for 2012 and 2013.
The announcement will see an Australian registered team compete in the WorldTour for the first time.
“This is a key moment for Australian cycling and we are proud to enter the WorldTour with a new and extremely motivated project,” says team founder Gerry Ryan. “I am convinced that we will bring great moments and a lot of passion to the sport with this team. I’d like to use this opportunity to congratulate the entire team and all of our partners with this important, historical step.”
Eighteen teams have been granted UCI WorldTour status. These teams will be eligible to compete in all WorldTour events.
“This is a team built for the future and we are obviously thrilled to have the license in place,” said General Manager Shayne Bannan. “We have been confident all along during the process, but at the same time humble towards the criteria you need to meet in order to get the final approval. We are currently busy with our first team camp and everything is coming together for a great debut year in the WorldTour. We’re young team with big ambitions about giving back to the sport and creating excitement both in Australia and across the globe. Cycling has grown immensely over the last years and we are happy to be an integrated part of that positive development.”
GreenEDGE 2012 Roster
- Jack Bobridge (AUS)
- Baden Cooke (AUS)
- Allan Davis (AUS)
- Julian Dean (NZL)
- Mitchell Docker (AUS)
- Luke Durbridge (AUS) (neo)
- Bepppu Fumiyuki (JPN)
- Simon Gerrans (AUS)
- Matt Goss (AUS)
- Michael Hepburn (AUS) (neo)
- Leigh Howard (AUS)
- Daryl Impey (RSA)
- Jens Keukeleire (BEL)
- Aidis Kruopis (LTU)
- Brett Lancaster (AUS)
- Sebastian Langeveld (NED)
- Robbie McEwen (AUS)
- Christian Meier (CAN)
- Cameron Meyer (AUS)
- Travis Meyer (AUS)
- Jens Mouris (Ned)
- Stuart O'Grady (AUS)
- Wesley Sulzberger (AUS)
- Daniel Teklehaimanot (ERI) (neo)
- Svein Tuft (CAN)
- Tomas Vaitkus (LTU)
- Pieter Weening (NED)
- Matt Wilson (AUS)
