2016 Drapac Cycling season

The 2016 season for the Drapac Professional Cycling team began in January at the Tour Down Under and Tour de San Luis. The team participated in UCI Continental Circuits and UCI World Tour events when given a wildcard invitation.

Drapac Cycling
2016 season
UCI codeDPC
StatusUCI Professional Continental
ManagerAgostino Giramondo
Main sponsor(s)Drapac Group
BasedAustralia
BicyclesSwiftcarbon
Season victories
Stage race stages12

2016 roster
Rider Date of birth
 Graeme Brown (AUS) (1979-04-09)9 April 1979 (aged 36)
 Brendan Canty (AUS) (1992-01-17)17 January 1992 (aged 23)
 Will Clarke (AUS) (1985-04-11)11 April 1985 (aged 30)
 Nathan Earle (AUS) (1988-06-04)4 June 1988 (aged 27)
 Brad Evans[N 1] (NZL) (1992-05-08)8 May 1992 (aged 23)
 Brenton Jones (AUS) (1991-12-12)12 December 1991 (aged 24)
 Jordan Kerby (AUS) (1992-08-15)15 August 1992 (aged 23)
 Peter Koning (NED) (1990-12-03)3 December 1990 (aged 25)
 Jason Lowndes (AUS) (1994-12-14)14 December 1994 (aged 21)
Rider Date of birth
 Gavin Mannion (USA) (1991-08-24)24 August 1991 (aged 24)
 Travis Meyer (AUS) (1989-06-08)8 June 1989 (aged 26)
 Jens Mouris (NED) (1980-03-12)12 March 1980 (aged 35)
 Lachlan Norris (AUS) (1987-01-21)21 January 1987 (aged 28)
 Adam Phelan (AUS) (1991-08-23)23 August 1991 (aged 24)
 Tim Roe (AUS) (1989-10-28)28 October 1989 (aged 26)
 Tom Scully (NZL) (1990-01-14)14 January 1990 (aged 25)
 Samuel Spokes (AUS) (1992-04-16)16 April 1992 (aged 23)
 Bernard Sulzberger (AUS) (1983-12-05)5 December 1983 (aged 32)
  1. Evans joined the team on 1 April.

Season victories
DateRaceCompetitionRiderCountryLocation
20 JanuaryTour de San Luis, Stage 3UCI America Tour Peter Koning (NED) ArgentinaLa Punta
3 FebruaryHerald Sun Tour, PrologueUCI Oceania Tour Will Clarke (AUS) AustraliaMelbourne
21 FebruaryTour of Oman, Youth classificationUCI Asia Tour Brendan Canty (AUS) Oman
6 MarchTour de Taiwan, Stage 1UCI Asia Tour Will Clarke (AUS) TaiwanTaipei
9 MarchTour de Taiwan, Stage 4UCI Asia Tour Will Clarke (AUS) TaiwanXiangshan Visitor Center
14 MayTour of Iran (Azerbaijan), Stage 2UCI Asia Tour Peter Koning (NED) IranJolfa
5 JuneBoucles de la Mayenne, Stage 3UCI Europe Tour Tom Scully (NZL) FranceLaval
8 JuneTour de Korea, Stage 4UCI Asia Tour Brenton Jones (AUS) South KoreaDaejeon
11 JuneTour de Korea, Stage 7UCI Asia Tour Brad Evans (AUS) South KoreaSeoul
12 JuneTour de Korea, Stage 8UCI Asia Tour Brenton Jones (AUS) South KoreaSeoul
12 JuneTour de Korea, Points classificationUCI Asia Tour Brenton Jones (AUS) South Korea
2 JulyTour of Austria, PrologueUCI Europe Tour Will Clarke (AUS) AustriaKitzbüheler Horn
5 JulyTour of Austria, Stage 3UCI Europe Tour Brendan Canty (AUS) AustriaSonntagberg
30 JulyVolta a Portugal, Stage 3UCI Europe Tour Will Clarke (AUS) PortugalMacedo de Cavaleiros

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