Orica–Scott (women's team)

Orica–Scott
Team information
UCI code ORS
Registered Australia
Founded 2012 (2012)
Discipline Road
Status UCI Women's Team
Bicycles SCOTT
Website Team home page
Key personnel
General manager Shayne Bannan
Team manager(s) Martin Barras[1]
Gene Bates[2]
Team name history
2012
2013–2016
2017–
GreenEDGE–AIS (GEW)
Orica–AIS (GEW)
Orica–Scott (ORS)

Orica–Scott (UCI Code: ORS) is a women's professional cycling team based in Australia, sponsored by Orica. Riders for Orica–Scott compete in the UCI Women's World Tour and other elite women's events throughout the world.

Team history

The team at the 2015 Le Samyn des Dames

2014 season

Riders in

On June 17, the team announced the signing of Katrin Garfoot for the remainder of the 2014 season.[3] On 16 October Chloe McConville, Sarah Roy and Lizzie Williams signed with the team for the 2015 season[4] with Amanda Spratt signing a contract extension. On October 28 Gracie Elvin signed a contract extension. On November 4, Katrin Garfoot signed a contract extension. On November 13 Melissa Hoskins signed a contract extension. On December 3, Macey Stewart and Alexandra Manly joined the team.

Riders out

On November 13 Carlee Taylor left the team to join Lotto Belisol Ladies.

2015

The team opened its account at the Bay Classic Series where Gracie Elvin took victory in the second stage of the race. This was followed up by a double win in the Santos Womens Cup courtesy of Valentina Scandolara and Melissa Hoskins.[5]

Former road race world championship silver medallist Rachel Neylan joined Orica-AIS at the end of March. [6]

Loes Gunnewijk would have to prematurely retire from racing early after sustaining a broken shoulder from the year before, Gunnewijk would return to Orica-AIS in 2016 as a trainee director sportif.[7][8][9] In August 2015, it was announced that Johansson would leave the team at the end of the 2015 season and join Wiggle High5 on a two-year deal for the 2016 season.[10] Melissa Hoskins would move away from Orica-AIS to concentrate her efforts on the track in the lead up to the 2016 Rio Olympics.[11] Valentina Scandolara moved to Cylance looking to advance a more leadership role and hoping to secure an Olympic placement.[12]

2016

Three new signings were announced for 2016, from the disbanded Velocio-SRAM American Tayler Wiles and Australian Loren Rowney, and from Bigla Dutch Annemiek van Vleuten. After Emma Johansson left as Orica-AIS team leader and Loes Gunnewijk retiring as road captain, Gracie Elvin and Amanda Spratt were given the opportunity to step up as team leaders.[13]

However Orica-AIS's roster aspirations didn't go to plan in 2016, Chloe McConville had planned to retire mid-way through 2016 but was forced to retire early due to a prolapsed disc back injury while on recon for the Tour of Flanders.[14][15] Another casualty of the Classics season was Lizzie Williams when injury, depression and anxiety took its toll on Williams.[16][17] In between road seasons, Macey Stewart participated in Track World and Oceania Championships, then onto working towards Rio 2016 left Stewart drained, and decided to spend more time with family.[18]

Midway through the 2016 season, Orica-AIS signed Jess Allen and Jenelle Crooks from Rochelle Gilmore's High5 Dream Team Australian development team.[19][20]

For both the men's Orica-GreenEDGE and women's Orica-AIS teams, GreenEDGE Cycling's headline naming sponsor Orica two year contract would be coming to an end at the end of 2016, but Orica decided to extend their sponsorship for one more year for 2017 to provide GreenEDGE extra time to search for new sponsors.[21][22] On the same month as Orica publicly announcing in June 2016 its exit from GreenEDGE, GreenEDGE Cycling's owner's Gerry Ryan OAM's co-owned business BikeExchange took place next to Orica as naming sponsors for the men's Orica-GreenEDGE squad on the eve of July's Tour de France while the women's team maintained the same team name since Orica sponsored the team.[23] Ahead of the 2017 season, GreenEDGE's sole longstanding bicycle supplier Scott Sports took up the task as naming sponsor alongside Orica for 2017, unifying both men's and women's teams under the same name for the first in GreenEDGE's history.[24]

The roster of riders for 2017 remained largely the same as the 2016 season closing, but with Orica-AIS not keeping Tayler Wiles due to an uncertain 2017 budget for GreenEDGE as Orica prepares for its final year as sponsor.[25] Australian track racer Georgia Baker took Wiles' place in the 2017 team roster.[26]

2017

With Scott Sports taking more prominence as a naming sponsor, non-drivetrain components from Shimano subsidiary PRO such as seatposts and handlebars were replaced by Scott subsidiary Syncros.[27][28] Also for 2017, Italian clothing brand Giordana replaces all apparel previously supplied from Swedish company Craft.

At the end of January, Loren Rowney officially announced her retirement from professional racing.[29] Orica-Scott would sign long time BePink team member Georgia Williams from New Zealand who had taken a pause from road racing to focus on the track at the Rio Olympics.[30]

After a few Women's World Tour podiums over two years with Elvin, Roy, and van Vleuten; Orica-Scott accomplished its breakthrough WWT win on Stage 4 at 2017 The Women's Tour with sprinter Sarah Roy.[31]

Major results

2012
1st Overall Rendition Homes-Santos Women's Cup, Judith Arndt
1st Stage 2, Judith Arndt
1st Stage 3, Alexis Rhodes
1st Overall Ladies Tour of Qatar, Judith Arndt
1st Stage 3 Women's Tour of New Zealand, Judith Arndt
1st Omloop Het Nieuwsblad WE, Loes Gunnewijk
1st Stage 5 Women's Tour of New Zealand, Linda Villumsen
1st Ronde van Vlaanderen , Judith Arndt
1st Overall Tour of Chongming Island, Melissa Hoskins
1st Stages 1 & 3, Melissa Hoskins
1st Stage 4 The Exergy Tour, Claudia Hausler
1st Overall Iurreta-Emakumeen, Judith Arndt
1st Stage 3, Linda Villumsen
1st Overall Giro del Trentino Alto Adige — Südtirol, Linda Villumsen
1st Stage 2b, Linda Villumsen
1st Stage 5 Giro d'Italia Femminile, Tiffany Cromwell
1st Overall International Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen, Judith Arndt
2013
1st Teams Classification Ladies Tour of Qatar
1st Omloop Het Nieuwsblad WE, Tiffany Cromwell
1st Cholet Pays de Loire Dames, Emma Johansson
1st Teams Classification Energiewacht Tour
1st Overall Tour of Chongming Island, Annette Edmondson
1st Stage 3, Annette Edmondson
1st Gooik-Geraardsbergen-Gooik, Emma Johansson
1st Overall Emakumeen Euskal Bira, Emma Johansson
1st Teams Classification
1st Stages 2 & 3 (ITT), Emma Johansson
1st Stage 2 Giro del Trentino Alto Adige – Südtirol, Emma Johansson
1st Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen, Emma Johansson
1st Stage 1, Emma Johansson
1st Stage 4, Shara Gillow
1st Prologue a Route de France, Emma Johansson
1st Team classification Lotto-Belisol Belgium Tour
Combativity award Stage 4 Lotto-Belisol Belgium Tour, Loes Gunnewijk
1st UCI Team World Ranking 2013
2014
1st Overall Santos Women's Cup, Loes Gunnewijk
1st Stage 1, Loes Gunnewijk
1st Stage 2, Amanda Spratt
1st Stage 3, Shara Gillow
1st Le Samyn des Dames, Emma Johansson
1st Cholet Pays de Loire Dames, Emma Johansson
1st Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio, Emma Johansson
1st Stage 1 The Women's Tour, Emma Johansson
1st Boels Rental Hills Classic, Emma Johansson
1st Giro del Trentino Alto Adige-Südtirol, Valentina Scandolara
Stage 4 Combativity award Internationale Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen, Gracie Elvin
1st Overall BeNe Ladies Tour, Emma Johansson
1st Stage 2a, Emma Johansson
1st Commonwealth Games Track Championships (Scratch race), Annette Edmondson
1st Combativity award Stage 3 Boels Rental Ladies Tour, Valentina Scandolara
1st Stage 6 Boels Rental Ladies Tour, Emma Johansson
2015
1st Stage 2 Bay Classic Series, Gracie Elvin
1st Overall Santos Women's Tour, Valentina Scandolara
1st teams classification
1st Stage 1, Valentina Scandolara
1st Stages 2 & 4, Melissa Hoskins
1st Stage 3 Womens Tour of New Zealand, Katrin Garfoot
1st SwissEver GP Cham-Hagendorn, Lizzie Williams
1st Gooik–Geraardsbergen–Gooik, Gracie Elvin
1st Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria, Emma Johansson
1st Giro del Trentino Alto Adige - Südtirol, Katrin Garfoot
1st Overall Internationale Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen, Emma Johansson
1st Team classification
1st Stage 3b, Gracie Elvin
1st Overall Trophée d'Or Féminin, Rachel Neylan
1st Stage 3, Rachel Neylan
1st Stage 4 Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche, Valentina Scandolara
1st Overall Lotto Belgium Tour, Emma Johansson
2016
1st Overall Santos Women's Tour, Katrin Garfoot
1st Teams classification
1st Stage 1, Katrin Garfoot
1st Stage 3, Lizzie Williams
1st Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race, Amanda Spratt
1st Stage 2 Ladies Tour of Qatar, Katrin Garfoot
1st Prologue Festival Elsy Jacobs, Annemiek van Vleuten
1st Gooik-Geraardsbergen-Gooik, Gracie Elvin
1st Stage 2a (ITT) Auensteiner–Radsporttage, Annemiek van Vleuten
1st Stage 2 Tour de Feminin - O cenu Českého Švýcarska, Loren Rowney
1st Teams classification Internationale Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen
1st Stage 6, Amanda Spratt
1st Stage 4 Boels Rental Ladies Tour, Sarah Roy
1st Chrono Champenois - Trophée Européen, Katrin Garfoot
2017
1st Overall Santos Women's Tour, Amanda Spratt
1st Teams classification
1st Stage 1, Amanda Spratt
1st Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race, Annemiek van Vleuten
1st Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria, Annemiek van Vleuten
1st Teams classification Emakumeen Euskal Bira
1st Stage 2, Amanda Spratt
1st Stage 3, Katrin Garfoot
1st Stage 4, Annemiek van Vleuten
1st SwissEver GP Cham Hagedorn, Sarah Roy
1st Stage 4 The Women's Tour, Sarah Roy
3rd Overall Giro d'Italia Femminile, Annemiek van Vleuten
1st Points classification, Annemiek van Vleuten
1st Mountains classification, Annemiek van Vleuten
1st Stages 2 & 5, Annemiek van Vleuten
1st La Course by Le Tour de France, Annemiek van Vleuten
1st RaboRonde Heerlen, Annemiek van Vleuten

National, Continental & World Champions

2012
Australian U23 Criterium, Melissa Hoskins
Australian Criterium, Alex Rhodes
Australian Road Race, Amanda Spratt
Australian Time Trial, Shara Gillow
Australian Track (Team pursuit), Melissa Hoskins
Oceania Time Trial, Shara Gillow
German Road Race, Judith Arndt
German Time Trial, Judith Arndt
World Time Trial, Judith Arndt
2013
Australian Road Race, Gracie Elvin
Australian Time Trial, Shara Gillow
Australian Track (Individual pursuit), Anette Edmondson
Swedish Time Trial, Emma Johansson
Australian Track (Omnium), Anette Edmondson
Australian Track (Madison), Anette Edmondson
Oceania Track (Points race), Anette Edmondson
Oceania Track (Omnium), Anette Edmondson
2014
National Cyclo-cross, Emma Johansson
Australian Road Race, Gracie Elvin
Oceania Time Trial, Shara Gillow
Australian Track (Scratch race), Anette Edmondson
Australian Track (Points race), Anette Edmondson
Australian Track (Omnium), Anette Edmondson
Australian Track (Madison), Anette Edmondson
Swedish Time Trial, Emma Johansson
Swedish Road Race, Emma Johansson
Oceania Track (Individual pursuit), Anette Edmondson
Oceania Track (Omnium), Anette Edmondson
2015
Australian Track (Team Pursuit), Macey Stewart
Oceania Time Trial, Katrin Garfoot
World Track (Team pursuit), Melissa Hoskins
Swedish Time Trial, Emma Johansson
Swedish Road Race, Emma Johansson
2016
Australian Time Trial, Katrin Garfoot
Australian Road Race, Amanda Spratt
Oceania Time Trial, Katrin Garfoot
Netherlands Time Trial, Annemiek van Vleuten
2017
Oceania Track (Team pursuit), Alexandra Manly
Australian Criterium, Jessica Allen
Australian Time Trial, Katrin Garfoot
Australian U23 Time Trial, Alexandra Manly
Australian Road Race, Katrin Garfoot
Australian Track (Team Pursuit), Alexandra Manly
Netherlands Time Trial, Annemiek van Vleuten

Team roster

Rider Date of birth
 Jessica Allen (AUS) (1993-04-17) 17 April 1993
 Georgia Baker (AUS) (1994-09-21) 21 September 1994
 Jenelle Crooks (AUS) (1994-07-02) 2 July 1994
 Gracie Elvin (AUS) (1988-10-31) 31 October 1988
 Katrin Garfoot (AUS) (1981-10-08) 8 October 1981
 Alexandra Manly (AUS) (1996-02-28) 28 February 1996
Rider Date of birth
 Rachel Neylan (AUS) (1982-03-09) 9 March 1982
 Loren Rowney (AUS) (1988-10-14) 14 October 1988
 Sarah Roy (AUS) (1986-02-27) 27 February 1986
 Amanda Spratt (AUS) (1987-09-17) 17 September 1987
 Annemiek van Vleuten (NED) (1982-10-08) 8 October 1982
 Georgia Williams (NZL) (1993-08-25) 25 August 1993

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