Scott Sunderland (coach)
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Scott G. Sunderland is a former Australia
n professional cyclist, now Sports Manager and Consultant.
Sunderland was born in Inverell, a country town in northern New South Wales
. He worked double shifts in the Inverell abattoirs to fund his early European racing career.
Until he retired at the end of 2004, Sunderland was Australia's longest serving professional cyclist, and placed highly in many of the cycling world's greatest events.
As a racer, Sunderland had more than his fair share of injuries and setbacks, the most memorable being when he was struck by a car driven by his former director, Cees Priem, during the 1998 Amstel Gold race.
Sunderland recovered and the final few years of his career saw a resurgent Scott Sunderland.
Sunderland rode his last Tour de France in 2004.
' CSC squad
from 2004 till end of 2008. He coached the team to consecutive wins in the Paris–Roubaix in 2006 and 2007. In 2008 CSC squad
took the overall victory in the Tour de France
with Spanish star rider Carlos Sastre
.
In September 2008, Sunderland was recruited by the Cervélo TestTeam
owner Gerard Vroomen to form his newly announced Professional Cycling Team. 2008 Tour de France winner Carlos Sastre followed Sunderland in his move.
Early 2009 Sunderland was headhunted by British Cycling
and BC High Performance Manager Dave Brailsford and appointed Sports Manager to help put together a new professional British road cycling team, financially backed by BSkyB.
In 2010
, Team Sky
entered its first year of competition with Scott Sunderland in the position of Senior Sports Director.
In February 2010 the team got its first semi-classic victory when Juan Antonio Flecha won the Belgian semi-classic Omloop Het Nieuwsblad with a solo break.
Sunderland left Team Sky in May 2010, citing that he wanted to spend more time with his family.
Juniors Under 18
Oceania Games
1985 Amateur
1986 Amateur
1990
1991
1992
1993
Winner Oppy Oscar Cyclist of the Year, Australia
1994
1995
Knee operation in April; back in competition in July
1996
1997
1998
Out of competition from May 1998 until 18 July 1999 due to accident during Amstel Gold World Cup Race
1999
A crash kept him out of competition until July 1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n professional cyclist, now Sports Manager and Consultant.
Sunderland was born in Inverell, a country town in northern New South Wales
New South Wales
New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...
. He worked double shifts in the Inverell abattoirs to fund his early European racing career.
Until he retired at the end of 2004, Sunderland was Australia's longest serving professional cyclist, and placed highly in many of the cycling world's greatest events.
As a racer, Sunderland had more than his fair share of injuries and setbacks, the most memorable being when he was struck by a car driven by his former director, Cees Priem, during the 1998 Amstel Gold race.
Sunderland recovered and the final few years of his career saw a resurgent Scott Sunderland.
Sunderland rode his last Tour de France in 2004.
Management career
After his retirement Scott Sunderland became Sports Director with Bjarne RiisBjarne Riis
Bjarne Lykkegård Riis , nicknamed The Eagle from Herning , is a Danish former professional road bicycle racer who placed first in the 1996 Tour de France, and is now the team owner and manager of Danish UCI ProTour outfit Team Saxo Bank Sungard...
' CSC squad
Team CSC
Team Saxo Bank-SunGard is a professional cycling team from Denmark. It competes in the UCI ProTour. The team is owned and managed by former Tour de France winner Bjarne Riis, under the management of his company Riis Cycling. The sponsor is a Danish investment bank.Founded for 1998 Team home – Jack...
from 2004 till end of 2008. He coached the team to consecutive wins in the Paris–Roubaix in 2006 and 2007. In 2008 CSC squad
Team CSC
Team Saxo Bank-SunGard is a professional cycling team from Denmark. It competes in the UCI ProTour. The team is owned and managed by former Tour de France winner Bjarne Riis, under the management of his company Riis Cycling. The sponsor is a Danish investment bank.Founded for 1998 Team home – Jack...
took the overall victory in the Tour de France
Tour de France
The Tour de France is an annual bicycle race held in France and nearby countries. First staged in 1903, the race covers more than and lasts three weeks. As the best known and most prestigious of cycling's three "Grand Tours", the Tour de France attracts riders and teams from around the world. The...
with Spanish star rider Carlos Sastre
Carlos Sastre
Carlos Sastre Candil is a retired Spanish professional road bicycle racer and champion of the 2008 Tour de France. Sastre rides in 2011 for UCI Professional Continental team...
.
In September 2008, Sunderland was recruited by the Cervélo TestTeam
Cervélo TestTeam
Cervélo TestTeam is a former professional cycling team, whose license was held in Switzerland by the cycling management company Cycling United Racing. The team's title sponsor was Cervélo, a Canadian manufacturer of bicycle frames that previously exclusively supplied...
owner Gerard Vroomen to form his newly announced Professional Cycling Team. 2008 Tour de France winner Carlos Sastre followed Sunderland in his move.
Early 2009 Sunderland was headhunted by British Cycling
British Cycling
British Cycling is the national governing body for cycle racing in Great Britain. It administers most competitive cycling in Great Britain, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man...
and BC High Performance Manager Dave Brailsford and appointed Sports Manager to help put together a new professional British road cycling team, financially backed by BSkyB.
In 2010
2010 Team Sky season
The 2010 season for , its first, began in January with the Tour Down Under. As a UCI ProTour team, they are automatically invited and obliged to attend every event in the ProTour. The team formed for the 2010 season as part of an initiative by British Cycling to produce the first ever British Tour...
, Team Sky
Team Sky
Team Sky is a British professional road bicycle racing team that competes in international road bicycle races. The creation of the team was announced on 26 February 2009 and the team began competition in January 2010....
entered its first year of competition with Scott Sunderland in the position of Senior Sports Director.
In February 2010 the team got its first semi-classic victory when Juan Antonio Flecha won the Belgian semi-classic Omloop Het Nieuwsblad with a solo break.
Sunderland left Team Sky in May 2010, citing that he wanted to spend more time with his family.
Palmares
Juniors Under 16- NSW State Champion (Road Race)
- 2nd Teams Pursuit (Track) Australian National Championships
- 2nd Teams Time-trial (Road) Australian National Championships
Juniors Under 18
- NSW State Champion (Individual National Road Race)
- Australian National Champion 50km Teams Time-trial (Road)
- Australian National Champion Teams Pursuit (Track)
Oceania Games
- 1st Individual Road Race, 1st Time Trial, 2nd teams pursuit (Track), 3rd 30 km point score (Track)
1985 Amateur
- NSW State Champion, 50km point score (Track)
- 2nd 4000m teams pursuit (Track) Australian National Championships
1986 Amateur
- 1st
Australian Individual Senior National Road Championships (Aged 19 - racing elite)
1990
- Out due to a knee injury in the early part of the season
- 14th Paris–Camembert
- Finished Tour of Switzerland and Giro d'Italia
1991
- 1st Trofeo PantalicaTrofeo PantalicaThe Trofeo Pantalica was a professional road bicycle race held annually in Province of Syracuse, Italy. The last edition took place in 2003.-Winners:-External links:*...
- 9th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
- 3rd in stage 4
- 4th Overall Herald Sun Tour
- 7th Overall Kellogg's Tour of Great Britain
1992
- 1st Overall Mazda Alpine Tour
- 1st Mountain jersey,
- 5th Milan – San Remo
- 4th Overall Settimana Ciclista Internazionale
- 3rd stage 12 Vuelta a EspañaVuelta a EspañaThe Vuelta a España is a three-week road bicycle racing stage race that is one of the three "Grand Tours" of Europe and part of the UCI World Ranking calendar. The race lasts three weeks and attracts cyclists from around the world. The race is broken into day-long segments, called stages...
1993
Winner Oppy Oscar Cyclist of the Year, Australia
- 3rd Zottegem
- 4th Stage 3 Vuelta a EspañaVuelta a EspañaThe Vuelta a España is a three-week road bicycle racing stage race that is one of the three "Grand Tours" of Europe and part of the UCI World Ranking calendar. The race lasts three weeks and attracts cyclists from around the world. The race is broken into day-long segments, called stages...
- 5th Stage 2 Vuelta a EspañaVuelta a EspañaThe Vuelta a España is a three-week road bicycle racing stage race that is one of the three "Grand Tours" of Europe and part of the UCI World Ranking calendar. The race lasts three weeks and attracts cyclists from around the world. The race is broken into day-long segments, called stages...
- 10th Overall Tour of Switzerland,
- 13th Milan – San Remo
1994
- 1st Schynberg Rundfahrt Sulz
- 2nd Trophee Des Grimpeurs
- 4th stage 1 Vuelta de Pays Basque
- 10th Overall Kelloggs Tour of Great Britain,
- 1st Mountains jersey
- 10th Overall Vuelta a Burgos
- 15th Clásica de San SebastiánClásica de San SebastiánThe Donostia-Donostia Klasikoa - Clásica San Sebastián-San Sebastián is a cycle race that has been held every summer since 1981 in San Sebastián, Spain...
- 17th World Championships Sicily
1995
Knee operation in April; back in competition in July
- 10th Giro Del Emilia
- 11th Coppa Sabatini
- 13th Coppa Placci
1996
- 1st Stage 4 Tour Des Regions Wallonne
- 16th Overall Tour of Luxemburg
- 3rd in 1 stage
1997
- 1st Sprint classification Tour De Romandie
- 7th Overall Tour Du Mediterrian
- 10th Milan-Turin
- 14th Paris - Bourges
- 15th Tour of Lombardie
- 19th Overall Paris–Nice
- 5th in stage over Mt Ventoux
- 19th Overall Vuelta Du Pays Basque
- 2nd in stage 3
1998
- 1st GP Nokere
- 3rd G.P. Pino Cerami
- 6th Kemzeke
- 9th G.P. Cholet
- 11th Ronde Van Vlaanderen
- 11th Gent–Wevelgem
Out of competition from May 1998 until 18 July 1999 due to accident during Amstel Gold World Cup Race
1999
A crash kept him out of competition until July 1999
- 1st Stage 1 Vuelta a Castilla-Leon
- 4th Overall Commonwealth Bank Classic,
- 1st King Of The Mountains Classification
- 1st Points Classification
2000
- 1st Noosa Criterium
- 2nd stage 4 Vuelta a Burgos
- 3rd stage 2 Vuelta a Burgos,
- 2nd Australian National Road Race Championships
- 3rd Overijse
- 4th Zottegem
- 7th World Road Race Championships
2001
- 1st Grand Prix Pino Cerami
- 1st Grand Prix Fourmies
- 1st Stage 5 Herald Sun Tour
- 2nd Brabantse Pijl
- 2nd Grand Prix Rennes
- 3rd Paris–Camembert
- 3rd Grand Prix Wallonie
- 3rd Overall Paris–Corrèze
- 3rd Paris–Bourges
- 5th Overall Hessen Rundfahrt
- 1st in Mountains Classification
- 13th Overall Tour of Germany
- 18th Amstel Gold RaceAmstel Gold RaceThe Amstel Gold Race is a road bicycle race held in the southern part of the province of Limburg, Netherlands. Since 1989 it has been among the races included in season long rankings tables, as part of the UCI Road World Cup , the UCI ProTour , UCI World Ranking and from 2011 the UCI World Tour...
2002
- 1st Stage 7 Bank Austria Tour
2003
- 2nd CSC Classic
- 23rd Overall Giro d'ItaliaGiro d'ItaliaThe Giro d'Italia , also simply known as The Giro, is a long distance road bicycle racing stage race for professional cyclists held over three weeks in May/early June in and around Italy. The Giro is one of the three Grand Tours , and is part of the UCI World Ranking calendar...
2004
- 44th Paris–Roubaix
- 96th Overall Tour de FranceTour de FranceThe Tour de France is an annual bicycle race held in France and nearby countries. First staged in 1903, the race covers more than and lasts three weeks. As the best known and most prestigious of cycling's three "Grand Tours", the Tour de France attracts riders and teams from around the world. The...
External links
- http://www.scottsunderland.com/
- http://www.twitter.com/triplesmc
- http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/2170/Sunderland-talks-High-Performance-as-UCI-initiates-new-cycling-era.aspx
- http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/sky-to-nurture-young-talent