The oldest French team in the pro peloton returns to Australian shores for its sixth Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race. Always in the mix, AG2R LA MONDIALE will be pushing for its first win at Australia’s only one day classic.
BORA – hansgrohe has experienced plenty of success in Victoria, winning Towards Zero Race Melbourne twice and Queensland’s Jay McCarthy famously became the first Australian to win the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race in 2018. They will be pushing hard for further success in 2020.
Poland’s first WorldTour cycling team is home to speedsters New Zealand Time Trial Champion Patrick Bevin and American Time Trial Champion Joey Rosskopf. Formerly known as BMC Racing Team, this is where Cadel Evans famously won the 2011 Tour de France.
With the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race reigning champion now in its ranks, Cofidis will be keen to pick up early season UCI WorldTour points in Geelong. The European Champion joined the French outfit this year and will be tough to beat on Sunday 2 February.
Winner of the UCI WorldTeam Classification in the past two seasons, Deceuninck – Quick-Step will field a strong and versatile seven-man team in Race Torquay and the One-Day Classic. Watch out for Irish Champion and two-time winner of Towards Zero Race Melbourne, Sam Bennett.
Impossible to miss in its striking pink strip, American outfit EF Education First returns in 2020. Open to challenging the norms in cycling, this team is always looking for new ways to entertain and engage with fans. Look out for its flamboyant riders, including Aussie Mitch Docker.
Another French heavyweight, Groupama-FDJ cycling team has more than 400 victories, including nine French Champion jerseys, three Cycling Monuments and 27 Grand Tour stages to its name. This will be the WorldTour team’s first appearance at the Cadel Road Race.
Formerly known as Team Sky, this is one of the world’s most decorated cycling outfits and a force at Grand Tour races. 2020 will see the team eager to prove their One-Day Classic credentials and no better place that in Geelong and the Surf Coast.
This is the first professional cycling team in Israel. The team’s vision is to enable talented young cyclists to compete in the international arena and launch their professional careers. We look forward to seeing what these riders can produce in Geelong in Torquay.
With the world’s fastest sprinter Caleb Ewan spearheading Lotto Soudal in 2020, the Belgium outfit is capable of podium finishes at both Towards Zero Race Torquay and the first UCI WorldTour Classic of the season. Australian cycling and the region will relish the chance to see the speed of Caleb in full flight.
Men’s National Road Race Champion Cameron Meyer will be looking to continue his stellar start to 2020 when he lines up for the local team at the Cadel Road Race on Sunday 2 February. His band of predominantly Australian team mates are sure to be crowd favourites.
NTT Pro Cycling (formerly Team Dimension Data) helps people in Africa move forward with bicycles through its relationship with Qhubeka Charity. As the only UCI WorldTour team based in South Africa, it is proud to boost 12 of its 38 riders hail from the continent of Africa.
For the first time Team Sunweb will bring both the WorldTour Men’s and Women’s rosters to Australia for the opening One-Day Classics of the season. Aussie young guns Rob Power and Jai Hindley ride for this star-studded line-up, which lives by the motto “Keep Challenging”.
UCI WorldTour road racing outfit Team Bahrain McLaren has just unveiled its dynamic new identity, team line-up and vision for 2020. The team is a joint venture between Bahrain WorldTour Cycling Team and British automotive, racing and technology leader McLaren.
With the UCI Road World Champion Mads Pedersen and Australian stalwart Richie Porte in the ranks, the American powerhouse is one to watch at the 2020 Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race. The crowd favourite squad is certain to be hunting for early season success.
Featuring some of Australia’s most talented young riders, the Australian National Team is sure to be contesting the Sprint and King of the Mountain jerseys, plus chasing the overall as their riders show the world their strength.