TEAM ANNOUNCEMENT: Juggling act to support ORICA-SCOTT youth at Giro d’Italia

Two of ORICA-SCOTT’s most promising young riders will lead the team’s ambitions at the 100th edition of the Giro d’Italia starting this Friday.

24-year-old Adam Yates, who last year won the Tour de France best young rider’s white jersey, will ride for a strong general classification result whilst the team will also support 22-year-old speedster Caleb Ewan in the sprint finishes.

“We will mix our focus between Adam in the mountains and Caleb on the flat stages,” sport director Matt White said. “It’s a tricky mix, but we aren’t the only people doing it and I am confident with the group we have we can chase both goals with success. We will certainly have something to concentrate on every day for the next three weeks.”

View the full team and announcement here.

FEATURE: History and the future set to collide at 100th Giro d'Italia

2017 marks the 100th anniversary of the Giro d’Italia - one of cycling’s three Grand Tours and second only to the Tour de France for history and prestige - and the three-week stage race that over the years has provided ORICA-SCOTT with the most success since the team’s inception in 2012.

A few years ago, before the general classification of a Grand Tour became a realistic target, the team’s horizon was marked with stage wins and in particular the opening team time trial, which if won, would yield the leader’s jersey and a chance to build on a solid start.

“We had a real opportunist approach in the beginning,” explained sport director Matt White. “The hunt for stage wins was the objective for Grand Tours and we did that very successfully, especially at the Giro d’Italia."

Read the full feature here.

REPORT: Yates finishes Tour de Romandie in second overall after Queen stage win & final TT

Queen stage winner Simon Yates raced to 12th place on today’s final time trial stage in the Tour de Romandie to secure second place overall after a solid six-day’s of racing.

The 24-year-old started the stage as the overall race leader but with a smaller buffer of 19seconds ahead of Australian Richie Porte (BMC).

“We came here hoping to do well on the GC so to actually run second is fantastic,” sports director Neil Stephens said. “The stage only finished now, we’ve only just lost the overall lead and the race so that is hard to digest but the reality is we have achieved a lot more than we could have hoped for this week.”

Read the full final report here.

PHOTOS: Tour of Romandie

There was rain, the was snow and eventually there was sunshine but we battled the weather and the WorldTour peloton to take home two stage wins and second overall at a successful 2017 Tour of Romandie.

Take a look at all of the drama and excitement in our gallery.