Team Jayco–AlUla (men's team)
Australian men's professional cycling team / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Team Jayco–AlUla (UCI team code: JAY) is an Australian professional road race cycling team. Launched in January 2011, it competes at UCI WorldTeam level. The team was formed under the management of Andrew Ryan and Shayne Bannan, with Neil Stephens and Matt White[1] as Sporting Directors.[2] The team rides Giant bicycles, and wear Giordana Cycling clothing and Scott eyewear.[3]
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Registered | Australia | ||||||||||||||||
Founded | 2011 (2011) | ||||||||||||||||
Discipline(s) | Road | ||||||||||||||||
Status | UCI WorldTeam | ||||||||||||||||
Bicycles | Scott (2011–2020) Bianchi (2021) Giant (2022–) | ||||||||||||||||
Components | Shimano | ||||||||||||||||
Website | Team home page | ||||||||||||||||
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The team has financial backing from Australian businessman Gerry Ryan[4] who owns Jayco.[5] The current (2023-24) co-sponsor is the Saudi Arabian city of al-Ula.
The team has a women's team and supports its riders competing in track cycling.[6] In 2017 a development team, Mitchelton–BikeExchange was established.[7]
In June 2016, ahead of the 2016 Tour de France the team announced BikeExchange, an Australian cycling retailer, was stepping up as a title sponsor of the team.[8] Team owner Gerry Ryan had previously sought to secure further sponsorship after Orica announced it would stop sponsoring the team after the 2017 season.[9] From 2018 until 2020, the team was known as Mitchelton–Scott, with Ryan's Mitchelton Wines as a major sponsor.[10]