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Australia's only top-level cycling team, Team BikeExchange-Jayco have steadily evolved since making their debut in 2012. The team comprises both men's and women's line-ups, both competing in the UCI's respective WorldTour calendars.
Initially, the men's squad found success in the Classics, team time trials and opportunist stage wins, but have more recently nurtured rising Grand Tour contenders and the next generation of sprinters.
Colombian Esteban Chaves and British twin brothers Simon Yates and Adam Yates have made a big impression on Grand Tours in the past few seasons with Adam leaving to join Ineos Grenadiers in 2021.
Chaves established himself as a serious contender during the 2016 Giro d'Italia, where he placed second overall and wore the maglia rosa for a spell. This was backed up with a third place in the Vuelta a España the same year.
Since turning professional with the team in 2014 though, Simon Yates has had setbacks along with monumental highs. In 2016, he fell foul of the team omitting to submit a therapeutic use exemption certificate for an asthma drug, and he failed an anti-doping test at 2016 Paris-Nice.
However, those lows have been outweighed after Yates won the 2017 Tour de France young rider classification, before emerging victorious in GC at the 2018 Vuelta a España. He also has eight Grand Tour stage wins to his name too, making the BikeExchange rider highly successful in the team's colours.
Despite these successes a number of years ago now, Team BikeExchange - who will welcome new title sponsors Jayco in 2022 - finished just eighteenth on the UCI WorldTour team ranking for last season. A lack of wins provides reason for the drop in standings, with Yates the only member of the team able to win a Grand Tour stage race, which helped him finish third in the GC.
However, strucural changes in 2020 meant the 2021 season was a season of adjusting and developing, with a host of new riders added to the roster to propel the team back towards the front of the peloton. Simon Yates and Michael Matthews will continue to lead in the new season, with seven new riders from seven different countries joining the team to try and find BikeExchange-Jayco some improved performances.
Team BikeExchange-Jayco 2022 squad
Alex Balmer (SWI)
Jack Bauer (NZL)
Sam Bewley (NZL)
Lawson Craddock (USA)
Kevin Colleoni (ITA)
Luke Durbridge (AUS)
Alex Edmondson (AUS)
Tsgabu Grmay (ETH)
Lucas Hamilton (AUS)
Michael Hepburn (AUS)
Damien Howson (AUS)
Amund Grøndahl Jansen (NOR)
Kaden Groves (AUS)
Chris Juul-Jensen (DEN)
Tanel Kangert (EST)
Alex Konychev (ITA)
Jan Maas (NED)
Michael Matthews (AUS)
Cameron Meyer (AUS)
Luka Mezgec (SLO)
Kelland O’Brien (AUS)
Jesús David Peña (COL)
Callum Scotson (AUS)
Nick Schultz (AUS)
Dion Smith (NZL)
Matteo Sobrero (ITA)
Campbell Stewart (NZL)
Simon Yates (GBR)
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Kristen Faulkner takes a stunning solo win at the Giro Donne
Van Vleuten loses time but easily maintains a commanding lead going into Sunday’s final stage
By Owen Rogers Published
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Fresh start for Dylan Groenewegen after comeback victory at Tour de France
Team BikeExchange-Jayco rider is at his first Tour de France since serving his nine-month suspension for causing crash
By Adam Becket Published
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Kristen Faulkner cools down after making a splash at the Giro Donne
The American headed straight for the sea to after winning the stage and taking the Giro Donne overall lead
By Owen Rogers Published
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Simon Yates misses out on Tour de France selection
Team BikeExchange-Jayco opt for sprint focussed line-up focused on Dylan Groenewegen
By Tom Thewlis Published
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Simon Yates abandons Giro d'Italia with ongoing knee issue
Team BikeExchange-Jayco rider won two stages, but missed out on GC challenge
By Adam Becket Published
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Simon Yates to target stage wins after ending general classification challenge at Giro d'Italia
Team BikeExchange-Jayco rider to hunt stage wins in final two weeks
By Adam Becket Published
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'I just tried to go as fast as possible' — Simon Yates on his Giro d'Italia time trial win
Team BikeExchange-Jayco rider beat Mathieu van der Poel by three seconds
By Adam Becket Published
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Simon Yates aims for podium at Giro d'Italia
Team BikeExchange-Jayco build team around Briton as he chases top-three again
By Adam Becket Published
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Kaden Groves sprints to victory on stage two of Volta a Catalunya as crosswinds and crashes impact race
BikeExchange-Jayco win second stage in a row but Simon Yates loses time after crash
By Adam Becket Published
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Michael Matthews storms to victory on opening stage of Volta a Catalunya
Australian wins for a second time in Sant Feliu de Guíxols, outsprinting Sonny Colbrelli
By Adam Becket Last updated
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'If you don't try then you never know': Simon Yates after final day win at Paris-Nice
BikeExchange-Jayco rider attacked on Col d'Èze to take stage eight and seal second overall
By Adam Becket Published
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Team BikeExchange-Jayco out of Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana after positive covid results
Australian team withdraw from race ahead of stage three
By Adam Becket Published
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Team BikeExchange-Jayco release new kit, will ride Giant and Liv bikes
Australian WorldTour team goes blue for the men and aubergine for the women in Alé designed strips
By Adam Becket Published
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Mikel Nieve drops out of WorldTour to return to former team Caja Rural in 2022
The Spanish mountain domestique will be embarking on his 15th professional season
By Tim Bonville-Ginn Published
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Team BikeExchange Jayco focussing on widespread wins with confirmation of 2022 roster
The Australian team are optimistic they can achieve more success next season with their 28-man squad
By Ryan Dabbs Published
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BikeExchange interested in Tom Dumoulin for 2023 'if he wants to carry on with GC ambitions'
Dumoulin will be free at the end of 2022, when his contract with Jumbo-Visma runs out
By Ryan Dabbs Published
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Leaked contract shows Manuela Fundación tried to buy Mitchelton-Scott for €7 million
The failed takeover of the Australian squad, now called Team BikeExchange, caused confusion in June last year
By Jonny Long Published
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Rival teams lend spare bikes to BikeExchange after thieves steal 12 machines at Tour de l'Ardeche
The Australian team managed to start the fifth stage after help from Trek Segafredo, Liv Racing, and Movistar
By Ryan Dabbs Published
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Esteban Chaves joins EF Education-Nippo for 2022 after eight years at Team BikeExchange
The Colombian has seen a lot of success while riding with the Australian squad but wants a new challenge
By Tim Bonville-Ginn Published
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Tour de France: Simon Yates escapes serious injury after stage 13 crash
The British rider came down heavily in a large crash and wasn't able to continue
By Tim Bonville-Ginn Published
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Simon Yates believed Egan Bernal would let him go at Giro d’Italia after reading rival’s comments in media
The British climber said he had a feeling Ineos Grenadiers wouldn’t try to chase on stage 19
By Alex Ballinger Published
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'Podium still within reach' for Simon Yates who accepts Giro d'Italia victory is beyond him now
Simon Yates concedes fighting for the maglia rosa and will now aim for the podium at the Giro d'Italia after losing time on stage 16
By Jonny Long Published
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Simon Yates says riding Strade Bianche earlier this year helped him on stage 11 of the Giro d'Italia 2021
The British rider moved up to fifth overall after holding on to the likes of Egan Bernal until the final climb
By Tim Bonville-Ginn Published
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Team BikeExchange sports director thrown off Giro d'Italia after driving into Pieter Serry on stage six
The sports director did apologise to the Belgian rider but was thrown off the race
By Tim Bonville-Ginn Published
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Simon Yates wary of third week surprises at the Giro d'Italia
The British rider comes into the race as one of the two big favourites alongside Egan Bernal
By Tim Bonville-Ginn Published
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Michael Matthews wins Tour of the Basque Country opening stage
By Nigel Wynn Published
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Why Simon Yates’s Vuelta win was the best Grand Tour victory of 2018
Yates came of age at the Vuelta in 2018, bouncing back from a Giro d'Italia which ended in disaster
By James Shrubsall Published
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Orica to stop sponsoring Australian WorldTour team after 2017
Mining services company Orica will stop sponsoring the GreenEdge Australian cycling team after 2017, citing a 'challenging environment'
By Gregor Brown Published
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Orica-GreenEdge still hope to have Simon Yates at Tour de France despite delay in doping case
Simon Yates and Orica-GreenEdge have yet to hear from the UCI about a sanction for failing a drugs test but the team hopes he will be available for the Tour de France
By Gregor Brown Published