Orica-AIS wraps up successful 2015 season after a slow start
Orica-AIS wrapped up a successful 2015 campaign in which director Gene Bates praised the women on their “broad spectrum of results.”
The team may have had a slower start to the season than usual, however, they picked things up in May with Lizzie Williams taking a win at SwissEver GP Cham-Hagendorn and Gracie Elvin winning at Gooik-Geraardsbergen-Gooik. Other top results came from Amanda Spratt, who won the Giro del Trentino in June and Rachel Neylan, who won the overall title at the Trophee d’Or Feminin.
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Emma Johansson, who has signed with Wiggle-Honda from the 2016 and 2017 seasons, brought Orica-AIS much success with victory at Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria, stage wins and third overall at Euskal Emakumeen Bira, fourth overall at the Aviva Women’s Tour, double victories at the Swedish road and time trial championships, the overall wins at Internationale Thuringen Rundfahrt der Frauen and Lotto Belgium Tour.
“We had a really broad spectrum of results and riders achieving those results in 2015 and that’s probably the highlight for us,” sport director Gene Bates said. “It was a big goal of ours coming into this season and something we worked hard on in November and December last year.”
“Making the riders a bit more accountable certainly helped and making sure we had numbers in the finals, which is where we really suffered last year. The girls really turned that around this year."
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