The 2016 National Road Series (NRS) served up some of the best domestic racing in seasons but the year was largely overshadowed by issues off the bike. The calendar was shorter than previous years as several races fell by the wayside, leading to uncertainty for riders, team managers, race organisers and Cycling Australia (CA). A review of the NRS was announced in June of last year by CA with the governing body announcing it is aiming to implement the recommendations for the 2017 season.
Following on from part one of the NRS season in review which featured the top-five ranked teams, Part Two features the team managers from the seventh to 11th ranked squads on the good, and the bad, and what can be done to improve the series for the 2017 season.
Cyclingnews contacted Swiss Wellness Cycling Team (6th overall) and Jayco/John West VIS (8th overall) for comment.
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Pat's Veg Cycling - Robert Tighello
7th overall - 31 points
The best result for the team in 2016?
At the Tour of Gippsland we won the young rider jersey and finished second on the team classification. Fourth overall at the Tour of Canberra with Drew Morey was another good result. There were a lot of top-tens and top-fives but as a young development team, the expectation probably isn't there to win. It's more about learning for the future as most of the guys on the team are 18 or 19-years-old. It would be nice to say we had wins but we had a lot of good efforts from the whole team at a number of races.
Oliver's Real Food Racing - Sam Layzell
JML Racing - Jon Leighton
Satalyst Verve Racing - Adrian Spinelli
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