With his IsoWhey Sports SwissWellness contract confirmed for 2017, Jesse Kerrison is aiming to showcase his sprint talent with Australia's premier domestic team and make the jump up to the WorldTour. 2016 was almost a write off for the 22-year-old as the Dynamo team he signed for folded before it ever truly existed.
Kerrison was a late addition to the State of Matter/MAAP team, starting the season brightly with the U23 national criterium title, and is now focused on having his best season yet with the newly merged team in 2017.
With a new training regime set out by coach Kate Perry of FTP Training starting to show results ahead of the Australian summer of cycling, Kerrison is confident he can hit the ground running with IsoWhey Sports SwissWellness and lay the groundwork for a successful year.
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"Their goals and my goals are aligned. Obviously, with their track record they want to develop riders and send them overseas and ultimately that is where I still want to go. ACJ [Andrew Christie-Johnston] and the team have such a good track record with that so it was an easy decision to make when it came down to it," Kerrison told Cyclingnews of signing for the Continental team which has sent the likes of Richie Porte, Nathan Haas, Will Clarke, Jack Haig and Chris Hamilton to the WorldTour.
"My confidence in their system is 100 percent so it will come down to whether I can tick the boxes to get me there. With the team that we have and the team I have supporting me, Kate and my family and all that, I think we can definitely get there. It's just about ticking the boxes."
Despite that fact that he's "come on in leaps and bounds physically and mentally" in 2016, Kerrison admits the limited UCI racing programme of State of Matter/MAAP hindered his chance to demonstrate his capabilities which saw his earn a ride with the BMC Development squad in 2014 and race in Europe.
- 2016 looking bright for Jesse Kerrison
- CharterMason-Giant top up roster with Jesse Kerrison and Alex Wohler
- Avanti IsoWhey and SwissWellness merge to create new IsoWhey Sports SwissWellness team
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