Martin Barras, long-time women's road coach for Cycling Australia, was named on Friday as the new High Performance Director of Cycling New Zealand.
Barras, currently a director sportif for the Orica-Scott women's team in addition to his role for Cycling Australia, has led his country through two Olympic cycles - in 2004 and 2008 - on the track before switching to the women's road programme. With Cycling New Zealand, he will oversee all of the various disciplines' high performance programmes.
"I am really excited to join such a well established and performed team and look forward to add my expertise to the mix," Barras said in a press release.
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"Without reinventing the wheel, we can improve our systems and delivery so that New Zealand continues to punch well above its weight internationally."
Barras' move is part of a large reshuffling of coaches and directors across the Olympic programmes. Gary Sutton moved to USA Cycling, Shane Sutton, after resigning from British Cycling, took up a post with the Chinese track team, among other moves.
Cycling New Zealand CEO Andrew Matheson welcomed Barras into the fold.
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