Orica-AIS trust in Elvin and Spratt for 2016 success
Former Australian national champions Gracie Elvin and Amanda Spratt will be key riders for Orica-AIS next season with the Australian women's team giving the duo greater leadership roles for the upcoming season. Both riders have been with the team since its 2012 introduction into the women's peloton and sport director Gene Bates believes Elvin and Spratt have reached a new level in 2015.
"Gracie and Amanda really know what the team ethos is and how we are going to get there," Bates said. "They have really stepped up in that area, especially in the back half of this year, and it’s been fantastic to sit back and watch them develop."
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Elvin started the season with the ambition of winning an European race with her then victories to date only coming on Australian soil. In May she broke through with victory at the Gooik-Geraardsbergen-Gooik and then raised her arms in triumph again with a solo stage 3b victory at Thüringen Rundfahrt.
"I had put a lot of pressure on myself over the Spring Classics and didn't quite get the results I was hoping for, so to get a win not long after was a relief as much as it was exciting, " 26-year-old Elvin said. "It gave me the confidence I needed to know I am heading in the right direction with my training, and to go for more results for the rest of the season. Only a month later I won another race and I finally felt like I'd earned my place among some of the best professional riders."
The classics will again be a focus for Elvin although the Rio Olympic Games will be her major objective in 2016.
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