Scott Sunderland (road cyclist)

Scott Sunderland
Scott Sunderland
Personal information
Born (1966-11-28) 28 November 1966 (age 57)
Inverell, New South Wales, Australia
Professional teams
1990–1994TVM[1]
1995–1996Lotto–Isoglass[1]
1997GAN[1]
1998–2000Palmans–Ideal[1]
2001–2003Team Fakta[1]
2004Alessio–Bianchi[1]

Scott G. Sunderland (born 28 November 1966) is an Australian former professional cyclist, who is a now a sports manager and consultant.[2]

Sunderland was born in Inverell, a country town in northern New South Wales. He worked double shifts in the Inverell abattoirs to fund his early European racing career.

Until he retired at the end of 2004, Sunderland was Australia's longest serving professional cyclist, and placed highly in many of the cycling world's greatest events.[citation needed]

As a racer, Sunderland had some injuries and setbacks, the most memorable being when he was struck by a car driven by his former director, Cees Priem, during the 1998 Amstel Gold race.[3]

Sunderland recovered and the final few years of his career saw a resurgent Scott Sunderland.[citation needed]

Sunderland rode his last Tour de France in 2004.[citation needed]

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Scott Sunderland". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
  2. ^ "Scott Sunderland, Australian Cycling Coach and Consultant". Archived from the original on 4 January 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. ^ Christopher Smith (2 November 2006). "1998 Amstel Gold Race" – via YouTube.