Australia 5th Decade

[Aurora Australis]

Australia in the 5th CFF decade.

[Aurora Australis]

After Australia finished 17th in season 41, I've taken over the Aussie NT manager position to get us back on track.  Below is our team's current stats according to my data.

[Aurora Australis]

Season 42 <24yo team.  Loads of room for talented cyclists to make the NT team early on.

[Vos]

Comment of the Australian top sprinter Julian Lindsay ;
"Previous NT season was embarrissing of Australia !
With 2 sprint races in 1 season, I had a real chance to become the individual world champion, a price that my own team never won before.
But for both NT sprint races, I was not even selected. So, you can imagine my relief, that AA takes over now."

Comment of the 13 times NT world champion ( incl. 12x with Australia ) ;
"Have fun and good luck as Australian NT manager, AA !"

[Aurora Australis]

Thx Vos, the state of the Aussie NT demanded action.  And the sprinters are the only NT squad up to standard.
Here are the AV differentials from the last time I was NT manager to now.

1st
sprint -0.37av (Jasper Caan was a multiple NT winner & top ten for NT points for 4 seasons)
climb -0.75av
hill -2.83av
cobble -1.74av
TT -0.86av

5th cyclist
sprint +0.25av
climb -2.53av
hill -3.09av
cobble -1.53av
TT  -2.25av

As everybody can see, there's plenty of opportunities for anybody who gets Australian cyclists.  I won't be doing reviews etc for each race.  An u21 review will be in a week or so.

[Aurora Australis]

Just for my notes, u24 cyclists raced
Season 42

Kevin Knight Eaton    FaustoScoppi 22
Ross Drewett       Neresan 21 *3
Dean Lucas       MDDCycling 22 *4
Jasper Borthwick    Antequera 20 *4
Colin Sheehan      SaulSalinasTeam   23 *2
Bill Stayton      Villavante   21 *3
Norm Karuwali      La_Vie_Claire   20 *3
Jason Beal      TeaMetal   20 *3   
Oliver Ngardi   Aurora_Australis   20   
Tiger Butcher   Antequera   20 *2
Dave Robinson   Aurora_Australis   19   
Robbie Spiker   TeaMetal   20
Lenny Chamberlain   Aurora_Australis   19
Tony Kelly      Flyvende_hjul   22
Ross Drewett   Neresan   21 *2
Mike Nolan   QuintoYtapa   20
Nathan McPherson   Aurora_Australis   20
Nick Thomas   Mlb   20

[Aurora Australis]

So far there are only three 19-year-old Aussie cyclists, all of whom are in my team.   Send your international scout down to Australia, where there's a good chance of picking up cyclists who'll feature in international races.

[horace_vr]

Anyone still active in Australia forum or training, besides me ?

[Vos]

Unfortunately I have just one Australian in my team ;
30yo sprinter Lindsay, who likes this NT season with 2x flat sprint races. 
Of course he will be trained as good as possible, and too bad I have no more Aussies at the moment.

About the Australian activity ;
there are 7 Australian teams active = 3x in 1A, 2x in 2nd div. and 2x in 3rd div.
What is average, in my opinion. 3 Australian teams in 1A, is even above average.

And who knows, maybe in the future I will emigrate to Australia again. For now, I like la dolce vita in Italia. 
Good luck with your team, Horace, and have a nice Easter weekend.
Greetings from an Australia-fan !