Gene Bates
Personal information | |
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Full name | Gene Michael Bates |
Nickname | Geno |
Born | Stirling, South Australia, Australia | 4 July 1981
Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) |
Weight | 61 kg (134 lb; 9.6 st) |
Team information | |
Current team | Team BikeExchange |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider (retired) Directeur sportif |
Amateur teams | |
2003 | Crédit Agricole (stagiaire) |
2004 | Saeco Macchine per Caffè (stagiaire) |
2005 | Zalf Desiree Fior |
Professional teams | |
2006 | LPR |
2007 | SouthAustralia.com-AIS |
2008–2009 | Drapac Porsche Cycling |
Managerial teams | |
2011 | Jayco-AIS |
2014– | Orica–AIS |
Gene Bates (born 4 July 1981) is an Australian cyclist, last riding for the Drapac Porsche Cycling.[1] Bates is currently the sporting director for UCI Women's team Team BikeExchange and has been since 2014.
Career[]
Bates began his professional career in 2006 with the Italian team LPR Brakes. In 2003 Bates won the Australian Under 23 road championship, and he joined Crédit Agricole for a period as a stagiaire. This did not lead to a professional contract so he served a further period as a stagiaire for Saeco the following year. In the 2006 Tour Down Under he finished 5th overall.[2] He also put in a strong showing at the Tour de Langkawi, finishing second in a stage behind Laurent Mangel.[3]
After cycling professionally, worked as assistant team manager for Jayco-AIS in 2011.[4] Bates was appointed as head cycling coach at the end of 2011 until 2013 for the , and for 2012 and 2013 Bates was endurance coach for Cycling Australia's junior track team.[5][6] From the start of 2014, Orica–AIS recruited Gene Bates as their DS as the team founding sports director Dave McPartland took up a role with the men's side of Orica–GreenEDGE.[7]
Major results[]
- 2001
- 1st Youth classification Tour Down Under
- 2003
- 1st Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships
- 1st Youth classification Tour Down Under
- 1st Sprint classification Oberösterreich Rundfahrt
- 1st Stage 2
- 1st Giro delle Due Province
- 7th Coppa della Pace
- 8th GP Citta di Felino
- 2004
- 1st Parma La Spezia
- 10th Overall Tour Down Under
- 2005
- 1st Mountain classification Tour Down Under
- 1st Piccola Sanremo
- 2nd Coppa della Pace
- 2nd Giro del Belvedere
- 7th Trofeo G. Bianchin
- 2006
- 3rd Gran Piemonte
- 5th Overall Tour Down Under
- 2007
- 2nd GP Marmo
- 7th Overall Tour Down Under
- 8th Overall Tour of Britain
- 2009
- 3rd Halle–Ingooigem
References[]
- ^ Gene Bates road champion
- ^ Gene Bates in top form on road
- ^ Bates to lead Aussies’ assault on Tour crown
- ^ "Team Jayco-AIS". Cycling Fever. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
- ^ "Tasmanian Institute of Sport Yearbook & Annual Report 2011-12" (PDF). pp. 20–21. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
- ^ "Tasmanian Institute of Sport Yearbook 2013-14" (PDF). pp. 21, 23. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
- ^ "New Roles for Dave McPartland and Gene Bates Within GreenEDGE Organisation". GreenEDGE Cycling. 15 August 2013. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
- ^ "Gene Bates". Procyclingstats. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- ^ "Gene Bates". Firstcyling. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
External links[]
- Gene Bates at Cycling Archives
- Gene Bates at ProCyclingStats
- Gene Bates at Cycling Quotient
- 1981 births
- Living people
- Australian male cyclists
- Cyclists from South Australia
- Australian cycling biography stubs