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Scott Sports get on their bike with Australian sponsorship deal

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By John Glenday, Reporter

December 13, 2016 | 1 min read

Bike manufacturer Scott Sports has been named as co-title sponsor of the Australian International Cycling Union pro-cycling team, previously known as Orica-BikeExchange, in a three-season tie-up.

Under the deal the team will be renamed Orica-Scott in tandem with the women’s team, who were previously known as Orica-AIS, for an undisclosed sum.

Orica-Scott owner Gerry Ryan said: “They have seen the value and we are now a genuine general classification team. Five years ago when we started out, we knew that one day we would have the talent required to become a general classification contender and now we’ve got three genuine chances.

“What’s happened is when Team Sky came in, they ¬pushed the bar up in terms of budgets and others like Tinkoff jumped in and everyone realised this is not sustainable. It was silly inflation that the sport could not maintain. There was as much as €15 million (US$21.3 million) difference in budgets between some teams.“

Scott Sports is well known to the Australian racers as a bike supplier for the past five years.

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