Shayne Bannan: Gone, but not forgotten

WHEN YOU THINK OF THE origins of Mitchelton-Scott, athletes aside, you probably think of two names: caravan king and chief financier Gerry Ryan, and Matthew White, the team’s head sports director.

But there is one more name. Or, until a press release lobbed into my inbox on July 1 this year, was.

“Darach McQuaid and Brent Copeland will join Mitchelton-Scott from today, July 1, as part of a structural change at the Australian WorldTour team ahead of the 2020 season restart,” began the statement.

“McQuaid will step into a newly-created chairman position as a direct liaison with team owner Gerry Ryan. Copeland will join as the new general manager after six years as general manager and more recently director of operations at Bahrain-McLaren.

“Shayne Bannan, who initially set up GreenEdge Cycling alongside Ryan and has served as general manager since its inception