UCI code | DPV |
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Registered | Australia |
Founded | 2004 |
Discipline | Road |
Status | National (2004–2005) UCI Continental (2006–2013) UCI Professional Continental (2014–2016) UCI Continental (2017–present) |
Website | Team home page |
Team manager(s) | Agostino Giramondo Tom Southam |
2004 2005 2006 2007–2008 2009–2010 2011–2016 2017– |
Drapac Development Program MG Xpower–BigPond Drapac–Porsche Drapac–Porsche Development Program Drapac–Porsche Cycling Drapac Professional Cycling Drapac–Pat's Veg |
Drapac–Pat's Veg Holistic Development Team (UCI Team Code: DPV) is an Australian UCI Continental cycling team focusing on road bicycle racing. It was founded in 2004 by Michael Drapac to promote cycling in Australia and became a UCI team in 2006. In November 2013 the team was promoted from UCI Continental to Professional Continental status. In June 2016 it was announced that Drapac would become co-sponsor of the UCI WorldTeam Cannondale for the remainder of the year, before a merger with Drapac Professional Cycling for 2017. The sponsorship deal was agreed for five years, with Michael Drapac becoming a joint owner of the Cannondale team's holding company Slipstream Sports and continuing to fund a development squad under the name Drapac–Pat's Veg.