Wesley Sulzberger

Australian cyclist

Wesley Sulzberger

Sulzberger at the 2009 Tour Down Under.

Personal information
Full name| Wesley Sulzberger
Nickname| Wes
Born|  (1986-10-20) 20 October 1986 (age 38)
Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
Height| 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight| 67 kg (148 lb)
Team information
Current team| Retired
Discipline| Road
Role| Rider
Amateur team
2006–2008| Southaustralia.com–AIS
Professional teams
2009–2011| Française des Jeux
2012–2013| GreenEDGE
2014| Drapac Professional Cycling
2015| Navitas Satalyst Racing team
2016| Kinan Cycling Team
Major wins
National Under-23 Road Race Championships (2007)

Medal record

Representing  Australia
Men's road bicycle racing
World Championships
| 2007 Stuttgart | Under-23 Men's Road Race

Wesley Sulzberger (born 20 October 1986) is an Australian former professional cyclist, who rode professionally from 2009 to 2016.

## Career

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Born in Beaconsfield, Tasmania, Sulzberger started cycling with the West Tamar Cycling Club. He began his career with the Australian Continental Team Southaustralia.com–AIS and later joined Française des Jeux. After three years with the team, Sulzberger moved to the GreenEDGE team for the 2012 season.[1] He remained with the team until the end of the 2013 season, when he joined Drapac Professional Cycling for the 2014 season; he joined his brother Bernard Sulzberger, on the squad. Since 2017 working as Sr Country Manager Australian & New Zealand for Zwift, 2022 studying part time as an MBA candidate University of Queensland.[2]

## Major results

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2006
1st Overall Tour of Gippsland

1st Stage 7
Tour of Tasmania

1st Stages 6, 10 & 11
1st Stage 1 Tour de Hokkaido
2007
1st  Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships
1st Stage 2 Herald Sun Tour
2nd  Road race, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships
2008
1st Stage 2 Tour of Japan
2009
1st Stage 2 Paris–Corrèze
5th Overall Tour Down Under
2010
1st Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan
2011
8th Overall Tour of Turkey
8th Overall Bayern Rundfahrt
2013
4th Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia
2014
10th Overall Tour de Taiwan
2016
1st Stage 3 Le Tour de Filipinas
1st Mountains classification Tour de Kumano

### Grand Tour general classification results timeline

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Grand Tour | 2009  | 2010  | 2011  | 2012  | 2013

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Giro d'Italia | —  | —  | —  | —  | —
Tour de France | —  | 151 | —  | —  | —
Vuelta a España | 117 | —  | —  | 145 | DNF
Legend  —  | Did not compete

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DNF | Did not finish

## References

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1. ^ "Wesley Sulzberger to link up with GreenEdge in 2012". Cycling News. 13 September 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
2. ^ "Wesley Sulzberger joins Drapac Pro Cycling". Cyclingnews.com. 11 November 2013. Retrieved 23 December 2013.

## External links

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Media related to Wesley Sulzberger at Wikimedia Commons

* Wesley Sulzberger profile
* Wesley Sulzberger wins in Japan
* FRANÇAISE DES JEUX
* Wesley Sulzberger at ProCyclingStats