Gene Bates

Gene Bates
	Gene Bates next to Annemiek van Vleuten
Personal information
Full name	Gene Michael Bates
Nickname	Geno
Born	4 July 1981 (age 42); Stirling, South Australia, Australia
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	61 kg (134 lb; 9.6 st)
Team information
Current team	Team Jayco–AlUla
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider (retired); Directeur sportif
Amateur teams
2003	Crédit Agricole (stagiaire)
2004	Saeco (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 Jayco–AlUla and has been since 2014.

Career[edit]

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 Tasmanian Institute of Sport, 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]