James Oram
{{short description|New Zealand bicycle racer}}
{{use dmy dates|date=December 2019}}
{{for|the New Zealand journalist and writer|James Oram (journalist)}}
{{Infobox cyclist
| name = James Oram
| image = 2018 Tour Series - James Oram (Aberdeen).jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Oram in 2018
| fullname = James Oram
| nickname =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1993|6|17|df=y}}
| birth_place = Palmerston North, New Zealand{{cite web|url=https://olympic.org.nz/athletes/james-oram|title=James Oram|work=New Zealand Olympic Team|publisher=New Zealand Olympic Committee|access-date=11 June 2022}}
| height = 1.83 m
| weight = 68 kg
| currentteam = Retired
| discipline = Road
| role = Rider
| ridertype =
| amateuryears1 = 2011
| amateurteam1 = PureBlack Racing
| proyears1 = 2012–2015
| proteam1 = {{UCI team code|AHB|2012}}
| proyears2 = 2016–2018
| proteam2 = {{UCI team code|ONE|2016}}{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/one-pro-cycling-announce-hayden-mccormick-james-oram-and-dion-smith-signings/ |title=ONE Pro Cycling announce Hayden McCormick, James Oram and Dion Smith signings|date=26 September 2015 |website=cyclingnews.com|access-date=26 September 2015}}
| proyears3 = 2019
| proteam3 = {{UCI team code|MBE|2019}}
| proyears4 = 2020–2023
| proteam4 = {{UCI team code|Black Spoke|2020}}{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/14231/2003448/257|title=Black Spoke Pro Cycling Academy|work=UCI.org|publisher=Union Cycliste Internationale|access-date=10 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200310223838/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/14231/2003448/257|archive-date=10 March 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15362/2003448/276|title=Black Spoke Pro Cycling|work=UCI.org|publisher=Union Cycliste Internationale|accessdate=4 February 2021|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20210204224943/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15362/2003448/276|archivedate=4 February 2021}}{{cite web |title=BOLTON EQUITIES BLACK SPOKE |url=https://www.uci.org/team-details/17695 |website=UCI |access-date=11 January 2023}}
| majorwins = One-day races and Classics
:{{nowrap|National Road Race Championships (2023)}}
| show-medals = no
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport | Men's road cycling}}
{{MedalCountry|{{NZ}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}
{{MedalSilver|2011 Copenhagen|Junior time trial}}
}}
James Oram (born 17 June 1993) is a New Zealand former cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2012 to 2023.{{cite web |title=James ORAM |url=https://www.uci.org/rider-details/80884 |website=UCI |access-date=16 June 2024}} His career took him from the American development team {{UCI team code|HBA|2012}}, to British UCI continental team {{UCI team code|ONE|2016}}, before a year with Chinese {{UCI team code|MBE|2019}} and finally riding for New Zealand {{UCI team code|BEB|2023}}. He achieved one professional win in his career, the national road race championship in 2023.
Career
=Early years=
Oram started cycling to school but didn't get into competitive cycling until high school where he met his first coach Scott Guyton.{{cite web |last1=Hood |first1=Edmond |title=A Name To Watch: New Zealand's James Oram |url=https://pezcyclingnews.com/interviews/a-name-to-watch-new-zealands-james-oram/ |website=PezCycling News |access-date=16 June 2024 |date=12 September 2011}} Oram rode for PureBlack Racing's development squad for the 2011 season.{{cite web |title=Avanti rides with PureBlack Racing |url=https://www.infonews.co.nz/news.cfm?id=59616 |website=infonews.co.nz |access-date=17 June 2024 |language=en |date=22 October 2010}} He won stage 1 of the Tour de l'Abitibi from a sprint of eight riders.{{cite web |title=Tour de l'Abitibi 2011: Stage 1 Results |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-de-labitibi-2011/stage-1/results/ |website=cyclingnews.com |access-date=16 June 2024 |language=en |date=20 July 2011}} His teammate Dion Smith took second and the pair held their positions over the seven-day race to take first and second overall.
At the end of the year Oram rode the time trial at the UCI Junior Road World Championships. He set the best time of the early starters so was in the Hot-seat most of the day. Mads Würtz Schmidt beat Oram's time by 4 seconds to take the win with Oram moved to second.{{cite web |last1=Ryan |first1=Barry |title=Oram upbeat after silver in Worlds TT |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/oram-upbeat-after-silver-in-worlds-tt/ |website=cyclingnews.com |access-date=17 June 2024 |language=en |date=20 September 2011}}
=Bontrager–Livestrong (2012 to 2015)=
Oram's plan for the 2012 season was to originally ride for the professional PureBlack Racing team but they folded late 2011 leaving him without a contract.{{cite web |last1=Aubrey |first1=Jane |title=PureBlack Racing folds leaving riders searching for opportunties |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/pureblack-racing-folds-leaving-riders-searching-for-opportunties/ |website=cyclingnews.com |access-date=17 June 2024 |language=en |date=12 December 2011}} Instead he rode for {{UCI team code|AHB|2012}} run by Axel Merckx.{{cite web |last1=Hood |first1=Ed |title=James Oram - "busy enough not to miss home" |url=https://veloveritas.co.uk/2012/05/31/james-oram-interview/ |website=VeloVeritas |access-date=17 June 2024 |date=31 May 2012}}
At the end of the 2013 season Oram rode the National event Tour of Southland. He won the Queen stage 2 up Bluff hill to take the lead, which he held onto over the following six stages.{{cite web |title=Stage 7 Wrap - Saturday 3 November |url=https://www.tourofsouthland.com/pages/2013-stage-7-wrap-saturday-3-november/ |website=www.tourofsouthland.com |access-date=17 June 2024}}{{cite web |title=Cycling: Oram makes move on the steep slope |url=https://www.odt.co.nz/sport/cycling/cycling-oram-makes-move-steep-slope |website=Otago Daily Times |access-date=17 June 2024 |language=en |date=7 November 2013}}
=ONE pro cycling (2016 to 2018)=
Oram moved to his first 'Professional' team in 2016 with UCI Professional Continental team {{UCI team code|ONE|2016}}. His only win for the team came at the UCI rated 2.2 race Kreiz Breizh Elites where he attacked with just over 1.5 km to go and held off the chasing peloton to win.{{cite web |last1=Hood |first1=Edmond |title=ONEProCycling's James Oram Gets PEZ'd! |url=https://pezcyclingnews.com/interviews/oneprocyclings-james-oram-gets-pezd/ |website=PezCycling News |access-date=17 June 2024 |date=17 August 2017}}
He placed third overall at the New Zealand Cycle Classic after leading for two days and won the Mountain classification.{{cite web |title=New Zealand Cycle Classic Stage 2 {{!}} velouk.net |url=https://www.velouk.net/2017/01/23/new-zealand-cycle-classic-stage-2/ |website=velouk.net |access-date=17 June 2024 |date=23 January 2017}}{{cite web |title=New Zealand Cycle Classic (2017) Results |url=https://www.sportsplits.com/races/13419 |website=SportSplits |access-date=17 June 2024 |language=en}}
=Mitchelton–BikeExchange (2019)=
After {{UCI team code|ONE|2018}} folded at the end of 2018 Oram was once again looking for a team. He approached Australian {{UCI team code|BEX men|2019}} but they did not have space.{{cite web |title=Oram adjusts to new cycling challenge |url=https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/sport/2019/05/cycling-kiwi-james-oram-adjusting-to-new-challenge.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210119032251/https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/sport/2019/05/cycling-kiwi-james-oram-adjusting-to-new-challenge.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=19 January 2021 |website=Newshub |access-date=17 June 2024 |language=en}} While searching for a team Oram raced the New Zealand Cycle Classic for Team Skoda-Fruzio an amateur team, where he placed ninth. It wasn't until early March that he found a team the development team of UCI WorldTeam {{UCI team code|BEX men|2019}}, {{UCI team code|MBE|2019}}. The team focused on Chinese races which was an area of the world Oram was not familiar with.
=Black Spoke (2020 to 2023)=
In 2023 Oram won the overall of the New Zealand Cycle Classic a race where he had finished in the top 10 on 8 previous occasions and on the podium twice. Oram won the opening stage out-sprinting four other on the hill-top finish. He held the lead all the way to the end.{{cite web |title="DREAM COME TRUE" FOR JAMES ORAM WHO WINS NZ CYCLE CLASSIC |url=https://www.cyclingnewzealand.nz/news-2/news/dream-come-true-for-james-oram-who-wins-nz-cycle-classic/ |website=Cycling New Zealand |access-date=16 June 2024 |date=15 January 2023}} The following month Oram took his only professional win of his career in the New Zealand National Road Race Championships sprinting team-mate Ryan Christensen on the line.{{cite web |title=A dream come true': James Oram leads Black Spoke sweep in elite men's road race |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/other-sports/300805176/a-dream-come-true-james-oram-leads-black-spoke-sweep-in-elite-mens-road-race |website=Stuff |access-date=16 June 2024 |date=12 February 2023}} While 2023 was the best year for {{UCI team code|BEB|2023}} Murray Bolton pulled his funding and the team disbanded leaving Oram without a team for 2024. Because of this Oram decided to retire from professional cycling.{{cite web |title=Dream over for history-making Kiwi cycling team |url=https://www.1news.co.nz/2023/11/07/dream-over-for-history-making-kiwi-cycling-team/ |website=1News |access-date=17 June 2024 |language=en}}
Major results
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;2010
: 4th Overall Tour de l'Abitibi
;2011
: 1st Overall Tour de l'Abitibi
::1st Stage 1
: 1st Overall BDO Tour of Northland
::1st Stage 1
: 2nd 15px Time trial, UCI Junior Road World Championships
;2012
: 10th Chrono Champenois
;2013
: National Road Championships
::1st {{cjersey|nz}} Under-23 road race
::2nd Under-23 time trial
::3rd Road race
: 1st {{cjersey|yellow}} Overall Tour of Southland
::1st Stage 2
: 5th Chrono Champenois
;2014
: 1st Stage 1 San Dimas Stage Race
: National Under-23 Road Championships
::2nd Time trial
::3rd Road race
: 2nd Overall New Zealand Cycle Classic
::1st Stage 5
: 10th Time trial, UCI Road World Under-23 Championships
: 10th Overall Tour of Alberta
;2015
: 1st {{cjersey|nz}} Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
: 2nd The REV Classic
: 3rd Overall Volta ao Alentejo
::1st {{cjersey|white}} Young rider classification
::1st Stage 1
: 4th Overall GP Liberty Seguros
: 6th Time trial, UCI Road World Under-23 Championships
: 7th Overall Tour de Beauce
: 8th Overall New Zealand Cycle Classic
::1st Stage 3
;2016
: 4th Overall New Zealand Cycle Classic
: 6th Beaumont Trophy
;2017
: 3rd Overall New Zealand Cycle Classic
::1st {{cjersey|polkadot}} Mountains classification
: 4th Overall Ronde van Midden-Nederland
::1st Stage 1 (TTT)
: 5th Overall Kreiz Breizh Elites
::1st Stage 2
: 6th Velothon Wales
: 8th Overall Szlakiem Grodów Piastowskich
;2018
: 5th Time trial, Commonwealth Games
: 5th Gravel and Tar
: 6th Overall New Zealand Cycle Classic
: 7th Overall Tour of Małopolska
: 9th Overall Kreiz Breizh Elites
;2019
: 1st {{cjersey|polkadot}} Mountains classification, Tour de Korea
: 4th Gravel and Tar
: 9th Overall New Zealand Cycle Classic
: 9th Overall Tour of Quanzhou Bay
: 10th Overall Tour of Taiyuan
;2020
: 7th Overall New Zealand Cycle Classic
: 10th Overall Herald Sun Tour
;2021
: 6th Overall New Zealand Cycle Classic
;2022
: 6th Overall Tour de la Mirabelle
;2023
: 1st {{cjersey|nz}} Road race, National Road Championships
: 1st {{cjersey|yellow}} Overall New Zealand Cycle Classic
::1st Stage 1
: 10th Overall Tour de Kyushu
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References
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External links
- {{UCI}}
- {{Cycling Archives}}
- {{ProCyclingStats}}
- {{CQ Ranking}}
- {{2018 Commonwealth Games profile|cycling-road/athlete-profile-n6023898-james-oram}}
- {{NZOC profile|james-oram}}
{{New Zealand National Road Race Championships (men)}}
{{2018 New Zealand Commonwealth Games team}}
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Category:New Zealand male cyclists
Category:Cyclists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Category:Commonwealth Games cyclists for New Zealand