1966: Scott was born on the 28th of November, in a small town called Inverell in Northern New South Wales. He was the 6th child to enrich the Sunderland family; later Scott’s mum Merle and father Bruce gave him the company of another two brothers and sister.

1973: Started racing at 7 years of age, a innate choice as a member of a cycling family – Scott’s father and four of his brothers raced bikes.

1982: Age 15. Competed in Australian Championships for the first time

1984: Age 17. Moved to Sydney (approx. 700km from hometown Inverell) to find work and further cycling career

1986: Age 19. First overseas trip to USA for two months. Upon returning Scott won the Australian Championships.


Scott often worked double shifts at the Inverell abattoir during the off-season and had many quite unappealing jobs to gather enough money to fund his early racing career.

Scott: “That’s what made me tough. As a kid from the bush, you don’t get life handed to you on a silver platter. It’s made me the man I am today and I thank my parents for raising me the way they did. My brothers and sisters are all hard workers, it deserves respect. My riders say I can be quite hard on them at times but they always come back to tell me it did them good and they learned from it. It makes me smile. I like the saying: those who can, teach!”

1987: Age 20. Moved to Europe and raced for the Swiss based Mazza Amateur Team; living in Geneva, Switzerland.

1990: Age 23. Started first year as professional with the Dutch TVM Team. Remained living in Geneva for the year which made that Scott had to spend a lot of time on the train travelling to races all over Europe.

1991: Moved to Belgium to be closer to team HQ and more centralized (also to get English TV!)

1994: Married to his Belgian wife Sabine

1996: Birth of first son Saën

1998: Accident in Amstel Gold. The start of what Scott calls the darkest period in his cycling career.
You Tube video footage Amstel Gold Race accident

1999: Victory in Vuelta a Castilla-Léon.
Scott: " For me this was the sign that things were going to be quite allright after all."

2001: Victory in GP Pino Cerami

2002: Birth of second son Tristan.

2004: Retires from professional racing at the end of the season to become Director Sportif with Team CSC.

2009: Appointed Sports Manager to build the first British Professional Cycling Team for 2010.