At 28 years of age, Australian Nathan Earle will try to realize his ambitions in professional cycling in a new country as he has signed a contract with a Japanese continental team.

Having shown great promise in his early years, he was signed by Team Sky in 2014, when he was 25 years old, after six years in Australian Continental teams. Not retained at the end of 2015, he then found refuge at Drapac. After a season without any results, he was again without a contract but he has now found a new home at the Japanese Continental team Team Ukyo.