Jack Haig is hoping to get his pro career off to a good start at home in Australia as he takes part in the Australian Summer races (Nationals, Tour Down Under, Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race and Herald Sun Tour) with Orica-GreenEDGE.

"I'll learn more about the race schedule in Canberra but I'm hoping to do the road nationals in Ballarat to probably help out (Simon Gerrans), then Tour Down Under, Cadel's race and hopefully Sun Tour. I'd love to do a couple of those, they are all great events," Haig told the Bendigo Weekly.

Haig has good meories of some of those races, winning the best young riders jersey at the 2014 edition of the Tour Down Under. He also placed seventh on the first summit finish of the 2015 edition on the Paracombe climb. He was third on a stage and the GC at the 2014 Herald Sun Tour.