Luke Plapp to turn pro: 20-year-old to join the Ineos Grenadiers in 2022
Luke Plapp will race the team pursuit at the Tokyo Olympics… and then fly to Europe for the next stanza of his career. After national team service, he’ll join t...
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Simon Jones to exit the Australian Cycling Team after Tokyo Olympics
One of the more controversial figures in Australian cycling, Simon Jones, the director of performance for almost five years, will be moving on from the role aft...
Ben O’Connor interview: “The point of moving to AG2R Citroën isn’t for it to be easy”
Ben O’Connor finished fifth on GC in his second race with the AG2R Citroën Team. RIDE Media caught up with him on the Monday after Tour du Var… –...
Cameron Meyer interview: talking cycling – national championships, Olympic selection & his new Bianchi bike
Cameron Meyer successfully defended his road race national championship on Sunday. Next up the Melbourne to Warrnambool and a later-than-usual return to Europe,...
Interview: Kelland O’Brien, 2nd in the #RoadNats, chasing a pro contract
The day after the #RoadNats, RIDE Media caught up with the runner-up in the final race of the championships, Kelland O’Brien.Click the link below to watch ...
Cycling Australia advertising for ‘Academy Sprint Coach/Assistant National Track Coach’
Two weeks after the Australian Cycling Team announced a “restructure” resulting in seven job losses, a recruitment campaign is underway to find someone to fill ...
Interview with Ashton Lambie: “I’m trying to find goals that I have complete control over”
Instead of building form for the Olympic Games, Ashton Lambie – one of the fastest pursuit riders of all time – is in the process of riding every gravel road in...
Matt Carroll, AOC CEO: “We’ve decided to plan towards the hosting of the Games in 2021”
“The athletes desperately want to go to the Olympic Games and desperately want to represent their countries at the Olympics, but they also take on board their o...
Australian Olympic Committee: “Athletes should prepare for a Tokyo Olympic Games in 2021”
No one wanted it to come to this but now even the IOC and AOC admit that it’s time to find a solution for the Tokyo Olympics amidst a global shutdown and, it se...
Simon Jones responds to questions on COVID-19 positive in Australian Cycling Team
On 18 March 2020, Cycling Australia announced that “an Adelaide-based Australian Cycling Team staff member returned a positive test to COVID-19 on Monday evenin...