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10 riders to watch at the 2025 Australian Road National Championships in Perth

Can Luke Plapp make it a four year run and who will replace a retiring Grace Brown as time trial champion? We take a closer look at the riders set to make a mark in the west

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The launch of a new road racing season - A guide to Australia’s 2025 sun-drenched opening block

A packed start to the year as racing rolls from a Perth Australian Championships to the Tour Down Under and Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race

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Big names and young super talents stand out on Tour Down Under start lists

Stevie Williams, Pablo Torres, Chloé Dygert and Alison Jackson confirmed on race entry lists for 2025 kick-off in Australia

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'A couple of good bits of luck away from an amazing year' – Luke Plapp wards off travails of 2024 to find inspiration ahead

An Australian build toward goal of winning in Europe and fighting for an overall top ten at a Grand Tour

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Tour Down Under return for Australian champions Ruby Roseman-Gannon and Luke Plapp

Three time GC winner Amanda Spratt and three-time stage winner Sam Welsford also among Australian riders embracing chance to race in front of home crowds

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Tour of Bright - Solo and a sprint settle stage 3 on ‘greatest mountain in the world' while Plapp, Anderson seal GC

Jack Ward seals rising star status with Men's A win in Mt Buffalo finale and local mountain biker Kathryn McInerney steals show in Women's A

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Tour of Bright - A lone ranger, a crafty 19-year-old climber, Luke Plapp's TT resurgence and an unfolding GC duel

19-year-olds Talia Appleton and Jack Ward climb their way to victory on stage 1 summit finish but Plapp and Alli Anderson clinch GC lead with stage 2 TT

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The elusive win that retiring Olympic champ craves most

Weeks after winning Australia's first gold at the Paris Olympics, cycling star Grace Brown wants to cap her career with an elusive world time trial title.

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O'Connor confirmed as key signing for Jayco AlUla

Top WA cyclist Ben O'Connor, who has finished fourth at the Tour de France, will join Australia's only top-level team Jayco AlUla for next season.

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Ben O'Connor signs with Jayco-AlUla, sets sights on Grand Tour podiums

'I’m at a point now where I need to deliver, so it’ll be even more special to do it with an Australian set-up' says Western Australian after confirming two-year deal

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O'Connor replaces Plapp in Australian cycling team

Cyclist Luke Plapp remains in hospital after his time trial crash and Ben O'Connor will take his place in the Australian Olympic men's road race team.

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Ben O'Connor to replace injured Luke Plapp on Australian team for Olympic Games road race

Western Australian to join Matthews and Clarke to team with 'options in different race scenarios'

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Cyclist Plapp undergoes surgery after heavy road crash

Young Australian cyclist Lucas Plapp is recovering in a Paris hospital following abdominal surgery after crashing out of the men's time trial.

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Luke Plapp crashes in wet Olympic Games time trial, has abdominal surgery overnight

Update: 'Plapp slid under a barrier fence shortly after passing the first checkpoint ... his parents and an Australian team doctor were at the hospital with him' says national team

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Australian champion Luke Plapp brushes Euro TT 'monkey off the back' as pursues evolving Olympic dream

'I ride a bike for the Olympics. That’s the biggest thing for me and what drives me as an athlete' says Plapp as he heads toward Paris time trial with Giro-propelled confidence boost

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Australian track team head into unknown at Olympics

Grace Brown on the road and the men's team sprint on the track are the key medal prospects among the first Australian cyclists confirmed for the Paris Olympics.

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2024 Road National Champions index

The winners from this year's competitions

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Poop stops wreck Luke Plapp's Giro d'Italia stage win hopes in Sappada

Australian 'does a Dumoulin' while in the decisive break of the day on stage 19

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Giro d'Italia: Andrea Vendrame solos to stage 19 victory in Sappada

Breakaway riders Pelayo Sánchez second, Georg Steinhauser third, as Geraint Thomas crashes among the GC group inside 6km to go

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As it happened: Big breakaway fights for stage 19 as GC action pauses behind

Andrea Vendrame wins solo as Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale continue flying form

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Giro d'Italia stage 19 as it happened: Andrea Vendrame wins from the breakaway

Geraint Thomas overcomes late crash to finish among GC contenders

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'The race organisation is a bit of a joke' - Riders hit back, question safety at Giro d'Italia after farcical start

Ben O'Connor labels race organisers 'dinosaurs' amid confusion of stage 16 start

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Giro d'Italia: Tadej Pogačar stuns on Mottolino ascent to win Queen stage 15

Pink jersey extends lead in the overall classification to 6:41 as Geraint Thomas and Dani Martínez lose time in Livigno

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Giro d'Italia: Filippo Ganna beats Tadej Pogačar to win stage 14 time trial

Thyman Arensman finishes third in Desenzano del Garda

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Giro d'Italia stage 14 live: Filippo Ganna wins time trial after two hours in the hotseat

Saturday's 31km flat individual time trial from Castiglione delle Stiviere to Desenzano del Garda could open up the GC

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