After a successful inaugural season for ProVelo Super League (PSL), SBS is delighted to announce that it will again be the Official Australian Broadcast Partner for the 2026 season of Australia\u2019s elite road cycling league, and the Presenting Partner of the SBS Women\u2019s League.<\/p>\n
As Australia\u2019s Home of Cycling, SBS will continue to deliver a comprehensive viewing experience for audiences throughout the PSL season. Cycling and sports fans alike will be able to watch the \u2018Road to the World Tour\u2019 live, free and exclusively on SBS, SBS VICELAND, and SBS On Demand. Replays, extensive highlights and behind-the-scenes content will be available on SBS On Demand.<\/p>\n
The driving ambition behind the ProVelo Super League was to create a platform to showcase Australia\u2019s emerging and elite riders as they develop on the domestic racing circuit before progressing to the world stage. The inaugural ProVelo season featured 321 elite athletes representing 14 nationalities and has seen more than a dozen riders secure WorldTour Team connected opportunities from season one.<\/p>\n
Furthering its support of Australian road cycling and the PSL, SBS has also renewed as the Presenting Partner of the PSL women\u2019s division, the SBS Women\u2019s League.<\/p>\n
SBS Director of Sport, Ken Shipp, said:\u00a0\u201cSBS takes its position as Australia\u2019s Home of Cycling seriously and remains committed to showcasing the sport in all its depth and diversity. Our partnership with the ProVelo Super League gives Australians the chance to follow the next generation of riders from their early breakthroughs on home soil through to the world\u2019s biggest races, including the\u00a0Tour de France\u00a0and\u00a0Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift.\u201d<\/p>\n
SBS\u2019s lead cycling commentator Matt Keenan\u00a0said the advent of the ProVelo Super League (PSL) had been a game-changer for talented young Australian riders looking to make the leap to the international peloton.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a launching pad for the next generation of Australian cyclists,\u2019\u2019 Keenan said. \u201cLast year we saw the birth of the next generation of stars that we are going to be watching on SBS in the\u00a0Tour de France\u00a0and\u00a0Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift\u00a0over the next few years. It\u2019s really important for our young riders, to give them a taste of racing at the top level nationally before they then go and race overseas. It sets them up perfectly.\u201d<\/p>\n
Keenan noted that the inaugural overall winners of the PSL last summer had since joined international teams. Men\u2019s winner Jack Ward is now with the Lidl-Trek Future Racing team, and women\u2019s winner Sophie Marr has joined the Liv AlUla-Jayco Women\u2019s Continental Team.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe PSL has been the perfect development ground for those riders and it\u2019s not going to be long before we see them in the big WorldTour races. The depth of Australian cycling is really impressive, and when you watch the quality of racing in the PSL, the standard of racing is exceptional for a domestic league. Sometimes as Australians we don\u2019t realise how good the racing is on home soil. For Aussie cycling fans who want to follow the journeys of tomorrow\u2019s stars, this is a great place to start.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n
PSL Co-Founder Matt Wilson said:\u00a0\u201cSBS recommitting to PSL and our vision after our successful first season is an important milestone. We remain committed to creating a season format that will be bold, innovative and attractive to broadcasters, whilst building narratives that will be engaging for cycling and sports fans more broadly.<\/p>\n
Wilson added, \u201cWe are also pleased that the women\u2019s division will continue as the SBS Women\u2019s League.\u00a0 The entire podium of the SBS Women\u2019s championship in season one has secured WorldTour level opportunities and it\u2019s fantastic that SBS will continue to support this critical pathway for elite female cycling.\u201d<\/p>\n