{"id":943408,"date":"2026-10-28T02:04:17","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T02:04:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/943408\/"},"modified":"2026-10-28T02:04:17","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T02:04:17","slug":"ara-australian-cycling-team-announced-for-2027-uci-cyclo-cross-world-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/943408\/","title":{"rendered":"ARA Australian Cycling Team announced for 2027 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"

Four young talents have been selected to the ARA Australian Cycling Team for the 2027 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships in Ostend, Belgium from January 29\u201331.<\/p>\n

The quartet have all earned back-to-back CX Worlds selections after making their debut in Hulst at the 2026 event.<\/p>\n

First-year under-23 riders Hayden Vimpani, Alana Fletcher, Alicia Reynolds are joined by Oliver Grande in the junior ranks.<\/p>\n

The AusCycling National Selection Panel received no expressions of interest in the elite categories.<\/p>\n

Vimpani, who will celebrate his 18th birthday next week, has continued to develop during the Australian CX season.<\/p>\n

In August, the Melburnian won the U23 national title at the 2026 AusCycling Cyclo-cross National Championships in Ballarat and sealed the elite national series overall crown on the following day.<\/p>\n

Fletcher, 17, will similarly travel to Europe as the U23 Australian champion.<\/p>\n

\"Alana<\/p>\n

Alana Fletcher finished 37th in junior women earlier this year. (Alex Whitehead\/SWpix.com)<\/p>\n

The Taradale rider was also part of the ARA Australian Cycling Team at the 2026 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships in late August.<\/p>\n

U23 women teammate, Reynolds, made the decision to step up to the elite category domestically this season.<\/p>\n

The Perth-based 18-year-old has enjoyed the leap, claiming the elite national series overall after winning the final round and collecting a silver medal at CX Nats.<\/p>\n

\"Alicia<\/p>\n

Alicia Reynolds is one of three first-year U23s in the 2027 CX Worlds squad. (Alex Whitehead\/SWpix.com)<\/p>\n

Like Fletcher, 17-year-old Grande, donned the green and gold for UCI MTB Worlds and will do the same in Ostend.<\/p>\n

The Canberran took on CX Worlds as a first-year junior in Hulst and finished 56th.<\/p>\n

Vimpani will be the first Australian to start on Saturday, January 30, with Fletcher, Reynolds and Grande racing on Sunday, January 31.<\/p>\n

\"Oliver<\/p>\n

Oliver Grande has been selected for a second junior start at CX Worlds. (Alex Whitehead\/SWpix.com)<\/p>\n

ARA Australian Cycling Team \u2013 2027 UCI Cyclo-cross World ChampionshipsU23 MenHayden Vimpani (Blackburn Cycling Club \/ VIC)U23 Women\u00a0Alana Fletcher (Bendigo\u00a0Mountain Bike\u00a0Club \/ VIC)\u00a0Alicia\u00a0Reynolds\u00a0(Midland Cycle Club \/ WA)\u00a0Junior MenOliver Grande\u00a0(Canberra Cycling Club\u00a0\/ ACT)<\/p>\n

Feature picture: Mathew Wells\/SWpix.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Four young talents have been selected to the ARA Australian Cycling Team for the 2027 UCI Cyclo-cross World…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":943409,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[569],"tags":[64,63,784,85],"class_list":["post-943408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cycling","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/943408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=943408"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/943408\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/943409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=943408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=943408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=943408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}