{"id":100091,"date":"2025-08-27T05:36:17","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T05:36:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/100091\/"},"modified":"2025-08-27T05:36:17","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T05:36:17","slug":"australian-cycling-team-selected-for-rwanda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/100091\/","title":{"rendered":"Australian Cycling Team selected for Rwanda"},"content":{"rendered":"

AusCycling has announced the elite and under-23 riders who will wear the green and gold at the 2025 UCI Road World Championships in Kigali, Rwanda, in late September.<\/p>\n

Mixed Relay Team Time Trial<\/p>\n

Australia will begin the week-long championships on September 21, with an initial focus on racing against the clock.<\/p>\n

The team is motivated to defend Australia\u2019s title in the Mixed Relay Team Time Trial. Four riders will return from last year\u2019s winning team: Brodie Chapman, Michael Matthews and Jay Vine, who will be joined by Luke Plapp, Lauretta Hanson and Amanda Spratt.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe mixed relay is important to us as a national team,\u201d said Conor Taylor, AusCycling\u2019s Head Coach of Endurance. \u201cOther nations may not prioritise it, but Australia has a proud history of success in time-trialling, and the fact that it\u2019s a team event resonates strongly with our squad values.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt means a lot to these riders. When we won the rainbows last year in Zurich, it lifted the team going into the road races.\u201d<\/p>\n

Individual Time Trials<\/p>\n

Vine, Plapp, and Chapman will hope for strong results in the individual time trials on one of the hilliest Worlds courses in recent memory.<\/p>\n

\u201cJay, Luke and Brodie are highly motivated for these time trials,\u201d Taylor said. \u201cThey identified this event from the start of the season as a goal to target in 2025, and they\u2019ve all proven that they can compete against the best in the world, especially on a tough course like this one.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"Brodie Chapman (credit Chris Auld)<\/p>\n

\"\"Luke Plapp (credit Chris Auld)<\/p>\n

Road Races<\/p>\n

Like the time trials, the road races will be contested on some of the hardest courses ever seen at a World Championship, with over 3,300 metres of elevation for the elite women and close to 5,500 for the men.<\/p>\n

Neve Bradbury, Alex Manly and last year\u2019s top finisher Ruby Roseman-Gannon will link up with Chapman, Hanson and Spratt in the women\u2019s race.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have a talented group of riders with a mix of youth and experience at this level,\u201d said Taylor. \u201cFor example, Neve is a young rider with a big future ahead of her and is capable of big results. Amanda plays a key leadership role with all her experience and can also go deep into this race herself.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe might not be the favourites on paper, but that frees us to race aggressively and look for opportunities from early on.\u201d<\/p>\n

Giro d\u2019Italia winner Jai Hindley will lead the team in the men\u2019s road race. Fellow West Australian climber Michael Storer has also been selected alongside Chris Hamilton, Callum Scotson and Giro stage winner Chris Harper. They will join Matthews, Plapp and Vine in the men\u2019s road race.<\/p>\n

\u201cJai is hungry for the opportunity to represent the Australian colours after his major setback this year when he crashed at the Giro,\u201d Taylor said. \u201cHe was a key player in last year\u2019s edition, and when he saw the course this year, he was motivated to be in Rwanda. We believe we have a strong team ready to support him.\u201d<\/p>\n

The ARA Australian Cycling Team will be without Sarah Gigante, who is injured, and last year\u2019s silver medallist Ben O\u2019Connor.<\/p>\n

\u201cNot having Sarah is a loss for the team \u2013 we\u2019ve all seen how well she has been performing since her first day of racing this season. We wish her the best with her recovery,\u201d said Taylor.<\/p>\n

\u201cBen communicated to the national team early on this season that it could prove difficult to include the world championships into his race programme. Ben\u2019s goals this year included combining the Tour de France and the Vuelta, and this requires a specific approach and preparation.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"Amanda Spratt (credit Zac Williams)<\/p>\n

\"\"Jay Vine (credit Chris Auld)<\/p>\n

\"\"Jai Hindley (credit Zac Williams)<\/p>\n

Under-23 Selections<\/p>\n

Matthew Greenwood, Zac Marriage, Hamish McKenzie and Jack Ward make up the under-23 men\u2019s team.<\/p>\n

The under-23 women\u2019s squad consists of Alli Anderson, Mackenzie Coupland and Felicity Wilson-Haffenden, who won the junior time trial world title in 2023.<\/p>\n

These UCI World Championships form part of AusCycling\u2019s wider program, which is intended to create meaningful opportunities and strengthen pathways \u2013 especially for Australia\u2019s under-23 women, who typically enjoy fewer opportunities on the road than their male peers.<\/p>\n

Australian Cycling Team For 2025 UCI Road World Championships<\/p>\n

Elite Women<\/p>\n

Neve Bradbury (St Kilda CC, VIC)<\/p>\n

Brodie Chapman (University of Queensland CC, QLD)<\/p>\n

Lauretta Hanson (Macedon Ranges CC, VIC)<\/p>\n

Alexandra Manly (Central Districts CC, SA)<\/p>\n

Ruby Roseman-Gannon (Brunswick CC, VIC)<\/p>\n

Amanda Spratt (Penrith CC, NSW)<\/p>\n

Elite Men<\/p>\n

Chris Hamilton (Bendigo & District CC, VIC)<\/p>\n

Chris Harper (Norwood CC, SA)<\/p>\n

Jai Hindley (Midland CC, WA)<\/p>\n

Michael Matthews (Vikings CC, ACT)<\/p>\n

Luke Plapp (Brunswick CC, VIC)<\/p>\n

Callum Scotson (Port Adelaide CC, SA)<\/p>\n

Michael Storer (Darwin CC, NT)<\/p>\n

Jay Vine (Canberra CC, ACT)<\/p>\n

Under-23 Women<\/p>\n

Alli Anderson (Port Adelaide CC, SA)<\/p>\n

Mackenzie Coupland (Midland CC, WA)<\/p>\n

Felicity Wilson-Haffenden (Hobart Wheelers Dirt Devils, TAS)<\/p>\n

Under-23 Men<\/p>\n

Matthew Greenwood (Hamilton Wheelers CC, QLD)<\/p>\n

Zac Marriage (Kilkenny CC, SA)<\/p>\n

Hamish McKenzie (Tas Junior Cycling Foundation, TAS)<\/p>\n

Jack Ward (Blackburn CC, VIC)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AusCycling has announced the elite and under-23 riders who will wear the green and gold at the 2025…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":100092,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[445],"tags":[49,48,635,82],"class_list":["post-100091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-cycling","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100091"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100091\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/100092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}