{"id":925849,"date":"2026-10-08T23:26:16","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T23:26:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/925849\/"},"modified":"2026-10-08T23:26:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T23:26:16","slug":"preview-ara-australian-cycling-team-ready-to-battle-at-uci-gravel-world-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/925849\/","title":{"rendered":"Preview: ARA Australian Cycling Team ready to battle at UCI Gravel World Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"

The rainbow jerseys are up for grabs in Nannup, Western Australia this weekend, as the UCI Gravel World Championships land on Australian soil for the first time.<\/p>\n

A deep roster for the ARA Australian Cycling Team will line up on home turf, ready to go head-to-head with the world\u2019s best and battle for elite men\u2019s and women\u2019s glory.<\/p>\n

The Australian squad includes gravel national champion Tiffany Cromwell, who will be racing for the final time before retiring.<\/p>\n

With more than 80 per cent of the course unpaved, the stage is set for a gruelling gravel showdown, that will not only test riders’ endurance, but also their handling skills on loose sections of gravel. <\/p>\n

The elite men will battle across 144km and 3,713 metres of elevation, while the elite women face 125.6km and 3,179 metres of climbing.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s everything you need to know about our athletes chasing the rainbow jerseys, and when and where you can watch.<\/p>\n

ARA Australian Cycling Team<\/p>\n

There have been a number of changes to the Australian squad Australian squad announced earlier<\/a>, with gravel national champion Cameron Scott and several age-group qualifiers now set to line up in the elite races. <\/p>\n

Elite men\u00a0<\/p>\n

Harry\u00a0Bebbington\u00a0(Geelong Mountain Bike Club\/VIC)\u00a0Joshua Beikoff (Hamilton Wheelers Cycling Club\/QLD)Mark Chong\u00a0(Perth MTB Club\/WA)\u00a0Jordan Enright (Launceston MTB Club\/TAS)Joel Green\u00a0(Seymour Broadford Cycling Club\/VIC)\u00a0Oliver Johnston\u00a0(Hobart Wheelers Dirt Devils\/TAS)\u00a0Garry Millburn (Alpine Cycling Club\/VIC)Tasman Nankervis\u00a0(Bendigo & District Cycling Club\/VIC)\u00a0Mark O\u2019Brien (Carnegie Caulfield Cycling Club\/VIC)\u00a0Freddy Ovett\u00a0(Sunshine Coast Cycling Club\/QLD)\u00a0Brent Rees\u00a0(Inverell Cycle Club\/QLD)\u00a0Connor Sens\u00a0(Bendigo & District Cycling Club\/VIC)\u00a0Oliver\u00a0Stenning\u00a0(Sunshine Coast Cycling Club\/QLD)\u00a0<\/p>\n

Connor Sens during the 2025 UCI Gravel World Championships. Image: SWPix<\/p>\n

Elite women\u00a0<\/p>\n

Victoria Barry\u00a0(Norwood Cycling Club\/SA)\u00a0Ella Bloor\u00a0(Alpine Cycling Club\/ACT)\u00a0Kate Bonner (South Perth Cycle Club\/WA)Sophie Byrne\u00a0(Ballarat\u00a0Sebastapol\u00a0Cycling Club\/VIC)\u00a0Tiffany Cromwell\u00a0(Norwood Cycling Club\/SA)Nicole Frain (Hobart Wheelers Dirt Devils\/TAS)\u00a0Holly Harris\u00a0(Armidale Cycling Club\/NSW)\u00a0Peta Mullens (Cycling Benefits\/VIC)Fiona Morris (Alpine Cycling Club\/VIC)What they said<\/p>\n

Tiffany Cromwell said: “I think I’m pretty content with my decision, and I’m excited to be able to do it on my terms, and here in Australia, like Nannup, it’s not Adelaide, but it’s as close as I can get to a home race, on the calendar.<\/p>\n

\u201cI’ve been here, I\u2019ve raced SEVEN a couple of times, and it\u2019s such a fantastic event. The team is amazing who put it on. They put so much passion into it.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe course, it’s super demanding, it’s super hard. Of course, I’ve got many good memories here, but I also know, the field that has assembled for the elite women is pretty strong.<\/p>\n

\u201cOf course, the dream would be to finish with the rainbows or even just a podium, but also I don’t want to put that pressure on myself.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to just be here, be in the moment, enjoy the race, and just give everything that I have mentally, physically left in my body one last time, and just kind of enjoy the last race.\u201d<\/p>\n

Schedule\u00a0<\/p>\n

Saturday October 10<\/p>\n

Elite Women: 10:10am AWST\/ 1:10pm AEDT<\/p>\n

Sunday October 11<\/p>\n

Elite Men: 10:10am AWST\/1:10pm AEDTHow to watch<\/p>\n

Australian fans will be able to watch the 2026 UCI Gravel World Championships on SBS On Demand<\/a>. Coverage will begin at 9.45am AWST\/12.45pm AEDT on both Saturday and Sunday.<\/p>\n

Results\u00a0<\/p>\n

Start lists, detailed schedules, live\u00a0timing\u00a0and official results are available at the competition hub<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The rainbow jerseys are up for grabs in Nannup, Western Australia this weekend, as the UCI Gravel World…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":925850,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[445],"tags":[49,48,635,82],"class_list":["post-925849","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\/925849","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=925849"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/925849\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/925850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=925849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=925849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=925849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}