Michael Hepburn (born 17 August 1991[3]) is an Australian track and road cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Team Jayco–AlUla.[4] He is a two-time Olympics silver medalist.[5]
From Brisbane,[6] Hepburn started competitively cycling at 14 years of age after making the change from triathlons.[7][8]
Sporting achievements
Some of Hepburn's notable achievements include winning the Under 23 road race in the Australian Open Road Championships when he was just 18,[9] and winning the teams pursuit in the 2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Denmark.[10] In 2009 he broke the world record in the U19 3000m Individual Pursuit at the 2009 Australian Track Championships[11] before going on to break the same world record two more times to win at the 2009 Junior World Championships[12] in Russia. He competed at the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games where he won a bronze medal in the Individual pursuit and a gold in the Team pursuit.[13]
It was announced on 8 November 2011 that Hepburn would join the GreenEDGE team for their inaugural season in 2012.[14] In 2012, he won the silver medal in the men's team pursuit at the 2012 Olympics.[5] He competed in the men's road race and the men's time trial at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, finishing in 6th in the time trial.[15]
He won silver in the same event at the 2016 Olympics.[5]
In July 2018, he was named in the start list for the 2018 Tour de France.[16]
Major results
Road
- 2009
- Tour of the Murray River
- 1st Stages 11 & 12
- 2010
- 1st
Road race, National Under-23 Championships
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23
- 3rd Rogaland GP
- 9th Memorial Davide Fardelli
- 2011
- 1st Stage 2 Tour of Norway
- Tour de l'Avenir
- 1st Prologue & Stage 4
- 1st Stage 2 (TTT) Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23
- 2nd Time trial, National Under-23 Championships
- 2nd Gran Premio della Liberazione
- 3rd
Time trial, UCI World Under-23 Championships
- 6th Overall Olympia's Tour
- 2012
- 4th Time trial, National Championships
- 2013
- 2nd
Team time trial, UCI World Championships
- 2nd Duo Normand (with Jens Mouris)
- 2014
- 1st
Time trial, National Championships
- 1st Stage 3 (ITT) Tour of Qatar
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Giro d'Italia
- 2nd
Team time trial, UCI World Championships
- 6th Time trial, Commonwealth Games
- 2015
- 1st
Time trial, Oceania Championships
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Giro d'Italia
- 3rd Overall Bay Classic Series
- 2016
- 3rd
Team time trial, UCI World Championships
- 2017
- 1st Stage 2 Bay Classic Series
- 4th Time trial, National Championships
- 7th Hong Kong Challenge
- 2019
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Tirreno–Adriatico
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Czech Cycling Tour
- 5th Antwerp Port Epic
- 2020
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Czech Cycling Tour
- 4th Time trial, National Championships
- 2024
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Okolo Slovenska
- 3rd Time trial, National Championships
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Grand Tour | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | 154 | 160 | 150 | 122 | — | — | DNF | 120 | 112 | 77 | 115 |
![]() | — | — | — | — | 117 | 146 | — | — | — | — | |
![]() | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 118 | DNF |
— | Did not compete |
---|---|
DNF | Did not finish |
Track
- 2010
- Commonwealth Games
- 1st
Team pursuit
- 3rd
Individual pursuit
- 1st
- 1st
Team pursuit, UCI World Championships
- 1st
Omnium, National Championships
- 1st Team pursuit, UCI World Cup Classics, Melbourne
- 2011
- UCI World Championships
- 1st
Team pursuit
- 3rd
Individual pursuit
- 1st
- Oceania Championships
- National Championships
- 2nd Team pursuit
- 3rd Individual pursuit
- 3rd Points race
- 2nd Team pursuit, UCI World Cup, Beijing
- 2012
- UCI World Championships
- 1st
Team pursuit
- 2nd
Individual pursuit
- 1st
- National Championships
- 1st Team pursuit, UCI World Cup, London
- 2nd
Team pursuit, Olympic Games
- 2013
- UCI World Championships
- 1st
Team pursuit
- 1st
Individual pursuit
- 1st
- 2016
- 1st
Team pursuit, UCI World Championships
- 2nd
Team pursuit, Olympic Games
References
External links
Media related to Michael Hepburn at Wikimedia Commons
- Michael Hepburn at UCI
- Michael Hepburn at Cycling Archives
- Michael Hepburn at ProCyclingStats
- Michael Hepburn at Cycling Quotient
- Michael Hepburn at CycleBase