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]
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]
Grand Tour | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
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Giro d'Italia | 154 | 160 | 150 | 122 | — | — | DNF | 120 | 112 | 77 | 115 |
Tour de France | — | — | — | — | 117 | 146 | — | — | — | — | |
Vuelta a España | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 118 | DNF |
— | Did not compete |
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DNF | Did not finish |
Media related to Michael Hepburn at Wikimedia Commons
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