Michael Hepburn (born 17 August 1991) is an Australian track and road cyclist, who currently rides for
UCI WorldTeam . He is a two-time Olympics silver medalist.
From
Brisbane
Brisbane ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the states and territories of Australia, Australian state of Queensland, and the list of cities in Australia by population, third-most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a populati ...
, Hepburn started competitively cycling at 14 years of age after making the change from triathlons.
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, and winning the teams pursuit in the 2010
UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Denmark. In 2009 he broke the world record in the U19 3000m Individual Pursuit at the 2009 Australian Track Championships before going on to break the same world record two more times to win at the 2009 Junior World Championships in Russia. He competed at the
2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games
The 2010 Commonwealth Games (Hindi: 2010 राष्ट्रमण्डल खेल), officially known as the XIX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Delhi 2010, was an international multi-sport event that was held in Delhi, India, f ...
where he won a bronze medal in the
Individual pursuit and a gold in the
Team pursuit.
It was announced on 8 November 2011 that Hepburn would join the team for their inaugural season in 2012. In 2012, he won the silver medal in the men's team pursuit at the
2012 Olympics
The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...
.
He competed in the men's road race and the men's time trial at the
2014 Commonwealth Games
The 2014 Commonwealth Games ( gd, Geamannan a' Cho-fhlaitheis 2014), officially known as the XX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Glasgow 2014, ( sco, Glesca 2014 or Glesga 2014; gd, Glaschu 2014), was an international multi-sport ev ...
, finishing in 6th in the time trial.
He won silver in the same event at the
2016 Olympics
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.
In July 2018, he was named in the start list for the
2018 Tour de France
The 2018 Tour de France was the 105th edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's three Grand Tours. The -long race consisted of 21 stages, starting on 7 July in Noirmoutier-en-l'Île, in western France, and concluding on 29 July with the ...
.
Major results
Track
;2009
:
UCI World Junior Championships
::1st
![Rainbow Jersey Track](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/68/Rainbow_Jersey_Track.svg)
Individual pursuit
::2nd
![Silver medal uci](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/88/Silver_medal_uci.svg)
Team pursuit
:
National Junior Championships
::1st
![MaillotAustralia](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b4/MaillotAustralia.PNG)
Individual pursuit
::1st
![MaillotAustralia](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b4/MaillotAustralia.PNG)
Team pursuit
::1st
![MaillotAustralia](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b4/MaillotAustralia.PNG)
Omnium
:
UCI World Cup Classics
::1st Team pursuit,
Beijing
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::1st Team pursuit,
Melbourne
Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...
;2010
:
Commonwealth Games
The Commonwealth Games, often referred to as the Friendly Games or simply the Comm Games, are a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930, and, with the exce ...
::1st
Team pursuit
::3rd
Individual pursuit
: 1st
Team pursuit,
UCI World Championships
: 1st
![MaillotAustralia](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b4/MaillotAustralia.PNG)
Omnium,
National Championships
A national championship(s) is the top achievement for any sport or contest within a league of a particular nation or nation state. The title is usually awarded by contests, ranking systems, stature, ability, etc. This determines the best team, indi ...
: 1st Team pursuit,
UCI World Cup Classics, Melbourne
;2011
:
UCI World Championships
::1st
Team pursuit
::3rd
Individual pursuit
: Oceania Championships
::1st
![OceaniaChampionJersey](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/45/OceaniaChampionJersey.png)
Individual pursuit
::1st
![OceaniaChampionJersey](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/45/OceaniaChampionJersey.png)
Team pursuit
:
National Championships
A national championship(s) is the top achievement for any sport or contest within a league of a particular nation or nation state. The title is usually awarded by contests, ranking systems, stature, ability, etc. This determines the best team, indi ...
::2nd Team pursuit
::3rd Individual pursuit
::3rd Points race
;2012
: 2nd
Team pursuit,
Olympic Games
The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a var ...
;2013
:
UCI World Championships
::1st
Team pursuit
::1st
Individual pursuit
;2016
: 1st
Team pursuit,
UCI World Championships
: 2nd
Team pursuit,
Olympic Games
The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a var ...
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
Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23 was a bicycle road race held annually in the German state of Thuringia. It was a stage race reserved to athletes under the age of 23. Since 2005, it was organized as a 2.2U event on the UCI Europe Tour. After the 201 ...
: 3rd
Rogaland GP
Tour des Fjords (known as the Rogaland Grand Prix until 2012) was a road bicycle race held annually between 2008 and 2018 in the region of western Norway. The race merged with the Tour of Norway
The Tour of Norway is a road bicycle race held an ...
: 9th
Memorial Davide Fardelli
Memorial Davide Fardelli — Cronometro Individuale was a women's senior and men's under-23 time trial cycle race which took place in Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a countr ...
;2011
: 1st Stage 2
Tour of Norway
The Tour of Norway is a road bicycle race held annually in Norway. It is considered as a successor to the stage race Ringerike GP, which is now a one-day race. It was started in 2011 as a result of the heightened interest in cycling in Norway, ma ...
:
Tour de l'Avenir
Tour de l'Avenir ( en, Tour of the Future) is a French road bicycle racing stage race, which started in 1961 as a race similar to the Tour de France and over much of the same course but for amateurs and for semi-professionals known as independents ...
::1st Prologue & Stage 4
: 1st Stage 2 (
TTT)
Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23
Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23 was a bicycle road race held annually in the German state of Thuringia. It was a stage race reserved to athletes under the age of 23. Since 2005, it was organized as a 2.2U event on the UCI Europe Tour. After the 201 ...
: 2nd
Time trial, National Under-23 Championships
: 2nd
Gran Premio della Liberazione
Gran Premio della Liberazione is an Italian road bicycle race that has been held annually on 25 April since 1946. It marks the anniversary of the 1945 fall of Benito Mussolini's Italian Social Republic. It is a Single-day race that is rated 1.2 ...
: 3rd
Time trial,
UCI World Under-23 Championships
: 6th Overall
Olympia's Tour
The Olympia's Tour is a cycling stage race held in the Netherlands.
History
A.S.C. Olympia was founded in Amsterdam on 27 November 1898. It ran one-day races but wanted a race through all the Netherlands. The first Olympia's Tour was in 1909, wi ...
;2012
: 4th
Time trial, National Championships
;2013
: 2nd
Team time trial
A team time trial (TTT) is a road bicycle race in which teams of cyclists race against the clock (see individual time trial for a more detailed description of ITT events).
The winning team in a TTT is determined by the comparing the times of ( ...
,
UCI World Championships
: 2nd
Duo Normand (with
Jens Mouris)
;2014
: 1st
Time trial, National Championships
: 1st Stage 3 (
ITT
ITT may refer to:
Communication
* Infantry-Tank Telephone, a device allowing infantrymen to speak to the occupants of armoured vehicles.
Mathematics
*Intuitionistic type theory, other name of Martin-Löf Type Theory
*Intensional type theory
B ...
)
Tour of Qatar
: 1st Stage 1 (
TTT)
Giro d'Italia
: 2nd
Team time trial
A team time trial (TTT) is a road bicycle race in which teams of cyclists race against the clock (see individual time trial for a more detailed description of ITT events).
The winning team in a TTT is determined by the comparing the times of ( ...
,
UCI World Championships
: 6th
Time trial,
Commonwealth Games
The Commonwealth Games, often referred to as the Friendly Games or simply the Comm Games, are a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930, and, with the exce ...
;2015
: 1st
![OceaniaChampionJersey](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/45/OceaniaChampionJersey.png)
Time trial,
Oceania Championships
An Oceania Championship is a top level international sports competition between Oceania athletes or sports teams representing their respective countries or professional sports clubs.
List of Championships
* 49er & 49er FX Oceania Championships
...
: 1st Stage 1 (
TTT)
Giro d'Italia
: 3rd Overall
Bay Classic Series
The Bay Classic Series (currently running as the Lexus of Blackburn Bay Crits) is a road cycling race held annually in and around Port Phillip Bay in Victoria, Australia. The race consists of both a men's and a women's competition over three stage ...
;2016
: 3rd
Team time trial
A team time trial (TTT) is a road bicycle race in which teams of cyclists race against the clock (see individual time trial for a more detailed description of ITT events).
The winning team in a TTT is determined by the comparing the times of ( ...
,
UCI World Championships
;2017
: 1st Stage 2
Bay Classic Series
The Bay Classic Series (currently running as the Lexus of Blackburn Bay Crits) is a road cycling race held annually in and around Port Phillip Bay in Victoria, Australia. The race consists of both a men's and a women's competition over three stage ...
: 4th
Time trial, National Championships
: 7th
Hong Kong Challenge
The Hong Kong Challenge (officially known as the Sun Hung Kai Properties Hong Kong Challenge) is a one-day professional cycling race held annually in Hong Kong since 2017. It is part of UCI Asia Tour in category 1.1.
The race was replaced with Ha ...
;2019
: 1st Stage 1 (
TTT)
Tirreno–Adriatico
: 1st Stage 1 (
TTT)
Czech Cycling Tour
The Czech Cycling Tour is a multi-day road cycling race held annually in the Olomouc region in the Czech Republic. It was created in 2010 and was initially part of the UCI Europe Tour in category 2.2, but in 2015 moved up to 2.1
The Union Cycli ...
: 5th
Antwerp Port Epic
;2020
: 1st Stage 1 (
TTT)
Czech Cycling Tour
The Czech Cycling Tour is a multi-day road cycling race held annually in the Olomouc region in the Czech Republic. It was created in 2010 and was initially part of the UCI Europe Tour in category 2.2, but in 2015 moved up to 2.1
The Union Cycli ...
: 4th
Time trial, National Championships
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
References
External links
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1991 births
Australian track cyclists
Sportsmen from Queensland
Cyclists from Brisbane
Australian male cyclists
UCI Track Cycling World Champions (men)
Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia
Cyclists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia
Australian Institute of Sport cyclists
Cyclists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Cyclists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Olympic cyclists for Australia
Living people
Olympic silver medalists for Australia
Olympic medalists in cycling
Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Cyclists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games medallists in cycling
Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games