Jack Bobridge (born 13 July 1989) is an Australian former professional

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, who rode professionally between 2010 and 2016. In 2019 he was convicted of drug dealing and sentenced to a four-year prison term. He admitted to using banned recreational drugs during his racing career, noting that he used cocaine in training leading up to major cycling events, including the Olympics.

Career

Bobridge's career combined both track and road cycling. In 2008, he was part of the Australian men's pursuit team that finished in fourth place at the

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, along with

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and

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. In May 2009, Bobridge signed with , with his contract starting on 1 January 2010 and had been contracted to race with the team until 2012. He left the team at the end of 2011, and joined for the 2012 season. In September 2009 he won the under-23 time trial at the

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. In January 2011 he became the Australian National Road Race Champion with a daring solo breakaway. On 2 February 2011, he set a new world record for the track 4k

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. Bobridge was an

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scholarship holder. At the

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, he was part of the Australian team that won the silver medal in the men's team pursuit, with

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and

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. Bobridge left at the end of the 2012 season, and joined on a two-year contract from the 2013 season onwards. Bobridge won two gold medals at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, one in the men's team pursuit with

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and Glenn O'Shea, where Australia set a new Games record in the final, and in the men's individual pursuit. In November 2014 Bobridge was announced as part of the Team Budget Forklifts line-up for 2015 alongside fellow members of the Australian endurance track squad Luke Davison, Glenn O'Shea, Scott Sunderland and Mitchel Mulhearn, riding a domestic programme with a focus on achieving success on the track at the

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. Bobridge won the opening stage of the 2015 Tour Down Under. He lost the overall lead on stage three but finished the race with the King of the Mountains jersey. On 31 January 2015 Bobridge attempted to break the world

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in Melbourne. He rode 51.3 kilometres falling short of the record of 51.852 kilometres. However he did break

's Australian national hour record of 50.3 kilometres which had stood since 2000. In September 2015 it was announced that Bobridge would return to the UCI WorldTour peloton in 2016, signing a one-year contract with . In 2016, Bobridge won his second Olympic silver medal, again in the men's team pursuit, this time with Alex Edmondson, Michael Hepburn,

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and Callum Scotson. Bobridge announced his retirement from cycling in November 2016. His retirement was due to the effects of rheumatoid arthritis which he was first diagnosed with in 2010. The Jack Bobridge Track, a cycling and walking trail from his hometown of

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into the

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was named for Bobridge when it was built in 2014, however the

Barossa Council Barossa Council is a local government area in the Barossa Valley in South Australia. The council area covers 912 square kilometres and had a population of over 23,000 as at the 2016 Census. History It was proclaimed on 1 July 1996 following t ...

was concerned that this sent the wrong message to young people after he was convicted of using and selling drugs in 2019. In July 2019, the council resolved to remove Bobridge's name and rename the track to the Barossa Trail, a name already used for the northern and eastern extension.

Legal issues

In September 2017, Bobridge was charged with selling trafficable quantities of recreational drugs. In May 2019, during a court hearing concerning his case, he admitted to using recreational drugs, such as

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and ecstasy, during his active career. He claimed that he took them ahead of some races, but that they would be out of his body by race day. He denied the charges brought against him that he trafficked ecstasy. On 5 July 2019, he was sentenced to four years and six months in prison, being found guilty for four charges of drug dealing. He is eligible for parole after two years and six months.

Major results

Track

;2006 : 1st Jersey rainbow

Team pursuit,

UCI Junior Track World Championships The UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships (named the UCI Juniors Track World Championships before 2016) are a set of world championship events for junior riders, for various disciplines and distances in track cycling and are regulated by t ...

;2007 : 1st Jersey rainbow

Team pursuit,

: National Track Championships ::1st MaillotAustralia

Team pursuit ::1st MaillotAustralia

Madison ;2008 : 1st Gold medal blank

Team pursuit,

2007–08 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics The 2007–2008 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics was a multi race competition over a season of track cycling. The season began on 30 November 2007 and ended on 17 February 2008. The World Cup is organised by the UCI. The 2007–2008 se ...

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;2009 : Oceania Track Championships ::1st Gold medal blank

Individual pursuit ::1st Gold medal blank

Team pursuit : 1st MaillotAustralia

Individual pursuit, National Track Championships ;2010 :

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::1st

Individual pursuit The individual pursuit is a track cycling event where two cyclists begin the race from a stationary position on opposite sides of the track. It is held at over for men and for women. The riders start at the same time and set off to complete the ...

::1st

Team pursuit The team pursuit is a track cycling event similar to the individual pursuit, except that two teams, each of up to four riders, compete, starting on opposite sides of the velodrome. Race format Both men's and women's events are competed over ...

UCI Track World Championships The UCI Track Cycling World Championships are the set of world championship events for the various disciplines and distances in track cycling. They are regulated by the Union Cycliste Internationale. Before 1900, they were administered by the UCI ...

::1st

Team pursuit ::3rd Bronze medal blank

Individual pursuit ;2011 :

::1st

: 1st

Overall, Individual pursuit, 2010–11 UCI Track Cycling World Ranking ;2012 :

::2nd

::2nd

: 2nd

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;2015 : 2nd Silver medal blank

;2016 : 2nd Silver medal olympic

Road

;2007 : 3rd Overall Tour of the Murray River : 4th Time trial,

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;2008 : 8th Overall

Tour de Berlin The Tour de Berlin was a road bicycle race held annually between 1953 and 2016 in Germany. From 2007 to its demise, the race was organised as a 2.2U event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing com ...

;2009 : 1st Jersey rainbow chrono

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, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships : National Under-23 Road Championships ::1st MaillotAustralia

Road race ::1st MaillotAustralia

: 1st Eschborn-Frankfurt City Loop U23 : 3rd Overall

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 ...

::1st Stage 2 & 5 ( ITT) : 7th Overall

Tour of Japan The Tour of Japan is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in Japan since 1996 as part of the UCI Asia Tour. It is sanctioned by the International Cycling Union (UCI) as a 2.1 category race. History Tour of Japan was form ...

::1st Stage 4 & 6 ;2010 : 1st Stage 5

Eneco Tour The Benelux Tour (previously known as the Eneco Tour and the BinckBank Tour) is a road bicycle racing stage-race that is part of the UCI World Tour. The race was established in 2005 and was originally known as the Eneco Tour, named after the orig ...

: 7th Overall

Delta Tour Zeeland Delta Tour Zeeland was a road bicycle stage race held annually in June in Zeeland, Netherlands. In 2008, the race was organized as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour as the organizers of the one-day race Delta Profronde and of the OZ Wielerweekend ...

;2011 : National Road Championships ::1st MaillotAustralia

Road race ::2nd

: 2nd Overall

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: 5th

;2014 : 5th Road race, National Road Championships ;2015 :

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::1st

Mountains classification ::1st Stage 1 : 3rd

, National Road Championships ;2016 : 1st MaillotAustralia

Road race, National Road Championships : 4th Overall

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

References

External links

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