Victoria's Cooke claimed her eighth and ninth career world titles as she raced to win the T2 (tricycle) time trial and road races. 

“I can’t believe that I’ve done the double. But I came into this year with no expectations, to enjoy racing and have fun. It’s turned out to be the best year ever,” said Cooke, who won four gold and two silver during the 2019 UCI Para-Cycling Road World Cup to be crowned series champion. 

“I’ve learned a lot this year in regards to tactics and learning how to race (yes even after doing this for eight years) and that all comes from being open to trying new things with my coach Rebecca DiCello and my sports scientist Nick Owen. Those tactics certainly came into play today and helped me win this race.” 

Cooke will head to the 2019 UCI Road World Championships in Yorkshire this week to contest a UCI Para road race before the triple Paralympic champion takes a well-earned break. 

“For the first time at the able-bodied World Championships there will be a para race, so I am looking forward to helping make history by racing there! Then it’s home to have a short break, re-connect with my husband, dog and family as it has been such a big year. 

​“But I’ll be back in training soon as 2020 is a big one with the Tokyo Paralympics. So I’ll have to pick it up, even more, to firstly make the team and then if I do try and replicate Rio,” Cooke added. 

​​The Australian Cycling Team finished on top of the gold medal tally with nine gold to finish one ahead of Germany and Italy, while the team’s fifteen medal haul ranked third on the nation’s ranking behind the USA (21) and Germany (19).

Dual 2018 world champion Miller defended her H1 (handcycle) crowns in the time trial and the road race. 

“Getting to stand on the podium wearing the green and gold is always a proud moment, so it was exciting to be able to do that twice this week in what has been an incredible week for the whole team,” said Bathurst's Miller, who like Cooke, was crowned World Cup series winner in 2019. 

“Winning dual rainbows and the World Cup series in 2019 sums up the hard work both myself and my support team have put in this year. I showed some good form at the World Cup in Belgium, and we built on it again this week at Worlds, so it’s a great feeling knowing I’m continually improving and becoming a better athlete.”

Miller will take an extended break before embarking on her 2020 campaign which begins with the 2020 Federation University Road National Championships in Ballarat.
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“I’ll have a few weeks off before I turn my attention to the Federation University Road National Championships in January. I'm looking forward to racing on the new time trial course in rainbows to see what I can produce there.”

The Australian Cycling Team finished  on top of the gold medal tally with nine gold to finish one ahead of Germany and Italy, while the team’s fifteen medal haul ranked third on the nation’s ranking behind the USA (21) and Germany (19).


"I would like to take the opportunity to thank my huge support network. The Australian Cycling Team staff have been incredible over the past few weeks as always, my home coaches who keep me going in the right direction, and my amazing family and friends."

Following a five-world title haul on day one, Australia has added more rainbows at the 2019 UCI Para Road World Championships in the Netherlands with Carol Cooke (VIC) and Emilie Miller (NSW) winning the time trial.

Cooke claimed her eighth career world title as she raced to win the T2 (tricycle) time trial by more than one minute to her nearest rival. 

"I’m absolutely stoked to have won my eighth title, it actually feels surreal!," remarked Cooke, the dual reigning Paralympic time trial champion. "I think from now on Friday the 13th will be a good luck day for me!"

Cooke clocked 38mins 11:66secs across the 20.8-kilometre course to take the gold over longtime rival Jill Walsh (USA). 

"I wanted to make sure I had something in the tank for the second lap so tried to not take it out too hard," Cooke detailed her ride. "After the first lap I knew I was up on the American but wanted a bigger buffer so really tried to dig deep on the second lap."

Team Australia now boasts seven gold in two days ​after Darren Hicks (C2), Emily Petricola (C4), Paige Greco (C3) Alistair Donohoe (C5) and David Nicholas (C3) won the time trial on Thursday. 

"The team is defining a high. We are such a close knit team, athletes and staff, so it’s great to see every doing so well," added Cooke.

Australia will look to add more medals in the road races on Saturday and Sunday. 

Stuart Jones (NSW) claimed silver in the T2 final, while Stuart Tripp (VIC) came agonisingly close to a medal after finishing 0.4 of a second off the H5 podium in fourth. Alex Welsh (VIC) was 18th in the H3 time trial.

About 

• ?️‍? 2019 UCI Para Cycling Road Worlds
• ? Netherlands  
• ? 11-15 September 2019
• ? Website cyclingdrenthe.nl 
• ⏱ Results www.votrecourse.com
• ? Live Stream www.nyaistartv.com
• ?? Team Australia www.australiancyclingteam.com​

​The sun shone on Team Australia on the opening day of the 2019 UCI Para Road World Championships in the Netherlands with five world titles and two bronze medals won in the time trial. 

The Australian national anthem was on repeat in Emmen as Darren Hicks (C2), Emily Petricola (C4), Paige Greco (C3) Alistair Donohoe (C5) and David Nicholas (C3) took to the podium to celebrate. Significantly, the victories also secured dual 2019 track and road world crowns for the quintet after each soared to gold at the 2019 Track World Championships in March, also held in the Netherlands. 

In other day one time trial results, Kaitlyn Schurmann (C1) and Meg Lemon (C4) also celebrated on the podium with bronze in their respective events. 

Day 1 Medal Tally - Time Trial 

🏳️‍🌈 Darren Hicks 
🏳️‍🌈 Emily Petricola 
🏳️‍🌈 Paige Greco 
🏳️‍🌈 Alistair Donohoe 
🏳️‍🌈 David Nicholas 
🥉 Meg Lemon 
🥉 Kaitlyn Schurmann

🏳️‍🌈 Paige Greco 

Dual 2019 track champion Greco defended her H1 (handcycle) crown to claim her third career rainbow jersey. 

"I’m feeling great I didn’t know I’d won until a little after I had finished I was very happy," said Greco. "I can’t believe I’ve done it on the road and track definitely learnt a lot and I think it’s given me the motivation to keep training hard in the head into next year."

Miller covered 21-kilometre course in a winning time of 32mins 10.93secs. 
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"The course wasn’t very technical but it was very windy and racing.  Training in the wind is something I’ve had to work on. During the race I just had to stay aero on the long straights and focus on the power numbers, I was a little down on my competitors so I had to bring it home strong to get a lead on them.

"I really enjoyed the race."

Greco and Team Australia will look to add more medals in the road races on Saturday and Sunday. 

About 

• 🏳️‍🌈 2019 UCI Para Cycling Road Worlds
• 🌍 Netherlands  
• 🗓 11-15 September 2019
• 💻 Website cyclingdrenthe.nl 
• ⏱ Results www.votrecourse.com
• 📹 Live Stream www.nyaistartv.com
• 🇦🇺 Team Australia www.australiancyclingteam.com

The sun shone on Team Australia on the opening day of the 2019 UCI Para Road World Championships in the Netherlands with five world titles and two bronze medals won in the time trial. 

The Australian national anthem was on repeat in Emmen as Darren Hicks (C2), Emily Petricola (C4), Paige Greco (C3) Alistair Donohoe (C5) and David Nicholas (C3) took to the podium to celebrate. Significantly, the victories also secured dual 2019 track and road world crowns for the quintet after each soared to gold at the 2019 Track World Championships in March, also held in the Netherlands. 

In other day one time trial results, Kaitlyn Schurmann (C1) and Meg Lemon (C4) also celebrated on the podium with bronze in their respective events. 

Day 1 Medal Tally - Time Trial 

🏳️‍🌈 Darren Hicks 
🏳️‍🌈 Emily Petricola 
🏳️‍🌈 Paige Greco 
🏳️‍🌈 Alistair Donohoe 
🏳️‍🌈 David Nicholas 
🥉 Meg Lemon 
🥉 Kaitlyn Schurmann

​🏳️‍🌈 Alistair Donohoe 

In a nail-biting final, Alistair Donohoe secured his maiden time trial world title by less than two seconds on the opening day of the 2019 UCI Para Road World Championships in the Netherlands.  

Donohoe averaged 47km/hour across the 32km course to clock 39mins 22:52secs to dash the hopes of Dutch cyclist Daniel Abraham by mere centimetres in the C5 final. 

“I can’t quite believe it just yet, it’s pretty surreal to me. I’ve been chasing the time trial gold for a few years now and to snatch it by 1.7 seconds is just amazing.

“The course was pretty technical, with seven corners a lap for three laps, it was tough to find your rhythm for long periods of time. 

“We had a plan to go out conservatively because the back end of the race was really hurting people all day and I was fortunate enough to keep some gas in the tank for the last 15 kilometres and come home really well.”

The win was the third rainbow jersey of 2019 for Donohoe after the Victorian won two world titles in the C5 individual pursuit and scratch race at the 2019 Track World Championships in Apeldoorn, the Netherlands, in March.

“Must be something in the Dutch water?”

Donohoe will now turn his focus to Saturday’s road race and as defending 

“It’s been a nice few months racing in Europe with ACA and I think it’s been perfect preparation. Going back to back always feels harder, feels like a bit more pressure with that invisible target painted on you, but that’s part of the fun.”

While he has his sights on the road race in twenty-four hours time, Donohoe also has one eye on a second Paralympic Games team. 

“Being a year out from Tokyo, it was a good chance to test some different preparation and training methods coming into the worlds to see what works best and what doesn’t. There is definitely room for improvement in all areas, which fills me with confidence heading forward to next year.”

The sun shone on Team Australia on the opening day of the 2019 UCI Para Road World Championships in the Netherlands with five world titles and two bronze medals won in the time trial. 

The Australian national anthem was on repeat in Emmen as Darren Hicks (C2), Emily Petricola (C4), Paige Greco (C3) Alistair Donohoe (C5) and David Nicholas (C3) took to the podium to celebrate. 

Significantly, the victories also secured dual 2019 track and road world crowns for the quintet after each soared to gold at the 2019 Track World Championships in March, also held in the Netherlands. 

In other day one time trial results, Kaitlyn Schurmann (C1) and Meg Lemon (C4) also celebrated on the podium with bronze in their respective events. 

Day 1 Medal Tally - Time Trial 

🏳️‍🌈 Darren Hicks 
🏳️‍🌈 Emily Petricola 
🏳️‍🌈 Paige Greco 
🏳️‍🌈 Alistair Donohoe 
🏳️‍🌈 David Nicholas 
🥉 Meg Lemon 
🥉 Kaitlyn Schurmann​


🏳️‍🌈 Emily Petricola 

Emily Petricola claimed gold in the C4 time trial on the opening day of the 2019 UCI Para Road World Championships in the Netherlands. 

“I was honestly ecstatic to win! I've had a pretty tough prep with a lot of disruption and I knew it would take a really good performance to win today. I'm glad that despite everything going on in the lead-up, I could get the result for the coaches and our team.” 

Petricola covered the technical 21-kilometre course in a time of 30mins 55.57 seconds, 32 seconds ahead of Shawn Morelli (USA). Petricola was able to celebrate with compatriot Meg Lemon (32:23:64) after she raced to win the bronze. 

“The course was a bit deceptive. Even though the course was flat it was pretty windy out there. It all went by pretty fast, although it doesn't feel like that when you are doing it!”

The win continues Petricola’s stunning 2019 season after the Victorian won the track world title in the C4 individual pursuit, in world record time, at the 2019 Track World Championships in the Netherlands, in March. 

“It is incredible! I've been really stubborn about wanting to improve on the road and do well there. It is amazing to think that this country has delivered me my maiden world titles on both the track and the road - it will definitely always hold a special place in my heart as a result.”

With Petricola targeting her maiden Paralympic Games team for Tokyo 2020, the result provides a perfect platform from which to build. 

“It is a really important measuring stick in terms of where we are at in relation to the rest of the world ahead of Tokyo. It certainly gives us a great opportunity to see our strengths and weaknesses and start to plot a strategy for training to make sure we maximize our achievements there next year. It is a really exciting time for our team - we are strong in terms of both performances on the bike as well as our support off it.”

Injury and illness have forced Grace Brown (Mitchelton-Scott) and Sarah Roy (Mitchelton-Scott) out of the Australian team for the 2019 UCI Road World Championships which will be held in Yorkshire, 22-29 September 2019. 

Their positions are to be filled by 2018 Commonwealth Games gold medalist Chloe Hosking (Ale-Cipollini) and former junior world champion Jessica Allen (Mitchelton-Scott). 

Twenty athletes will represent Australia at the 2019 UCI Road World Championships including 2015 world championship silver medallist Michael Matthews (Team Sunweb), reigning time trial world champion Rohan Dennis (Bahrain Merida) and Amanda Spratt (Mitchelton-Scott), who claimed road race silver in 2018. 

The 2019 UCI Road World Championships features eleven races over eight days in the junior (U19), under 23 and elite categories.  

The road races promise to push the world’s best to the limit with a punishing 285km contest for the men and 150km for the women, with both races to culminate with laps of a technical circuit around Harrogate. 

2019 AUSTRALIAN TEAM 

*Added September 9

WOMEN

• Brodie Chapman (Tibco–Silicon Valley Bank)
• Tiffany Cromwell (Canyon–SRAM)
• Lucy Kennedy (Mitchelton-Scott)
• Lauren Kitchen (FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope)
• Amanda Spratt (Mitchelton-Scott)
• Chloe Hosking (Ale-Cipollini)*
• Jessica Allen (Mitchelton-Scott)*

U23 MEN

• Kaden Groves (SEG Racing Academy)
• Samuel Jenner (Team Wiggins Le Col)
• Liam Magennis (Drapac-Cannondale Holistic Development Team)
• Harry Sweeney (EvoPro Racing)
• Nicholas White (Team BridgeLane)​​

MEN

• Simon Clarke (EF Education First)
• Rohan Dennis (Bahrain Merida)
• Mitchell Docker (EF Education First)
• Luke Durbridge (Mitchelton-Scott)
• Nathan Haas (Team Katusha Alpecin)
• Jack Haig (Mitchelton-Scott)
• Michael Matthews (Team Sunweb)
• Rory Sutherland (UAE-Team Emirates)

​U19 

• Patrick Eddy (VIC)

The Australian Team has arrived in the Netherlands ahead of the 2019 UCI Para Road World Championships which will be held from 12-15 September in Emmen, the Netherlands. 
 
We sat down with Para-cycling Technical Director Warren McDonald as he eyes this week's Championships and next year's Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games. 

"It's been a little while, but it's been fantastic, the athletes are athletes, and they're giving 100%," said McDonald, who took the helm of the Australian Cycling Team's Para-cycling program in early 2018 after previously holding the role of National Women's Road Coach from 2004-2008. 

"Whether it is training, on or off the bike, it's fantastic to be involved with the athletes. We have an excellent team of coaches and sports and performance support behind the athletes."

It has been a stellar opening to the 2019 international road season for Australian para-cyclists with a 24-medal haul, including eight gold, captured across the first two rounds of the 2019 UCI Para-Cycling Road World Cup season in May before taking five in the final round in Canada in August. 

Australia also finished second in the overall standings behind Great Britain with nine gold and a glittering 17-medal haul at the 2019 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in March.

"The Track World Championships was a great success, coming away with nine world championships was fantastic," said McDonald. "We're looking at some great new talent but also some talent that's been in the system consistently, David Nicholas, for example, is a world champion again and Darren Hicks' first world title."

At the 2019 Para-cycling Road Worlds, McDonald will lead a team of 13 athletes as they battle against 200 of the world's best from 30 countries in the road races and time trials. 

The team is littered with stars including reigning world champion Emilie Miller (NSW), seven-time world champion Carol Cooke (VIC) and newcomer Paige Greco (SA) who each won their respective 2019 World Cup seasons. 

Reigning road champion Alistair Donohoe (VIC), dual Paralympic champion David Nicholas (QLD) and Darren Hicks (SA) will all be eager to add a road world title to the rainbow jerseys claimed at the 2019 Track World Championships in March. 

"We're hoping the Netherlands will be great for us again during the Road World Championships," added McDonald. "Looking forward to seeing Darren at the world road titles in Holland, and Paige is also crossing over from track to road. She was very competitive in the individual time trial and being quite young we're hoping the road race will be an opportunity for her as well." 

While rainbow jerseys are on offer, valuable qualification points towards the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games is on McDonald's agenda. 

"Twelve months away from the Paralympic Games, and we still have to qualify positions for our team for the athletes, so a lot is going on," McDonald added. "The World Championships are fantastic, and are a reward for the riders and for the system, but we are looking at what it will take to be on top of the podium in Tokyo." 

Australian Team - 2019 UCI Para Road World Championships

• Alex Welsh (VIC) H3
• Emilie Miller (NSW) H1
• Stuart Tripp (VIC) H5
• Kaitlyn Schurmann (VIC) C1
• Darren Hicks (SA) C2
• Paige Greco (SA) C3
• David Nicholas (QLD) C3
• Emily Petricola (VIC) C4
• Meg Lemon (SA) C4
• Hannah Macdougall (VIC) C4
• Alistair Donohoe (VIC) C5
• Carol Cooke (VIC) T2
• Stuart Jones (NSW) T2

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Victoria's Kelland O'Brien (Pro Racing Sunshine Coast) clinched the overall victory at the Cycling Australia National Road Series event, the eight-stage 541-kilometre Visit Victoria-Campolina Tour of the Great South Coast. 

Dominating from the opening stage, the Australian Cycling Team world champion ladened Pro Racing Sunshine Coast outfit showed they were all business as they took a clean sweep of the podium in the opening stage. 

Sam Welsford pushed teammate O’Brien for the overall Tour victory after featuring in six podiums and picking up two stage wins in the first three stages, while Cameron Scott claimed the Stage 4 win.

Welsford held the leader's jersey heading into the penultimate Stage 7, unfortunately however, the dual 2019 world champion Welsford lost 32 seconds to O'Brien on the stage  around Bridgewater meant he also conceded the leader's jersey to the Victorian heading into the final stage criterium.

“I didn’t expect to win the tour when I arrived, but I bought some good form home from Europe," said the team pursuit world record holder and world champion after winning his maiden National Road Series Tour. "Now I will have a rest and continue my training towards the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games”.

Podium Potential Academy member Jarrad Drizners (InForm TM Insight MAKE) won the Tour's Rising Star Award and took over the lead in the Cycling Australia National Road Series individual standings.

The Australian Cycling Team is pleased to announce the BMX Race Individual Athlete Performance Support (IAPS) memberships for 2019-20. The quartet of Caroline Buchanan, Anthony Dean, Saya Sakakibara and Kai Sakakibara will receive the IAPS support. 

​“With Anthony Dean and Kai Sakakibara setting the fastest and fourth fastest laps in the elite men’s competition, and Saya Sakakibara setting the fastest lap for the elite women during the 2019 World Championships in July, it demonstrates that the Australian Cycling Team BMX Race athlete members are on track for Tokyo 2020,” said Australian Cycling Team BMX Technical Director Wade Bootes. 

“With the extended support the Australian Cycling Team has provided Caroline during her recovery period, and after recent observations of her in training, we believe it won't be long until Caroline will be in a similar position from when she last raced BMX Supercross in July 2017.” 

With less than a year to the Games, Bootes believes the team is on target to qualify two positions at the Games in the men’s and women’s events. 

“Our target for BMX IAPS is to deliver a medal in 2020 and we will continue to develop and support the athletes towards this trajectory,” added Bootes. 

“It will be a challenging and close race between nations to secure two positions for both men and women. The riders will be competing and targeting key events to help the qualification process while keeping the core performance objective the priority.”
​
The final two rounds of the 2019 UCI BMX Supercross World Cup season will be held in September, with Australia set to host the opening two rounds of the 2020 Series in February in Shepparton and Bathurst. 

The 2020 National Championships will feature in March, the 2020 World Championships head to the USA in May, while the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games BMX Race competition will take place on July 30-31. 

Australian Cycling Team BMX IAPS Membership for 2019-20

• Caroline Buchanan 
• Anthony Dean 
• Saya Sakakibara 
• Kai Sakakibara

Members of the Australian Cycling Team headed to Izu in the  Shizuoka Prefecture for the 2019 Japan Track Cup, a two-day carnival held on a training track near to the official venue for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. 

Three-time Madison world champion Leigh Howard teamed with Cameron Scott to win gold and silver in the two Madison finals held across the weekend.  

Familiar with Japan having spent the last few seasons entrenched within the Japanese Keirin season, ​Matthew Glaetzer celebrated his twenty-seventh birthday during the Cup with two wins in the sprint competitions. 

"Any opportunity to ride a brand new track is awesome because it rarely happens these days and I had fun racing on it over the past three days," said Glaetzer, who edged Nathan Hart in the final of the first sprint competition. "One aspect of this new velodrome that I really enjoyed was the fact it was built in Keirin School grounds which allowed me to share the rarely seen facilities with the team."

For Stephanie Morton, the race signified her return to racing following minor surgery on her knee earlier in 2019. 

"It was great to be back out there racing, it was a good chance to blow the cobwebs out." said Morton, who took silver behind world champion Wai Sze Lee in the sprint in a rematch of the 2019 World Championship final. "I love coming to Japan, and after having to pull out of the Japanese keirin this year (after the surgery) I was excited to be back here as it feels like a second home.

"With less than a year to go, I know the whole team is buzzing and really enjoyed racing out here."

Australia’s men’s world record-breaking team’s pursuit track cycling squad will hit the roads this week for the Cycling Australia National Road Series.

The team will contest the Visit Victoria-Campolina Tour of the Great South Coast, a six-day, eight-stage Tour that will cover 541.2 kilometres of stunning terrain across Victoria and South Australia.

Team pursuit world champions, world record holders and Commonwealth champions Sam Welsford, Leigh Howard, Kelland O’Brien, Alex Porter and Cameron Scott will race under the Australian Cycling Academy colours.  At the 2018 Tour, Welsford claimed stage three honours, while Scott won the Tour's Rising Star award. 
 
The team, which will also feature Zack Gilmore and Jonathon Noble, will be one of the teams to watch in every stage, in particular the ground-breaking teams time trial at Naracoorte on Thursday.
 
The 16.4km time trial, from Naracoorte Showgrounds to the world heritage-listed Naracoorte Caves, will see teams take off at two-minute intervals in a contest billed as “the race of truth.”
 
“The Great South Coast tour is a tremendous race because there’s something in the course for everybody,” said Australian Cycling Team Track Endurance Coach Tim Decker. “It’s an important build-up event for us, with the Tokyo Olympics looming.
 
“You’ve got to be a good bike rider to win this race – there’s nowhere to hide, whether it be in the hills around Casterton, the open windswept flats at Port MacDonnell or the three crits.”
 
Founded in 2012, the eighth Tour of the Great South Coast is backed by the Victorian State Government and four municipalities – the City of Mount Gambier, District Council of Grant and Naracoorte Lucindale Council in South Australia, and Victoria’s Glenelg Shire Council.
 
The NRS Facebook page and Kayo / FOX SPORTS will bring daily highlight shows with race coverage, rider interviews and more.  

Australia’s Carol Cooke (T2) and Paige Greco (C3) were crowned 2019 UCI Para World Cup Series champions following the third and final round of the UCI Para-Cycling Road World Cup season in Canada. 
 
After netting twelve medals at each of the first two rounds in Belgium and Italy in May, the Australian Team ended the season with five medals in Baie-Comeau, through Cooke, Greco, plus Darren Hicks (C2) and Grant Allen (H4). 

For the Series, Cooke won four gold and two silver in the time trial and road races held across the three World Cups including dual gold in Canada to cap her 2019 Series. 
 
“I came into this year deciding to just have fun racing and have no expectations of myself and I think that has worked,” said Cooke. “Winning the World Cup series was never on my radar for this year but it’s nice to have done it again.”

Rising star Greco claimed three gold, a bronze and a fifth place across her debut World Cup season. 
“I’ve loved being apart of the Australian team going to the world cups this year,” said Greco. “I’ve learned and gain so much knowledge and taken things away from each race. 

“Coming away with the series win was awesome and has given me the drive to keep improving! Thanks again to the staff on all the trips I couldn’t have achieved it without them.”

Darren Hicks (C2) finished second overall after finishing inside the top four in all six races in the season, including dual time trial gold. 

Grant Allen (H4) ended his season on a high with silver in the road race to finish sixth overall, while Stu Tripp (H5) finished fifth on the standings.     

In the women's C4 classification, Hannah Macdougall and Meg Lemon ended the season in third and fourth respectively despite only contesting the first two rounds. 

The Australian Team has now settled in Italy before heading to Emmen for the 2019 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships from September 12-15. 

“I love training in this area and feel very much at home here,” said Cooke, who has used the area as a training base for the last few years. “It’s great because I don’t have to worry about getting over jet lag for Worlds in the Netherlands. 

“It’s amazing to think that the Paralympics are only just over a year away. But first stop is Worlds and it will be tough. 

“There are a number of women who weren’t in Canada so anything can happen! I’ll just continue to do what I’ve done this year...have fun and do the best I can on the day."

The Australian Cycling Team won five medals, comprising one gold to Ella Sibley (SA) and four silver, at the 2019 UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships held in Germany from 14-18 August.

Sibley claimed dual medals for the Championships after winning the scratch race and silver in the keirin, while Sam Gallagher (SA) raced to dual silver in the team sprint and keirin. In the omnium, Graeme Frislie (VIC) overcame two crashes to take silver.

Medal Snapshot

• Scratch - Gold - Ella Sibley (SA)
• Team Sprint - Silver - Sam Gallagher (VIC), John Trovas (NSW) and Carlos Carisimo (SA)
• Keirin - Silver - Sam Gallagher (VIC) 
• Omnium - Silver - Graeme Frislie (VIC)
• Keirin - Silver - Ella Sibley (SA)

The versatility of South Australia's Ella Sibley was on show as she celebrated on the podium in Germany in both the endurance and sprint categories.

On the opening day of competition, a superbly executed race plan from Sibley saw her claim the rainbow jersey in the scratch race before the Adelaide cyclist capped her World Championship debut by sprinting to keirin silver on the final day of racing.

​A fearless performance from Graeme Frislie (VIC) saw him overcome two crashes to take silver in the four-race omnium event. After finishing third in the scratch and tempo races, Graeme came down in no less than two separate crashes in the elimination race before amazingly claiming third. Frislie then staged an epic battle in the points race to move up in the standings to take home the silver medal.

In the team sprint, John Trovas (NSW), Sam Gallagher (VIC) and Carlos Carisimo (SA) clocked the second-fastest time in qualifying (45.162), before defeating the Greek outfit (45.023) in round one.

In the final, the trio scorched the German track in 44.681secs, the fastest time ever ridden by an Australian Under 19 outfit, however, they were pipped for gold by just six hundredths of a second by India (44.625). 

Sam Gallagher's red hot form continued on day two, with the Victorian winning two heats on the way to winning silver in the keirin. 

On day three, Gallagher clocked a personal best in the sprint qualification (Flying 200m) to qualify second fastest (10.159), as did John Trovas who qualified tenth (10.375). Trovas won his round 1/16 heat, but his campaign came to an end in the next round which would see him finish tenth overall. Sam ended the competition in fifth after being knocked out by the eventual silver medallist in the quarter-finals.

In a disappointing team pursuit competition for Team Australia, crashes ended the green and gold assault on the podium.

In the men's, the quartet Graeme Frislie (VIC), Bill Simpson (VIC), Liam Walsh (QLD) and James Moriarty (QLD) finished fourteenth after crashing in their qualifying round (4:17.944).

Francesca Sewell (QLD), Lauren Robards (QLD), Ashlee Jones (VIC) and Ella Sibley (SA) clocked the seventh fastest time (4:39.222) in women's qualifying before a crash in round one brought down three riders. Sewell and Robards escaped with bumps and bruises, however, Jones was withdrawn from any further competition (Omnium).

It was an energetic and aggressive performance by Sewell who finished a gallant 18th as Jones' replacement in the women's omnium. 

In the individual pursuits, personal bests to Queenslanders Lauren Robards (2:22.971) and Francesca Sewell (2:24.453) ensured two Australians in the top eight in the women's event. In the men's, Liam Walsh (14th - 3:19.251) and Bill Simpson (19th - 3:22.471) finished inside the top twenty. 

James Moriarty (QLD) shone in the men's points race as he lapped the field twice, before finishing just three points off the podium in fifth. Rohan Haydon-Smith (NSW) finished tenth in the scratch race. 

In the time trials, Ella Sibley's four-event World Championships ended with 15th (36.657), while Rohan Haydon-Smith (10th - 1:03.315) and Graeme Frislie (12th - 1:03.540) finished inside the top twelve in the men's. 

Unfortunately, illness forced the withdrawal of our women's Madison team, while James Moriarty (QLD) and Bill Simpson (VIC) finished eighth in the men's final.
 
Event Information

The 2019 UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships was held in Frankfurt, Germany, from 14-18 August 2019.  

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A twelve-member Australian team will contest the 2019 UCI Junior Track World Championships from 14-18 August, Frankfurt, Germany.

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Meet the 2019 Australian Junior Team which will contest the 2019 UCI Junior Track World Championships in Germany from 14-18 August.

We caught up with Ashlee Jones (VIC), Lauren Robards (QLD), Francesca Sewell (QLD), Ella Sibley (SA), Graeme Frislie (VIC), Bill Simpson (VIC), Liam Walsh (QLD), James Moriarty (QLD), Rohan Haydon-Smith (NSW), Carlos Carisimo (SA), Sam Gallagher (VIC) and John Trovas (NSW). 

Watch the play list below to learn more about each of our team members! 

Watch the UCI Junior Track World Championships 2019 Live Online here.

The 2019 UCI Para-Cycling Road World Cup season wraps up in Baie-Comeau, Canada, August 8-11. 

The Australian Team netted twelve medals at each of the the first two rounds in Belgium and Italy in May.

The Australians in action in Canada includes Carol Cooke (T2) and Paige Greco (C3) who boast the World Cup leader's jersey, plus Darren Hicks (C2), Stuart Tripp (H5) and Grant Allen (H4). 
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• RESULTS via uci.org/para-cycling/events

“It is always great to work with a fresh group of athletes, we have learned a lot about them of individuals and they have gelled as a team really quickly,” said Gilmore during the team’s final training camp at the Australian Cycling Team Headquarters at the Adelaide Superdrome. 

“We have been working hard we don’t apologise for that, it is a really good stepping stone for them to understand what it is like to be a national team member. 

“Ultimately, we have focussed on the processes, get the process right, nine times out of ten, the outcome will be there as well.” 

VIS Sprint Coach Kelly is excited about the wealth of knowledge and experience the pair can provide to the athletes. 

“Between myself and Matt, there is a bit of experience and we work well together, it has been a really good partnership,” Kelly said. “We draw on the experience and how can we get them best prepared for the big show.”

The 2019 UCI Junior Track World Championships will be held in Germany from 14-18 August 2019.  

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“Pretty cool to be here, it is an amazing place to have the finish line for the Olympic Games, will certainly be a great spectacle with the grandstands,” Amanda Spratt, 2018 World Championship road race silver medallist. 

“It is very different having such wide roads to race on, this is very different for us. But it is about picking which lines to take, so it has been really valuable to be here and ride the course.”

Greco who is aiming for selection to the Australian Paralympic team which will contest the Paralympic Games road race, individual time trial and team relay events, could picture the atmosphere expected in twelve months time. 

“Good to come here ahead of the Games to learn about the heat, to feel the atmosphere of being at the track, it is exciting knowing how big it will be next year with the crowd.” ​

Australia's Logan Martin celebrated dual gold at the 2019 Summer X Games in Minneapolis.

Gold Coast's Martin grabbed his first victory over Japan's Rim Nakamura and Jose Torres of Argentina on Friday, before doubling up in the BMX dirt event with a huge 94.66 score on the last of his three runs.

Martin overhauled fellow Aussie Brandon Loupos, who had posted 92.00 points on his first run.

Men's BMX Park
Gold: Logan Martin
Silver: Rim Nakamura
Bronze: Jose Torre

BMX Dirt
Gold: Logan Martin (94.66)
Silver: Brandon Loupos (92.00)
Bronze: Dawid Godziek (90.66)