Michael Hepburn (born 17 August 1991) is an Australian track and road cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Team Jayco–AlUla. He is a two-time Olympics silver medalist.
From Brisbane, 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 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 GreenEDGE team for their inaugural season in 2012. In 2012, he won the silver medal in the men's team pursuit at the 2012 Olympics. 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.
He won silver in the same event at the 2016 Olympics.
In July 2018, he was named in the start list for the 2018 Tour de France.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 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 |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
Track
- 2009
- UCI World Junior Championships
- 1st
Individual pursuit - 2nd Team pursuit
- 1st
- National Junior Championships
- 1st Individual pursuit
- 1st Team pursuit
- 1st Omnium
- 1st
- UCI World Cup Classics
- 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
- 1st Individual pursuit
- 1st Team pursuit
- 1st
- 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 Individual pursuit
- 2nd Team pursuit
- 1st
- 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
- "Mitchelton-Scott finalise 25-rider roster for 2019". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 15 November 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
- "Wins from January to October: Mitchelton-Scott men confirm roster and goals for 2020". Mitchelton–Scott. New Global Cycling Services. 11 December 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
- "Jayco-Skins team page". Cycling Australia. Archived from the original on 29 May 2010. Retrieved 16 June 2010.
- "GreenEDGE Cycling". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ "Michael Hepburn Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 14 January 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
- ^ "Cycling Australia Profile: Michael Hepburn". Cycling Australia. Archived from the original on 1 March 2011. Retrieved 16 April 2010.
- "AOC competitor profile: Michael Hepburn". Australian Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 12 August 2011. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
- "Hepburn wins Australian U23 road title". SBS Cycling Central. Retrieved 16 June 2010.
- "Three-man Australia win world team pursuit gold". SBS Cycling Central. Retrieved 18 June 2010.
- "Athlete Profile: Michael Hepburn". Cadence Cycling. Retrieved 16 June 2010.
- Michael Whiting. "Brookfield's Michael Hepburn wins gold". Westside News. Archived from the original on 11 October 2010. Retrieved 10 October 2010.
- "GreenEdge completes 2012 roster with Durbridge, Hepburn". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 8 November 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- "Glasgow 2014 - Michael Hepburn Profile". g2014results.thecgf.com. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
- "2018: 105th Tour de France: Start List". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
External links
Media related to Michael Hepburn at Wikimedia Commons
- Michael Hepburn at UCI
- Michael Hepburn at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Michael Hepburn at ProCyclingStats
- Michael Hepburn at Cycling Quotient
- Michael Hepburn at CycleBase
| Riders on Team Jayco–AlUla | |
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| UCI Track Cycling World Champions – Men's team pursuit | |
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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 silver 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
- 21st-century Australian sportsmen