Michael Hepburn (born 17 August 1991) is an Australian former professional track and road cyclist, who rode for UCI WorldTeam . 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 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 2025 5th Time trial, National Championships
Grand Tour general classification results timeline Grand Tour 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 202320242025 Giro d'Italia 154 160 150 122 — — DNF 120 112 77115143 Tour de France — — — — 117 146 — — — ——— Vuelta a España — — — — — — — — 118 DNF——
+ Legend — Did not compete DNF Did not finish
Track
2009 UCI World Junior Championships 1st Individual pursuit 2nd Team pursuit National Junior Championships 1st Individual pursuit 1st Team pursuit 1st Omnium UCI World Cup Classics 1st Team pursuit, Beijing 1st Team pursuit, Melbourne 2010 Commonwealth Games 1st Team pursuit 3rd Individual pursuit 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 Oceania Championships 1st Individual pursuit 1st Team pursuit 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 National Championships 1st Individual pursuit 2nd Team pursuit 1st Team pursuit, UCI World Cup, London 2nd Team pursuit, Olympic Games 2013 UCI World Championships 1st Team pursuit 1st Individual pursuit 2016 1st Team pursuit, UCI World Championships 2nd Team pursuit, Olympic Games
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