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To the Australian cycling community it’s no surprise Jay Vine has been turning heads at La Vuelta España. It’s typically not normal to send a Zwift Academy winner to a Grand Tour, but Jay Vine has shown he’s not a typical Zwift Academy rider.

Amanda Reid has made Paralympics history as the first Indigenous Australian to win a cycling gold medal. Reid, who lists Cathy Freeman as one of her heroes,

Lucy Kennedy has announced she will retire from professional cycling at the end of the 2021 season. The 33-year-old Australian climber will compete for Team BikeExchange in two final cycling races before hanging up the cleats.

Australian Amanda Reid showcased her power in the C1-3 women's 500m time trial on the track at the Tokyo Paralympics, storming to the gold medal with a new world record.

Cyclist Paige Greco not only claimed Australia’s first gold medal of the Paralympics, but she twice smashed her own world record in the C3 3000m individual pursuit. In the qualifier, her ridiculous time of 3:52.

Australia's Paige Greco and Emily Petricola strike gold at the velodrome with victory in their respective C3 and C4 individual pursuit events.

The big names of Aussie Cycling will lead the charge for Australia at the UCI Road World Championships with Caleb Ewan (Lotto Soudal), Michael Matthews, Amanda Spratt (both Team BikeExchange), Tiffany Cromwell (Canyon-SRAM) and Chloe Hosking (Trek-Segafredo) set to line up in Flanders this September.

Mathieu van der Poel's reoccurring lower back pain will keep him sidelined from this week's UCI Mountain Bike World Championships, which take place in Italy's Val di Sole from August 27-29.

Uncertainty ahead of the Vuelta a España for Australian general classification rider Jack Haig has been replaced by positivity and cautious optimism after he climbed up to fourth overall after the first two key days in the mountains.

Movistar’s Enric Mas and Miguel Ángel López (both Movistar) declared teamwork will be the key to beating Primož Roglič (Jumbo-Visma) in the battle for the Vuelta a España red jersey.