Michael Hepburn

Michael Hepburn (born 17 August 1991)^[3] is an Australian track and road cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Team Jayco–AlUla.^[4] He is a two-time Olympics silver medalist.^[5]

Michael Hepburn

Hepburn at the 2016 Tour of Britain
Personal information
Full name	Michael David Hepburn
Nickname	Heppy
Born	(1991-08-17) 17 August 1991 (age 33) Brisbane, Australia
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	76 kg (168 lb; 12 st 0 lb)
Team information
Current team	Team Jayco–AlUla
Disciplines	Track Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Endurance (track) Prologue specialist (road)
Professional teams
2010–2011	Team Jayco–Skins
2012–	GreenEDGE[1][2]
Major wins
Road Grand Tours Giro d'Italia 2 TTT stages (2014, 2015) One-day races and Classics National Time Trial Championships (2014) Track World Championships Individual pursuit (2012, 2013) Team pursuit (2010, 2011, 2013, 2014)
Medal record Representing  Australia Men's road bicycle racing World Championships 2011 Copenhagen Under-23 time trial Men's track cycling Olympic Games 2012 London Team pursuit 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team pursuit World Championships 2010 Ballerup Team pursuit 2011 Apeldoorn Team pursuit 2012 Melbourne Individual pursuit 2013 Minsk Team pursuit 2013 Minsk Individual pursuit 2016 London Team pursuit 2012 Melbourne Team pursuit 2011 Apeldoorn Individual pursuit Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi Team pursuit 2010 Delhi Individual pursuit Representing Orica–GreenEDGE (2013–2014) Orica–BikeExchange (2016) Men's road bicycle racing World Championships 2013 Tuscany Team time trial 2014 Ponferrada Team time trial 2016 Doha Team time trial

From Brisbane,^[6] Hepburn started competitively cycling at 14 years of age after making the change from triathlons.^[6][7]

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,^[8] and winning the teams pursuit in the 2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Denmark.^[9] In 2009 he broke the world record in the U19 3000m Individual Pursuit at the 2009 Australian Track Championships^[10] before going on to break the same world record two more times to win at the 2009 Junior World Championships^[6] 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.^[11]

It was announced on 8 November 2011 that Hepburn would join the GreenEDGE team for their inaugural season in 2012.^[12] In 2012, he won the silver medal in the men's team pursuit at the 2012 Olympics.^[5] 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.^[13]

He won silver in the same event at the 2016 Olympics.^[5]

In July 2018, he was named in the start list for the 2018 Tour de France.^[14]

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	2023	2024
Giro d'Italia	154	160	150	122	—	—	DNF	120	112	77	115
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