Wil Holmes

William Holmes (born 20 February 2006) is an Australian cyclist who rides for UCI Continental team Hagens Berman Jayco. In 2024, he became the junior World Record holder in the 3km Individual Pursuit.

William Holmes

Personal information
Born	(2006-02-20) 20 February 2006 (age 19)[1] Adelaide, Australia
Team information
Current team	Hagens Berman Jayco
Discipline	Road Track
Role	Rider
Amateur team
2023–2024	ARA-Skip Capital
Professional team
2025–	Hagens Berman Jayco
Medal record Men's track cycling Representing  Australia World Junior Championships 2024 Luoyang Individual Pursuit

Career

From Adelaide, he competed on the road for ARA-Skip Capital and U19 Academy Région Sud pb Giant for two seasons. He became the Australian men's junior time trial champion in January 2024.^[2]

He won the individual time trial stage at Vuelta a Cantabria (UCI 2.1) He broke the junior men's Individual Pursuit national record at the 2024 Australian Track Nationals, finishing in 3:08.181, five seconds faster than the previous record. Then in August 2024, he won silver in the individual pursuit at the 2024 UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships and recorded a time of 3:04.161 in qualifying to set a world junior record in Luoyang, China.^[3][4][5]

He finished fourth in the Junior men’s time trial at the 2024 UCI Road World Championships in Zurich in September 2024.^[6] Later that year he signed for UCI Continental team Hagens Berman Jayco.^[7]