Melbourne's O'Brien began his green and gold journey in 2015 with the Australian Under-19 team for the 2015 World Championships, where he won Madison gold and team pursuit bronze.  

In 2017, he graduated to the elite ranks where he claimed dual Oceania crowns and his maiden elite world title at the 2017 World Championships in Hong Kong. There he also won bronze in the individual pursuit in a personal best time. 

Melbourne’s Luke Plapp started cycling at the age of 12 as a form of exercise to support his cricket and football aspirations.

In the first three months of 2018, Plapp shone after winning the under-19 individual time trial national crown, triple national titles on the track, and the Oceania individual time trial title. 

Plapp then celebrated dual junior (under-19) world titles in the points race and in the Madison (with Blake Quick). 

In November 2018, Plapp joined the Australian Cycling Team’s Podium Potential Academy for its inaugural class.

Amanda Spratt hails from the Blue Mountains west of Sydney, so it’s no surprise she excels when the road points uphill.

Spratt began as a BMX racer and competed at the 1998 UCI BMX World Championships before switching to road and track.

A talent identification program by the ACT Academy of Sport set a teenage Michael Matthews on course for a world-class cycling career.

The Canberran trained with the Australian Institute of Sport until his breakthrough win at the 2020 UCI Road World Championships in Geelong, where he took the rainbow jersey of under-23 road race champion.

After turning pro in 2011, Matthew established a reputation as a punchy sprinter, excelling on rolling terrain and uphill sprints.

After her career in running was hampered by injuries, Victoria’s Grace Brown switched to cycling at the age of 23.

She joined St Kilda Cycling Club and raced in the National Road Series with Holden Team Gusto until a breakout 2018, when she won bronze in the road race national championship and claimed the Oceania time trial title.

Before Caleb Ewan became one of the fastest road sprinters in world cycling, he was a standout junior on track and road.

Hailing from the Southern Highlands region of NSW, by the age of 18 Ewan had won the junior omnium world championship, two junior national titles on the road and three on the track.

Continuing this trend as an under-23, Ewan won a national road race title, three stages of the Tour de l’Avenir and a silver medal at the UCI World Championships in Ponferrada.