Hall of Fame

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Any nation or team would be proud to boast Olympic gold in a five-medal haul from four Games campaigns, two world crowns, five Commonwealth gold medals, and having worn all three Grand Tour leader’s jerseys during that period.

 Now consider these outstanding achievements came from just one person, Sydney cyclist Brad McGee, who between 1994 and 2008 wrote one of the sport’s most glittering resumes.

 In 2017, McGee will be inducted into the Cycling Australia Hall of Fame at the Annual Awards in Melbourne on 17 November.

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Alf Goullet will be posthumously inducted for 2016, recognised for his globetrotting, world record setting career. The winner of more than 400 races, including 15 Six-Day wins, before retiring at 34 in 1925. Goullet also holds the record for the most distance covered in a six-day race – 4,440 kilometres which is 1,000km more than the Tour de France in 15 less days. He was inducted into the Madison Square Garden Hall of Fame in 1968.

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As Cadel Evans forged his career on the dirt in the last 90s, so did Mary Grigson, a dual Olympian who boasts Australia’s best mountain bike result in Olympic history with a sixth at the Sydney 2000 Games. The only Australian to have won a World up race - which she did twice, she also netted five national titles, Commonwealth Games bronze and was crowned the 24-hour world mountain bike champion in 2001. “It is an honour,” said the US-based Grigson, now Daubert.

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The first Para-cyclist to be inducted into the Hall of Fame will be Queensland’s Chris Scott, who represented Australia in cycling at four consecutive Paralympic Games. Scott, claimed 10 Paralympic cycling medals, including six gold medals and was named as captain of the Australian Paralympic team in 2004. “It feels surreal to be inducted into the Hall of Fame. I grew up idolising people like Sir Hubert Opperman and Sid Patterson who are not just legends of Australian cycling but the cycling worldwide,” said Scott.

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Iris Bent is considered one of Australian cycling’s first female heroes. Beginning her career in 1945, the Victorian won 16 Australian titles on the road and track, and was crowned the Champion-of-Champions three times at the Nationals including sweeping the 1951 titles. “I am very humbled, I didn’t think it would ever happen to me,” said the spritely Dixon, who at 85, still rides three times a week. “I didn’t realise at the time that I was a trailblazer, I just raced.”

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In the mid-2000s, Wood was widely regarded as one the best in the world on the road. Although a late starter into the sport at age 20, Wood’s success lead her to the Athens 2004 Olympic Games where not only did she play an integral role in securing Sara Carrigan’s gold for Australia, but she finished fourth in the road race and sixth in the time trial. A dual Olympian, Wood was also a dual World Cup Series winner, Commonwealth Games champion, and a five time national champion by the age of 25.

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At the Athens 2004 Olympic Games, ‘Flyin Ryan’ launched himself into Australian sporting folklore when he became the first Australian track cyclist to win two individual gold medals at the same Games. 

While nearly as much was written about his eating habits and relaxed attitudes, West Australian Bayley showcased his trademark kick to claim famous victories in the sprint and keirin at the 2004 Games. 

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In 1991 a caravan manufacturer backed a little known female cyclist, in her bid for Olympic success. 

It was Kathy Watt and she won gold, in the road race, at the 1992 Games, in Barcelona. 

Gerry Ryan was hooked. 

In 1993 Gerry started the Jayco Cycling team, which took all before it on the domestic scene and spent part of the season racing in the U.S.A. This team continued until the end of the 1995 season. 

At the same time he also threw his support behind the Victorian Institute of Sport. 

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Charlie Walsh was national cycling coach at six Olympic Games, 15 UCI World Championships, five Commonwealth Games and two Goodwill Games.

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Ray has been a major driver of cycling, in Australia and around the world, for some 50 years.

Ray presided over some of the most important developments ever in Australian Cycling. He facilitated the introduction of cycling to the Australian Institute of Sport, which has progressively paved the way to our outstanding athlete development and international success.