# Michael Hepburn

Michael Hepburn (born 17 August 1991) is an Australian track and road cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Team Jayco–AlUla. He is a two-time Olympics silver medalist.
From Brisbane, Hepburn started competitively cycling at 14 years of age after making the change from triathlons.

## 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, and winning the teams pursuit in the 2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Denmark. In 2009 he broke the world record in the U19 3000m Individual Pursuit at the 2009 Australian Track Championships before going on to break the same world record two more times to win at the 2009 Junior World Championships 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.
It was announced on 8 November 2011 that Hepburn would join the GreenEDGE team for their inaugural season in 2012. In 2012, he won the silver medal in the men's team pursuit at the 2012 Olympics. 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.
He won silver in the same event at the 2016 Olympics.
In July 2018, he was named in the start list for the 2018 Tour de France.

## 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