Michael Hepburn

Michael Hepburn (born 17 August 1991) is an Australian track and road cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . 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 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
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
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
References
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1991 births
Australian track cyclists
Sportsmen from Queensland
Cyclists from Brisbane
Australian male cyclists
UCI Track Cycling World Champions (men)
Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia
Cyclists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia
Australian Institute of Sport cyclists
Cyclists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Cyclists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Olympic cyclists for Australia
Living people
Olympic silver medalists for Australia
Olympic medalists in cycling
Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Cyclists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games medallists in cycling
Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games