AusCycling Road National Championships 2025
Latest News from the Race
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'It's not crazy to aim for the World Championship stripes' – Brodie Chapman picks up Australia’s time trial baton
National title just beginning for UAE ADQ rider as she takes over as Australia's leading contender after Grace Brown's retirement -
'A long time between drinks' - Luke Durbridge ends win-drought on home soil with memorable National Road Race gold
Jayco-AIUIa claim two top spots in final race of 2025 Australian National Championships -
Luke Durbridge wins men's Australian road race title at home as teammate Luke Plapp sacrifices fourth win
Monumental solo for Western Australian rider before Plapp joins Durbridge for final lap to help ease way to a second title
Races
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AusCycling Road National Championships 20258 January 2025 - 12 January 2025 | Ballarat | CN
Latest Content on the Race
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Lachlan Morton not left wondering after Australian Road Nationals appearance
By Simone Giuliani published
News 'I've done enough laps around Buninyong now, I don't need to do another one' says alternative program rider
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Simon Clarke: I want last season to be my new standard
By Simone Giuliani, Barry Ryan published
News Australian starts 2023 with silver behind Plapp at Nationals
![The elite women's podium at the AusCycling Road National Championships 2023, with Brodie Chapman (Trek-Segafredo) first, Grace Brown (FDJ-SUEZ) second and Amanda Spratt (Trek-Segafredo) third](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/DjqjzJsT9np5dZBbFq5rrn-320-80.jpg)
Another silver for solo Grace Brown at Australian Championships road race
By Simone Giuliani published
News 'I've put everything in to the race this year and last year, so I have to be happy with the second place'
![SABLESURSARTHE FRANCE APRIL 07 Luke Plapp of Australia and Team INEOS Grenadiers Blue Best Young Rider Jersey competes during the 68th Circuit Cycliste Sarthe Pays de la Loire 2022 Stage 3 a 1765km stage from Sabl sur Sarthe to Sabl sur Sarthe CircuitSarthe on April 07 2022 in SablesurSarthe France Photo by Dario BelingheriGetty Images](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/YHuLPhtfQpC7e35YAvMTwX-320-80.jpg)
Luke Plapp: Nationals form potentially a ‘little bit underdone’ after pre-Christmas crash
By Simone Giuliani published
News Australian champion faces solo title defence in stacked field
![BALLARAT AUSTRALIA JANUARY 12 Amanda Spratt celebrates her win during the Elite Womens Road Race as part of the 2020 Road National Cycling Championships on January 12 2020 in Ballarat Australia Photo by Con ChronisGetty Images](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/KzGfw7HgJPDEH3VZEhU6yi-320-80.jpg)
Amanda Spratt dials up sprinting a notch ahead of Australian Championships
By Simone Giuliani published
News 'It could be a group of four or five riders coming to the finish so I want to give myself every chance'
![Composite image of Grace Brown, Caleb Ewan and Michael Matthews](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/gpNwMdzYuXTTzqM2jT7Roi-320-80.jpg)
10 riders to watch at the 2023 Australian National Championships Road Races
By Simone Giuliani published
Analysis Scene set for a battle royale with Michael Matthews, Caleb Ewan, Amanda Spratt and Grace Brown in the limelight
![Luke Plapp (Ineos Grenadiers) celebrates his victory in the 2022 Australian championships elite men's road race](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/xgMgkT3rrYv8XB8vLa7GRn-320-80.jpg)
Doors swing open to fiercely-contested Australian Road Championships - Preview
By Simone Giuliani published
Preview Caleb Ewan, Amanda Spratt, Michael Matthews and Chloe Hosking all back to chase the green-and-gold striped jersey
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Australia's summer racing is back - a guide to what's on down under in January 2023
By Simone Giuliani last updated
Feature COVID-19 hiatus gives way to packed month of international races with Bay Crits, Tour Down Under and Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
Top News on the Race
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Opinions split on location change to Australian Road Championships
Event moving to Perth in 2025 following two decades on fixed course in Buninyong could 'throw a cat amongst the pigeons' -
Goodbye Ballarat, hello Perth – Australian Road National Championships heads west
Western Australian capital to host the event for the next three years -
'A class act, a gentleman' – Harper quick to back Plapp in Australian title hunt
Jayco-AlUla pair ride at front for more than 100km and celebrate at line as Plapp takes third title in row
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‘Diamonds in the legs’ for new Australian road champion Ruby Roseman-Gannon
'I just had it today' said the new national road champion after constantly managing to find her way to head of the race -
U23 women could have stand-alone road race at Australian Championships by 2025
Logistics hurdles, rider development considerations to be worked through, decision likely in first half of 2024 -
‘The one I dream of winning’ – Caleb Ewan sets sights on Australian road title
‘It would be nice to ride my first season back in the Australian team in the national champs colours’ says Jayco-AlUla returnee
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Can Luke Plapp help Jayco-AlUla reclaim the Australian road title he swiped?
Two-time road national champion targets TT, road race focus to bring title to team even if it means missing hat-trick chance -
The 2024 WorldTour starts here – A guide to Australia's pro cycling festival
The dates, themes and key events as the new season launches in the southern hemisphere summer -
Ballarat's long reign as host of Australian Road Championships set to end in 2025
Event to be rotated away from regional Victorian city which has been home to the national title race for nearly two decades
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'Jumping in the deep end of the pool' - The speedy rise of Lidl-Trek's Felicity Wilson-Haffenden
The 18-year-old Australian who started riding during COVID-19 lockdowns now has a Worlds title and professional contract