Introducing: Harry Sweeny

ROUBAIX FRANCE OCTOBER 03 LR Florian Vermeersch of Belgium and Harry Sweeny of Australia and Team Lotto Soudal compete in the breakaway through cobblestones sector during the 118th ParisRoubaix 2021 Mens Eilte a 2577km race from Compigne to Roubaix ParisRoubaix on October 03 2021 in Roubaix France Photo by Bas CzerwinskiGetty Images
Harry Sweeny with his Lotto Soudal teammate and eventual second place finisher Florian Vermeersch at Paris-Roubaix (Image credit: Bas Czerwinski/Getty Images)

At the start of October, Australian 23-year-old Harry Sweeny closed out his neo-pro season with Lotto Soudal at Paris-Roubaix, which is something not many riders will ever be able to say.

Sweeny was in the early break at the race, and along the way put in a stint of work for his teammate, eventual runner-up Florian Vermeersch, before finishing 39th himself.

Dani Ostanek
Senior News Writer

Dani Ostanek is Senior News Writer at Cyclingnews, joining in 2017 as a freelance contributor and later being hired full-time. Before joining the team, they had written for numerous major publications in the cycling world, including CyclingWeekly and Rouleur.

Dani has reported from the world's top races, including the Tour de France, Road World Championships, and the spring Classics. They have interviewed many of the sport's biggest stars, including Mathieu van der Poel, Demi Vollering, and Remco Evenepoel. Their favourite races are the Giro d'Italia, Strade Bianche and Paris-Roubaix.

Season highlights from the 2024 season include reporting from Paris-Roubaix –  'Unless I'm in an ambulance, I'm finishing this race' – Cyrus Monk, the last man home at Paris-Roubaix – and the Tour de France – 'Disbelief', gratitude, and family – Mark Cavendish celebrates a record-breaking Tour de France sprint win.