World Champion Under 23 UCI Road Race World Championshipin Mendrisio SwitzerlandMen's Under-23 Time Trial

23 September 2009

Aussie Rules: Jack Bobridge powered his way to the Under-23 World Championship Time-Trial title.

The 20 year-old clocked a time of 40 minutes 44.79 seconds on the 33.2-kilometre course near Lake Lugano on the Italian border.

Bobridge, a multiple National and Junior World–title holder, beat second-placed Nelson Oliveira of Portugal by a massive 18sec margin and Patrick Gretsch of Germany, who finished third who trailed by more than 27secs.

Bobridge vows to beat British in 2012

New World Champion Jack Bobridge has vowed to help Australia knock the mighty British track cycling team off their perch at London 2012. Bobridge, wimnner of the Under-23 men's time trial at the world road race championships in Switzerland, believes Australia can regain the dominance they held over the track events at the 2004 Olympics.

"The GB team has upset the track hierarchy for the past couple of years but the support we're getting now is going to help bring us back on top," Bobridge said. "Give us three years and we'll be back to show that we're the best trackies in the world."

Bobridge recently signed a two-year deal with professional road team Garmin and said the US-based ProTour team's readiness to support his track ambitions with Australia was paramount to his decision. The 20-year-old was part of the team that helped Australia to the bronze medal race-off in the team pursuit at last year's Olympic Games in Beijing.

Cycling Athlete commentator Phil Liggett says "he is the biggest talent I've seen in Australia in a long, long time".

"Jack has the right attitude, the body and has the will to win," Liggett said. "He's got the same attitude to the sport as Lance Armstrong had at 19."

Liggett believes Bobridge will be a phenomenon in the sport.

……. … but it was Bobridge's performance that was the talk of the race … (2009 Tour Down Under)

IN THE NEWS …..

South Australian sensation Jack Bobridge said he was stunned when invited for a secret ride in the Adelaide Hills with the Texan prince of cycling, Lance Armstrong.

Adelaide based Bobridge has been lauded as the future star of Australian cycling by critics who

have described the powerful cyclist as being the next Stuart O'Grady.

2009 (Current)

World Champion Under 23 UCI Road Race World Championship in Mendrisio SwitzerlandMen's Under-23 Time Trial

Europe:1st Under 23 “one day” event Germany (Frankfurt) 1st Tour of Japan - stages of 3 and 6 (first Australian)1st Tour of Germany – stages 2 and 5 3rd Tour Thüringen - Under 23 “General Classification” 1st Young Riders Jersey 1st Jersey Pursuit Champion on points)

Australia U23 road race and time-trial champion; Oceania individual pursuit and team pursuit

champion; 2nd individual pursuit, track world championships; 2nd team pursuit, track world championships; 2nd points race, Australian championships; 2nd scratch race, Australian championships; 3rd team pursuit, Australian championships; 4th KOM classification, Tour Down Under.

2008 1st team pursuit UCI world cup (Aus); 1st team pursuit UCI world cup (USA); 1st individual pursuit UCI world cup (Aus).

2007 1st U19 team pursuit junior world championships; 1st (elite) Australian madison championships; 1st U19 individual pursuit Oceania championships; 2nd U19 madison and 2nd U19 team pursuit, Australian championships; 2nd U19 road time-trial Oceania championships; 2nd U19 road time-trial Australian championships; 3rd (elite) team pursuit UCI track world cup (Aus); 3rd U19 individual pursuit, Australian championships; 4th road time trial junior world championships.

# Date of Birth-13 July 1989# Place of Birth- Adelaide # Resides in Australia# Occupation Cyclist

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PH: 07 5594 7977FAX: 07 5594 7478MOBILE: 0418 730 100EMAIL: peter@hsmgroup.com.au