Cycling Development Foundation (CDF) – Men

Brenton Ryan

FULL NAME: Brenton Ryan

CYCLING CLUB: Ballarat Sebastopol Cycling Club

RACING CATEGORY: Elite

OCCUPATION/HOBBIES: University Placement Officer

YEARS SPENT CYCLING: 7

FAVOURITE RACE: Tour of Bright

FAVOURITE TRAINING SESSION: Threshold sessions

HIGHLIGHT IN CYCLING: Every time I get to race my bike

LOWLIGHT IN CYCLING: Crashing (breaking collarbone)

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Brendon Green

FULL NAME: Brendon Green

CYCLING CLUB: Blackburn Cycling Club

RACING CATEGORY: Elite

OCCUPATION/HOBBIES: Guitar/songwriting

YEARS SPENT CYCLING: 21

FAVOURITE RACE: Flanders

FAVOURITE TRAINING SESSION: An easy cafe ride or tempo efforts

HIGHLIGHT IN CYCLING: Spending time in Belgium racing

LOWLIGHT IN CYCLING: Every crash

• DOB: 01/01/0001

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Connor Vickers

FULL NAME: Connor Vickers

CYCLING CLUB: Team Mt Beauty

RACING CATEGORY: Elite

OCCUPATION/HOBBIES: Supermarket worker

YEARS SPENT CYCLING: 3ish yrs cycling, 2yrs racing

FAVOURITE RACE: Anything with big mountains

FAVOURITE TRAINING SESSION: Anything long with lots of climbing maybe with a few FTP intervals up Falls creek and over the Bogong High Plains.

HIGHLIGHT IN CYCLING: Pretty much whenever I climb and descend Falls Creek is a highlight

LOWLIGHT IN CYCLING: Hitting a kangaroo descending Falls Creek snapping both my bike and collar bone

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Finlay McRobbie

FULL NAME: Finlay McRobbie

CYCLING CLUB: Peel Districts Cycle Club

RACING CATEGORY: U19

OCCUPATION/HOBBIES: Student

YEARS SPENT CYCLING: 5

FAVOURITE RACE: Tour of Margaret River

FAVOURITE TRAINING SESSION: Kings Park Exercise Institute Session

HIGHLIGHT IN CYCLING: Riding all three sides of Ventoux in one ride

LOWLIGHT IN CYCLING: Sickness and injuries

• DOB: 01/01/0001

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Matthew Connan

FULL NAME: Matthew Connan

CYCLING CLUB: Peel District Cycling Club

RACING CATEGORY: U23

OCCUPATION/HOBBIES: Studying Bachelor of Secondary Education

YEARS SPENT CYCLING: 11

FAVOURITE RACE: National ITT Championships

FAVOURITE TRAINING SESSION: TT sessions along the Shelley Foreshore with Brad (coach) screaming in my ear

HIGHLIGHT IN CYCLING: Racing with the team for five weeks in Belgium in 2022

LOWLIGHT IN CYCLING: Pretty much any time I’m sick or injured and I’m told not to ride my bike :(

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Matthew May

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Nick Bolt

FULL NAME: Nick Bolt

CYCLING CLUB: X-Speed Australia

RACING CATEGORY: U23

OCCUPATION/HOBBIES: Student

YEARS SPENT CYCLING: 6

FAVOURITE RACE: Any local crit

FAVOURITE TRAINING SESSION: Ergo session at the Exercise Institute

HIGHLIGHT IN CYCLING: Winning three Belgium Kermesse’s

LOWLIGHT IN CYCLING: Cramping in stage 2 of Tour of Tasmania

• DOB: 01/01/0001

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Orlando Hofer

FULL NAME: Orlando Hofer

CYCLING CLUB: Norwood Cycling Club

RACING CATEGORY: U23

OCCUPATION/HOBBIES: cycling, video games

YEARS SPENT CYCLING: 8

FAVOURITE RACE: Berri Riverland Handicap

FAVOURITE TRAINING SESSION: Saturday morning chop

HIGHLIGHT IN CYCLING: coming 42nd place at my first Nationals

LOWLIGHT IN CYCLING: crashing out at South Coast Cycling Club road race

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Ryley Collett

FULL NAME: Ryley Collett

CYCLING CLUB: Midland Cycling Club

RACING CATEGORY: U23

OCCUPATION/HOBBIES: Work in bike shop

YEARS SPENT CYCLING: 6

FAVOURITE RACE: Every race

FAVOURITE TRAINING SESSION: Narrows + ergo + low intensity training

HIGHLIGHT IN CYCLING: U19 state road champion

LOWLIGHT IN CYCLING: Getting dropped

• DOB: 01/01/0001

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Brad Hall

FULL NAME: Brad Hall

OCCUPATION / HOBBIES: Sports Science & Sports Psychology. As an athlete accumulated 100's of UCI point's and manage to win two professional UCI races. Post-athlete studied sports science and psychology and am happy being able to work in applied fields in sport alongside some of Australia's best cyclists and triathletes.

YEARS SPENT CYCLING: 20

HIGHLIGHT IN CYCLING: Being involved in the sport for 20 years as an athlete and now as a facilitator, means we try and push the boundaries in both roles. I love the applied nature of human development, what you put in (to others or yourself) is often what you get out.

LOWLIGHT IN CYCLING: Any of the many hurdles one faces as an athlete, or athlete facilitator. These can occur weekly, for both athlete and facilitator, and are always a struggle, but are the only path toward success.

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Sam Bolton

FULL NAME: Sam Bolton

OCCUPATION / HOBBIES: Executive Officer, Cycling & Walking Australia and New Zealand. Reading fiction & non-fiction, writing, listenign to podcasts, cooking, watching theatre, drinking coffee

YEARS SPENT CYCLING: lots as a rider, 7 racing

HIGHLIGHT IN CYCLING: I just love riding my bike. And now I get the opportunity to spend both my professional time and my time outside of work involved with bike riding in some form or another. Living the dream.

LOWLIGHT IN CYCLING: Realising that I may be too old to become a professional cyclist (just a bit)

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