Wil Holmes
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| Born | 20 February 2006[1] Adelaide, Australia | ||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Hagens Berman Jayco | ||||||||||||||
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| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||
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| 2023–2024 | ARA-Skip Capital | ||||||||||||||
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| 2025– | Hagens Berman Jayco | ||||||||||||||
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William Holmes (born 20 February 2006) is an Australian cyclist who rides for UCI Continental team Hagens Berman Jayco. In 2024, he became the junior World Record holder in the 3km Individual Pursuit.
Career
[edit]From Adelaide, he competed on the road for ARA-Skip Capital and U19 Academy Région Sud pb Giant for two seasons. He became the Australian men's junior time trial champion in January 2024.[2]
He won the individual time trial stage at Vuelta a Cantabria (UCI 2.1) He broke the junior men's Individual Pursuit national record at the 2024 Australian Track Nationals, finishing in 3:08.181, five seconds faster than the previous record. Then in August 2024, he won silver in the individual pursuit at the 2024 UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships and recorded a time of 3:04.161 in qualifying to set a world junior record in Luoyang, China.[3][4][5]
He finished fourth in the Junior men’s time trial at the 2024 UCI Road World Championships in Zurich in September 2024.[6] Later that year he signed for UCI Continental team Hagens Berman Jayco.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Will Holmes". First Cycling. Retrieved 1 February 2025.
- ^ "WIL HOLMES, LAUREN BATES WIN JUNIOR TIME TRIAL NATIONAL TITLES". roadnationals.org. 3 January 2024. Retrieved 1 February 2025.
- ^ "Men's Individual Pursuit – Qualifying – Results" (PDF). 2024ucijtwc-hnly.com. 23 August 2024. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
- ^ Tyson, Jackie (22 November 2024). "Hagens Berman Jayco confirm two junior track world champions part of 15-rider roster for 2025". Cycling News. Retrieved 1 February 2025.
- ^ "TWO WORLD RECORDS FALL AS ARA AUSTRALIAN CYCLING TEAM WIN SEVEN MEDALS AT JUNIOR TRACK WORLDS". Australiancyclingteam. 26 August 2024. Retrieved 1 February 2025.
- ^ "WIL HOLMES NARROWLY MISSES PODIUM IN JUNIOR WORLDS TIME TRIAL". Australiancyclingteam.com. 23 September 2024. Retrieved 1 February 2025.
- ^ "Two junior world champions signed as new team mates for Rafferty in 2025". Sticky Bottle. 22 November 2024. Retrieved 1 February 2025.