Robert Power (Australian cyclist)
Power at the 2016 Tour of Britain.
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| Personal information | |
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| Born |
11 May 1995 Perth, Australia |
| Height | 184 cm (6 ft 0 in) |
| Weight | 68 kg (150 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Mitchelton–Scott |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Climber |
| Amateur team(s) | |
| 2014–2015 | Jayco-AIS World Tour Academy |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 2016– | Orica–GreenEDGE |
Robert Power (born 11 May 1995) is an Australian road racing cyclist. He currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Mitchelton–Scott.
As a child, Power was a rugby player; his brother Leon played for the Brumbies and now plays for Oyonnax Rugby. At the age of 13, however, Power suffered a knee injury. The rehabilitation from the injury involved a lot of cycling on the velodrome at the Midlands Cycling Club in Perth. Power joined the group rides and, a year later, rode in the national championships. He continued riding in the various age-group categories over the subsequent years.
Power joined the National Junior High Performance Program in 2013. During that season, he won two races (a stage of the Giro della Lunigiana and the Trofeo Buffoni one-day race) as well as recording several other high placings. He was then selected to ride in the junior road race at the Road World Championships in Florence. He attacked on the last lap of the race in an attempt to catch a leading group but was caught and finished in the main bunch in 19th place.
At the beginning of the 2014 season, Power competed in the under-23 national road race, finishing second behind Caleb Ewan. He then made his professional debut in the 2014 Herald Sun Tour, where he finished fourth in the youth classification. Power's next race was the Oceania Cycling Championships road race; he came second in the elite race won by Luke Durbridge and won the under-23 classification. The points he won in this race would earn him victory in the 2014 UCI Oceania Tour rankings. Following this result, he was signed to ride with the Jayco-AIS World Tour Academy and achieved a podium finish in his first race for the team. Other victories followed over the course of the season, as well as a seventh-place finish in the professional-level Tour d'Azerbaïdjan. During the Tour d'Azerbaïdjan, Power was described by Ewan as "unbelievably talented".
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