Alex Edmondson

Alex Edmondson

Edmondson at the 2016 Tour of Britain.
Personal information
Full name	Alexander Edmondson
Nickname	Edmo
Born	(1993-12-22) 22 December 1993 Miri, Malaysia
Height	184 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	75 kg (165 lb)
Team information
Current team	Team dsm–firmenich PostNL
Disciplines	Road Track
Role	Rider
Rider type	Puncheur (road) Pursuitist (track)
Professional teams
2016–2022	Orica–GreenEDGE
2023–	Team DSM
Major wins
Road One-day races and Classics National Road Race Championships (2018) Track Individual pursuit, World Championships (2014) Team pursuit, World Championships (2013, 2014)
Medal record Men's track cycling Representing  Australia Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team pursuit UCI Track Cycling World Championships 2013 Minsk Team pursuit 2014 Cali Individual pursuit 2014 Cali Team pursuit 2015 Yvelines Team pursuit Commonwealth Games 2014 Glasgow Team pursuit 2014 Glasgow Individual pursuit Men's road bicycle racing Representing Orica–BikeExchange World Championships 2016 Doha Team time trial

Alexander Edmondson (born 22 December 1993) is an Australian road and track cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Team dsm–firmenich PostNL. Edmondson was a member of the Australian Olympic Track Cycling team at the 2012 London Olympics, alongside his sister, Annette Edmondson. In 2014 he was world champion in the individual pursuit. He won the silver medal in the team pursuit at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

Early life and amateur career

Edmondson was born above a Chinese coffee shop in Borneo. He lived in both the Netherlands and the Sultanate of Oman before returning to Australia at the end of 1998. Edmondson and his sister both attended St. John's Grammar School, in the Adelaide Hills. At the age of 18, Edmondson became the 2nd youngest cyclist ever to be selected for an Australian Olympic Team. With his sister Annette they became the first brother and sister combination to be selected to represent Australia at the same Olympics. For recognition of his achievements Edmondson was awarded a scholarship with the Sport Australia Hall of Fame. In 2013 he won the South Australian Sports Star of the Year award. Previous winners have included Lleyton Hewitt, Donald Bradman and Malcolm Blight. In March 2014 Edmondson competed in the 2014 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Cali, Colombia winning two World Titles in the individual pursuit and team pursuit. A few months later Edmondson won the gold medal in the team pursuit at the 2014 Commonwealth Games at Glasgow. He is also a dual Junior World Champion where his records still stand today.

Professional career

Edmondson in 2017.

In January 2015 it was reported in the Adelaide Advertiser that Edmondson had signed his first UCI World Tour contract with Australian road cycling team Orica–GreenEDGE for the 2016 and 2017 seasons.

I know I have achieved a fair bit at a young age, but I want to be remembered as a true sportsman, someone who always gave their all and never forgot those who have helped me achieve my results. I also want to be remembered for making time for younger athletes and being supportive of them. I know from personal experience how much impact having a mentor can have on a young athlete starting out

— Alexander Edmondson

Edmondson believes it's critical that he is a champion both on and off the bike, and has become increasingly involved in community events since he returned from the Olympics. Edmondson volunteers his time at local high schools mentoring and speaking with students encouraging them to get the best out of themselves. He talks about goal setting, pain is a short term hindrance and how important challenging yourself is. He has been a guest speaker at a number of events, including the Australian Cycling Executives (ACE), Cancer Council Breakfast, AOC Talk with a Champ program and also an event called the Faces of the World Dinner for 400 people promoting multiculturalism and strength in diversity within South Australia.

He was named in the start list for the 2017 Giro d'Italia.

Major results

Road

2014 1st Stage 6 Tour of Gippsland 2015 1st Ronde Van Vlaanderen Beloften 2nd Road race, National Under-23 Championships 9th Overall Paris–Arras Tour 2016 2nd Dwars door de Vlaamse Ardennen 3rd Team time trial, UCI World Championships 3rd Overall Paris–Arras Tour 2018 (1 pro win) 1st Road race, National Championships 2019 1st Points classification, CRO Race 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Tirreno–Adriatico 2023 4th Overall ZLM Tour Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Giro d'Italia	DNF	—	—	—	—	—	—
Tour de France	—	—	—	—	—	—	146
Vuelta a España	—	155	—	135	—	—

Legend

—	Did not compete
DNF	Did not finish

Track

2011 UCI World Junior Championships 1st Team pursuit 1st Madison National Championships 1st Team pursuit 2nd Madison 3rd Omnium UCI World Cup, Astana 1st Madison 2nd Team pursuit 3rd Madison, Oceania Championships 2012 1st Madison, Oceania Championships 1st Team pursuit, National Championships UCI World Cup 1st Team pursuit, London 2nd Team pursuit, Beijing 2013 1st Team pursuit, UCI World Championships National Championships 1st Points race 1st Team pursuit 3rd Individual pursuit 2014 UCI World Championships 1st Individual pursuit 1st Team pursuit Commonwealth Games 1st Team pursuit 2nd Individual pursuit National Championships 1st Omnium 1st Madison 1st Individual pursuit 1st Team pursuit 2015 1st Team pursuit, National Championships 3rd Team pursuit, UCI World Championships 2016 National Championships 1st Points race 1st Scratch 1st Team pursuit 2nd Team pursuit, Olympic Games

References

1. ^ "Mitchelton-Scott finalise 25-rider roster for 2019". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 15 November 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
2. ^ "Wins from January to October: Mitchelton-Scott men confirm roster and goals for 2020". Mitchelton–Scott. New Global Cycling Services. 11 December 2019. Archived from the original on 2 January 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
3. ^ "GreenEDGE Cycling". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
4. ^ "Team DSM". UCI. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
5. ^ a b "Sport Australia Hall of Fame – Scholarship profile – Alexander Edmondson". Retrieved 27 September 2020.
6. ^ "2017: 100th Giro d'Italia: Start List". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 2 May 2017.

External links

• Official website
• Profile at Cycling Australia
• Profile at Australian Olympic Team Archived 30 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine
• "Profile at London2012.com". Archived from the original on 30 July 2012. Retrieved 13 December 2015.
• Alexander Edmondson at UCI
• Alexander Edmondson at Cycling Archives
• Alexander Edmondson at ProCyclingStats
• Alexander Edmondson at Cycling Quotient
• Alexander Edmondson at CycleBase

v t e Riders on Team dsm–firmenich PostNL

Tobias Lund Andresen Romain Bardet Warren Barguil Patrick Bevin Pavel Bittner Romain Combaud John Degenkolb Matthew Dinham Patrick Eddy Alex Edmondson Nils Eekhoff Sean Flynn Chris Hamilton Fabio Jakobsen Gijs Leemreize Enzo Leijnse Emīls Liepiņš Niklas Märkl Tim Naberman Oscar Onley Max Poole Timo Roosen Martijn Tusveld Julius van den Berg Frank van den Broek Casper van Uden Kevin Vermaerke Bram Welten Manager: Iwan Spekenbrink

v t e UCI Track Cycling World Champions – Men's individual pursuit

1946:  Gerard Peters (NED) 1947:  Fausto Coppi (ITA) 1948:  Gerrit Schulte (NED) 1949:  Fausto Coppi (ITA) 1950:  Antonio Bevilacqua (ITA) 1951:  Antonio Bevilacqua (ITA) 1952:  Sid Patterson (AUS) 1953:  Sid Patterson (AUS) 1954:  Guido Messina (ITA) 1955:  Guido Messina (ITA) 1956:  Guido Messina (ITA) 1957:  Roger Rivière (FRA) 1958:  Roger Rivière (FRA) 1959:  Roger Rivière (FRA) 1960:  Rudi Altig (FRG) 1961:  Rudi Altig (FRG) 1962:  Henk Nijdam (NED) 1963:  Leandro Faggin (ITA) 1964:  Ferdinand Bracke (BEL) 1965:  Leandro Faggin (ITA) 1966:  Leandro Faggin (ITA) 1967:  Tiemen Groen (NED) 1968:  Hugh Porter (GBR) 1969:  Ferdinand Bracke (BEL) 1970:  Hugh Porter (GBR) 1971:  Dirk Baert (BEL) 1972:  Hugh Porter (GBR) 1973:  Hugh Porter (GBR) 1974:  Roy Schuiten (NED) 1975:  Roy Schuiten (NED) 1976:  Francesco Moser (ITA) 1977:  Gregor Braun (FRG) 1978:  Gregor Braun (FRG) 1979:  Bert Oosterbosch (NED) 1980:  Tony Doyle (GBR) 1981:  Alain Bondue (FRA) 1982:  Alain Bondue (FRA) 1983:  Steele Bishop (AUS) 1984:  Hans-Henrik Ørsted (DEN) 1985:  Hans-Henrik Ørsted (DEN) 1986:  Tony Doyle (GBR) 1987:  Hans-Henrik Ørsted (DEN) 1988:  Lech Piasecki (POL) 1989:  Colin Sturgess (GBR) 1990:  Viatcheslav Ekimov (URS) 1991:  Francis Moreau (FRA) 1992:  Mike McCarthy (USA) 1993:  Graeme Obree (GBR) 1994:  Chris Boardman (GBR) 1995:  Graeme Obree (GBR) 1996:  Chris Boardman (GBR) 1997:  Philippe Ermenault (FRA) 1998:  Philippe Ermenault (FRA) 1999:  Robert Bartko (GER) 2000:  Jens Lehmann (GER) 2001:  Alexander Symonenko (UKR) 2002:  Bradley McGee (AUS) 2003:  Bradley Wiggins (GBR) 2004:  Sergi Escobar (ESP) 2005:  Robert Bartko (GER) 2006:  Robert Bartko (GER) 2007:  Bradley Wiggins (GBR) 2008:  Bradley Wiggins (GBR) 2009:  Taylor Phinney (USA) 2010:  Taylor Phinney (USA) 2011:  Jack Bobridge (AUS) 2012:  Michael Hepburn (AUS) 2013:  Michael Hepburn (AUS) 2014:  Alex Edmondson (AUS) 2015:  Stefan Küng (SUI) 2016:  Filippo Ganna (ITA) 2017:  Jordan Kerby (AUS) 2018:  Filippo Ganna (ITA) 2019:  Filippo Ganna (ITA) 2020:  Filippo Ganna (ITA) 2021:  Ashton Lambie (USA) 2022:  Filippo Ganna (ITA) 2023:  Filippo Ganna (ITA)

v t e UCI Track Cycling World Champions – Men's team pursuit
1990s	1993: Australia, Brett Aitken, Stuart O'Grady, Billy Shearsby, Tim O'Shannessey 1994: Germany, Guido Fulst, Andreas Bach, Jens Lehmann, Danilo Hondo 1995: Australia, Bradley McGee, Stuart O'Grady, Rodney McGee, Tim O'Shannessey 1996: Italy, Adler Capelli, Cristiano Citton, Andrea Collinelli, Mauro Trentini 1997: Italy, Cristiano Citton, Mario Benetton, Adler Capelli, Andrea Collinelli 1998: Ukraine, Alexander Symonenko, Sergiy Matveyev, Oleksandr Fedenko, Oleksandr Klymenko 1999: Germany, Robert Bartko, Jens Lehmann, Daniel Becke, Guido Fulst
2000s	2000: Germany, Guido Fulst, Sebastian Siedler, Daniel Becke, Jens Lehmann 2001: Ukraine, Alexander Symonenko, Serhii Cherniavskyi, Lyubomyr Polatayko, Oleksandr Fedenko 2002: Australia, Peter Dawson, Brett Lancaster, Stephen Wooldridge, Luke Roberts 2003: Australia, Graeme Brown, Peter Dawson, Brett Lancaster, Luke Roberts 2004: Australia, Ashley Hutchinson, Luke Roberts, Peter Dawson, Stephen Wooldridge 2005: Great Britain, Steve Cummings, Rob Hayles, Paul Manning, Chris Newton 2006: Australia, Peter Dawson, Matthew Goss, Mark Jamieson, Stephen Wooldridge 2007: Great Britain, Ed Clancy, Geraint Thomas, Paul Manning, Bradley Wiggins 2008: Great Britain, Ed Clancy, Geraint Thomas, Paul Manning, Bradley Wiggins 2009: Denmark, Casper Jørgensen, Jens-Erik Madsen, Michael Færk Christensen, Alex Rasmussen, Michael Mørkøv
2010s	2010: Australia, Jack Bobridge, Rohan Dennis, Michael Hepburn, Cameron Meyer 2011: Australia, Jack Bobridge, Rohan Dennis, Michael Hepburn, Luke Durbridge 2012: Great Britain, Ed Clancy, Peter Kennaugh, Steven Burke, Geraint Thomas, Andy Tennant 2013: Australia, Glenn O'Shea, Alex Edmondson, Mitchell Mulhern, Alexander Morgan 2014: Australia, Glenn O'Shea, Alex Edmondson, Luke Davison, Miles Scotson 2015: New Zealand, Pieter Bulling, Dylan Kennett, Alex Frame, Marc Ryan 2016: Australia, Sam Welsford, Michael Hepburn, Callum Scotson, Miles Scotson, Alexander Porter, Luke Davison 2017: Australia, Sam Welsford, Cameron Meyer, Alexander Porter, Nick Yallouris, Kelland O'Brien, Rohan Wight 2018: Great Britain, Ed Clancy, Kian Emadi, Ethan Hayter, Charlie Tanfield 2019: Australia, Sam Welsford, Leigh Howard, Alexander Porter, Cameron Scott, Kelland O'Brien
2020s	2020: Denmark, Lasse Norman Hansen, Julius Johansen, Frederik Rodenberg, Rasmus Pedersen 2021: Italy, Liam Bertazzo, Simone Consonni, Filippo Ganna, Jonathan Milan, Francesco Lamon 2022: Great Britain, Ethan Hayter, Oliver Wood, Ethan Vernon, Daniel Bigham 2023: Denmark, Niklas Larsen, Carl-Frederik Bévort, Lasse Norman Leth, Rasmus Pedersen, Frederik Rodenberg
Riders in italics took part in the qualifying rounds.

v t e Australian National Road Race Champions (men)
1900–1919	Andrew Ralston, NZ (1901) HG O'Callaghan (1902) Jack Arnst, NZ (1903) Tom Larcombe (1904) William Hawley (1905) H Mehrtens, NZ (1906) Tom Larcombe (1907) M Chappell (1908) Iddo Munro (1909) Joe Pianto (1910) Phil O'Shea, NZ (1911)
1920–1939	Phil O'Shea, NZ (1922–1923) Hubert Opperman (1924) Harold Smith (1925) Hubert Opperman (1926–1927) Hubert Opperman (1929) Richard Lamb (1930) Matt Lynch (1931) Richard Lamb (1932) Hefty Stuart (1933) Clinton Beasley (1935) Alan Angus (1936–1937) Dean Toseland (1938–1939)
1940–1959	Max Rowley (1946) Jack Bates (1947) Duncan Hunter (1948) Max Rowley (1949) Keith Rowley (1950) John Beasley (1951) Neil Peadon (1952) Alby Saunders (1953) Eddie Smith (1954–1955) Russell Mockridge (1956–1958) Fred Roche (1959)
1960–1979	Fred Roche (1960) Neville Veale (1961) John O'Sullivan (1962) Warwick Dalton (1963) Barry Waddell (1964) Matt Martino (1965) Kerry Hoole (1966) Graeme Gilmore (1967) Barry Waddell (1968) Robert Whetters (1969) Graham McVilly (1970–1971) Kevin Spencer (1972) Kerry Hoole (1973) Graham Rowley (1974) Donald Wilson (1975) Peter Besanko (1976) Donald Wilson (1977) John Trevorrow (1978–1979)
1980–1999	John Trevorrow (1980) Clyde Sefton (1981) Wayne Hildred (1982) Terry Hammond (1983) Peter Besanko (1984) Laurie Venn (1985) Wayne Hildred (1986) Allan Dipple (1987) Paul Miller (1988) Gary Clively (1989) Damian McDonald (1990) Neil Stephens (1991) David McFarlane (1992) Edward Salas (1993) Neil Stephens (1994) Robbie McEwen (1995) Nick Gates (1996) Jonathan Hall (1997) David McKenzie (1998) Henk Vogels (1999)
2000–2019	Jamie Drew (2000) Steve Williams (2001) Robbie McEwen (2002) Stuart O'Grady (2003) Matthew Wilson (2004) Robbie McEwen (2005) Russell Van Hout (2006) Darren Lapthorne (2007) Matthew Lloyd (2008) Peter McDonald (2009) Travis Meyer (2010) Jack Bobridge (2011) Simon Gerrans (2012) Luke Durbridge (2013) Simon Gerrans (2014) Heinrich Haussler (2015) Jack Bobridge (2016) Miles Scotson (2017) Alex Edmondson (2018) Michael Freiberg (2019)
2020–2039	Cameron Meyer (2020–2021) Luke Plapp (2022–2024)