Three mums from Victoria will return to Australia world champions after winning gold on debut in the women’s 35-44 Team Sprint at the 2025 UCI Masters Track World Championships in Roubaix, France.
Emma Jackson (Castlemaine CC), Genevieve Jordan (Brunswick CC) and Samantha Bradbury (St Kilda CC) are among 11 Australians to be crowned world champions, with Jordan also winning an individual title in the 50-54 Women’s Sprint.
While the trio have only been riding together for the event since May this year, as well as winning gold, they also set a new national record with a time of 55.329.
Jackson led from the front delivering the fastest opening lap in every round, with Jordan launching the team into the gold medal position on lap two and Bradbury anchoring the final lap and securing the win.
“It was a beautiful ride,” Bradbury said. “These girls set up something special, and I just had the honour of finishing it.”
The trio hope their win inspires other women to chase their dreams.
The trio with their coach Brad Robbins.
“We’re mums, we work full-time, run businesses, and we just became world champions,” Jordan said.
“We had a fantastic support team and were determined to train hard. you can have a family, career and big goals.”
Three more Australian records were broken at this year’s world championships.
Gary Mandy, David Fairburn, Bill Gordin and Steven Mayman set a new Australian record in the 65-74 men Team Pursuit with a time of 4.57.526 and secured bronze.
Alan Townsend, Chris Murray and Geoff Stoker broke the Australian record in the 55-64 Men Team Sprint with 49.322 to win the rainbow jerseys, while Lee Johns, Jessica Laws, Sarah Stephens and Anna Whitten won silver in the 45-55 Women’s Team sprint setting new national record of 56.781.
Jim Veal (Vikings CC) brought home two world titles in the 75-79 Men 500m Time Trial and Sprint, while Hugh Gray (Central Coast Cycling Club) won an impressive five medals just two months after an accident left him with a broken pelvis and punctured lung.
Medals - 2025 UCI Masters Track World Championships
Gold
- Bill Gordin (65-69 Men) - Scratch Race (Track Cycling WA)
- Gary Mandy (65-69 Men) - 500m Time Trial (Illawarra Cycle Club)
- Jim Veal (75-79 Men) - 500m Time Trial (Vikings Cycling Club)
- Emma Jackson, Genevieve Jordan, Samantha Bradbury (35-44 Women) - Team Sprint [national record - 55.329]
- Chris Murray (55-59 Men) - Sprint (Randwick Botany Cycling Club)
- Geoff Stoker (60-64 Men) - Sprint (Parramatta Cycling Club)
- Alan Townsend, Chris Murray, Geoff Stoker (55-64 Men) - Team Sprint [national record - 49.322]
- Gerard O'Connell (65-69 Men) - Sprint (University of Queensland Cycling Club)
- Jim Veal (75-79 Men) - Sprint (Vikings Cycling Club)
- Genevieve Jordan (50-54 Women) - Sprint (Brunswick Cycling Club)
Silver
- Gerard O'Connell (65-69 Men) - Scratch Race (University of Queensland Cycling Club)
- Steven Mayman (70-74 Men) - Scratch Race (Gold Coast Cycling Club)
- Hugh Gray (80+ Men) - Scratch Race (Central Coast Cycling Club)
- Gerard O'Connell (65-69 Men) - 500m Time Trial (University of Queensland Cycling Club)
- Emma Jackson (35-39 Women) - 500m Time Trial (Castlemaine Cycling Club)
- Lee Johns, Jessica Laws, Sarah Stephens, Anna Whitten (45-54 Women) - Team Sprint [national record -56.781]
- Steven Mayman (70-74 Men) - Points Race (Gold Coast Cycling Club)
- Emma Jackson (35-39 Women) - Sprint (Castlemaine Cycling Club)
- Gary Mandy (65-69 Men) - Sprint (Illawarra Cycle Club)
- Sarah Stephens (45-49 Women) - Sprint (Vikings Cycling Club)
Bronze
- Gary Mandy, David Fairburn, Bill Gordin, Steven Mayman (65-74 Men) - Team Pursuit [national record - 4.57.526]
- Hugh Gray (80+ Men) - 500m Time Trial (Central Coast Cycling Club)
- Samantha Bradbury (35-39 Women) - 500m Time Trial (St Kilda Cycling Club)
- Hugh Gray (80+ Men) - Points Race (Central Coast Cycling Club)
- Samantha Bradbury (35-39 Women) - Sprint (St Kilda Cycling Club)
- Hugh Gray (80+ Men) - Sprint (Central Coast Cycling Club)
- Hugh Gray (80+ Men) - Individual Pursuit (Central Coast Cycling Club)
- Steven Mayman (70-74 Men) - Individual Pursuit (Gold Coast Cycling Club)
- Bill Gordin (65-69 Men) -Individual Pursuit (Track Cycling WA)
- Anna Whitten (60-64 Women) - Sprint (Parramatta Cycling Club)
- Sherrie-Ann Prossalentis (50-54 Women) - Sprint (Waratah Masters Cycling Club)
Images: Paul Perret and Louis Legon