The 2025 AusCycling Awards will be held in Brisbane on Wednesday, December 3. The evening will feature the presentation of the Oppy Medal - Australian cycling’s most prestigious individual honour - and the induction of 12 new members into the AusCycling Hall of Fame.
The award winners and finallists will be published on this page over the coming days. AusCycling congratulates all the winners of the 2025 AusCycling Awards.
Masters Road Female Athlete of the Year
Jenny Pettenon excelled at the AusCycling Masters & Junior Road National Championships, winning the time trial and road race in the masters 5 category and setting the fastest time of any woman on the ITT course. The Hawthorn rider backed up with a standout performance at the UCI Gran Fondo World Championships in her home state. There, Pettenon claimed the world titles and rainbow bands in both the time trial and road race. She was also part of the Australian team that won the silver medal in the team relay.
Masters Road Male Athlete of the Year
Sydney’s Roger Cull has been a stalwart of masters racing for many years. In 2025, he strung together a raft of standout performances, headlined by winning the time trial at the UCI Gran Fondo World Championships in the 70–74 category. He backed that up with second in the road race. Earlier in the year, in his age group Cull won the Steadyrack Gran Fondo National Championships, Tour de Brisbane, and criterium at the AusCycling Masters & Junior National Championships. He also took silver in the masters 9 road race and time trial at those National Championships.
Masters BMX Female Athlete of the Year
Two years ago, Cowaramup BMX Club’s Nerida Stokes jumped on her bike and rode for the first time in 25 years. Fast-forward to 2025, and Stokes found herself lining up in a UCI BMX Racing World Championships final for masters women in Copenhagen. The mother-of-three would finish seventh, earning the W7 plate.
Masters BMX Male Athlete of the Year
Suncoast Hinterland BMX Club’s Corey Frieswyk was on a mission at the UCI BMX Racing World Championships in Copenhagen. He passed the test with rainbow colours, becoming masters world champion. The Sunshine Coast rider accomplished his dream the hard way after crashing in his first moto down the first straight. Frieswyk then clicked off four moto wins in a row, including an eventful final, to win the rainbow jersey.
Masters Mountain Bike Male Athlete of the Year
This Outlook Riders Alliance rider has had a year to remember. The Queenslander claimed the Masters 6 downhill national title at the GWM Mountain Bike National Championships in Mt Buller before going on to conquer the UCI Masters World Championships in Cairns in the 55-59 category.
Masters Mountain Bike Female Athlete of the Year
Bev Anderson is no stranger to the top of the podium. This year was an exceptional one as she walked away with the gold in the women's masters 8 XCC and XCO titles at the GWM MTB National Championships in Mt Buller. The Canberra rider also made it another XCO rainbow jersey at the UCI Masters MTB World Championships in Cairns.
Masters Track Female Athlete of the Year
Brunswick Cycling Club’s Genevieve Jordan won the 35–44 team sprint world title in an all-conquering team of three mums from Melbourne at the UCI Masters Track World Championships in France. Jordan wasn’t done there, adding an individual rainbow jersey to her collection in the 50–54 sprint.
Masters Track Male Athlete of the Year
The evergreen Jim Veal continues to win rainbow jerseys at the UCI Masters Track World Championships. He added two more this year in the sprint and 500m time trial for 75– 79 men in France. The Canberran, who is an integral part of the Vikings Cycling Club, also enjoyed success at the AusCycling Masters Track National Championships in Brisbane, winning green-and-gold jerseys for the sprint, 500m time trial and keirin.
Junior Road Female Athlete of the Year
A consistent performer across the year, Penrith’s Hannah Gianatti secured two top-five places at the AusCycling Road National Championships before going toe-to-toe with the elite field in the ProVelo Super League, where she placed third overall at the Harbour City GP. A solid stint in Europe was followed by a representative berth at the World Championships, where Gianatti was Australia’s top placegetter in the time trial and a strong performer in the road race.
Junior Road Male Athlete of the Year
Max Goold began the year in perfect fashion, winning the junior time trial at the AusCycling Road National Championships. After spending the summer in Europe, the Blackburn Cycling Club rider earned a place on the national team for the World Championships. In Rwanda, he placed 10th in the time trial and 23rd in the road race.
Junior BMX Female Athlete of the Year
Charli Guy started her year on the front foot at the Oceania Championships, winning silver in New Zealand before returning home and powering to a breakthrough Superclass win in the AusCycling National Series in Shepparton. In Europe, racing up a class in the under-23s, the Ashmore BMX Club rising star picked up two top-15 finishes at the UCI BMX Racing World Cup in Papendal. Back racing as a junior at the UCI BMX Racing World Championships in Copenhagen, Guy finished sixth.
Junior BMX Male Athlete of the Year
In his first year as an under-19, Cam Gatt produced a season befitting his potential. The Geelong talent scored Oceania bronze and added a maiden Superclass podium result at the AusCycling National Series. At the UCI BMX Racing World Championships in Copenhagen, Gatt narrowly missed a spot in the final and ultimately finished 10th, notching Australia’s highest finish in junior men. Gatt rounded out his year with a junior silver medal at the GWM BMX Racing National Championships.
Junior Mountain Bike Female Athlete of the Year
Tasmanian enduro dynamo Lacey Adams dominated the junior women’s circuit in 2025. She rode to the overall win in the UCI Mountain Bike EDR World Series with three race wins, two silvers and a bronze. Her campaign included three straight World Cup round victories, with a dramatic finale at Val di Fassa in Italy. Adams finished just outside the medals in fourth at the UCI MTB World Championships in Switzerland.
Junior Mountain Bike Male Athlete of the Year
Western Australia's Connor Wright claimed two golds at the GWM MTB National Championships in Mt Buller, winning the under-19 short-track and Olympic cross-country events. On the world stage at the UCI MTB World Championships in Crans-Montana, Wright showed composure and power to finish a superb sixth in the junior XCO event. He also posted a podium at the Junior World Series in Nové Město earlier in the year.
Junior Track Female Athlete of the Year
Anna Dubier achieved every cyclist’s dream by winning the rainbow jersey with a scintillating points race performance at UCI Junior Track World Championships in Apeldoorn. That dream night was followed by a Madison bronze medal alongside Amelie Sanders, as well as fifth in the elimination race. In Australia, Dubier has continued to carve out a reputation as an elite and clever racer by claiming both the junior Oceania and national points race titles to complete a perfect set of points race crowns for the year. The Sydneysider also scored podiums in the Oceania omnium and national scratch race, team pursuit, team sprint and omnium.
Junior Track Male Athlete of the Year
Toby Jones delivered a year of highs on the track, the highlight being fourth in the individual pursuit at the UCI Junior Track World Championships in Apeldoorn. Earlier in the season, the Balmoral Cycling Club product added four junior national titles to his growing tally across the AusCycling Track National Championships in Brisbane and Austral Wheelrace week in Melbourne, winning the individual pursuit, omnium, Madison with Alex Hewes and team pursuit as a key member of the powerful Queensland squad that set a new Championship record.
The following award winners and finalists will be announced over the next days:
- Esports Athletes of the Year
- Gravel Athletes of the Year
- Cyclo-cross Athletes of the Year
- BMX Freestyle Athletes of the Year
- Road Athletes of the Year
- Para-cycling Track Athletes of the Year
- Para-cycling Road Athletes of the Year
- BMX Race Athletes of the Year
- Mountain Bike Athletes of the Year
- Track Athletes of the Year
- Team of the Year
- Australian Cyclist of the Year – Sir Hubert Opperman Trophy