Robert Power (born 11 May 1995) is an Australian former road racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2016 and 2021 for , and .

Career

Amateur career

As a child, Power was a rugby player; his brother Leon Power played professionally in Australia, France and New Zealand. 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 Midland 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

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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

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. 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

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. He then made his professional debut in the 2014

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, where he finished fourth in the young rider classification. Power's next race was the road race at the

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; he came second in the elite race won by

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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

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. During the Tour d'Azerbaïdjan, Power was described by Ewan as "unbelievably talented". Power competed for the Australian team at the 2014

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, the most important under-23 stage race on the cycling calendar. He had five top-ten stage finishes, including a second-place finish behind Miguel Ángel López in a two-man sprint on stage 6. He finished in second place overall, 30 seconds behind López. Power's final race of the season was the under-23 road race at the Road World Championships; his teammate Caleb Ewan finished second, while Power finished in the main bunch in 35th place.

Professional career

Power made his

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debut at the

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, riding for the

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team. He was the youngest rider in the race; he finished 41st overall and 10th in the youth classification. During the race, it was announced that he had been signed by the team for the 2016 season, alongside Jack Haig and

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. He was described by Matt White, the team's sporting director, as "one of the most exciting climbing talents we've seen in Australian cycling for a very, very long time". Power then rode the

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. He took the lead in the mountains classification on the first stage after attacking early on in the stage, then went on to win the young riders classification, take second place in the mountains classification and finish sixth overall in the general classification. After a season of racing in junior races in Europe that included a stage victory and the overall win in the

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, Power was selected for the

, where he was considered to be one of the favourites for overall victory. He was forced to pull out, however, in the week before the race due to a knee injury.

Orica–GreenEDGE (2016–2018)

In November 2015 he was diagnosed with a rare form of bone marrow edema that meant he only made his debut in August 2016. He made his return to competition at the

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, before going on to race for 13 days before the end of the year, riding the

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and making his

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debut at Il Lombardia, where he helped deliver team-mate

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to the race win. In his sixth and final race of the season, the

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, he took his first professional podium, finishing third behind

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and team-mate Christopher Juul-Jensen. In 2018, Power put in an active and aggressive performance at Strade Biache, where he finished sixth, before taking his first professional win in July at the

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, finishing in a one-two ahead of team-mate Simon Yates.

Team Sunweb (2019–2020)

In September 2018 announced that they had signed Power on a two-year deal from 2019. In May 2019, he was named in the startlist for the

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. In August 2019, he was named in the startlist for the

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Team Qhubeka Assos (2021)

In December 2020, Power signed a one-year contract with , for the 2021 season. Due to financial problems, the team folded at the end of the 2021 season and Power retired from professional cycling.

Major results

;2013 : 1st Trofeo Buffoni : Oceanian Junior Road Championships ::3rd Bronze medal blank

Road race ::5th Time trial : 3rd Overall

::1st Stage 3 : 3rd Overall Giro di Basilicata : 8th Overall Grand Prix Rüebliland : 10th Trofeo Emilio Paganessi ;2014 : Oceanian Under-23 Road Championships ::1st OceaniaChampionJersey

Road race ::8th Time trial : 1st

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: 1st

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: 2nd Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships : 2nd Overall

: 2nd

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: 3rd

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: 7th Overall

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: 8th Overall Course de la Paix U23 : 10th

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;2015 : 1st 20px Overall

::1st Prologue : 3rd

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: 4th

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: 6th Overall

::1st 20px Young rider classification : 6th Overall

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;2016 : 3rd

;2017 : 4th Pro Ötztaler 5500 : 5th

;2018 : 1st

: 1st

: 6th

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Grand Tour general classification results timeline

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Power, Robert Australian male cyclists 1995 births Living people Cyclists from Perth, Western Australia Sportsmen from Western Australia Australian expatriates in Germany 21st-century Australian sportsmen