Sid Taberlay is a professional
mountain biker
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from
Australia.
After training in 2000, he finished third in the U23 National Championships and was selected for the National Team for the U23 World Championships in
Spain
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. Taberley finished in the top 10, qualifying him for a spot in the
2004 Olympics
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in
Athens
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. Taberlay is also a five time National Champion and World Championship medalist.
Statistics
Race Results
Statistics at Team Shoair website
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;2001
: 1st U23 Aus National Series #2
: 3rd U23 Australian National Championships
: World Championship Medalist
: New Caledonia Tour Champion
: U23 Australian National Champion
: U23 Australian National Series Champion
: 1st Aus National Series #2
;2002
: Australian National Champion
: U23 National Champion
: MTBA National Champion
: 4th U23 World Cup Series
: Wildside Tour Champion
: 1st Wildside Stages 1,2,3,4,5,6,7
;2003
: Wildside Tour Champion
: 1st Wildside Stages 1,2,3,5,6
;2004
: Athens Olympian
: Australian National Champion
: Oceania Champion
: Wildside Tour Champion
: 1st Wildside Stages 1,5,6
: Giants of Rio Champion
: 1st MTB Tour de France Stages 1,2,5
;2005
: World Cup Podium Finish (Santa Catarina, Brazil)
: Wildside Tour Champion
: 1st Wildside Stages 2,3,6,7
: 1st National Series #1
: 1st Tour of Redlands, King of the Mountains
: 1st Tour Tasmania Stage 4
: 1st Tour of Tasmania, King of the Mountains
;2006
: Common Wealth Games Pro XC, 6th
: Oceania MTB Championships Pro, 2nd
: Australian National XC Championships Pro, 1st
;2007
: Mountain Bike Tour De France Pro, 1st Overall Team Classification
: Australian National XC Series Pro, Overall Champion
: Australian National XC Series-RD #4 Pro, st
;2008
: NMBS #3-Santa Ynez Pro, 1st
: Sea Otter Classic Pro, 3rd
: Australian National XC Championships Pro, 2nd
: Pure Tasmania Wildside Stage Race Pro, Stage 7-st
Pure Tasmania Wildside Stage Race Pro, Stage 6-1st
: Pure Tasmania Wildside Stage Race Pro, Stage 4-1st
: Pure Tasmania Wildside Stage Race Pro, Stage 1-1st
;2009
:Downieville Classic Pro All Mountain, 3Rd Overall
:Pro Xct # 4-Colorado Springs Pro Xc, 9Th
:Pro Xct # 3-Bump N' Grind Pro Xc, 1St
: Idyllwild Spring Challenge Pro Xc, 1St
: Kenda Cup West #5-Santa Ynez Pro Xc, 1St
: Pro Xct # 2-Sea Otter Classic Pro Xc, 2Nd
: Kenda Cup West # 2-Sage Brush Ro Xc, 1St
: Pro Xct #1-Fontana, Ca Pro Xc, 6Th
: Kenda Cup West #1-Bonelli Park Pro Xc, 1St
;2010
: Pure Tasmania Wildside Stage Race Pro, Stage 1-1st
: Pure Tasmania Wildside Stage Race Pro, Stage 2-1st
Notes and references
External links
Men's Race 2009 Bump N' Grind
US ProXCT #3 and Kenda Cup East #2 - Bump and Grind - 3
"Taberlay down but not out...yet?" - Cycling News
"Taberlay tangles with bear on training ride" - Cycling News
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1980 births
Living people
Australian mountain bikers
Australian male cyclists
Cyclists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
Cyclists from Tasmania
Sportspeople from Hobart
Olympic cyclists for Australia
Cyclists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Commonwealth Games competitors for Australia
Sportsmen from Tasmania