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Cycling Development Foundation
AbbreviationCDF
Formation29 January 2016; 10 years ago (2016-01-29)
TypeNot-for-profit incorporated association
PurposeCommunity cycling and cyclist development
HeadquartersPerth, Western Australia, Australia
Region served
Australia
Websitecyclingdevelopment.org.au

The Cycling Development Foundation (CDF) is an Australian not-for-profit cycling organisation based in Perth, Western Australia. Established in 2016, it operates road-cycling development programs and community cycling initiatives in remote Western Australia.[1][2][3]

CDF's racing program has fielded men's and women's teams in Australia's National Road Series and later the ProVelo Super League. The program previously competed under sponsor-based names including Veris Racing.[4][5]

Its principal community initiative is the Laverton Cycling Project, which uses cycling, bicycle maintenance and mentoring activities to engage young people in remote Goldfields communities.[2][3]

History

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Cycling Development Foundation Inc. was registered in Western Australia in January 2016.[1] The organisation developed from a Western Australian road-cycling program that operated national-level racing teams alongside community and athlete-development activities.[2]

An earlier Western Australian racing team, OTOC Vault Racing, competed in the 2015 National Road Series. CyclingNews listed OTOC Vault tenth in the final men's team standings for that season.[6]

OTOC Vault's 2015 Adelaide Tour roster included Guy Kalma, Jai Hindley, Michael Storer, Reece Tucknott, Stephen Hall, Nic Mattock and Julian Jacobs.[7] The Western Australian Institute of Sport reported that Hindley, Storer and Tucknott represented OTOC Vault at the Tour de Perth, where team leader Kalma won the overall classification.[8]

By 2018, the organisation's national racing program was competing under the Veris Racing name. The West Australian reported on riders representing the Perth-based team at the 2018 Australian national championships.[9]

Veris Limited's 2019 annual report described Veris Racing as CDF's national cycling team and stated that its activities included the development of women and junior cyclists.[5] Archived National Road Series records show that Brad Hall directed the Veris women's team at the 2018 and 2019 Tours of Gippsland.[10][11]

In 2020, the Illawarra Mercury reported that New South Wales cyclists Chloe Heffernan and Tahlia Dole had joined Veris Racing, describing the team as a Western Australian development opportunity that would allow them to compete in National Road Series events.[12]

Veris Racing fielded men's and women's squads at the 2021 Santos Festival of Cycling. SBS described it as a Western Australian team combining developing and experienced riders under team manager Brad Hall.[4] The event was held in place of the professional Tour Down Under during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The teams subsequently competed under the Cycling Development Foundation name. In 2023, CDF riders featured prominently in Australia's National Road Series, including Boris Clark, Mackenzie Coupland and Lucie Fityus.[13]

CDF later entered men's and women's teams in the ProVelo Super League, which succeeded the National Road Series as Australia's principal domestic road-cycling competition.[14]

Community programs

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Laverton Cycling Project

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CDF began the Laverton Cycling Project in July 2018 in partnership with Laverton School and the Laverton Leonora Cross Cultural Association.[2][3]

The initiative started as a two-week trial in Laverton, Western Australia, approximately 1,100 kilometres (680 mi) east of Perth. Young participants rebuilt second-hand bicycles and took part in cycling and exercise activities intended to develop practical skills, confidence and community engagement.[2][3]

AusCycling reported in 2021 that the program was generally delivered during school-holiday blocks by CDF personnel and Veris Racing riders. The organisation was seeking to expand the model to other remote communities and establish more continuous local delivery.[2]

The project later became a recurring program incorporating bicycle maintenance, riding instruction, road safety, health and wellbeing education and youth mentoring.[3] By 2024, it was being delivered in Laverton for one week each month and had expanded to Cosmo Newbery and Mulga Queen.[3]

A 2026 feature published by the Institute of Community Directors Australia described the initiative as a community-development program supporting young people and families in remote Western Australia. It identified youth development, healthy relationships, employment opportunities and community participation among the project's objectives.[15]

Fundraising ride

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CDF has organised a long-distance fundraising ride from the Perth metropolitan area to Laverton to support the community project.

In 2022, the Kalgoorlie Miner covered a 1,170-kilometre (730 mi) edition of the ride. The newspaper described the event as being spearheaded by CDF and devised by the foundation's chief executive, Brad Hall.[16]

The ride raised funds for bicycles, equipment and continued delivery of the Laverton Cycling Project.[16]

Racing program

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CDF operates men's, women's and junior road-cycling development programs. Its teams have competed in Australian national-level events and have undertaken overseas development racing.[4][14]

Veris Racing

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Veris Racing participated in men's and women's National Road Series competition from at least 2018. The women's program appeared at the Tours of Gippsland in 2018 and 2019 and at the 2020 National Tour.[10][11][17]

During the 2020 National Tour, SBS reported that Veris riders Grace Brunton-Makeham and Brendon Green participated in breakaways during the final road stage.[18]

Veris also fielded riders at the 2021 Santos Festival of Cycling. Kirsty Deacon won the event's sprint classification, later writing for SBS about the logistical difficulties the team faced because COVID-19 border restrictions prevented its usual Western Australian managers and support personnel from travelling.[19]

SBS also published narrative coverage of Lucie Fityus's participation for Veris Racing in the 2021 women's Melbourne to Warrnambool race.[20]

Cycling Development Foundation name

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At the 2022 Oceania Road Championships in Brisbane, CDF rider Brady Gilmore won the under-23 men's road race championship. The under-23 riders competed within the combined elite men's road race, in which Gilmore finished second overall behind New Zealand rider James Fouché. Gilmore and Fouché attacked through the technical final kilometre and finished ahead of the reduced peloton.[21][22]

In 2023, Boris Clark finished second overall at the Tour of Gippsland and won the third stage of the Tour of Tasmania from a breakaway.[23][13]

In the same season, Mackenzie Coupland won a stage and the women's general classification at the Tour of Tasmania. Lucie Fityus won two stages at Cycle Sunshine Coast.[13] Escape Collective described Coupland as the breakout rider of the women's series and Fityus as one of its leading sprinters.[13]

At the 2024 Sapphire Tour, AusCycling reported that CDF offered the strongest resistance to the dominant Team BridgeLane squad, with Savannah Coupland following the decisive front group.[24]

CDF also competed in the inaugural 2025 ProVelo Super League. At the Harbour City Grand Prix, Craig Wiggins finished third on the opening men's stage for the team.[25]

A ProVelo Super League feature described CDF as an athlete-development program that used racing as a platform for a process-based approach centred on preparation, training and athlete autonomy.[14]

Rider progression

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A number of riders who competed through teams associated with the program later progressed to professional or international competition.

The 2015 OTOC Vault roster included future Giro d'Italia winner Jai Hindley and future professional cyclist Michael Storer.[7]

Brady Gilmore won the 2022 under-23 Oceania road race championship while representing CDF, finishing second overall in the combined elite and under-23 race.[21][22] He subsequently progressed into international professional racing. The Kalgoorlie Miner later described him as a CDF alumnus when reporting on his progression towards the UCI World Tour.[26]

Mackenzie Coupland progressed from CDF's National Road Series program into the Liv AlUla Jayco development structure after her 2023 domestic season.[13]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Current details for ABN 81 630 029 598". ABN Lookup. Australian Business Register. Retrieved 21 July 2026.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "The project striking pedal gold in Western Australia's outback". AusCycling. 10 August 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2026.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "How bikes are changing the lives of at-risk and Indigenous kids in remote Western Australia". AusCycling. 28 May 2024. Retrieved 21 July 2026.
  4. ^ a b c "Eyes on the Santos Festival of Cycling teams". SBS Sport. 16 January 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2026.
  5. ^ a b Annual Report 2019 (PDF) (Report). Veris Limited. 30 August 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2026.
  6. ^ "Avanti Racing Team claims fifth straight NRS title". CyclingNews. 25 October 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2026.
  7. ^ a b "2015 Adelaide Tour start list". CyclingNews. 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2026.
  8. ^ "Local talent on display at Tour de Perth". Western Australian Institute of Sport. Retrieved 21 July 2026.
  9. ^ Tyrrell, Claire (12 January 2018). "WA teen announces himself on big stage". The West Australian. Retrieved 21 July 2026.
  10. ^ a b "2018 Tour of Gippsland Stage 1 start list". AusCycling Results. AusCycling. Retrieved 21 July 2026.
  11. ^ a b "2019 Tour of Gippsland Stage 1 start list". AusCycling Results. AusCycling. Retrieved 21 July 2026.
  12. ^ "Illawarra cycling duo ready for Veris Racing opportunity". Illawarra Mercury. 17 February 2020. Retrieved 21 July 2026.
  13. ^ a b c d e de Neef, Matt (6 December 2023). "What we learned from Australia's 2023 National Road Series". Escape Collective. Retrieved 21 July 2026.
  14. ^ a b c "Team Feature: Brad Hall and Cycling Development Foundation". ProVelo Super League. 2025. Retrieved 21 July 2026.
  15. ^ "Sabine is pedalling hard for a better community in WA's outback". Community Directors. Institute of Community Directors Australia. 10 June 2026. Retrieved 21 July 2026.
  16. ^ a b Mennell, Jason (5 October 2022). "Cyclists' 1170km journey from ocean to the outback". Kalgoorlie Miner. Retrieved 21 July 2026.
  17. ^ "2020 National Tour: women's race 7 result" (PDF). AusCycling Results. AusCycling. 4 December 2020. Retrieved 21 July 2026.
  18. ^ "ARA shine as Scott and Roseman-Gannon complete NRS double". SBS Sport. 30 November 2020. Retrieved 21 July 2026.
  19. ^ Deacon, Kirsty (25 January 2021). "No cuddling kangaroos". SBS Sport. Retrieved 21 July 2026.
  20. ^ "The hidden stories of the Women's Warnie". SBS Sport. 3 May 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2026.
  21. ^ a b Davies, Josh (13 April 2022). "Talbot claims memorable Oceania Road Race Championship crown". AusCycling. Retrieved 21 July 2026.
  22. ^ a b "Oceania Road Race Championships Honour Roll" (PDF). Oceania Cycling Confederation. Oceania Cycling Confederation. Retrieved 21 July 2026.
  23. ^ "Tristan Saunders reigns supreme at Tour of Gippsland, extends NRS lead". AusCycling. 1 September 2023. Retrieved 21 July 2026.
  24. ^ "Katelyn Nicholson leads BridgeLane sweep on Stage 1". AusCycling. 27 April 2024. Retrieved 21 July 2026.
  25. ^ "ProVelo Super League: Cameron Scott and Alli Anderson win in Sydney". Escape Collective. 12 March 2025. Retrieved 21 July 2026.
  26. ^ "Gilmore earns major accolades as World Tour beckons". Kalgoorlie Miner. 16 December 2025. Retrieved 21 July 2026.
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Category:Cycling organisations in Australia Category:Sports organisations based in Western Australia Category:Non-profit organisations based in Western Australia Category:Sports organizations established in 2016 Category:2016 establishments in Australia


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