Talia Appleton
_-_Talia_Appleton.jpg) Appleton at the 2023 UCI Road World Championships | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 24 October 2005 Mansfield, Victoria[1] | |||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Liv AlUla Jayco | |||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road | |||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||
| Rider type | Climber | |||||||||||||||||
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| 2023–2024 | Team BridgeLane | |||||||||||||||||
| 2025 | Praties Cycling Team | |||||||||||||||||
| Professional teams | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2026 | Liv AlUla Jayco Women's Continental Team | |||||||||||||||||
| 2026– | Liv AlUla Jayco | |||||||||||||||||
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One-day races and Classics
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Talia Appleton (born 24 October 2005) is an Australian professional road cyclist who rides for Liv AlUla Jayco. A climbing specialist, she won her first professional race at the 2026 Alpes Grésivaudan Classic.[2]
Career
[edit]Appleton started cycling at age 10, also pursuing other sports such as swimming until 15.[3] A successful junior, she won the junior road race at the 2023 Oceania Cycling Championships.
In 2025, Appleton finished top-3 in Australia's ProVelo Super League, helping her to land a contracy with Liv AlUla Jayco.[4] She was promoted from Liv AlUla Jayco's continental squad to its WorldTeam in May 2026, signing through to the end of the 2027 season.[5] She is considered primarily a climbing specialist.[1]
Major results
[edit]- 2022
- 3rd Road race, National Junior Championships
- Oceania Junior Championships
- 4th Road race
- 5th Time trial
- 2023
- Oceania Junior Championships
- 1st
Road race - 7th Time trial
- 1st
- National Junior Championships
- 3rd Road race
- 3rd Time trial
- 2024
- 2nd Time trial, Oceania Under-23 Championships
- 9th Road race, Oceania Championships
- 2025
- 3rd Overall Tour de l'Avenir Femmes
- 4th Time trial, National Under-23 Championships
- 9th Road race, UCI World Under-23 Championships
- 2026
- 1st Alpes Grésivaudan Classic
- 3rd Overall Vuelta a Extremadura Femenina
- 7th Clásica de Almería
- 7th Grand Prix Féminin de Chambéry
References
[edit]- 1 2 Mitchell, Mathew (12 May 2026). "Talia Appleton promoted to Liv AlUla Jayco WorldTour team". ProCyclingUK. Retrieved 2 August 2026.
- ↑ "Talia Appleton dominates the mountains and wins the Alpes Gresivaudan Classic". Team Jayco AlUla. 7 June 2026. Retrieved 2 August 2026.
- ↑ de Neef, Matt (29 October 2025). "The next Aussie GC hope? Inside Talia Appleton's breakout year". The Escape Collective. Retrieved 2 August 2026.
- ↑ Giuliani, Simone (6 April 2026). "The next Australians on the path to the WorldTour? Taking a closer look at the riders who shot to the top at the 2026 ProVelo Super League". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2 August 2026.
- ↑ "Australian talent Talia Appleton graduates from Liv AlUla Jayco Continental team to the WorldTour". Team Jayco AlUla. 12 May 2026. Retrieved 2 August 2026.
- ↑ "Talia Appleton". procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 2 August 2026.
- ↑ "Talia Appleton". firstcycling.com. Retrieved 2 August 2026.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Talia Appleton.
- Talia Appleton at UCI
- Talia Appleton at ProCyclingStats
- Talia Appleton at InterSportStats
