So many of the riders that were at the top of the leaderboard in the 2025 ProVelo Super League have secured contracts to race overseas, taking the next step on the path to the WorldTour, and the question now that the series is done for another year is – who will follow that trajectory in 2026?
The top three in the women’s overall in 2025, Sophie Marr, Talia Appleton and Alli Anderson all landed at Liv Alula Jayco in the women’s development squad attached to the WorldTeam. In the men’s category, Jack Ward had multiple offers to choose from and the multi-discipline rider was racing with Lidl-Trek Future by mid-season, while second-placed Zachary Marriage carved out a spot at the NSN Devo’ team.
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Oliver Bleddyn (Team Brennan) – Men’s overall series winner
Oliver Bleddyn has proven he can excel at the highest level on the track, winning an Olympic gold medal in Paris alongside Sam Welsford, Kelland O’Brien and Conor Leahy with the Australian Team Pursuit squad. 2026 quickly became a year where he was showing just how strong he also was on the road, starting right from his very first event, the Australian National Championships individual time trial where the Team Brennan rider came second to Jay Vine (UAE Team Emirates-XRG).
He then missed the opening round of the ProVelo series in Adelaide as there was another big opportunity to chase, that was a spot in the Australian national team for the Santos Tour Down Under and Mapei…
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