Talia Appleton
_-_Talia_Appleton.jpg) Appleton at the 2023 UCI Road World Championships | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 24 October 2005 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Cycling | |||||||||||||||||
| 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.
Career
Appleton started road cycling at age 10, also pursuing other sports such as swimming until 15. 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. 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. She is considered primarily a climbing specialist.
Major results
Sources:
- 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
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ Mitchell, Mathew (12 May 2026). "Talia Appleton promoted to Liv AlUla Jayco WorldTour team". ProCyclingUK. Retrieved 2 August 2026.
- ↑ "Talia Appleton". procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 2 August 2026.
- ↑ "Talia Appleton". firstcycling.com. Retrieved 2 August 2026.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Talia Appleton.
- Talia Appleton at UCI
- Talia Appleton at ProCyclingStats
- Talia Appleton at InterSportStats
