Jack Bobridge (born 13 July 1989) is an Australian former professionalracing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2010 and 2016.
In 2019 he was convicted of drug dealing and sentenced to a four-year prison term. He admitted to using banned recreational drugs during his racing career, noting that he used cocaine in training leading up to major cycling events, including the Olympics.[2]
Bobridge's career combined both track and road cycling.
In 2008, he was part of the Australian men's pursuit team that finished in fourth place at theOlympics, along withGraeme Brown,Mark Jamieson,Luke Roberts andBrad McGee.[3]
In May 2009, Bobridge signed withGarmin–Slipstream, with his contract starting on 1 January 2010 and had been contracted to race with the team until 2012. He left the team at the end of 2011, and joinedGreenEDGE for the 2012 season.[4]
In September 2009 he won theunder-23 time trial at theUCI Road World Championships.[5] In January 2011 he became theAustralian National Road Race Champion with a daring solo breakaway. On 2 February 2011, he set a new world record for the track 4kindividual pursuit.[6] Bobridge was anAustralian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.[7]
At the2012 Summer Olympics, he was part of the Australian team that won the silver medal in the men's team pursuit, withGlenn O'Shea,Rohan Dennis andMichael Hepburn.[8]
Bobridge left Orica–GreenEDGE at the end of the 2012 season, and joinedBlanco Pro Cycling on a two-year contract from the 2013 season onwards.[9]
Bobridge won two gold medals at the2014 Commonwealth Games, one in the men's team pursuit withLuke Davison,Alex Edmondson and Glenn O'Shea, where Australia set a new Games record in the final, and in the men's individual pursuit.[10][11]
In November 2014 Bobridge was announced as part of theTeam Budget Forklifts line-up for 2015 alongside fellow members of the Australian endurance track squad Luke Davison, Glenn O'Shea,Scott Sunderland and Mitchel Mulhearn, riding a domestic programme with a focus on achieving success on the track at the2016 Summer Olympics.[12]
Bobridge won the opening stage of the2015 Tour Down Under. He lost the overall lead on stage three but finished the race with the King of the Mountains jersey. On 31 January 2015 Bobridge attempted to break the worldhour record in Melbourne. He rode 51.3 kilometres falling short of the record of 51.852 kilometres. However he did breakBrad McGee's Australian national hour record of 50.3 kilometres which had stood since 2000.[13] In September 2015 it was announced that Bobridge would return to the UCI WorldTour peloton in 2016, signing a one-year contract withTrek Factory Racing.[14]
In 2016, Bobridge won his second Olympic silver medal, again in themen's team pursuit, this time with Alex Edmondson, Michael Hepburn,Sam Welsford andCallum Scotson.[15]
Bobridge announced his retirement from cycling in November 2016. His retirement was due to the effects of rheumatoid arthritis which he was first diagnosed with in 2010.[16]
TheJack Bobridge Track, a cycling and walking trail from his hometown ofGawler into theBarossa Valley was named for Bobridge when it was built in 2014, however theBarossa Council was concerned that this sent the wrong message to young people after he was convicted of using and selling drugs in 2019.[17] In July 2019, the council resolved to remove Bobridge's name and rename the track to theBarossa Trail,[18] a name already used for the northern and eastern extension.
In September 2017, Bobridge was charged with selling trafficable quantities of recreational drugs.[19] In May 2019, during a court hearing concerning his case, he admitted to using recreational drugs, such ascocaine andecstasy, during his active career.[20] He claimed that he took them ahead of some races, but that they would be out of his body by race day. He denied the charges brought against him that he trafficked ecstasy.[21] On 5 July 2019, he was sentenced to four years and six months in prison, being found guilty for four charges of drug dealing. He is eligible for parole after two years and six months.[22]
Team pursuit,UCI Junior Track World Championships Team pursuit,UCI Junior Track World Championships
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Mountains classificationRoad race, National Road Championships| Grand Tour | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
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 Giro d'Italia | DNF | — | DNF | DNF | — | — | 156 |
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| DNF | Did not finish |
 UCI Track Cycling World Champions –Men's individual pursuit | |
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