In 2025 Australian cycling will have a new road racing league to replace the National Road Series, with the ProVelo Super League backed by Team Jayco-AlUla owner Gerry Ryan set to deliver a compact and extensively broadcast block of events that aims to rejuvenate the top level and build its value as a pathway for a new generation of riders from the nation.
The private equity-funded model, sanctioned by AusCycling and founded by Matt Wilson and Aaron Flanagan, is set to deliver an early season calendar of junior to elite men’s and women’s racing with five tours and two classic one-day races run over ten to twelve weeks early in the year. For up-and-coming domestic riders it should fill a gap between key January Australian targets and potential European ones.
“The league is going to have a strong focus on broadcasting, with every race in the season broadcast at least in part,” added the one-time professional cyclist who now is extensively involved in the development of local talent, including running a Continental men’s and women’s team. “We aim to focus the broadcast not only on the racing but on the telling of the stories of the athletes and creating and building a narrative to attract and grow audiences.”
“We will also be creating some new and exciting events coming to capital cities – bringing the racing back to the people,” said Wilson.
“It is the next evolution of the National Road Series,” said Fechner of the ProVelo Super League at the launch in the beachside suburb of St Kilda in Melbourne. “And AusCycling is really excited and looking forward to working in partnership with the League … to make sure that this is a huge success, not only for the teams, the athletes but also the events that are part of the ProVelo Super League and also the fans.