Australian Cycling Champions - 130 years of bicycle racing is a paperback book containing over 390 pages of text and 60 black and white and colour photographs. Written by former cycling writer Warren Beaumont and published by Plateau Publishing, it is one of the most comprehensive books covering the history of Australian track and road cycling and its champion cyclists from the 1890s through to 2020, when our road and track cycling champions were ranked among the best in the world.
The book includes expert comments and interviews and highlights the performances of over 170 of our cycling champions, including at national and world road and track championships, Olympic and Commonwealth Games, Australia's classic road races and tours, and grand tours such as the Tour de France. Australian Cycling Champions has a RRP of $29.99 and is available from bookstores. Author Bio: Warren Beaumont - Author BIO Australian Cycling Champions 130 years of bicycle racing was written by Warren Beaumont under the Plateau Publishing imprint. Warren worked for newspapers and magazines from 1974 to 2019 based in Brisbane, Tasmania, Sydney, and the Blue Mountains, where he now lives. In the 1980s he wrote for National Cycling, Freewheeling, and Push-On cycling magazines. In 1988-1991 he was editor of sports trade magazines such as Sports & Leisure Retailer and in the 1990s wrote tourist guides.
