![]() Stannard at the 2021 Amstel Gold Race | |
Personal information | |
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Born | Sydney, Australia | 16 September 1998
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) |
Weight | 74 kg (163 lb) |
Team information | |
Current team | Team Bahrain Victorious |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Professional teams | |
2017–2018 | Mitchelton Scott |
2018–2021 | Mitchelton–Scott [1] [2] [3] |
2022–2023 | Alpecin–Fenix [4] |
2024– | Team Bahrain Victorious |
Major wins | |
Stage races |
Robert Stannard (born 16 September 1998) is an Australian cyclist, who rides for UCI WorldTeam Team Bahrain Victorious. [5]
He was provisionally suspended by the UCI on 2 August 2023 for the "use of prohibited Methods and/or prohibited substances".
Stannard was born in Sydney but moved to New Zealand when he was four. [6] He attended Palmerston North Boys' High School. [7]
Although Stannard was born in Australia he first competed under the New Zealand flag until 2017 when he when he switched to an Australian license. [6] He rode the Junior road race at the 2016 UCI Road World Championships where he placed 45. [8]
His first race as an Australian was the Australian Under-23 National Time Trial Championships where he finished third. [9] [10]
Originally due to join the team in 2019, [11] Stannard joined Mitchelton–Scott in October 2018 after his second season with Mitchelton–BikeExchange, [12] and recorded a top-ten finish at the Japan Cup. [13] In October 2020, he was named in the startlist for the 2020 Vuelta a España. [14]
His first professional victory came in 2022 at the Tour de Wallonie where he won the overall, points and youth classifications. [15]
On 3 August 2023 Stannard was provisionally suspended for a potential doping offense from 2018. [16] He was due to race the road race at the 2023 UCI Road World Championships but could not compete due to his suspension. [17]
Grand Tour | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
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![]() | 76 | 119 | 81 |
— | Did not compete |
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DNF | Did not finish |
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Power played it smart in the final, coming around Tolhoek inside the last kilometre to take a convincing victory with a powerful late surge with neo-pro and compatriot Rob Stannard also finishing well and inside the top ten in eighth to secure the best young rider jersey.