 Storer at the 2018 Vuelta a España. | ||||||||||||
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| Full name | Michael J. Storer | |||||||||||
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| Born | (1997-02-28) 28 February 1997 Sydney, NSW, Australia | |||||||||||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||
| Weight | 63 kg (139 lb) | |||||||||||
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| Current team | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | |||||||||||
| Discipline | Road | |||||||||||
| Role | Rider | |||||||||||
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| 2016 | Jayco–AIS World Tour Academy | |||||||||||
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| 2017 | Mitchelton Scott | |||||||||||
| 2018–2021 | Team Sunweb345 | |||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Groupama–FDJ67 | |||||||||||
| 2024– | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | |||||||||||
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Michael J. Storer (born 28 February 1997) is an Australian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Tudor Pro Cycling Team.8
Early life and development
Michael Storer was born in Sydney, Australia in 1997, and raised in Perth, Western Australia. His family relocated to Perth when he was very young, and he undertook his cycling training in Western Australia.910
As a junior and teenager, Storer trained with Midland Cycling Club111213 and WAIS.14
He has mentioned in interviews that he was also inspired and encouraged by his older brother who had trained in and participated in triathlons and cycling in Perth and National races, and who studied Sports Science at uni.15
In an interview with The Domestiques Podcast prior to the 2025 Giro d'Italia Michael discusses some of this and other areas around cycling with Mike Tomalaris et al (~11:00).16
Career
In August 2018, he was named in the startlist for the Vuelta a España.17 He also competed in the 2019 Vuelta a España, and the 2020 Vuelta a España.
He rode the Giro for the first time in his career in 2021. He finished 31st while riding in support of Romain Bardet, who finished in 7th overall.
During the 2021 Vuelta a España Storer won the first grand tour stage of his career on stage 7 and then went on to win again on stage 10. With this he became just the 2nd Australian, after Michael Matthews, to win multiple stages in the Vuelta.18 On stage 7 and then again on stage 18, when he went on a solo attack of about 70 km before being caught on the final climb, he was awarded the combativity prize for the stage. With his attack on stage 18 he also took over the lead in the King of the Mountains competition and held onto the jersey thereafter winning the competition outright.
In March 2025, Storer won stage 7 of the 2025 Paris–Nice in a solo move to Auron.19
Major results
- 2014
- Oceanian Junior Road Championships
- 1st
Time trial - 5th Road race
- 1st
- 3rd
Time trial, UCI Junior Road World Championships - 3rd Trofeo Buffoni
- 2015
- Oceanian Junior Road Championships
- 1st Time trial
- 5th Road race
- 1st
- 1st
Road race, National Junior Road Championships - 4th Overall Aubel–Thimister–La Gleize
- 1st Stage 3
- 2016
- Oceanian Road Championships
- 1st Under-23 road race
- 3rd
Under-23 time trial - 4th Road race
- 1st
- 1st Gran Premio di Poggiana
- 5th Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships
- 5th Chrono Champenois
- 7th Overall Tour de l'Avenir
- 2017
- 1st Gran Premio Industrie del Marmo
- 1st Stage 4 An Post Rás
- 1st Stage 1a (TTT) Toscana-Terra di Ciclismo
- Oceanian Under-23 Road Championships
- 2nd
Road race - 4th Time trial
- 2nd
- 2nd Gran Premio di Poggiana
- 3rd Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
- 3rd Overall Giro della Valle d'Aosta
- 4th Gran Premio Palio del Recioto
- 5th Overall Herald Sun Tour
- 8th Giro del Belvedere
- 9th Overall Tour de l'Avenir
- 2018
- 5th Overall Tour de Yorkshire
- 5th Overall Tour of Slovenia
- 2020
- 7th Overall Herald Sun Tour
- 2021 (4 pro wins)
- 1st
Overall Tour de l'Ain
- 1st
Points classification - 1st
Mountains classification - 1st Stage 3
- 1st
- Vuelta a España
- 1st
Mountains classification - 1st Stages 7 & 10
Combativity award Stages 7 & 18
- 1st
- 2022
- 2nd Overall Tour of the Alps
- 3rd Mont Ventoux Dénivelé Challenge
- 10th Giro dell'Emilia
- 2023 (2)
- 1st Overall Tour de l'Ain
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stage 3
- 1st
- 3rd Overall Tour du Limousin
- Combativity award Stage 13 Vuelta a España
- 2024
- 2nd Giro della Toscana
- 5th Overall Vuelta a Burgos
- 6th Overall UAE Tour
- 6th Overall Czech Tour
- 7th Overall Tour of the Alps
- 7th Coppa Sabatini
- 10th Overall Giro d'Italia
- 2025 (4)
- 1st Overall Tour of the Alps
- 1st Stage 2
- 1st Memorial Marco Pantani
- 2nd Giro della Toscana
- 3rd Giro di Lombardia
- 3rd Trofeo Laigueglia
- 5th Overall Paris–Nice
- 1st Stage 7
- 7th Giro dell'Emilia
- 10th Overall Giro d'Italia
- 10th Milano–Torino
Combativity award Stage 15 Tour de France- 2026
- 4th Overall Tour of the Alps
- 7th Overall Giro d'Italia
- 10th Milano–Torino
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
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 Giro d'Italia
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— | — | — | 31 | — | — | 10 | 10 | 7 |
| Tour de France
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— | — | — | — | 35 | — | — | 42 | |
 Vuelta a España
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117 | 99 | 40 | 40 | — | 45 | — | — |
| — | Did not compete |
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| DNF | Did not finish |
References
References
- "Michael Storer wins his second stage of Vuelta". theaustralian.com. 25 August 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
- "Storerčar". The Cycling Podcast. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
- "Team Sunweb confirm 2019 men's and women's rosters". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 23 November 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
- "Team Sunweb". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 3 January 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
- "Team DSM". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - "Michael Storer and Quentin Pacher sign for Groupama-FDJ". cyclingnews.com. 4 August 2021. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
- "GROUPAMA - FDJ". UCI. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
- "Tudor Pro Cycling Team". UCI. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
- The West Australian (7 September 2017). "Team Sunweb signs WA young guns Jai Hindley and Michael Storer". Retrieved 29 May 2025.
- Cycling News (10 February 2022). "Michael Storer: My goal was always to win a race, now it's which one". Cycling News. Retrieved 29 May 2025.
- "Michael stores his best for world titles". The West Australian. 7 August 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
- "History". Midland Cycle Club. 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
- "Honour Roll". Midland Cycle Club. 2022. Retrieved 3 June 2025.
- "Storer Set for Worlds Test". WAIS. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
- "Storer's Story: Entering the WorldTour". SBS Sport. 27 December 2017. Retrieved 3 June 2025.
- The Domestiques Podcast (6 May 2025). "Giro d'Italia Preview with Michael Storer by The Domestiques". Spotify for Creators. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
- "2018: 73rd Vuelta a España: Start List". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
- "Storer Wins 10th Vuelta Stage…". Seattle Times by Associated Press. 24 August 2021.
- Peter Cossins (15 March 2025). "Australian Michael Storer wins snow-hit Paris-Nice stage as Matteo Jorgensen retains yellow jersey". cyclingweekly.com. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
- Procycling (3 March 2021). "PressReader.com - Digital Newspaper & Magazine Procycling Prologue: Michael Storer". Retrieved 21 July 2025 – via PressReader.
External links
External links
- Michael Storer at UCI
- Michael Storer at ProCyclingStats
- Michael Storer at Cycling Quotient
- Michael Storer at CycleBase
- Michael Storer at InterSportStats