DARE TO BE DIFFERENT
Established in 2010, COBRA9 x Leigh Surveyors Race Team are proud to be one of the longest tenured elite racing teams in Australia. This year is all about living in the now and ripping in. Bringing the fun, animating races, getting in front of the camera and doing some damage. Creating memories that will last forever. It's good stuff, but then again, that's bike racing.
DOB: 22/06/1995
Club: Logan Cycling Club
Coach: Me, myself and I
Studying, working or full time cyclist?
I work as a coach at AUS Cycle Coaching and also conduct research in cognitive neuroscience at the Queensland Brain Institute. My current project investigates how neural oscillations (essentially rhythmic waves of brain activity) regulate brain function.
What was your first race and where did you finish?
My first race was out at Ipswich. I was dropped before I could clip in, so did the whole thing solo.
Cycling dream?
I am living my cycling dream at the moment. I get to race domestically and internationally whilst living in Brisbane.
DOB: 07/07/2006
Club: Gold Coast Cycling Club
Coach: Nathan White
What was your first race and where did you finish?
I got dropped by Nathan White
Who is your cycling hero?
Nathan White
Cycling dream?
To be like Nathan White
What’s your favourite training session and why? Getting dropped by Nathan White on a Friday shoppie.
Studying, working or full time cyclist?
I want to be a podiatrist just like Nathan White.
DOB: 27/11/2004
Club: Gold Coast Cycling Club
Coach: Alex Quirk (Endeavour Coaching)
Cycling dream? Rack up some local KOMs
Which non-cycling sports star do you most admire? Cole Palmer because he is just so cold with his celebration.
What’s your favourite training session and why? Any session that is super hard because I love being shelled.
DOB: 21/07/1989
Club: UQ
Coach: Matt Lambert/Lamborghini (friend, training partner, coach and shrink)
What non-cycling sporting event would love to win?
Muzz on a Saturday morning (unofficial weekly world championships of cycling). Done it
once, want to prove it wasn’t a fluke!
Studying, working or full time cyclist?
Full time Engineer with my own business, 2 kids, piecing it all together takes some effort.
Who is your cycling hero?
Lance, hate it or love it, he’s the goat.
Name: Liam Cuthbertson
DOB: 21/06/07
Club: Sunshine Coast Cycling Club
Coach: Me, myself and I
Studying, working or full time cyclist?
I am studying Biomedical Science at USC currently, as it gives me something else to work towards aside from focusing entirely on cycling.
Cycling dream?
Winning Flanders would have to be my cycling dream
Who is your cycling hero?
My cycling hero would have to be Mathieu Van Der Poel because of how he shows it is possible to be the best in the world across multiple disciplines, and not just focus entirely on one.
DOB: 27/07/1998
Club: Hamilton Wheelers
Coach: Chat GPT
Cycling dream? Have fun & go fast. Maybe to climb Col du Galibier & Alpe d'Huez
What’s your favourite training session and why? Zone 2 bunch rides or pre race rolls are always a favourite. Any session at the pump track is a riot too. Never Zwift or indoor trainer.
What non-cycling sporting event would love to win? 24 hours of Spa
Name: Oliver Sims
DOB: 7/3/2006
Club: Mersey Valley Cycling Club
Coach: Phil Leslie
What’s your favourite training session? A proper chop with the boys. Just can’t beat it i guess. Good vibes
What was your first race and where did you finish? A local mountain bike club race and finished somewhere out the back.
Studying, working or full time cyclist? Studied sport science, now a wannabe full time cyclist.
DOB: 20/01/2003
Club: Hamilton Wheelers Cycling Club
Coach: Jordan Kerby
Who or what inspired you to take up cycling?
My dad
Cycling dream?
Winning Sea games (South-East Asia games), representing Malaysia for the Commonwealth
and 2032 Olympic games and winning a UCI race along the way.
DOB: 05/02/2001
Club: Balmoral Cycling Club
Coach: Nathan White
What was your first race and where did you finish?
I got dropped by Nathan White
Who is your cycling hero?
Nathan White
Cycling dream?
To be like Nathan White
What’s your favourite training session and why? Getting dropped by Nathan White on a Friday shoppie.
Studying, working or full time cyclist?
I want to be a podiatrist just like Nathan White.
DOB: 02/04/1997
Club: Armidale Cycling Club
Coach: Alex Quirk (Endeavour Coaching)
Favourite training session and why? Ullong mountain reps. Just a quiet climb through a rainforest in god’s country.
Cycling dream? Win the Tour of Southland aka the 4th grand tour.
DOB: 22/06/1995
Club: Logan Cycling Club
Coach: Me, myself and I
Studying, working or full time cyclist?
I work as a coach at AUS Cycle Coaching and also conduct research in cognitive neuroscience at the Queensland Brain Institute. My current project investigates how neural oscillations (essentially rhythmic waves of brain activity) regulate brain function.
What was your first race and where did you finish?
My first race was out at Ipswich. I was dropped before I could clip in, so did the whole thing solo.
Cycling dream?
I am living my cycling dream at the moment. I get to race domestically and internationally whilst living in Brisbane.
DOB: 07/07/2006
Club: Gold Coast Cycling Club
Coach: Nathan White
What was your first race and where did you finish?
I got dropped by Nathan White
Who is your cycling hero?
Nathan White
Cycling dream?
To be like Nathan White
What’s your favourite training session and why? Getting dropped by Nathan White on a Friday shoppie.
Studying, working or full time cyclist?
I want to be a podiatrist just like Nathan White.
DOB: 27/11/2004
Club: Gold Coast Cycling Club
Coach: Alex Quirk (Endeavour Coaching)
Cycling dream? Rack up some local KOMs
Which non-cycling sports star do you most admire? Cole Palmer because he is just so cold with his celebration.
What’s your favourite training session and why? Any session that is super hard because I love being shelled.
DOB: 21/07/1989
Club: UQ
Coach: Matt Lambert/Lamborghini (friend, training partner, coach and shrink)
What non-cycling sporting event would love to win?
Muzz on a Saturday morning (unofficial weekly world championships of cycling). Done it
once, want to prove it wasn’t a fluke!
Studying, working or full time cyclist?
Full time Engineer with my own business, 2 kids, piecing it all together takes some effort.
Who is your cycling hero?
Lance, hate it or love it, he’s the goat.
Name: Liam Cuthbertson
DOB: 21/06/07
Club: Sunshine Coast Cycling Club
Coach: Me, myself and I
Studying, working or full time cyclist?
I am studying Biomedical Science at USC currently, as it gives me something else to work towards aside from focusing entirely on cycling.
Cycling dream?
Winning Flanders would have to be my cycling dream
Who is your cycling hero?
My cycling hero would have to be Mathieu Van Der Poel because of how he shows it is possible to be the best in the world across multiple disciplines, and not just focus entirely on one.
DOB: 27/07/1998
Club: Hamilton Wheelers
Coach: Chat GPT
Cycling dream? Have fun & go fast. Maybe to climb Col du Galibier & Alpe d'Huez
What’s your favourite training session and why? Zone 2 bunch rides or pre race rolls are always a favourite. Any session at the pump track is a riot too. Never Zwift or indoor trainer.
What non-cycling sporting event would love to win? 24 hours of Spa
Name: Oliver Sims
DOB: 7/3/2006
Club: Mersey Valley Cycling Club
Coach: Phil Leslie
What’s your favourite training session? A proper chop with the boys. Just can’t beat it i guess. Good vibes
What was your first race and where did you finish? A local mountain bike club race and finished somewhere out the back.
Studying, working or full time cyclist? Studied sport science, now a wannabe full time cyclist.
DOB: 20/01/2003
Club: Hamilton Wheelers Cycling Club
Coach: Jordan Kerby
Who or what inspired you to take up cycling?
My dad
Cycling dream?
Winning Sea games (South-East Asia games), representing Malaysia for the Commonwealth
and 2032 Olympic games and winning a UCI race along the way.
DOB: 05/02/2001
Club: Balmoral Cycling Club
Coach: Nathan White
What was your first race and where did you finish?
I got dropped by Nathan White
Who is your cycling hero?
Nathan White
Cycling dream?
To be like Nathan White
What’s your favourite training session and why? Getting dropped by Nathan White on a Friday shoppie.
Studying, working or full time cyclist?
I want to be a podiatrist just like Nathan White.
DOB: 02/04/1997
Club: Armidale Cycling Club
Coach: Alex Quirk (Endeavour Coaching)
Favourite training session and why? Ullong mountain reps. Just a quiet climb through a rainforest in god’s country.
Cycling dream? Win the Tour of Southland aka the 4th grand tour.
