26 riders from Oceania will line up at the 2018 Giro Rosa and Tour de France with Oceania Champions set to feature prominently in both races.

Starting Friday 6 July, 11 riders from Australia will contest the 2018 Giro Rosa, the only Grand Tour on the Women’s calendar. The 975-kilometre race opens with a team time trial in Verbania, before finishing 10 days later in Cividale del Friuli.

Five former Oceania Champions will be in action including six time Oceania Champion Shara Gillow (Australia-FDJ Nouvelle Aquitaine Futuroscope), 2012 Champion Gracie Elvin (Australia-Mitchelton-Scott), 2014 Champion Jessica Allen (Australia-Mitchelton-Scott), 2015 Champion Lauren Kitchen (Australia-FDJ Nouvelle Aquitaine Futuroscope) and 2017 time trial champion Lucy Kennedy (Australia-Mitchelton-Scott).

Also lining up is former stage winners Tiffany Cromwell (Australia-Canyon//SRAM) and Chloe Hosking (Australia-Ale Cipollini), multiple Oceania Track Champion Amy Cure (Australia-Wiggle High5), Rachel Neylan (Australia-Movistar Team), Sarah Roy (Australia-Mitchelton-Scott) and fifth overall in 2017 Amanda Spratt (Australia-Mitchelton-Scott).

In France General 15 riders will tackle the 21 stage, 3,351km race starting in Noirmoutier-en-l’Île, Sunday 7 July.

General Classification contender Richie Porte (Australia-BMC Racing Team) leads the Oceania charge. 2017 green jersey winner and 2010 Oceania Tour winner Michael Matthews (Australia-Team Sunweb) will be hoping to add more stage success to his name. Oceania champions Luke Durbridge, Damien Howson and Michael Hepburn (Australia-Mitchelton-Scott) are joined by former stage winners Simon Gerrans (Australia-BMC Racing Team), Heinrich Haussler (Australia-Bahrain Merida) and Simon Clarke (Australia-Team EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale).

Former National Champion Jack Bauer (Mitchelton-Scott) leads the New Zealand charge and is joined by Patrick Bevin (New Zealand-BMC Racing Team), Thomas Scully (New Zealand-Team EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale) and Dion Smith (New Zealand-Wanty-Group Gobert).

Completing the Oceania riders are Mathew Hayman (Australia-Mitchelton-Scott), Mark Renshaw (Australia-Team Dimension Data) and Rory Sutherland (Australia-UAE-Team Emirates).

Oceania Riders at the 2018 Giro Rosa
Jessica Allen (Australia-Mitchelton-Scott)
Tiffany Cromwell (Australia-Canyon//SRAM)
Amy Cure (Australia-Wiggle High5)
Gracie Elvin (Australia-Mitchelton-Scott)
Shara Gillow (Australia-FDJ Nouvelle Aquitaine Futuroscope)
Chloe Hosking (Australia-Ale Cipollini)
Lucy Kennedy (Australia-Mitchelton-Scott)
Lauren Kitchen (Australia-FDJ Nouvelle Aquitaine Futuroscope)
Rachel Neylan (Australia-Movistar Team)
Sarah Roy (Australia-Mitchelton-Scott)
Amanda Spratt (Australia-Mitchelton-Scott)

Oceania Riders at the 2018 Tour de France
Jack Bauer (New Zealand-Mitchelton-Scott)
Patrick Bevin (New Zealand-BMC Racing Team)
Simon Clarke (Australia-Team EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale)
Luke Durbridge (Australia-Mitchelton-Scott)
Simon Gerrans (Australia-BMC Racing Team)
Heinrich Haussler (Australia-Bahrain Merida)
Mathew Hayman (Australia-Mitchelton-Scott)
Michael Hepburn (Australia-Mitchelton-Scott)
Damien Howson (Australia-Mitchelton-Scott)
Michael Matthews (Australia-Team Sunweb)
Richie Porte (Australia-BMC Racing Team)
Mark Renshaw (Australia-Team Dimension Data)
Thomas Scully (New Zealand-Team EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale)
Dion Smith (New Zealand-Wanty-Group Gobert)
Rory Sutherland (Australia-UAE-Team Emirates)