Michael Freiberg

{{Infobox cyclist

| name = Michael Freiberg

| image = Podium Omnium Bahn-WM 2011.jpg

| caption = Freiberg (centre) at the 2011 Track Cycling World Championships

| fullname = Michael Freiberg

| nickname =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1990|10|10|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Hong Kong{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=34415 |title=Michael Freiberg|website=Cycling Archives |access-date=21 October 2017}}

| height = 1.93 m

| weight = 82 kg

| currentteam = {{UCI team code|ACA}}

| disciplines = {{ubl|Track|Road}}

| role = Rider

| ridertype = Omnium (track)

| amateuryears1 = 2009

| amateurteam1 = Australian Institute of Sport

| amateuryears2 = 2013

| amateurteam2 = {{ill|Bianchi–Lotto–Nieuwe Hoop Tielen|fr}}

| proyears1 = 2010

| proteam1 = Team Jayco–Skins

| proyears2 = 2011

| proteam2 = {{UCI team code|VAU|2011}}{{cite web |url=http://www.velonews.com/2011/02/news/cantwell-and-rolfe-headline-v-australia-after-pegasus-collapse_161411 |title=Cantwell and Rolfe headline V Australia after Pegasus collapse|date=24 February 2011 |website=VeloNews|access-date=21 October 2017}}

| proyears3 = 2012

| proteam3 = Team Jayco–AIS{{cite web |url=http://isowheysportsswisswellness.com.au/michael-freiberg-signs-isowhey-sports-swisswellness/ |title=Michael Freiberg signs with IsoWhey Sports SwissWellness |last=Price |first=Steve |date=11 May 2017 |website={{UCI team code|IWS|2017}} |access-date=21 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171231185308/http://isowheysportsswisswellness.com.au/michael-freiberg-signs-isowhey-sports-swisswellness/ |archive-date=31 December 2017 |url-status=dead }}

| proyears4 = 2017–2018

| proteam4 = {{UCI team code|IWS|2017}}

| proyears5 = 2019–

| proteam5 = {{UCI team code|ACA|2019}}{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/14058/1003106/257|title=ARA Pro Racing Sunshine Coast|work=UCI.org|publisher=Union Cycliste Internationale|accessdate=29 February 2020|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200229112322/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/14058/1003106/257|archivedate=29 February 2020}}

| majorwins = Single-day races and Classics

:National Road Race Championships (2019)

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalCountry|{{AUS}}}}

}}

Michael Freiberg (born 10 October 1990) is an Australian track and road cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team {{UCI team code|ACA}}.{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15278/1003106/276|title=ARA Pro Racing Sunshine Coast|work=UCI.org|publisher=Union Cycliste Internationale|accessdate=30 January 2021|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20210130230716/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15278/1003106/276|archivedate=30 January 2021}}

Career

=Track career=

At the 2010 Commonwealth Games, Freiberg was part of the Australian squad which took gold in the team pursuit, and also took an individual silver in the scratch race. He became world champion in the omnium event at the 2011 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.{{cite web|title=2011 Track Cycling World Championships: Entries list|url=http://www.tissottiming.com/File/Download?id=0003010002FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF00|publisher=tissottiming.com|accessdate=1 February 2016}} However Cycling Australia did not select him for either the team pursuit or omnium at the 2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, thus preventing him from defending his title on home soil in Melbourne,{{cite web |url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/sport/cycling/defending-champ-michael-freiberg-fails-to-make-the-team/news-story/247aac3163b4c339f399b55c54ba3b4b |title=Defending champ Michael Freiberg fails to make the team |last=McDonald |first=Margie |date=4 April 2012 |website=theaustralian.com.au|access-date=21 October 2017}} and he was similarly not picked for the Australian squad for the 2012 Summer Olympics, being passed over in favour of Glenn O'Shea for the omnium in both championships.{{cite web |url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/sport/overlooked-cyclist-michael-freiberg-tweets-frustration-at-osheas-result-in-omnium/news-story/b40f4f580d79fc81c726fc2b2c239fd2 |title=Overlooked cyclist Michael Freiberg tweets frustration at O'Shea's result in omnium|date=6 August 2012 |website=theaustralian.com.au|access-date=21 October 2017}}

=Hiatus=

Freiberg subsequently put his racing career on hold in order to develop the Automated Integrated Resistance hub (AIRhub), a resistance training unit designed to simulate mountain riding on flat roads, which is used by a number of UCI WorldTour professionals in their training, including André Greipel, Mathew Hayman, Adam Hansen, Esteban Chaves and Luke Durbridge.{{cite web |url=https://thewest.com.au/business/startup/resistance-is-fertile-as-freiberg-reinvents-the-wheel-ng-b88320960z |title=Resistance is fertile as Freiberg reinvents the wheel |last=Tyrrell |first=Claire |date=3 December 2016 |website=thewest.com.au |access-date=21 October 2017}}{{cite web |url=https://thewest.com.au/sport/cycling/inventor-freibergs-commonwealth-goal-ng-b88508429z |title=Inventor Freiberg’s Commonwealth goal |last=Tyrrell |first=Claire |date=15 June 2017 |website=thewest.com.au |access-date=21 October 2017}}

=Return to cycling=

Freiberg subsequently returned to competition in 2017, joining {{UCI team code|IWS|2017}} in May of that year with the aim of competing for Australia at the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast, Queensland. In 2019 Freiberg won the Australian National Road Race Championships.{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/cycling-australia-road-national-championships-2019-2019/elite-mens-road-race/results/ |title=Freiberg battles back to take elite men's Australian road race title |website=CyclingNews.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190106192226/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/cycling-australia-road-national-championships-2019-2019/elite-mens-road-race/results/ |archive-date=6 January 2019 |url-status=live |date=6 January 2019}}