Earning a reputation as the most well-rounded off-road racer in Australia, Brendan Johnston has achieved multiple national championships in XC marathon racing along with wins at major races in his home country including Port to Port, Reef to Reef and Cape to Cape. In 2023 Brendan turned his attention to gravel racing, traveling to the U.S. to contest the Life Time Grand Prix series, where he immediately made a name for himself. He scored two podium finishes and finished seventh overall in the series. With those solid results, plus a win and a second-place finish in the Belgian Waffle Ride series, Johnston returned to the U.S. this year to again battle the best gravel racers in the world at the 2024 Life Time Grand Prix series.
| Team | Gravel |
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| Hometown | Moruya, New South Wales, Australia |
| Where you live now | Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia |
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| Main cycling disciplines | MTB, Gravel, Road |
| Current favorite cycling gear | Has to be the chamois. |
| Favorite place to ride | Probably here at home in Canberra. |
| Dream destination | Boulder, Colorado |
| What are you carrying on a long ride? | Mars Bar |
| Tips for new riders | Obviously enjoy riding! But I think don’t get caught up with training plans and structure too early. Get out on your bike as often as you can and in the early stages that will help more than anything else. Also try to ride in groups that are stronger than you. No better training than that. And focus on the minutes not the seconds. |
| If you could ride with one person, living or dead, it would be | Australian comedian Hamish Blake |
| Words to live by | You can learn something from everyone in every room. |