Who is Blake Quick? The new Jayco-AlUla recruit has a name that says it all

Kelland O'Brien and Blake Quick of Jayco AlUla celebrate taking first and second in the elite men's criterium at the AusCycling Road National Championships 2023
Kelland O'Brien and Blake Quick of Jayco AlUla, with Quick celebrating a successful 1-2 finish in his very first race with the team at the Australian Road National Championships criterium (Image credit: Con Chronis/AusCycling)

Borders were just starting to creak open in Australia in 2022 for international cycling, but Blake Quick still managed to make a big mark as he charged to the overall victory at the Bay Crits with a clean sweep of both stages. He also swooped to victories at the Australian National Championships U23 road race and the criterium and added a sprint stage win at the Santos Festival of Cycling. 

There was no doubt the Queenslander was fast. It was speed that transferred from the track to criteriums, and with that national title, Quick also proved he had staying power on the climbs. 

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Simone Giuliani
Australia Editor

Simone is a degree-qualified journalist that has accumulated decades of wide-ranging experience while working across a variety of leading media organisations. She joined Cyclingnews as a Production Editor at the start of the 2021 season and has now moved into the role of Australia Editor. Previously she worked as a freelance writer, Australian Editor at Ella CyclingTips and as a correspondent for Reuters and Bloomberg. Cycling was initially purely a leisure pursuit for Simone, who started out as a business journalist, but in 2015 her career focus also shifted to the sport.