A flying run in 2024, when the podiums just kept rolling, proved just what a formidable rider Neve Bradbury (Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto) could be, however as the following seasons progressed the top results seemed harder to come by.

That breakthrough 2024 season had included a Giro d'Italia stage win and third overall, plus second on GC at the UAE Tour and Tour de Suisse, as well as third at the Tour Down Under and silver in the U23 road race at the World Championships, but then the run of podiums all but dried up. A third at the Australian championships road race at the start of this year has been the only top 3 since that breakthrough season.

"It’s been a tough period of racing while searching for answers, but I finally have surgery booked next week for iliac artery endofibrosis," said Bradbury in an Instagram post.

"A long road ahead, but I’ll be back," said the 24-year-old.