Cycling Australia's High-Performance Director Simon Jones has outlined an ambitious plan to win as many as six gold cycling medals at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games and eight gold medals at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
Since winning a high of six golds at the Athens Games in 2004, Australia has struggled to win one medal in Beijing, six in London and two in Rio.
Jones joined Cycling Australia in April from Team Sky after previous stints with British Cycling and the Western Australian Institute of Sport over the last two decades.
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"We are setting the bar high, but what I have learnt from my previous experience is that we have to aim high; have the courage to say we want to win, and back ourselves to work how we bridge the gap," Jones said. "I believe we have time to chase these targets, embrace the challenge and enjoy the journey and the expectation."
An architect behind Great Britain's Olympic gold medal success in the 21st century, Jones explained he is looking forward to the challenge of transferring Worlds success into Olympic success on the road and track
"I want to be part of a new Australian performance culture and get back that winning feeling at Olympic Games," he said. "We’ve been winning every year at World Championships, but we need to improve our Olympic results."
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