Nicole Frain

Nicole Frain is an Australian cyclist who competes primarily in gravel racing with Factor Racing Gravel Team. A former Australian road race champion, she successfully shifted her focus from professional road racing to gravel and has established herself among the strongest riders on the international gravel circuit.

Nicole Frain profile

• Name: Nicole Louise Frain
• Nationality: Australian
• Place of birth: Tasmania, Australia
• Date of birth: 24 August 1992
• Status: Active
• Current Team: Factor Racing Gravel Team
• Previous Teams: TIS Racing, Sydney Uni-Staminade, Team TIBCO-Silicon Valley Bank, Roxsolt Liv SRAM, Parkhotel Valkenburg, Hess Cycling Team, Ridley Racing Team

Career overview

Frain’s road career peaked with victory in the 2022 Australian road race championship, while she also finished second in the 2019 Oceania time-trial championship and tenth overall at the 2024 Tour Down Under. She raced Paris-Roubaix Femmes and the inaugural Tour de France Femmes before moving away from the professional road peloton after 2024. Frain focused fully on gravel in 2025 and won the overall UCI Gravel World Series ranking after victories in Belgium and Italy. Her success continued in 2026 with World Series wins at Turnhout Gravel, 114 Gravel in Portugal and the Wörthersee Gravel Race in Austria, confirming her transition into one of Australia’s leading international gravel racers.

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