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Australian cyclist Rohan Dennis has gone from being dropped by his team mid-Tour de France because of mental health issues and a series of heartbreaking losses to Olympic bronze medallist.
The 31-year-old from Adelaide won a silver as part of Australia's pursuit team on the track at the 2012 London Olympics - and on Wednesday added a bronze in the men's individual time trial at the Tokyo Games.
Dennis, one of Australia's finest cyclists, was dropped by Bahrain-Merida mid-race after pulling over and saying he couldn't continue in the 2019 edition of the Tour de France, a period of his career he described as 'almost breaking'.
The Aussie produced a stunning final ride to get onto the podium at Tokyo and take home his second Olympic medal.
'I got on the podium and it's a huge relief. It's been a serious journey to get here and I'm very proud of this medal,' he told reporters.
'It's been a long five years, it's been a lot of ups and downs.'
Australian cyclist Rohan Dennis has gone from being dropped by his team mid-Tour de France because of mental health issues and a series of heartbreaking losses to bronze medallist
The 31-year-old from Adelaide won a silver as part of Australia's pursuit team at the 2012 Games - and Wednesday added a bronze in the men's individual time trial at the Tokyo Games
Over his career, Dennis has won two world time trial titles, broken a world one-hour record, annexed Commonwealth Games silver, won Tour de France yellow and won stages at each of the three grand tours.
