Harry Sweeny
Hometown
Warwick, Queensland, Australia
Date of birth
9 July 1998
Languages
English and a little Italian
Nicknames
Big Rig, Sweendog
Harry Sweeny joined our team in 2024 and quickly became a key rider for us in the classics and grand tours. This is the Australian’s sixth season as a pro.
Harry is still discovering his limits as a racer. As a U23, he won Il Piccolo Lombardia and has since ridden the Tour de France twice. As a rookie, he finished third on a stage and rode onto the Champs-Élysées in the break, as jets trailed bleu, blanc, et rouge streaks into the sky overhead. In 2025, he played a huge role for our squad, pulling hard for his buddy Ben Healy to ride Ben into the yellow jersey and almost winning a stage out of the break himself.
Harry believes that his best is yet to come.
He came to cycling late. As a kid growing up in Brisbane, where his family moved when he was a child, he played soccer and rugby and did gymnastics and swam. He took up triathlon as a schoolboy, but focused on cycling when he was a junior and was recovering from a running injury. He started out racing local crits. His athleticism soon shone and he was picked to race the world championships in Richmond, Virginia for the Australian national team.
He moved to Europe to race, first for a small junior team in Belgium, and then for two years with the Australian Institute of Sport squad, which was then based in Italy, before moving back to Belgium for his final year as an U23. Those years opened up new worlds for Harry.
EF Education-EasyPost’s open-minded international character is a big draw for him. On the teams he has raced for in the past, he has often been one of the few foreigners. Our team is made up of riders and staff from dozens of nationalities. Most of them know what it is like to build a life far from home and can help with all of the little difficulties that come with that. Our multicultural make up helps us to expand our outlook and think beyond traditional ways of doing things too.
Harry is a lot more than a bike racer. He is a keen cook and he loves to go camping and hiking near his adopted home in Andorra. In the winter, he loves to ski. And he is a YouTuber.
We know that we can always count on Harry to be where we need him to be when it counts – and to bring a laugh to the bus.
Questions & Answers
What is your hidden talent?
Cooking.
Which two apps do you use the most on your phone? Instagram and Chrono24.
Instagram and Chrono24.
If you could time travel, what date/year would you visit and why?
2100, to see what the future is like.
What is your favorite thing to do on a rest day?
Have a late breakfast and lie in the sun.
When you stop at a petrol station mid-ride, what do you get?
Haribo, Coke, and espresso.