Lachlan Morton is no stranger to pushing boundaries, but his latest challenge took ultra-endurance cycling to a whole new level. In September 2024, the EF Education-EasyPost rider set out to break the Around-Australia cycling record, covering over 14,200 km in less than 40 days. Battling extreme heat, exhaustion, and the relentless Australian outback, Mortons journeycaptured in the feature-length film The Great Southern Countryshowcases his endurance, determination, and unique approach to long-distance riding. Heres a look at how he took on one of the toughest endurance challenges ever attempted.Australia’s Lachlan Morton rides for the UCI World Tour team EF Education First-Easy Post but his career as a cyclist has taken a very different direction from what he might have envisaged when turning professional in 2013. While he has in that time ridden many of the noted races in Europe (the Giro, the Vuelta, Il Lombardia) his wins on the road have been in the Tour of Utah and the Tour of the Gila. Rather, he has become noted for his ultra-endurance rides, winning GBDuro, Badlands and Unbound Gravel 200. Since 2023 his racing has been almost exclusively in mountain biking and gravel events. As well as setting records on the Kokopelli’s Trail and the Tour Divide Trail, he acquired a degree of fame with his Alt Tour in 2021, riding the route of the Tour de France route that year, including transfers, unsupported and arriving in Paris five days ahead of the peloton. In September 2024 he set out to break…
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