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Pro cyclist Rohan Dennis pleads guilty after killing his wife in car crash

Former world champion cyclist Rohan Dennis pleaded guilty after a car accident killed his wife Melissa Hoskins

Pro cyclist Rohan Dennis pleads guilty after killing his wife in car crash

Hoskins died in hospital on 30 December 2023, after being struck by a vehicle being driven by Dennis outside their home in Adelaide.

The 34-year-old was initially charged with dangerous driving causing death and driving without due care, but he admitted a lesser charge - one aggravated count of creating the likelihood of harm.

Dennis - who has two children with Hoskins. Few details are known about the circumstances leading up to Hoskins's death.

However, Dennis's guilty plea means he has admitted to driving a car when Hoskins was in close proximity, knowing that act was likely to cause harm or being recklessly indifferent to whether it would.

"There was no intention of Mr Dennis to harm his wife and this charge does not charge him with responsibility for her death," the retired athlete's lawyer told the court.

Hoskins was a world champion in the team pursuit in 2015 and a two-time Olympian, and her death triggered a wave of tributes from around the world.

She and Dennis married in 2018.

32-year-old Melissa Hoskins competed in the team pursuit at two Olympics for Australia, winning gold in the same event at the 2015 World Championships. She also competed on the road for Orica-AIS, winning the Tour of Chongming Island in 2012.

Dennis ended his professional cycling career last summer, wearing the colors of Jumbo-Visma, having previously ridden for Ineos, BMC and Bahrain Victorious.

He became the world champion in time trialing in 2018 and 2019 and won the opening time trial of the Tour de France in Utrecht in 2015, where he also secured the yellow jersey. Additionally, he won two stages in the Vuelta, a stage in the Giro d'Italia, the overall classification of the Tour Down Under in 2015 and several WorldTour-level races. He finished seventh at the 2013 World Time Trial Championships in Scotland.

Dennis will be sentenced at a later date.

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