Ed Clancy

Ed Clancy

Personal information
Full name	Edward Clancy
Born	12 March 1985 (1985-03-12) Barnsley, England, United Kingdom
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	78 kg (170 lb; 12.3 st)
Team information
Current team	Rapha Condor-Sharp
Discipline	Road & Track
Role	Rider
Rider type	Endurance
Amateur team(s)
2005–2006 2006	Sparkasse Landbouwkrediet-Colnago (stagiaire)
Professional team(s)
2007–2008 2009 2010 2011–	Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner Halfords-Bikehut Motorpoint-Marshalls Pasta Rapha Condor-Sharp
Medal record Competitor for Great Britain Track cycling Olympic Games Gold 2008 Beijing Team pursuit World Championships Gold 2005 Los Angeles Team Pursuit Gold 2007 Palma de Mallorca Team Pursuit Gold 2008 Manchester Team Pursuit Gold 2010 Ballerup Omnium Silver 2010 Ballerup Team Pursuit Bronze 2011 Apeldoorn Team Pursuit European Elite Championships Gold 2010 Pruszków Team pursuit Gold 2011 Apeldoorn Team Pursuit Gold 2011 Apeldoorn Omnium
Infobox last updated on 27 January 2012

Edward "Ed" Clancy MBE (born 12 March 1985 in Barnsley) is an English professional track and road bicycle racer who rides for the Rapha Condor-Sharp team. On the track his specialist discipline is the pursuit. He won the first stage of the 2005 Tour of Berlin. He also won 2007 team pursuit world championship. At the 2008 track championships in Manchester he was again part of the winning team pursuit squad.

On 17 August 2008, Clancy was a member of the Olympic team pursuit squad which broke the world record in the heats with 3:55:202, beating Russia to the ride-off for silver and gold. The following day, on their way to winning the gold medal, the British team broke their own world record in 3:53:314, beating Denmark by 6.7 seconds.

Clancy was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2009 New Year Honours.

In 2010 he won the gold medal in the Omnium competition at the Track Cycling World Championships. Later in the year he also won the British National Criterium Championship.

Clancy lives in Newton-le-Willows.

Major results

2004

2nd British National Madison Championships, with Mark Cavendish

2005

1st Team pursuit, Track Cycling World Championships

2nd Individual pursuit, 2004–2005 Track World Cup, Round 4, Sydney

2nd Team pursuit, 2004–2005 Track World Cup, Round 4, Sydney

Stage 1, Tour of Berlin

2006

1st Team pursuit, European U23 Track Cycling Championships

3rd Team pursuit, 2005–2006 Track World Cup, Round 4, Sydney

1st Team pursuit, 2006–2007 Track World Cup, Round 2, Moscow

2007

1st Team pursuit, Track Cycling World Championships

1st Team pursuit, 2006–2007 Track World Cup, Round 4, Manchester

1st Team pursuit, 2007–2008 Track World Cup, Round 1, Sydney

1st Team pursuit, 2007–2008 Track World Cup, Round 2, Beijing

1st Team pursuit, 2007–2008 Track World Cup, Round 4, Copenhagen

2nd British National Circuit Race Championships

2nd Individual pursuit, British National Track Championships

2nd Kilo, British National Track Championships

2008

1st Team pursuit, Track Cycling World Championships

1st Team pursuit, Olympic Games

1st Individual pursuit, 2008–2009 Track World Cup, Round 1, Manchester

1st Team pursuit, 2008–2009 Track World Cup, Round 1, Manchester

2009

1st Team pursuit, 2008–2009 Track World Cup, Round 5, Copenhagen

1st Team pursuit, 2009–2010 Track World Cup, Round 1, Manchester

2nd Team pursuit, 2009–2010 Track World Cup, Round 2, Melbourne

1st Eddy Soens Memorial Road Race

2nd Kilo, British National Track Championships

2010

1st Omnium, Track Cycling World Championships

2nd Team pursuit, Track Cycling World Championships

1st British National Circuit Race Championships

2011

3rd Team pursuit, Track Cycling World Championships

1st Stage 5, Tour de Korea

External links

• Motorpoint Pro-Cycling 2010
• Ed Clancy Bio on Britishcycling.com
• Ed Clancy Rider Profile – Cycling Weekly
• Team halfords bikehut Ed Clancy's 09 team