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1983 was Elliott's final year as an amateur and he took six stages of the Milk Race before turning professional with [[Raleigh|Raleigh-Weinmann]] in 1984. Further domestic success followed in 1984 and 1985 before switching to the [[ANC–Halfords Cycling Team]] in 1986, alongside [[Graham Jones (cyclist)|Graham Jones]], [[Paul Watson (cyclist)|Paul Watson]] and [[Joey McLoughlin]]. ANC–Halfords raced on the continent as well as in Britain. Elliott finished third in the 1987 [[Amstel Gold Race]]. The team received an invitation to the [[1987 Tour de France]] with Elliott finishing 94th overall and third on the stage into [[Bordeaux]]. |
1983 was Elliott's final year as an amateur and he took six stages of the Milk Race before turning professional with [[Raleigh Bicycle Company|Raleigh-Weinmann]] in 1984. Further domestic success followed in 1984 and 1985 before switching to the [[ANC–Halfords Cycling Team]] in 1986, alongside [[Graham Jones (cyclist)|Graham Jones]], [[Paul Watson (cyclist)|Paul Watson]] and [[Joey McLoughlin]]. ANC–Halfords raced on the continent as well as in Britain. Elliott finished third in the 1987 [[Amstel Gold Race]]. The team received an invitation to the [[1987 Tour de France]] with Elliott finishing 94th overall and third on the stage into [[Bordeaux]]. |
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In 1988 Elliott joined the Fagor team, led by [[Stephen Roche]]. Elliott took his first stage in the Vuelta a España that year and another one in 1989, by which time he had switched to the Spanish Teka team. He rode in Europe until the end of the 1992 when he signed for the American team, [[Chevrolet]]–LA Sheriffs. |
In 1988 Elliott joined the Fagor team, led by [[Stephen Roche]]. Elliott took his first stage in the Vuelta a España that year and another one in 1989, by which time he had switched to the Spanish Teka team. He rode in Europe until the end of the 1992 when he signed for the American team, [[Chevrolet]]–LA Sheriffs. |
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Sealink International Milk Race Kellogg's Tour of Britain National Champion | |
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Malcolm Elliott (born 1 July 1961) is an English professional cyclist, whose professional career has lasted from 1984 to 1997 when he retired and then from 2003 up to the present day when he made his comeback in British domestic racing.
Known as a sprinter, his career includes two stages and the points jersey in the Vuelta a España, two gold medals in the Commonwealth Games, and winning the amateur Milk Race and its professional version, the Kellogg's Tour. He rode and finished the Tour de France in 1987 and 1988.
Biography
Background
Elliott was brought up in the Wadsley area of Sheffield. His joined Rutland Cycling Club in Sheffield at 15 where he was selected for the British team for the world junior championship in Argentina in 1979. In 1980 riding for Rutland CC, Elliott won the British National Hill Climb Championships, beating Jeff Williams by one fifth of a second. He also raced for the UV Aube cycling club in Troyes, France, for part of 1980 season to gain experience of racing on the continent before being selected for the British team pursuit at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. He, Sean Yates and Tony Doyle finished fifth.
Elliott's breakthrough came at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane where he took gold medals in the road race and the team time trial.
Professional career
1983 was Elliott's final year as an amateur and he took six stages of the Milk Race before turning professional with Raleigh-Weinmann in 1984. Further domestic success followed in 1984 and 1985 before switching to the ANC–Halfords Cycling Team in 1986, alongside Graham Jones, Paul Watson and Joey McLoughlin. ANC–Halfords raced on the continent as well as in Britain. Elliott finished third in the 1987 Amstel Gold Race. The team received an invitation to the 1987 Tour de France with Elliott finishing 94th overall and third on the stage into Bordeaux.
In 1988 Elliott joined the Fagor team, led by Stephen Roche. Elliott took his first stage in the Vuelta a España that year and another one in 1989, by which time he had switched to the Spanish Teka team. He rode in Europe until the end of the 1992 when he signed for the American team, Chevrolet–LA Sheriffs.
Elliott had four for Chevrolet, winning the First Union Grand Prix and the Redlands Classic and taking a stage in the Tour DuPont. In 1997 he moved to Comptel–Colorado Cyclist but the team hit financial trouble. That led Elliott to retire at the end of 1997 aged 36.
Comeback
Elliott returned at the start of 2003 at 42. Riding as an individual for the Pinarello-Assos squad (set up by his former manager at ANC–Halfords, Phil Griffiths), he won in the Havant International GP and stages in the Irish Milk Ras. For 2006 Elliott signed for Plowman Craven team and won the National Elite Circuit Series. On 24 August 2006 in St. Johann, Austria, he became UCI road masters world champion.
In 2009, he was inducted into the British Cycling Hall of Fame.[1]
For the 2010 season, Elliott will be riding with the newly launched Motorpoint Pro-Cycling Team. The ten-strong team, based in Stone in Staffordshire, will see Elliott once again managed by Keith Lambert and run by Phil Griffiths. The team are scheduled to compete in such high-profile races as the Tour of Britain and 'UK Tour Series' - the city centre-based cycling race series broadcast live on TV. On 16 May 2010 he set the record for completing the Etape du Dales sportive in 5 hours and 43 minutes.[2]
Palmarès
- 1979
- 3rd National junior road race series[3]
- 1980
- 5th Olympic Games 4,000 metres team pursuit
Winner of British National Hill Climb Championships- 1981
- 2nd British National Hill Climb Championships
- 1982
- 9th British National Road Race Championships (Amateur)
- 1st Commonwealth Games Road Race
- 1st Commonwealth Games team time trial
- 1st Hot Spots sprints Milk Race
- 3rd Overall Sealink International
- 1983
- 3rd Overall Circuit des Ardennes
- 3rd Milk Race
- 1st Six stages, Milk Race
- 1st Premier Calendar
- 1st Tour of the Peak
- 1st Lincoln Grand Prix
- 1984
- 10th Milk Race
- 1st Sealink International
- 1st British National Circuit Race Championships
- 1985
- 13th Milk Race
- 1st Sun Tour
- 1st Pursuit British National Track Championships
- 1986
- 2nd Milk Race
- 1st Two stages, Milk Race
- 1st Two stages, Sun Tour
- 47th overall Nissan Classic
- 4th Stage 1, Nissan Classic
- 1987
- 1st Milk Race
- 1st Five stages
- 1st Three stages Nissan Classic
- 11th Kellogg's Tour of Britain
- 3rd Amstel Gold Race
- 3rd Stage 12, Tour de France
- 1988
- 1st Tour of Britain
- 1st Two stages
- 1st Stage, Vuelta a España
- 1st Stage Vuelta a Aragón
- 2nd Nissan Classic
- 4th final stage, Tour de France
- 1989
- 1st Stage, Vuelta a España
- 1st Points classification, Vuelta a España
- 1st Two stages Semaine Catalan
- 1st Two stages Trofeo Castilla y Leon
- 1st Stage Tour of Galicia
- 2nd Tour of the Americas
- 1990
- 1st Two stages Tour of Cantabria
- 1st Two stages Volta a Catalunya
- 1st Tour of Britain
- 1st Stage, Tour of Britain
- 1st Stage, Vuelta Al Pais Vasco
- 1991
- 1st Two stages, Torres Vedras
- 1st Trofeo Masferrer
- 1992
- 1st Stage Tour of the Mining Valleys
- 1993
- 1st British National Road Race Championships
- 1st Redlands Classic
- 1st Stage, Redlands Classic
- 1st Tour of Bisbee
- 1st Stage, Tour of Bisbee
- 1st First Union Grand Prix
- 1994
- 1st Two stages Killington Stage Race
- 1st Overall Redlands Classic
- 1st First Union Grand Prix
- 1995
- 1st Two stages Killington Stage Race
- 1st stage Tour DuPont
- 1st stage Tour de Toona
- 1996
- 79th Olympic Games, Road race
- 1st Killington Stage Race
- 1st Manhattan Beach GP
- 1997
- 1st Jackson Criterium
- 2003
- 1st Havant International GP
- 3rd Premier Calendar
- 2004
- 1st 2 stages Girvan 3-Day
- 1st 2 stages FDB Milk Ras
- 1st Premier Calendar
- 2005
- 1st Stage FDB Insurance Ras
- 2006
- 1st UCI road masters world champion
- 1st British Elite Circuit Series Champion
- 2007
- 1st Shay Elliott Memorial Race
- 1st East Midlands International Cicle Classic
- 1st Newport Nocturne
References
- ^ "50 Cycling Heroes Named in British Cycling's Hall of Fame". British Cycling. 2009-12-17.
- ^ "Elliott sets new Etape du Dales record". cyclingweekly.com. 2010-05-17.
- ^ "Junior National Series Winners". British Cycling. Retrieved 2008-12-18. [dead link]
Bibliography
- Sprinter, Malcolm Elliott with Jeff Connor, ISBN 0 7207 1939 9