Ed Clancy
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Full name | Edward Clancy |
Born | Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England | 12 March 1985
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1] |
Weight | 78 kg (172 lb; 12.3 st)[1] |
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Discipline | Road & Track |
Role | Rider |
Rider type | Endurance |
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2005–2006 | Sparkasse |
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2009 | Team Halfords Bikehut |
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Edward "Ed" Clancy MBE (born Edward Clancy, 12 March 1985) is an English professional track and road bicycle racer who rides for the You have called {{Contentious topics}}
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In the London 2012 Olympics, he also participated in the Omnium, claiming a bronze medal. In total, Clancy is a four-time world champion (in 2005, 2007, 2008 and 2012) and four-time European champion (in 2010, 2011, 2013 and 2014) in Team Pursuit; he has also won World (2010) and European (2011) titles at Omnium. On the road, he won the first stage of the 2005 Tour of Berlin.
Career
Clancy has featured in a number of world record team pursuits. 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.[4] The next 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.[5] Clancy was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2009 New Year Honours.[6]
On 4 April 2012, Clancy was part of the Great Britain team which set a new world record of 3:53.295 in winning the gold medal in the team pursuit at the 2012 World Track Cycling Championships in Melbourne.[7]
After the 2012 Olympic Games, where he set a time of 1:00.981 in the Omnium Kilo Time Trial, British Cycling announced that Clancy would replace Sir Chris Hoy in the Great Britain team for the team sprint event, where he rode in the Man 3 position. Despite finishing 2nd in the Glasgow round of the world cup, Clancy returned to the endurance team for the 2013 world championships.
Personal life
He lives in Newton-le-Willows. He is a lifelong supporter of his local football team – Huddersfield Town.[citation needed]
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
- Tour Series
- 1st Round 6 – Southport[8]
- 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
- Tour Series
- 1st Round 2 – Aberystwyth[9]
- 2012
- 1st Team pursuit, Track Cycling World Championships
- 1st Team pursuit, Olympic games
- 3rd Omnium, Olympic games
- Tour Series
- 1st Round 6 – Peterborough[10]
- 2013
- 2nd Team Pursuit, Track Cycling World Championships
- 2013 British National Track Championships
- 2013 European Track Championships
- Tour Series
- 2014
- 2nd Team pursuit, Commonwealth Games
- 2014 European Track Championships
- 1st Team Pursuit
- 3rd Scratch race[14]
- 3rd Ominium, Fenioux Piste International[15]
- 2015
- Tour Series
- 1st London Nocturne
- 3rd Milk Race[18]
World records
4000m team pursuit 3:53.314 Team GB, 18 August 2008, Beijing
4000m team pursuit 3:53.295 Team GB, 4 April 2012, Melbourne
4000m team pursuit 3:52.499 Team GB, 2 August 2012, London
4000m team pursuit 3:51.659 Team GB, 3 August 2012, London
See also
References
- ^ a b "Athlete Biography – CLANCY Ed". Beijing Olympics official website.
- ^ Edward Clancy
- ^ "Team Halfords bikehut website". Team Halfords bikehut:Cycle Race Team. 13 March 2009.
- ^ "GB pursuit team set world record". BBC Sport. 17 August 2008.
- ^ "GB storm to gold in team pursuit". BBC Sport. 18 August 2008.
- ^ "No. 58929". The London Gazette (invalid
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(help)). 31 December 2008. - ^ "GB pursuit team win gold in new world record". BBC Sport. 4 April 2012.
- ^ "Halfords notch up another Tour Series win in Southport". Cycling Weekly. 11 June 2009. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
- ^ "Clancy Wins And It's Rapha's Night". British Cycling. 26 May 2011. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
- ^ "Halfords Tour Series 2012, Round 6 – Peterborough". British Cycling. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
- ^ "Clancy reigns in Aberystwyth at Round Four". Tour Series. 24 May 2013. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
- ^ "Ed Clancy pips Dean Downing on the line in Torquay". Tour Series. 28 May 2013. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
- ^ "Team UK Youth edge closer to Pearl Izumi Tour Series title". British Cycling. 11 June 2013. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
- ^ "European Track Championships: GB's men and women claim gold". bbc.co.uk. 17 October 2014. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
- ^ "Fenioux Piste International: Vélodrome de Costebelle – Hyères – Côte d'Azur: Omnium Hommes Elite" (PDF). Fédération Française de Cyclisme. 11 July 2014. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
- ^ Wynn, Nigel; Jones, Andy (23 May 2015). "George Harper wins Tour Series hill-climb (photos)". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
- ^ "Pearl Izumi Tour Series: Round 9 -- Peterborough: Individual Round Classification" (PDF). British Cycling. 9 June 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
- ^ "The Milk Race". British Cycling. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
External links
- Rapha Condor JLT Rider Profile
- Motorpoint Pro-Cycling 2010
- Ed Clancy Bio on Britishcycling.com
- Ed Clancy Rider Profile – Cycling Weekly
- Team halfords bikehut Ed Clancy's 09 team
- 1985 births
- Living people
- English male cyclists
- Track cyclists
- Commonwealth Games competitors for England
- Cyclists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Cyclists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Olympic cyclists of Great Britain
- Olympic gold medallists for Great Britain
- Sportspeople from Barnsley
- Members of the Order of the British Empire
- English Olympic medallists
- Olympic medalists in cycling
- Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain
- UCI Track Cycling World Champions (men)
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Cyclists from Yorkshire
- Cyclists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England