Ed Clancy

Ed Clancy
OBE
2019 UEC Track Elite European Championships 118.jpg
Clancy in 2019
Personal information
Full nameEdward Franklin Clancy
Born (1985-03-12) 12 March 1985 (age 38)
Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight78 kg (172 lb)
Team information
Current teamRetired
Disciplines
  • Road
  • Track
RoleRider
Rider typeEndurance
Amateur teams
2005–2006Sparkasse
2006Landbouwkrediet–Colnago (stagiaire)
2020–2021Clancy Briggs Cycling Academy
Professional teams
2007–2008Landbouwkrediet–Tönissteiner
2009Team Halfords
2010Motorpoint–Marshalls Pasta
2011–2018Rapha Condor–Sharp
2019Vitus Pro Cycling Team p/b Brother UK

Edward Franklin Clancy OBE (born 12 March 1985) is a British former professional track and road bicycle racer, who competed between 2004 and 2021.

During his career, Clancy won four medals (three gold, one bronze) at the Summer Olympic Games, twelve medals (six gold, five silver and one bronze) at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships, seven medals (five gold, two bronze) at the UEC European Track Championships, as well as a silver medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. He also was part of eight world record times in the team pursuit, and was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2009 New Year Honours, and an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2017 New Year Honours for services to cycling.

Career

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 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.

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.

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.

In November 2018, it was announced that Clancy would join the Vitus Pro Cycling Team p/b Brother UK for the 2019 season, after the JLT–Condor team which he had been part of for eight years confirmed that it would be disbanding at the end of the year.

In August 2021, during the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics, Clancy announced his retirement. His final competition was the 2021 UCI Track Champions League, which concluded in December of that year with a double header at the Lee Valley VeloPark.

In February 2023 Clancy was announced as the new active travel commissioner for South Yorkshire, following Dame Sarah Storey and working for South Yorkshire Mayor Oliver Coppard.

Personal life

He lives in Holmfirth, West Yorkshire.[citation needed]

Career achievements

Major results

Track

2004
National Track Championships
2nd Madison (with Mark Cavendish)
2nd Team pursuit
2005
1st Jersey rainbow.svg Team pursuit, UCI Track World Championships
1st MaillotReinoUnido.PNG Team pursuit, National Track Championships
2004–05 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Sydney
2nd Silver medal blank.svg Individual pursuit
2nd Silver medal blank.svg Team pursuit
2006
1st UEC Champion Jersey.svg Team pursuit, UEC European Under-23 Track Championships
1st Gold medal blank.svg Team pursuit, 2006–07 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Moscow
1st MaillotReinoUnido.PNG Team pursuit, National Track Championships
3rd Bronze medal blank.svg Team pursuit, 2005–06 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Sydney
2007
1st Jersey rainbow.svg Team pursuit, UCI Track World Championships
1st Gold medal blank.svg Team pursuit, 2006–07 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Manchester
Team pursuit, 2007–08 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics
1st Gold medal blank.svg Sydney
1st Gold medal blank.svg Beijing
National Track Championships
2nd Individual pursuit
2nd Kilo
2008
1st Gold medal olympic.svg Team pursuit, Olympic Games
1st Jersey rainbow.svg Team pursuit, UCI Track World Championships
1st Gold medal blank.svg Team pursuit, 2007–08 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Copenhagen
2008–09 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Manchester
1st Gold medal blank.svg Individual pursuit
1st Gold medal blank.svg Team pursuit
2009
1st Gold medal blank.svg Team pursuit, 2008–09 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Copenhagen
Team pursuit, 2009–10 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics
1st Gold medal blank.svg Manchester
2nd Silver medal blank.svg Melbourne
2nd Kilo, National Track Championships
2010
UCI Track World Championships
1st Jersey rainbow.svg Omnium
2nd Silver medal blank.svg Team pursuit
1st UEC Champion Jersey.svg Team pursuit, UEC European Track Championships
2010–11 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics
1st Gold medal blank.svg Omnium, Cali
3rd Bronze medal blank.svg Omnium, Melbourne
3rd Bronze medal blank.svg Team pursuit, Melbourne
2011
UEC European Track Championships
1st UEC Champion Jersey.svg Omnium
1st UEC Champion Jersey.svg Team pursuit
1st Gold medal blank.svg Team pursuit, 2010–11 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Manchester
3rd Bronze medal blank.svg Team pursuit, UCI Track World Championships
2012
Olympic Games
1st Gold medal olympic.svg Team pursuit
3rd Bronze medal olympic.svg Omnium
1st Jersey rainbow.svg Team pursuit, UCI Track World Championships
2nd Silver medal blank.svg Team pursuit, 2011–12 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, London
2nd Silver medal blank.svg Team sprint, 2012–13 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Glasgow
2013
1st UEC Champion Jersey.svg Team pursuit, UEC European Track Championships
1st Gold medal blank.svg Team pursuit, 2013–14 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Manchester
National Track Championships
1st MaillotReinoUnido.PNG Individual pursuit
1st MaillotReinoUnido.PNG Points race
2nd Kilo
2nd Scratch
2nd Silver medal blank.svg Team pursuit, UCI Track World Championships
2014
UEC European Track Championships
1st UEC Champion Jersey.svg Team pursuit
3rd Bronze medal europe.svg Scratch
2nd Silver medal blank.svg Team pursuit, Commonwealth Games
3rd Omnium, Fenioux Piste International
2015
2nd Silver medal blank.svg Team pursuit, UCI Track World Championships
2016
1st Gold medal olympic.svg Team pursuit, Olympic Games
2nd Silver medal blank.svg Team pursuit, UCI Track World Championships
2017
1st Gold medal blank.svg Team pursuit, 2017–18 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Manchester
2018
1st Jersey rainbow.svg Team pursuit, UCI Track World Championships
Team pursuit, 2018–19 UCI Track Cycling World Cup
2nd Silver medal blank.svg Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines
3rd Bronze medal blank.svg Milton
2019
2nd Silver medal blank.svg Team pursuit, UCI Track World Championships
3rd Bronze medal europe.svg Team pursuit, UEC European Track Championships

Road

2005
4th Overall Tour de Berlin
1st Stage 1
2006
10th Overall Tour de Berlin
2007
2nd National Criterium Championships
2009
1st Eddy Soens Memorial Road Race
1st Round 6 – Southport, Tour Series
2010
1st MaillotReinoUnido.PNG National Criterium Championships
2011
1st Round 2 – Aberystwyth, Tour Series
1st Stage 5 Tour de Korea
2012
1st Round 6 – Peterborough, Tour Series
2013
Tour Series
1st Round 4 – Aberystwyth
1st Round 5 – Torquay
1st Round 9 – Woking
2015
Tour Series
1st Round 3 – Aberystwyth
1st Round 9 – Peterborough
1st London Nocturne
3rd Milk Race
2018
1st London Nocturne
1st Prologue Herald Sun Tour

World records

Discipline Record Date Event Velodrome Ref
Team pursuit 3:56.322 27 March 2008 World Championships Manchester
3:55.202 17 August 2008 Olympic Games Laoshan (Beijing)
3:53.314 18 August 2008
3:53.295 4 April 2012 World Championships Hisense Arena (Melbourne)
3:52.499 2 August 2012 Olympic Games Lee Valley (London)
3:51.659 3 August 2012
3:50.570 12 August 2016 Olympic Games Rio Olympic
3:50.265

See also


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