Ed Clancy

Ed Clancy
OBE
	Clancy in 2019
Personal information
Full name	Edward Franklin Clancy
Born	12 March 1985 (age 39); Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	78 kg (172 lb)
Team information
Current team	Retired
Disciplines	Road; Track;
Role	Rider
Rider type	Endurance
Amateur teams
2005–2006	Sparkasse
2006	Landbouwkrediet–Colnago (stagiaire)
2020–2021	Clancy Briggs Cycling Academy
Professional teams
2007–2008	Landbouwkrediet–Tönissteiner
2009	Team Halfords
2010	Motorpoint–Marshalls Pasta
2011–2018	Rapha Condor–Sharp
2019	Vitus Pro Cycling Team p/b Brother UK
Major wins
	Track Olympic Games Team pursuit (2008, 2012, 2016) World Championships Team pursuit (2005, 2007, 2008, 2012, 2018) Omnium (2010)
Medal record
Men's track cycling
Representing Great Britain
Olympic Games
World Championships
European Championships
Representing England
Commonwealth Games

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,^[4] and an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2017 New Year Honours for services to cycling.^[5]

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.^[6] 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.^[7]

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.^[8]

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.^[9]

In August 2021, during the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics, Clancy announced his retirement.^[10] 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.^[11]

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.^[12]

Personal life

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

Career achievements

Major results

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 Southport, Tour Series

2010

1st

National Criterium Championships

2011

1st Aberystwyth, Tour Series

1st Stage 5 Tour de Korea

2012

1st Peterborough, Tour Series

2013

Tour Series

1st Aberystwyth

1st Torquay

1st Woking

2015

Tour Series

1st Aberystwyth

1st Peterborough

1st London Nocturne

3rd Milk Race

2018

1st London Nocturne

1st Prologue Herald Sun Tour

Track

2004

National Championships

2nd Madison (with Mark Cavendish)

2nd Team pursuit

2005

1st

Team pursuit, UCI World Championships

1st

Team pursuit, National Championships

UCI World Cup Classics, Sydney

2nd Individual pursuit

2nd Team pursuit

2006

1st

Team pursuit, UEC European Under-23 Championships

1st

Team pursuit, National Championships

UCI World Cup Classics

1st Team pursuit, Moscow

3rd Team pursuit, Sydney

2007

1st

Team pursuit, UCI World Championships

UCI World Cup Classics

1st Team pursuit, Manchester

1st Team pursuit, Sydney

1st Team pursuit, Beijing

National Championships

2nd Individual pursuit

2nd Kilo

2008

1st

Team pursuit, Olympic Games

1st

Team pursuit, UCI World Championships

UCI World Cup Classics

1st Team pursuit, Copenhagen

1st Individual pursuit, Manchester

1st Team pursuit, Manchester

2009

UCI World Cup Classics

1st Team pursuit, Copenhagen

1st Team pursuit, Manchester

2nd Team pursuit, Melbourne

2nd Kilo, National Championships

2010

UCI World Championships

1st

Omnium

2nd

Team pursuit

1st

Team pursuit, UEC European Championships

UCI World Cup Classics

1st Omnium, Cali

3rd Omnium, Melbourne

3rd Team pursuit, Melbourne

2011

UEC European Championships

1st

Omnium

1st

Team pursuit

1st Team pursuit, UCI World Cup Classics, Manchester

3rd

Team pursuit, UCI World Championships

2012

Olympic Games

1st

Team pursuit

3rd

Omnium

1st

Team pursuit, UCI World Championships

UCI World Cup

2nd Team pursuit, London

2nd Team sprint, Glasgow

2013

1st

Team pursuit, UEC European Championships

National Championships

1st

Individual pursuit

1st

Points race

2nd Kilo

2nd Scratch

1st Team pursuit, UCI World Cup, Manchester

2nd

Team pursuit, UCI World Championships

2014

UEC European Championships

1st

Team pursuit

3rd

Scratch

2nd

Team pursuit, Commonwealth Games

2015

2nd

Team pursuit, UCI World Championships

2016

1st

Team pursuit, Olympic Games

2nd

Team pursuit, UCI World Championships

2017

1st Team pursuit, UCI World Cup, Manchester

2018

1st

Team pursuit, UCI World Championships

UCI World Cup

2nd Team pursuit, Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines

3rd Team pursuit, Milton

2019: 2nd Team pursuit, UCI World Championships; 3rd Team pursuit, UEC European Championships

World records

Discipline	Record	Date	Event	Velodrome	Ref
Team pursuit	3:56.322	27 March 2008	World Championships	Manchester	^[13]
	3:55.202	17 August 2008	Olympic Games	Laoshan (Beijing)	^[14]
	3:53.314	18 August 2008	Olympic Games	Laoshan (Beijing)	^[15]
	3:53.295	4 April 2012	World Championships	Hisense Arena (Melbourne)	^[16]
	3:52.499	2 August 2012	Olympic Games	Lee Valley (London)	^[17]
	3:51.659	3 August 2012	Olympic Games	Lee Valley (London)	^[18]
	3:50.570	12 August 2016	Olympic Games	Rio Olympic	^[19]
	3:50.265	12 August 2016	Olympic Games	Rio Olympic	^[20]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Athlete Biography – CLANCY Ed". Beijing Olympics official website. Archived from the original on 8 September 2008.
^ "2020 men's domestic team guide". TheBritishContinental.co.uk. The British Continental. 8 October 2019. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
^ "Team Halfords bikehut website". Team Halfords bikehut:Cycle Race Team. 13 March 2009. Archived from the original on 2 November 2013. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
^ "No. 58929". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2008. p. 15.
^ "No. 61803". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2016. p. N11.
^ "GB pursuit team set world record". BBC Sport. 17 August 2008.
^ "GB storm to gold in team pursuit". BBC Sport. 18 August 2008.
^ "GB pursuit team win gold in new world record". BBC Sport. 4 April 2012.
^ "Ed Clancy signs for Vitus Pro Cycling Team". cyclingnews.com. 1 November 2018. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
^ "Tokyo Olympics: GB track cyclist Ed Clancy announces retirement and pulls out of remaining events". BBC Sport. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
^ "VN news ticker: Annette Edmondson announces retirement, Alpecin-Fenix signs Jakub Mareczko". VeloNews. 6 December 2021. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
^ "Ed Clancy: Olympic champion named new travel commissioner". BBC News. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
^ "2008 World Championships Final Results" (PDF). TissotTiming.com. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
^ "GB pursuit team set world record". BBC Sport. BBC. 17 August 2008. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
^ "Foursome put the 'great' in Great Britain". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 18 August 2008. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
^ "Track Worlds: Great Britain beat Australia with world record". BBC Sport. BBC. 4 April 2012. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
^ Gallagher, Brendan (2 August 2012). "London 2012 Olympics: GB pursuit quartet demolish world record in heats". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
^ Bevan, Chris (3 August 2012). "Olympics cycling: Team GB defend men's pursuit title". BBC Sport. BBC. Archived from the original on 9 August 2015. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
^ "Men's Team Pursuit First Round Results" (PDF). Rio2016.com. International Olympic Committee. 12 August 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 September 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
^ "Men's Team Pursuit Final Results" (PDF). Rio2016.com. International Olympic Committee. 12 August 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 September 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2016.

External links

Ed Clancy at Cycling Archives
Ed Clancy at ProCyclingStats
Ed Clancy at Cycling Quotient
Ed Clancy at CycleBase
Ed Clancy at Olympics.com
"Rapha Condor JLT Rider Profile". Archived from the original on 30 January 2011. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
Motorpoint Pro-Cycling 2010
"Ed Clancy Bio on Britishcycling.com". Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 4 February 2007.
Ed Clancy Archived 11 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine Rider Profile – Cycling Weekly
Team halfords bikehut Ed Clancy's 09 team

[Beijing-1] "Athlete Biography – CLANCY Ed". Beijing Olympics official website. Archived from the original on 8 September 2008.

[2] "2020 men's domestic team guide". TheBritishContinental.co.uk. The British Continental. 8 October 2019. Retrieved 30 May 2020.

[3] "Team Halfords bikehut website". Team Halfords bikehut:Cycle Race Team. 13 March 2009. Archived from the original on 2 November 2013. Retrieved 15 May 2019.

[4] "No. 58929". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2008. p. 15.

[5] "No. 61803". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2016. p. N11.

[6] "GB pursuit team set world record". BBC Sport. 17 August 2008.

[7] "GB storm to gold in team pursuit". BBC Sport. 18 August 2008.

[8] "GB pursuit team win gold in new world record". BBC Sport. 4 April 2012.

[9] "Ed Clancy signs for Vitus Pro Cycling Team". cyclingnews.com. 1 November 2018. Retrieved 4 November 2018.

[10] "Tokyo Olympics: GB track cyclist Ed Clancy announces retirement and pulls out of remaining events". BBC Sport. Retrieved 3 August 2021.

[11] "VN news ticker: Annette Edmondson announces retirement, Alpecin-Fenix signs Jakub Mareczko". VeloNews. 6 December 2021. Retrieved 25 December 2021.

[12] "Ed Clancy: Olympic champion named new travel commissioner". BBC News. Retrieved 7 February 2023.

[13] "2008 World Championships Final Results" (PDF). TissotTiming.com. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 12 August 2016.

[14] "GB pursuit team set world record". BBC Sport. BBC. 17 August 2008. Retrieved 28 January 2013.

[15] "Foursome put the 'great' in Great Britain". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 18 August 2008. Retrieved 22 March 2013.

[16] "Track Worlds: Great Britain beat Australia with world record". BBC Sport. BBC. 4 April 2012. Retrieved 28 June 2015.

[17] Gallagher, Brendan (2 August 2012). "London 2012 Olympics: GB pursuit quartet demolish world record in heats". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 28 June 2015.

[18] Bevan, Chris (3 August 2012). "Olympics cycling: Team GB defend men's pursuit title". BBC Sport. BBC. Archived from the original on 9 August 2015. Retrieved 9 August 2012.

[19] "Men's Team Pursuit First Round Results" (PDF). Rio2016.com. International Olympic Committee. 12 August 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 September 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2016.

[20] "Men's Team Pursuit Final Results" (PDF). Rio2016.com. International Olympic Committee. 12 August 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 September 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2016.

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v t e UCI Track Cycling World Champions – Men's team pursuit
1990s	1993: Australia, Brett Aitken, Stuart O'Grady, Billy Shearsby, Tim O'Shannessey 1994: Germany, Guido Fulst, Andreas Bach, Jens Lehmann, Danilo Hondo 1995: Australia, Bradley McGee, Stuart O'Grady, Rodney McGee, Tim O'Shannessey 1996: Italy, Adler Capelli, Cristiano Citton, Andrea Collinelli, Mauro Trentini 1997: Italy, Cristiano Citton, Mario Benetton, Adler Capelli, Andrea Collinelli 1998: Ukraine, Alexander Symonenko, Sergiy Matveyev, Oleksandr Fedenko, Oleksandr Klymenko 1999: Germany, Robert Bartko, Jens Lehmann, Daniel Becke, Guido Fulst
2000s	2000: Germany, Guido Fulst, Sebastian Siedler, Daniel Becke, Jens Lehmann 2001: Ukraine, Alexander Symonenko, Serhii Cherniavskyi, Lyubomyr Polatayko, Oleksandr Fedenko 2002: Australia, Peter Dawson, Brett Lancaster, Stephen Wooldridge, Luke Roberts 2003: Australia, Graeme Brown, Peter Dawson, Brett Lancaster, Luke Roberts 2004: Australia, Ashley Hutchinson, Luke Roberts, Peter Dawson, Stephen Wooldridge 2005: Great Britain, Steve Cummings, Rob Hayles, Paul Manning, Chris Newton 2006: Australia, Peter Dawson, Matthew Goss, Mark Jamieson, Stephen Wooldridge 2007: Great Britain, Ed Clancy, Geraint Thomas, Paul Manning, Bradley Wiggins 2008: Great Britain, Ed Clancy, Geraint Thomas, Paul Manning, Bradley Wiggins 2009: Denmark, Casper Jørgensen, Jens-Erik Madsen, Michael Færk Christensen, Alex Rasmussen, Michael Mørkøv
2010s	2010: Australia, Jack Bobridge, Rohan Dennis, Michael Hepburn, Cameron Meyer 2011: Australia, Jack Bobridge, Rohan Dennis, Michael Hepburn, Luke Durbridge 2012: Great Britain, Ed Clancy, Peter Kennaugh, Steven Burke, Geraint Thomas, Andy Tennant 2013: Australia, Glenn O'Shea, Alex Edmondson, Mitchell Mulhern, Alexander Morgan 2014: Australia, Glenn O'Shea, Alex Edmondson, Luke Davison, Miles Scotson 2015: New Zealand, Pieter Bulling, Dylan Kennett, Alex Frame, Marc Ryan 2016: Australia, Sam Welsford, Michael Hepburn, Callum Scotson, Miles Scotson, Alexander Porter, Luke Davison 2017: Australia, Sam Welsford, Cameron Meyer, Alexander Porter, Nick Yallouris, Kelland O'Brien, Rohan Wight 2018: Great Britain, Ed Clancy, Kian Emadi, Ethan Hayter, Charlie Tanfield 2019: Australia, Sam Welsford, Leigh Howard, Alexander Porter, Cameron Scott, Kelland O'Brien
2020s	2020: Denmark, Lasse Norman Hansen, Julius Johansen, Frederik Rodenberg, Rasmus Pedersen 2021: Italy, Liam Bertazzo, Simone Consonni, Filippo Ganna, Jonathan Milan, Francesco Lamon 2022: Great Britain, Ethan Hayter, Oliver Wood, Ethan Vernon, Daniel Bigham 2023: Denmark, Niklas Larsen, Carl-Frederik Bévort, Lasse Norman Leth, Rasmus Pedersen, Frederik Rodenberg 2024: Denmark, Tobias Hansen, Carl-Frederik Bévort, Niklas Larsen, Rasmus Pedersen, Frederik Rodenberg
Riders in italics took part in the qualifying rounds.

v t e UEC European Track Champions – Men’s team pursuit
Summary
2010: Great Britain : (Burke, Clancy, Queally, Tennant) 2011: Great Britain : (Burke, Clancy, Kennaugh, Tennant) 2012: Russia : (Ershov, Markov, Serov, Kaykov) 2013: Great Britain : (Burke, Clancy, Doull, Tennant) 2014: Great Britain : (Dibben, Clancy, Doull, Tennant) 2015: Great Britain : (Dibben, Wiggins, Doull, Tennant, Burke, Gibson ) 2016: France : (Denis, Ermenault, Maitre, Chavanel, Thomas) 2017: France : (Denis, Ermenault, Maitre, Pijourlet) 2018: Italy : (Viviani, Bertazzo, Ganna, Lamon) 2019: Denmark : (LN Hansen, Pedersen, Madsen, Johansen) 2020: Russia : (Dubchenko, Gonov, Bersenev, Evtushenko) 2021: Denmark : (Malmberg, Pedersen, T Hansen, Bévort) 2022: France : (Denis, Lafargue, Tabellion, Thomas, Boudat) 2023: Italy : (Ganna, Lamon), Milan, Moro, Consonni) 2024: Great Britain : (Bigham, Hayter, C Tanfield, Vernon, Wood)
Riders in italics rode in heats only

Career

Personal life

Career achievements

Major results

Road

Track

World records

See also

References

External links