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Ed Clancy

{{short description|English racing cyclist (born 1985)}}

{{Other people|Edward Clancy}}

{{EngvarB|date=April 2015}}

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{{Infobox cyclist

| name = Ed Clancy
OBE

| image = 2019 UEC Track Elite European Championships 118.jpg

| image_size =

| caption = Clancy in 2019

| fullname = Edward Franklin Clancy

| nickname =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1985|3|12}}

| birth_place = Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England

| death_date =

| death_place =

| height = 1.86 m{{cite web|url=http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/1/225151.shtml|title=Athlete Biography – CLANCY Ed|publisher=Beijing Olympics official website|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080908182150/http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/1/225151.shtml|archive-date=8 September 2008}}

| weight = 78 kg

| currentteam = Retired

| disciplines = {{ubl|Road|Track}}

| role = Rider

| ridertype = Endurance

| amateuryears1 = 2005–2006

| amateurteam1 = Sparkasse

| amateuryears2 = 2006

| amateurteam2 = {{UCI team code|LAN|2006}} (stagiaire)

| amateuryears3 = 2020–2021

| amateurteam3 = Clancy Briggs Cycling Academy{{cite news|url=https://thebritishcontinental.co.uk/2019/10/08/2020-domestic-team-guide/|title=2020 men's domestic team guide|work=TheBritishContinental.co.uk|publisher=The British Continental|date=8 October 2019|access-date=30 May 2020}}

| proyears1 = 2007–2008

| proteam1 = {{UCI team code|LAN|2007}}

| proyears2 = 2009

| proteam2 = {{UCI team code|HAF|2009}}{{cite web|url=http://www.teamhalfordsbikehut.com|title=Team Halfords bikehut website|publisher=Team Halfords bikehut:Cycle Race Team|date=13 March 2009|access-date=15 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102133322/http://www.teamhalfordsbikehut.com/|archive-date=2 November 2013|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}

| proyears3 = 2010

| proteam3 = {{UCI team code|MPT|2010}}

| proyears4 = 2011–2018

| proteam4 = {{UCI team code|RCS|2011}}

| proyears5 = 2019

| proteam5 = {{UCI team code|Vitus|2019}}

| majorwins = ;Track

: Olympic Games

::Team pursuit (2008, 2012, 2016)

: World Championships

::Team pursuit (2005, 2007, 2008, 2012, 2018)

::Omnium (2010)

| show-medals = no

| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's track cycling}}

{{MedalCountry|{{GBR2}}}}

{{MedalOlympic}}

{{MedalGold|2008 Beijing|Team pursuit}}

{{MedalGold|2012 London|Team pursuit}}

{{MedalGold|2016 Rio de Janeiro|Team pursuit}}

{{MedalBronze|2012 London|Omnium}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalGold|2005 Los Angeles|Team pursuit}}

{{MedalGold|2007 Palma de Mallorca|Team pursuit}}

{{MedalGold|2008 Manchester|Team pursuit}}

{{MedalGold|2010 Ballerup|Omnium}}

{{MedalGold|2012 Melbourne|Team pursuit}}

{{MedalGold|2018 Apeldoorn|Team pursuit}}

{{MedalSilver|2010 Ballerup|Team pursuit}}

{{MedalSilver|2013 Minsk|Team pursuit}}

{{MedalSilver|2015 Yvelines|Team pursuit}}

{{MedalSilver|2016 London|Team pursuit}}

{{MedalSilver|2019 Pruszków|Team pursuit}}

{{MedalBronze|2011 Apeldoorn|Team pursuit}}

{{MedalCompetition|European Championships}}

{{MedalGold|2010 Pruszków|Team pursuit}}

{{MedalGold|2011 Apeldoorn|Team pursuit}}

{{MedalGold|2011 Apeldoorn|Omnium}}

{{MedalGold|2013 Apeldoorn|Team pursuit}}

{{MedalGold|2014 Guadeloupe|Team pursuit}}

{{MedalBronze|2014 Guadeloupe|Scratch}}

{{MedalBronze|2019 Apeldoorn|Team pursuit}}

{{MedalCountry|{{ENG}}}}

{{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}}

{{MedalSilver|2014 Glasgow|Team pursuit}}

}}

Edward Franklin Clancy (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,{{London Gazette|issue=58929|date=31 December 2008|page=15 |supp=y}} and an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2017 New Year Honours for services to cycling.{{London Gazette|issue=61803 |supp=y|page=N11|date=31 December 2016}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics/cycling/7566164.stm|title=GB pursuit team set world record|publisher=BBC Sport|date=17 August 2008}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics/cycling/7567845.stm|title=GB storm to gold in team pursuit|publisher=BBC Sport|date=18 August 2008}}

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.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cycling/17608188|title=GB pursuit team win gold in new world record|publisher=BBC Sport|date=4 April 2012}}

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 {{UCI team code|RAL|2019}} for the 2019 season, after the {{UCI team code|JLT|2018}} team which he had been part of for eight years confirmed that it would be disbanding at the end of the year.{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/ed-clancy-signs-for-vitus-pro-cycling-team/ |title=Ed Clancy signs for Vitus Pro Cycling Team|date=1 November 2018 |website=cyclingnews.com|access-date=4 November 2018}}

In August 2021, during the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics, Clancy announced his retirement.{{cite web |title=Tokyo Olympics: GB track cyclist Ed Clancy announces retirement and pulls out of remaining events |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/58068196 |website=BBC Sport |access-date=3 August 2021}} 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.{{cite web |url=https://www.velonews.com/news/vn-news-ticker-annette-edmondson-announces-retirement-alpecin-fenix-signs-jakub-mareczko/ |title=VN news ticker: Annette Edmondson announces retirement, Alpecin-Fenix signs Jakub Mareczko|date=6 December 2021 |website=VeloNews |access-date=25 December 2021}}

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.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-64546470|title=Ed Clancy: Olympic champion named new travel commissioner|publisher=BBC News|access-date=7 February 2023}}

Personal life

He lives in Holmfirth, West Yorkshire.{{citation needed|date=August 2021}}

Career achievements

=Major results=

==Road==

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;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 20px 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

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==Track==

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;2004

: National Championships

::2nd Madison (with Mark Cavendish)

::2nd Team pursuit

;2005

: 1st 20px Team pursuit, UCI World Championships

: 1st 20px Team pursuit, National Championships

: UCI World Cup Classics, Sydney

::2nd Individual pursuit

::2nd Team pursuit

;2006

: 1st 20px Team pursuit, UEC European Under-23 Championships

: 1st 20px Team pursuit, National Championships

: UCI World Cup Classics

::1st Team pursuit, Moscow

::3rd Team pursuit, Sydney

;2007

: 1st 20px 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 15px Team pursuit, Olympic Games

: 1st 20px 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 20px Omnium

::2nd 15px Team pursuit

: 1st 20px Team pursuit, UEC European Championships

: UCI World Cup Classics

::1st Omnium, Cali

::3rd Omnium, Melbourne

::3rd Team pursuit, Melbourne

;2011

: UEC European Championships

::1st 20px Omnium

::1st 20px Team pursuit

: 1st Team pursuit, UCI World Cup Classics, Manchester

: 3rd 15px Team pursuit, UCI World Championships

;2012

: Olympic Games

::1st 15px Team pursuit

::3rd 15px Omnium

: 1st 20px Team pursuit, UCI World Championships

: UCI World Cup

::2nd Team pursuit, London

::2nd Team sprint, Glasgow

;2013

: 1st 20px Team pursuit, UEC European Championships

: National Championships

::1st 20px Individual pursuit

::1st 20px Points race

::2nd Kilo

::2nd Scratch

: 1st Team pursuit, UCI World Cup, Manchester

: 2nd 15px Team pursuit, UCI World Championships

;2014

: UEC European Championships

::1st 20px Team pursuit

::3rd 15px Scratch

: 2nd 15px Team pursuit, Commonwealth Games

;2015

: 2nd 15px Team pursuit, UCI World Championships

;2016

: 1st 15px Team pursuit, Olympic Games

: 2nd 15px Team pursuit, UCI World Championships

;2017

: 1st Team pursuit, UCI World Cup, Manchester

;2018

: 1st 20px Team pursuit, UCI World Championships

: UCI World Cup

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

::3rd Team pursuit, Milton

;2019

: 2nd 15px Team pursuit, UCI World Championships

: 3rd 15px Team pursuit, UEC European Championships

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=World records=

class="wikitable"
Discipline

! Record

! Date

! Event

! Velodrome

! {{abbr|Ref|References}}

rowspan="8" | Team pursuit

! scope="row" style="text-align:left;" | 3:56.322

| 27 March 2008

| World Championships

| Manchester

| style="text-align:center;" | {{cite web|title=2008 World Championships Final Results|url=http://www.tissottiming.com/File/Download?id=0003040104040006FFFFFFFFFFFFFF00|format=PDF|website=TissotTiming.com|publisher=Union Cycliste Internationale|access-date=12 August 2016}}

scope="row" style="text-align:left;" | 3:55.202

| 17 August 2008

| rowspan="2" | Olympic Games

| rowspan="2" | Laoshan (Beijing)

| style="text-align:center;" | {{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympics/cycling/7566164.stm|title=GB pursuit team set world record|work=BBC Sport|publisher=BBC|access-date=28 January 2013|date= 17 August 2008}}

scope="row" style="text-align:left;" | 3:53.314

| 18 August 2008

| style="text-align:center;" | {{cite news|title=Foursome put the 'great' in Great Britain|url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2008/olympics08/?id=results/28|work=Cyclingnews.com|publisher=Future plc|access-date=22 March 2013|date=18 August 2008}}

scope="row" style="text-align:left;" | 3:53.295

| 4 April 2012

| World Championships

| Hisense Arena (Melbourne)

| style="text-align:center;" | {{cite news|title=Track Worlds: Great Britain beat Australia with world record|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cycling/17608188|access-date=28 June 2015|work=BBC Sport|publisher=BBC|date=4 April 2012}}

scope="row" style="text-align:left;" | 3:52.499

| 2 August 2012

| rowspan="2" | Olympic Games

| rowspan="2" | Lee Valley (London)

| style="text-align:center;" | {{cite news|last1=Gallagher|first1=Brendan|title=London 2012 Olympics: GB pursuit quartet demolish world record in heats|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/cycling/9447820/London-2012-Olympics-GB-pursuit-quartet-demolish-world-record-in-heats.html|access-date=28 June 2015|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=2 August 2012}}

scope="row" style="text-align:left;" | 3:51.659

| 3 August 2012

| style="text-align:center;" | {{cite news |last=Bevan |first=Chris |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/18916652 |title=Olympics cycling: Team GB defend men's pursuit title |work=BBC Sport |publisher=BBC |date=3 August 2012 |access-date=9 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150809114806/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/18916652 |archive-date=9 August 2015 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}

scope="row" style="text-align:left;" | 3:50.570

| rowspan="2" | 12 August 2016

| rowspan="2" | Olympic Games

| rowspan="2" | Rio Olympic

| style="text-align:center;" | {{cite web|url=https://smsprio2016-a.akamaihd.net/_odf-documents/C/T/CTM402800_Results_2016_08_12_b74a4cb2_6fd4_407d_841c_c91e2348f287.pdf |title=Men's Team Pursuit First Round Results |date=12 August 2016 |website=Rio2016.com |publisher=International Olympic Committee |access-date=12 August 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160920103842/https://smsprio2016-a.akamaihd.net/_odf-documents/C/T/CTM402800_Results_2016_08_12_b74a4cb2_6fd4_407d_841c_c91e2348f287.pdf |archive-date=20 September 2016 }}

scope="row" style="text-align:left;" | 3:50.265

| style="text-align:center;" | {{cite web|title=Men's Team Pursuit Final Results |url=https://smsprio2016-a.akamaihd.net/_odf-documents/C/T/CTM402100_Results_2016_08_12_cdfe0bd1_96fd_4f43_8552_13cb93993524.pdf |website=Rio2016.com |publisher=International Olympic Committee |date=12 August 2016 |access-date=12 August 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160920104020/https://smsprio2016-a.akamaihd.net/_odf-documents/C/T/CTM402100_Results_2016_08_12_cdfe0bd1_96fd_4f43_8552_13cb93993524.pdf |archive-date=20 September 2016 }}

See also

References

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External links

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  • {{Cite web |url=http://www.raphacondor.cc/riders-and-staff/ed-clancy |title=Rapha Condor JLT Rider Profile |access-date=7 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110130090148/http://www.raphacondor.cc/riders-and-staff/ed-clancy |archive-date=30 January 2011 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20100224070700/http://www.motorpointprocycling.com/ Motorpoint Pro-Cycling 2010]
  • {{Cite web |url=http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/web/site/BC/gbr/GBRiderInfo/Clancy_Ed_Bio.asp |title=Ed Clancy Bio on Britishcycling.com |access-date=4 February 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927204847/http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/web/site/BC/gbr/GBRiderInfo/Clancy_Ed_Bio.asp |archive-date=27 September 2007 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}
  • [http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/Rider_Profile_Ed_Clancy_article_269453.html Ed Clancy] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081211121855/http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/Rider_Profile_Ed_Clancy_article_269453.html |date=11 December 2008 }} Rider Profile – Cycling Weekly
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20131102133322/http://www.teamhalfordsbikehut.com/ Team halfords bikehut Ed Clancy's 09 team]

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