Ethan Vernon

{{Infobox cyclist

| name = Ethan Vernon

| image = 2024 UEC Track Elite European Championships 079.jpg

| caption = Vernon in 2024

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2000|8|26|df=y}}{{cite web|url=https://www.quickstep-alphavinylteam.com/en/team/riders/ethan-vernon|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220108003504/https://www.quickstep-alphavinylteam.com/en/team/riders/ethan-vernon|url-status=usurped|archive-date=8 January 2022|title=Ethan Vernon|publisher={{UCI team code|QST|2022}}|access-date=7 January 2022}}

| birth_place = Bedford, England

| height = 1.88 m

| weight = 74 kg

| currentteam = {{UCI team code|IPT}}

| discipline = {{ubl|Road|Track}}

| role = Rider

| ridertype = Sprinter

| amateuryears1 = 2017

| amateurteam1 = Team Corley Cycles

| amateuryears2 = 2018

| amateurteam2 = Ribble Pro Cycling

| amateuryears3 = 2019–2021

| amateurteam3 = Team Inspired

| proyears1 = 2022–2023

| proteam1 = {{UCI team code|QST|2022}}{{cite web|url=https://www.quickstep-alphavinylteam.com/en/news/5230/ethan-vernon-to-turn-pro-with-the-wolfpack|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220108025826/https://www.quickstep-alphavinylteam.com/en/news/5230/ethan-vernon-to-turn-pro-with-the-wolfpack|url-status=usurped|archive-date=8 January 2022|title=Ethan Vernon to turn pro with the Wolfpack|publisher={{UCI team code|DQT|2021}}|date=15 October 2021|access-date=7 January 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/rider-details/238213|title=Ethan Vernon|publisher=UCI|access-date=7 January 2022}}

| proyears2 = 2024–

| proteam2 = {{UCI team code|IPT|2024}}

| majorwins = ;Track

: World Championships

::Elimination (2023)

::Team pursuit (2022)

| show-medals = no

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalCountry|{{GBR2}}}};

{{MedalSilver|2020 Plovdiv|2020 UEC European Track Championships – Men's 1 km time trial}}

{{MedalCountry|{{ENG}}}}

}}

Ethan Vernon (born 26 August 2000) is a British road and track cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam {{UCI team code|IPT}}.{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/team-details/17703|title=Israel–Premier Tech|publisher=UCI|access-date=15 January 2024}}

Career

Vernon competed in BMX until he was 14, before changing focus to the road and track.{{cite web | url=https://thebritishcontinental.co.uk/2020/08/24/tokyo-calling-ethan-vernon-interview/ | title=Tokyo calling: Ethan Vernon interview | work=thebritishcontinental.co.uk | date=24 August 2020 | accessdate=10 May 2024}} In 2017 and 2018, he won a total of five national junior track titles. He also won the silver medal in the individual pursuit at the 2018 UCI World Junior Championships. He represented Wales at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in three events, finishing fourth in the team pursuit. He also competed for Great Britain in the team pursuit at the 2018–19 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, where the squad placed third in London. In 2020, he took his first major podium at the elite level, taking silver in the kilometer time trial at the European Championships.[http://eliteeuropean2020.veloresults.com/pdf/m1km2.pdf Final results]

In 2021, he was selected for the team pursuit at the 2020 Summer Olympics, where the team placed 8th in final.{{cite web|title=Cycling Track – Men's Team Pursuit – Final Classification|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/CTR/OG2020-_CTR_C74B_CTRMPURTEAM4----------------------.pdf|website=olympics.com|publisher=TOCOG|date=4 August 2021|access-date=4 August 2021|archive-date=4 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210804092530/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/CTR/OG2020-_CTR_C74B_CTRMPURTEAM4----------------------.pdf|url-status=dead}} That year, the team also placed third at the UCI World Championships.

Vernon also took his first significant road win in 2021, winning the fourth stage of the Tour de l'Avenir in a sprint finish.{{cite web | url=https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/ethan-vernon-the-ups-and-downs-and-the-patience-required-en-route-to-worldtour-stardom | title=Ethan Vernon: The ups and downs and the patience required en route to the promised land of WorldTour stardom | work=Cycling Weekly | date=23 September 2021 | accessdate=10 May 2024}} A month later, he placed seventh in the World Under-23 Time trial Championships.

In 2022, he joined {{UCI team code|QST|2022}} on a two-year contract.{{cite web | url=https://www.velouk.net/2021/10/16/ethan-vernon-signs-for-quickstep/ | title=Ethan Vernon Signs for Quickstep | work=velouk.net | date=16 October 2021 | accessdate=10 May 2024}} In March, he won the fifth stage of the Volta a Catalunya, his first professional win.{{cite web|url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/volta-ciclista-a-catalunya-2022/stage-5/results/|title=Ethan Vernon takes stage 5 sprint win at Volta a Catalunya|first1=Stephen|last1=Farrand|first2=Alasdair|last2=Fotheringham|author-link2=Alasdair Fotheringham|website=CyclingNews|publisher=Future plc|date=25 March 2022|access-date=25 March 2022}} Vernon next took back-to-back wins at the Okolo Slovenska in September, taking the prologue and first stage.{{cite web|url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-of-slovakia-2022/stage-1/results/|title=Vernon doubles up on Tour of Slovakia stage 1|publisher=CyclingNews|date=14 September 2022|access-date=14 September 2022}}

In January 2023, Vernon won the Trofeo Palma, his second race of the season. A month later, he won the first two stages of the Tour du Rwanda followed by the first stage of the Tour de Romandie in April. In early August, he returned to the track, taking his first elite World Championships title in the elimination race.{{cite web |date=7 August 2023 |title=Final results |url=https://prod.server.tissottiming.com/file/0003160100010801FFFFFFFFFFFFFF02 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240315001437/https://prod.server.tissottiming.com/file/0003160100010801FFFFFFFFFFFFFF02 |archive-date=15 March 2024 |access-date=7 August 2023 |website=Tissot Timing}} A few weeks later, he returned to road racing, taking the prologue of the Deutschland Tour.{{cite web|url=https://www.tissottiming.com/2023/dtt/en-us/default/Stage/1/overall|title=Deutschland Tour - Prologue - St. Wendel|work=Deutschland Tour|publisher=Tissot Timing|date=23 August 2023|access-date=23 August 2023}}

That month, he also announced that he signed a three-year contract with {{UCI team code|IPT|2024}} starting in 2024.{{cite web | url=https://israelpremiertech.com/elimination-world-champion-ethan-vernon-joins-israel-premier-tech/ | title=Elimination World Champion Ethan Vernon joins Israel - Premier Tech | publisher={{UCI team code|IPT|2024}} | work=israelpremiertech.com | date=9 August 2023 | accessdate=10 May 2024}} In 2024, he won his first race of the year: the opening stage of the Tour des Alpes-Maritimes in February.{{cite web|url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-des-alpes-maritimes-et-du-var-2024/stage-1/results/|title=Ethan Vernon wins Tour des Alpes opener|first=Peter|last=Stuart|website=CyclingNews|publisher=Future plc|date=17 February 2024|access-date=20 February 2024}} In May, he entered his first Grand Tour: the Giro d'Italia.

Major results

=Road=

;2019

: 3rd Time trial, National Under-23 Championships

;2021

: 1st Stage 4 Tour de l'Avenir

: 7th Time trial, UCI World Under-23 Championships

: 10th Trofeo Alcudia–Port d'Alcudia

;2022 (3 pro wins)

: Okolo Slovenska

::1st Prologue & Stage 1

: 1st Stage 5 Volta a Catalunya

: 5th Grote Prijs Jean-Pierre Monseré

;2023 (5)

: 1st Trofeo Palma

: Deutschland Tour

::1st {{cjersey|dark green}} Points classification

::1st Prologue

: Tour du Rwanda

::1st Stages 1 & 2

: 1st Stage 1 Tour de Romandie

: 2nd Trofeo Ses Salines–Alcúdia

: 5th Time trial, National Championships

: 6th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk

;2024 (3)

: Tour of Guangxi

::1st {{cjersey|blue}} Points classification

::1st Stages 3 & 4

: 1st Stage 1 Tour des Alpes-Maritimes

: 1st {{cjersey|red}} Points classification, Tour of Britain

: 3rd Time trial, National Championships

;2025 (1)

: 1st Stage 2 Volta a Catalunya

: National Championships

::3rd Road race

::4th Time trial

: 4th Bredene Koksijde Classic

==Grand Tour general classification results timeline==

class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
scope="col" \| Grand Tour ! scope="col" \| 2024
style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" \| {{cjersey\|pink}} Giro d'Italia \| DNF
style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" \| {{cjersey\|yellow}} Tour de France \| —
style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" \| {{cjersey\|red}} Vuelta a España \| —

class="wikitable plainrowheaders"

scope="col" | Grand Tour

! scope="col" | 2024

style="text-align:center;"

! scope="row" | {{cjersey|pink}} Giro d'Italia

| DNF

style="text-align:center;"

! scope="row" | {{cjersey|yellow}} Tour de France

| —

style="text-align:center;"

! scope="row" | {{cjersey|red}} Vuelta a España

| —

class="wikitable" \|+ Legend
scope="row" \| — \| Did not compete
scope="row" \| DNF \| Did not finish

class="wikitable"

|+ Legend

scope="row" | —

| Did not compete

scope="row" | DNF

| Did not finish

=Track=

;2017

: National Junior Championships

::1st {{cjersey|uk}} Individual pursuit

::1st {{cjersey|uk}} Points race

::1st {{cjersey|uk}} Kilo

::3rd Scratch

: 3rd Madison, National Championships (with William Tidball)

;2018

: National Junior Championships

::1st {{cjersey|uk}} Individual pursuit

::1st {{cjersey|uk}} Madison (with William Tidball)

: 2nd 15px Individual pursuit, UCI World Junior Championships

: National Championships

::2nd Madison (with Rhys Britton)

::3rd Team pursuit

;2019

: 2nd Team pursuit, National Championships

;2020

: 2nd 15px Kilo, UEC European Championships

: National Championships

::2nd Team pursuit

::3rd Scratch

;2021

: 3rd 15px Team pursuit, UCI World Championships

;2022

: UCI World Championships

::1st {{cjersey|rainbow}} Team pursuit

::3rd 15px Elimination

: 2nd 15px Team pursuit, Commonwealth Games

: 2nd Team pursuit, UCI Nations Cup, Glasgow

;2023

: 1st {{cjersey|rainbow}} Elimination, UCI World Championships

: 2nd 15px Team pursuit, UEC European Championships

;2024

: 1st {{cjersey|europe}} Team pursuit, UEC European Championships

: 1st Team pursuit, UCI Nations Cup, Milton

: 2nd File:Silver medal olympic.svg Team pursuit, Olympic Games

References

External links

[https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/gbcyclingteam/bio/Ethan_Vernon Ethan Vernon] at British Cycling
{{UCI}}
{{ProCyclingStats}}
{{Olympedia}}
{{Team GB}}
{{Team England|ethan-vernon}}
{{2022 Commonwealth Games profile|56765}}
[https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/ethan-vernon_1912571 Ethan Vernon] at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics