Rob Britton

{{Short description|Canadian bicycle racer (born 1984)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2022}}

{{Infobox cyclist

| name = Rob Britton

| image = Robert_Britton_(40952149000).jpg

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| caption = Britton at the 2018 Tour of California

| fullname = Robert Britton

| nickname =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1984|9|22}}

| birth_place = Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

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| weight =

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| discipline = {{ubl|Road|Gravel}}

| role = Rider

| ridertype = All-rounder{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/britton-signs-two-year-deal-with-optum/ |title=Britton signs two-year deal with Optum |last1=Malach |first1=Pat |date=October 13, 2015 |website=cyclingnews.com |access-date=October 13, 2015}}

| amateuryears1 = 2008–2009

| amateurteam1 = Trek Red Truck Racing–Mosaic Homes

| amateuryears2 = 2012

| amateurteam2 = {{UCI team code|HRB|2012}}

| proyears1 = 2010–2011

| proteam1 = {{UCI team code|BPC|2010}}

| proyears2 = 2013

| proteam2 = {{UCI team code|RAL|2013}}

| proyears3 = 2014–2015

| proteam3 = {{UCI team code|SSC|2014}}

| proyears4 = 2016–2021

| proteam4 = {{UCI team code|RLY|2016}}{{cite news|url=https://rallyuhccycling.com/news/official-2019-roster/|first=Tom|last=Soladay|authorlink=Thomas Soladay|title=2019 men's and women's rosters|work={{UCI team code|RLY|2019}}|publisher=Circuit Sport|accessdate=January 22, 2019|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190122213440/https://rallyuhccycling.com/news/official-2019-roster/|archivedate=January 22, 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/14016/1001254/266|title=Rally Cycling|work=UCI.org|publisher=Union Cycliste Internationale|accessdate=January 8, 2020|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200108221040/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/14016/1001254/266|archivedate=January 8, 2020}}

| majorwins = Stage races

:Tour of Utah (2017)

One-day races and Classics

:National Time Trial Championships (2019)

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Robert Britton (born September 22, 1984) is a Canadian professional cyclist, who currently competes in gravel racing. He formerly rode professionally on the road between 2010 and 2021 for the {{UCI team code|BPC|2012}}, {{UCI team code|RAL|2013}}, {{UCI team code|SSC|2015}} and {{UCI team code|RLY|2021}} teams.{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15259/1001254/280|title=Rally Cycling|work=UCI.org|publisher=Union Cycliste Internationale|accessdate=January 6, 2021|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20210106160303/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15259/1001254/280|archivedate=January 6, 2021}}{{cite news|url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/rob-britton-retires-after-12-year-pro-road-career/|title=Rob Britton retires after 12-year pro road career|work=Cyclingnews.com|publisher=Future plc|date=October 21, 2021|accessdate=January 4, 2022}} He won the overall classification of the Tour of the Gila, a race held in New Mexico, in 2015,{{cite news|title=Abbott and Britton win overall titles at Tour of the Gila|work=Cyclingnews.com|publisher=Future plc|date=May 3, 2015|author=Laura Weislo}} and 2018.

Major results

=Road=

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;2008

: 1st 20px Overall Tour of Walla Walla

::1st Stage 1

: 2nd Overall Devo Classics Springs Stage Race

::1st Stage 1 (ITT)

;2009

: 1st 20px Overall Devo Classics Springs Stage Race

::1st Stages 2 (ITT) & 3

: 1st 20px Overall Tour of Walla Walla

::1st Stage 2 (ITT)

: 1st Stage 3 Mount Hood Cycling Classic

;2010

: 1st Stage 1 McLane Pacific Classic

;2011

: 1st Stage 1 McLane Pacific Classic

: 5th Time trial, Pan-American Championships

;2012

: 1st Stage 2 Tour de Bowness Stage Race

: 3rd Overall San Dimas Stage Race

: 3rd Bucks County Classic

: 10th Overall Tour de Beauce

;2014

: 2nd Overall Tour de Beauce

: 2nd Overall Vuelta a la Independencia Nacional

: 3rd Overall Tour of the Gila

;2015

: 1st 20px Overall Tour of the Gila

: 3rd Overall USA Pro Cycling Challenge

: 8th Overall Tour de Beauce

: 10th Overall Tour de Taiwan

: 10th Overall Tour of California

;2016

: 3rd Overall Tour of the Gila

: 5th Overall Tour of Utah

: 7th Overall Tour de Beauce

;2017

: 1st 20px Overall Tour of Utah

::1st Stage 3 (ITT)

: 1st Stage 5 Tour de Beauce

: 3rd Time trial, National Championships

: 4th Overall Joe Martin Stage Race

: 5th Overall Tour of the Gila

::1st 20px Mountains classification

: 8th Overall Tour of Alberta

;2018

: 1st 20px Overall Tour of the Gila

: 2nd Time trial, National Championships

: 5th Overall Tour de Beauce

: 9th Overall Colorado Classic

;2019

: 1st 20px Time trial, National Championships

: 10th Overall Tour of Utah

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=Gravel=

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;2022

: 6th Unbound Gravel

;2023

: 1st Badlands Long Distance Gravel Race

: 1st Belgian Waffle Ride – British Columbia

;2024

: 1st Shasta Gravel Hugger

: 2nd Sea Otter Classic

: 2nd The Traka 360

: 3rd Overall Oregon Trail Gravel

;2025

: 1st Unbound Gravel XL

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