Ed Clancy
Quick Facts
Biography
Edward Clancy OBE (born 12 March 1985) is an English professional track and road bicycle racer who rides for the JLT–Condor team. On the track his specialist discipline is the team pursuit, in which he is the reigning Olympic and European champion.
In the London 2012 Olympics, he also participated in the Omnium, claiming a bronze medal. In total, Clancy is a four-time world champion (in 2005, 2007, 2008 and 2012) and four-time European champion (in 2010, 2011, 2013 and 2014) in the team pursuit; he has also won World (2010) and European (2011) titles in the omnium. On the road, he won the first stage of the 2005 Tour of Berlin.
Career
Clancy has featured in a number of world record team pursuits. 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. Clancy was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2009 New Year Honours and Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2017 New Year Honours for services to cycling.
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.
Personal life
He lives in Holmbridge. He previously dated Dr Gemma Eyres. He is a lifelong supporter of his local football team – Huddersfield Town.
His mother, Cathy, lives in Gloucestershire and is a primary school teacher.
Major results
- 2004
- 2nd British National Madison Championships, with Mark Cavendish
- 2005
- 1st Team pursuit, Track Cycling World Championships
- 2nd Individual pursuit, 2004–2005 Track World Cup, Round 4, Sydney
- 2nd Team pursuit, 2004–2005 Track World Cup, Round 4, Sydney
- Stage 1, Tour of Berlin
- 2006
- 1st Team pursuit, European U23 Track Cycling Championships
- 3rd Team pursuit, 2005–2006 Track World Cup, Round 4, Sydney
- 1st Team pursuit, 2006–2007 Track World Cup, Round 2, Moscow
- 2007
- 1st Team pursuit, Track Cycling World Championships
- 1st Team pursuit, 2006–2007 Track World Cup, Round 4, Manchester
- 1st Team pursuit, 2007–2008 Track World Cup, Round 1, Sydney
- 1st Team pursuit, 2007–2008 Track World Cup, Round 2, Beijing
- 1st Team pursuit, 2007–2008 Track World Cup, Round 4, Copenhagen
- 2nd British National Circuit Race Championships
- 2nd Individual pursuit, British National Track Championships
- 2nd Kilo, British National Track Championships
- 2008
- 1st Team pursuit, Track Cycling World Championships
- 1st Team pursuit, Olympic Games
- 1st Individual pursuit, 2008–2009 Track World Cup, Round 1, Manchester
- 1st Team pursuit, 2008–2009 Track World Cup, Round 1, Manchester
- 2009
- 1st Team pursuit, 2008–2009 Track World Cup, Round 5, Copenhagen
- 1st Team pursuit, 2009–2010 Track World Cup, Round 1, Manchester
- 2nd Team pursuit, 2009–2010 Track World Cup, Round 2, Melbourne
- 1st Eddy Soens Memorial Road Race
- 2nd Kilo, British National Track Championships
- Tour Series
- 1st Round 6 – Southport
- 2010
- 1st Omnium, Track Cycling World Championships
- 2nd Team pursuit, Track Cycling World Championships
- 1st British National Circuit Race Championships
- 2011
- 3rd Team pursuit, Track Cycling World Championships
- 1st Stage 5, Tour de Korea
- Tour Series
- 1st Round 2 – Aberystwyth
- 2012
- 1st Team pursuit, Track Cycling World Championships
- 1st Team pursuit, Olympic games
- 3rd Omnium, Olympic games
- Tour Series
- 1st Round 6 – Peterborough
- 2013
- 2nd Team Pursuit, Track Cycling World Championships
- 2013 British National Track Championships
- 1st Individual Pursuit
- 1st Points Race
- 2nd 1km Time Trial
- 2nd Scratch Race
- 2013 European Track Championships
- 1st Team Pursuit
- Tour Series
- 1st Round 4 – Aberystwyth
- 1st Round 5 – Torquay
- 1st Round 9 – Woking
- 2014
- 2nd Team pursuit, Commonwealth Games
- 2014 European Track Championships
- 1st Team Pursuit
- 3rd Scratch race
- 3rd Ominium, Fenioux Piste International
- 2015
- Tour Series
- 1st Round 3 - Aberystwyth
- 1st Round 9 - Peterborough
- 1st London Nocturne
- 3rd Milk Race
- 2016
- 1st Team pursuit, Olympic Games
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 |