Ed Clancy


Edward Franklin Clancy is a British professional track and road bicycle racer from England, who rides for British amateur team Clancy Briggs Cycling Academy team. On the track his specialist discipline is the team pursuit.
In the London 2012 Olympics, he also participated in the Omnium, claiming a bronze medal. In total, Clancy is a five-time world champion and four-time European champion in the team pursuit; he has also won World and European 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 in the 2009 New Year Honours and Officer of the Order of the British Empire 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.
In November 2018, it was announced that Clancy would join the for the 2019 season, after the team which he had been part of for eight years confirmed that it would be disbanding at the end of the year.

Personal life

He lives in Huddersfield. He is a lifelong supporter of his local football team – Huddersfield Town.

Career achievements

Major results

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World records