Simon Clarke (cyclist)
 Clarke at the 2009 Tour Down Under | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Simon Clarke |
| Nickname | Simo |
| Born |
18 July 1986 Melbourne, Australia |
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Weight | 63 kg (139 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Cannondale–Drapac |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | All-rounder |
| Amateur team(s) | |
| 2006–2008 | SouthAustralia.com-AIS |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 2009 | Amica Chips–Knauf |
| 2009–2010 | ISD–NERI |
| 2011 | Astana |
| 2012–2015 | GreenEDGE[1] |
| 2016– | Cannondale |
| Major wins | |
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Infobox last updated on 27 August 2016 | |
Simon Clarke (born 18 July 1986) is a professional Australian road and former track cyclist, currently riding for Cannondale–Drapac, having joined from the Orica–GreenEDGE team.[2] He was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.[3]
Professional career
At the 2012 Vuelta a España Clarke won the fourth stage of the race, after being a part of an early breakaway that made it home on the mountainous race. The only other survivor of the break was Omega Pharma–Quick-Step's Tony Martin, whom Clarke out sprinted to claim the prestigious win, the first professional victory of his career.[4] During the twentieth stage, Clarke placed first at the first three categorised climbs, of five, to win the most combative rider for the stage and to secure himself the blue polka-dot jersey, as winner of the mountains classification.[5]
In September 2015 it was announced that Clarke would join Cannondale for the 2016 season.[6] He was added to Australia's roster for the 2016 Summer Olympics, replacing Simon Gerrans, who had crashed out of the Tour de France.[7]
Career achievements
Major results
- 2004
- 1st
World Junior Team Pursuit Championships - 2005
- 5th GP Industrie del Marmo
- 8th Melbourne to Warrnambool Classic
- 10th Overall Giro delle Regioni
- 2006
- 1st
National Junior Madison Championships - 1st Stage 4 Vuelta a Navarra
- 2007
- 2nd GP Palio del Recioto
- 3rd Down Under Classic
- 3rd GP Liberazione
- 2008
- 1st National Under-23 Road Race Championships
- 1st Stage 4 Tour of Japan
- 1st San Vendemiano
- 2nd GP Capodarco
- 2nd Trofeo Alcide Degasperi
- 2nd La Côte Picarde
- 7th Trofeo Città di Castelfidardo
- 2009
- 8th Trofeo Laigueglia
- 8th Gran Premio dell'Insubria
- 8th Overall Tour of Britain
- 10th Memorial Cimurri
- 2010
- 4th GP Industria & Artigianato
- 2011
- 7th Giro del Friuli
- 7th Vattenfall Cyclassics
- 10th Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec
- 2012
- Vuelta a España
- 1st
Mountains classification - 1st Stage 4
- Most Combative Stage 20
- 1st
- 2nd Overall Glava Tour of Norway
- 2nd Rogaland GP
- 5th Overall Tour du Haut-Var
- 2013
- Tour de France
- 1st Stage 4 (TTT)
Combativity award, Stage 3
- 7th World Road Race Championships
- 2014
- 1st
Overall Herald Sun Tour
- 1st Stage 2
- 4th Gran Premio Città di Camaiore
- Combativity award Stage 12 Tour de France
- 2015
- Giro d'Italia
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT)
- Held
after Stage 4
- 2nd Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race[8]
- 10th International Road Cycling Challenge
- 2016
- 1st GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
| 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giro | DNE | DNE | DNE | 63 |
| Stages won | — | — | — | 1 (TTT) |
| Mountains classification | — | — | 53 | — |
| Tour | DNE | 68 | 113 | DNE |
| Stages won | — | 1 (TTT) | — | — |
| Mountains classification | — | 25 | — | — |
| Vuelta | 77 | 69 | 70 | DNE |
| Stages won | 1 | — | — | — |
| Mountains classification | 1 | — | — | — |
| 1 | Winner |
| 2–3 | Top three-finish |
| 4–10 | Top ten-finish |
| 11– | Other finish |
| DNE | Did Not Enter |
| DNF-x | Did Not Finish (retired on stage x) |
| DNS-x | Did Not Start (no started on stage x) |
| DSQ | Disqualified |
| N/A | Race/classification not held |
| NR | Not Ranked in this classification |
References
- ↑ "Orica-GreenEDGE (OGE) - AUS". UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
- ↑ "Clarke bound for GreenEdge". cyclingnews.com. 2011-08-23.
- ↑ Cycling Australian road cycling team announced for world championships
- ↑ Atkins, Ben (21 August 2012). "Vuelta a España: Simon Clarke wins in stage four breakaway as Valverde loses to a crash". VeloNation. VeloNation LLC. Retrieved 23 August 2012.
- ↑ "Clarke: I'm not a climber, I'm an opportunist". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 9 September 2012. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
- ↑ Windsor, Richard (24 September 2015). "Simon Clarke swaps Orica-GreenEdge for Cannondale-Garmin for 2016". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
- ↑ "Australian Simon Clarke called up for Olympic Road Race". cyclingnews.com. 23 July 2016. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
- ↑ Woodpower, Zeb (1 February 2015). "Meersman wins Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Simon Clarke (cyclist). |
- Simon Clarke profile at ProCyclingStats
- Simon Clarke profile at Cycling Archives
- Simon Clarke profile at Orica GreenEDGE
- Official website