Malcolm Elliott
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 Malcolm Elliott at the 1989 Tour of Britain in his Teka team colours |
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| Gold | Brisbane 1982 | Team Time Trial | |
Malcolm Elliott (born July 1, 1961 in Sheffield, England) is an English professional cyclist, whose professional career has lasted from 1984 to 1997 when he retired and then from 2003 up to the present day when he made his comeback in British domestic racing.
Known as a sprinter, his career includes two stages and the points jersey in the Vuelta a España, two gold medals in the Commonwealth Games, and winning the the amateur Milk Race and its professional version, the Kellogg's Tour. He rode and finished the Tour de France in 1987 and 1988.
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[edit] Background
Elliott was brought up in the Wadsley area of Sheffield. His joined Rutland Cycling Club in Sheffield at 15 where he was selected for the British team for the world junior championship in Argentina in 1979. He raced for the UV Aube cycling club in Troyes, France, for part of 1980 season to gain experience of racing on the continent before being selected for the British team pursuit at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. He, Sean Yates and Tony Doyle finished fifth.
Elliott's breakthrough came at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane where he took gold medals in the road race and the team time trial.
[edit] Professional career
1983 was Elliott's final year as an amateur and he took six stages of the Milk Race before turning professional with Raleigh-Weinmann in 1984. Further domestic success followed in 1984 and 1985 before switching to the ANC-Halfords Cycling Team in 1986. ANC-Halfords raced on the continent as well as in Britain. Elliott finished third in the 1987 Amstel Gold Race. The team received an invitation to the 1987 Tour de France with Elliott finishing 94th overall and third on the stage into Bordeaux.
In 1988 Elliott joined the Fagor team, led by Stephen Roche. Elliott took his first stage in the Vuelta a España that year and another one in 1989, by which time he had switched to the Spanish Teka team. He rode in Europe until the end of the 1992 when he signed for the American team, Chevrolet-LA Sheriffs.
Elliott had four for Chevrolet, winning the First Union Grand Prix and the Redlands Classic and taking a stage in the Tour DuPont. In 1997 he moved to Comptel-Colorado Cyclist but the team hit financial trouble. That led Elliott to retire at the end of 1997 aged 36.
[edit] Comeback
Elliott returned at the start of 2003 at 42. Riding as an individual for the Pinarello-Assos squad (set up by his former manager at ANC-Halfords, Phil Griffiths), he won in the Havant International GP and stages in the Irish Milk Ras. For 2006 Elliott signed for Plowman Craven team and won the National Elite Circuit Series. On 24 August 24 2006 in St. Johann, Austria, he became UCI road masters world champion.
[edit] Career Details
| Year | Notable Results | Team | Notable Team-mates |
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| 1980 | 5th Olympic Games 4,000 metres team pursuit | Amateur | N/A |
| 1981 | Amateur | N/A | |
| 1982 | 1st Commonwealth Games Road Race, 1st Commonwealth Games team time trial, Hot Spots sprints winner Milk Race, 3rd Overall Sealink International | Amateur | N/A |
| 1983 | Six stage wins in Milk Race, 3rd Milk Race, 1st Tour of the Peak, 1st Lincoln Grand Prix | Amateur | N/A |
| 1984 | 1st Sealink International, National Criterium Champion | Raleigh-Weinmann | John Wainwright, Nigel Bloor |
| 1985 | 1st Sun Tour, British Pursuit Champion | Raleigh-Weinmann | Mark Walsham, Phil Bayton |
| 1986 | Two stage wins Milk Race, 2nd Milk Race, two stage wins Sun Tour | ANC-Halfords | Joey McLoughlin, Phil Thomas |
| 1987 | Five stages and 1st Milk Race, three stages Nissan Classic, 3rd Amstel Gold Race, 3rd stage 12 Tour de France | ANC-Halfords | Adrian Timmis, Graham Jones, Steve Swart |
| 1988 | Two stages and 1st Tour of Britain, stage Vuelta a Espana, stage Vuelta a Aragon, 2nd Nissan Classic, 4th final stage Tour de France | Fagor | Stephen Roche, Sean Yates, Robert Millar |
| 1989 | Stage and Points Vuelta a Espana, Two stages Semaine Catalan, Two stages Trofeo Castilla y Leon, stage Tour of Galicia, 2nd Tour of the Americas | Teka | Raimund Dietzen, Regis Clare |
| 1990 | Two stages Tour of Cantabria, Two stages Volta a Catalunya, stage and 1st Kelloggs Tour of Britain, stage , Vuelta Al Pais Vasco | Teka | Peter Hilse, Marino Alonso |
| 1991 | Two stages, Torres Vedras, 1st Trofeo Masferrer | Seur | Viktor Klimov, Oleg Chuzda, Vassili Davidenko |
| 1992 | Stage Tour of the Mining Valleys | Seur | Piotr Ugromov, Ivan Ivanov |
| 1993 | British national road race champion, stage and overall Redlands Classic, stage, Tour of Bisbee, First Union Grand Prix | Chevrolet-LA Sheriffs | Tom Craven, Jeff Pierce |
| 1994 | Two stages Killington Stage Race, 1st Overall Redlands Classic, First Union Grand Prix | Chevrolet-LA Sheriffs | Bobby Julich, Steve Hegg |
| 1995 | Two stages Killington Stage Race, stage Tour DuPont, stage Tour de Toona | Chevrolet-LA Sheriffs | Scott Moninger |
| 1996 | 1st Killington Stage Race, Manhattan Beach GP | Chevrolet-LA Sheriffs | Roberto Gaggioli, Trent Klasna |
| 1997 | Jackson Criterium | Comptel-Colorado Cyclist | Jonathan Vaughters, Levi Leipheimer, John Peters |
| 2003 | Havant International GP | Pinarello-Assos | N/A |
| 2004 | Two stages Girvan 3-Day, two stages FDB Milk Ras | Pinarello-Assos | Julian Winn |
| 2005 | Stage FDB Insurance Ras | Pinarello-Assos | Julian Winn |
| 2006 | UCI road masters world champion, British Elite Circuit Series Champion | Plowman Craven | Tony Gibb, James Taylor |
| 2007 | Shay Elliott Memorial Race; East Midlands International Cicle Classic; Newport Nocturne | Pinarello RT | Adrian Timmis, Kevin Dawson |
| 2008 | Pinarello RT | Russell Downing, Andrew Roche |
[edit] References
- Sprinter, Malcolm Elliott with Jeff Connor, ISBN 0 7207 1939 9
