Chris Newton

Chris Newton
Personal information
Full name	Christopher Newton
Born	29 September 1973 (age 51); Middlesbrough, England, United Kingdom
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	69 kg (152 lb)
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Track & Road
Role	Rider
Amateur teams
1995–1996	North Wirral Velo/Kodak
2000	Middridge CRT
2002–2003	Compensation Group
2003	Bendigo Building Industry
Professional teams
1998	Team Brite
1999	Linda McCartney Racing Team
2005–2010	Recycling.co.uk–MG X-Power
Medal record
Men's track cycling
Representing Great Britain
Olympic Games
World Championships
Representing England
Commonwealth Games

Christopher Malcolm Newton (born 29 September 1973, Middlesbrough, England^[2]) is a road and track racing cyclist. Newton is a multiple world champion and triple Olympic medalist.

Biography

Newton went to Linthorpe Juniors and Boynton Comprehensive in Teesside, and, aged 13, started cycling with Teesside Clarion.^[3] He is an alumnus of the University of Teesside in Middlesbrough. Newton first competed in the Commonwealth Games in 1994, winning the silver medal in the Team Pursuit with Tony Doyle, Rob Hayles and Bryan Steel.

He was a member of the British Team Pursuit squad which finished tenth in the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta. The team included Matt Illingworth, Rob Hayles and Bryan Steel. He won the bronze medal in the Team Pursuit at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney. He won a silver medal in the Team Pursuit, and the bronze in the Points Race at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester.

Newton won the silver medal in Team Pursuit at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens.^[4] He also competed in the Points Race, but failed to finish the race.^[5] He won gold in Team Pursuit at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne.

Despite his focus on pursuing a track career at world class level, Newton's all-round ability has also seen him take many wins in top international amateur road races throughout his career.

Newton broke his collarbone on 6 March 2008 when a car door was opened in his path whilst he was training on the road, putting him out of contention for the upcoming World Championships at the end of March.^[6] This put him on the backfoot at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing,^[7] where he contested the points race. Joan Llaneras built up an impressive lead to take the gold, leaving Newton to battle it out with Roger Kluge for silver. A late attack by Kluge left Newton unable to respond, but he was happy to take a bronze medal at his fourth Olympic Games.^[7]^[8]

At the first round of the World Cup Classics series, in Manchester on 1 November 2008, Newton was on top form and dominated the points race. He was the clear winner and won the final sprint to a standing ovation from the crowd. On that night Great Britain won all gold in all 6 events.

Palmarès

Track

1991: 4th Junior World Championships, Team Pursuit
1993: 1st National Track Champs, Scratch Race
1994: 2nd Team Pursuit, Commonwealth Games (with Doyle, Hayles & Steel)
1995: 1st National Track Champs, Scratch Race; 1st National Track Champs, Team Pursuit
1996: 3rd World Cup, Germany, Team Pursuit, (with Hayles, Illingworth & Steel); 3rd World Cup, Italy, Team Pursuit, (with Wallace, Illingworth & Steel)
1999: 1st National Track Champs, Team Pursuit
2000: 2nd World Championships, Team Pursuit (with Wiggins, Manning & Steel); 3rd Team Pursuit, Olympic Games, (with Clay, Hayles, Manning, Steel & Wiggins)
2001: 2nd World Championships, Team Pursuit (with Wiggins, Manning & Steel); 2nd World Cup, Poland, Team Pursuit, (with Wiggins, Manning, Steel & West)
2002: 1st World Championships, Points Race; 1st National Track Champs, Points Race; 2nd World Championships, Team Pursuit (with Wiggins, Manning & Steel); 2nd Team Pursuit, Commonwealth Games, (with Manning, Steel & Wiggins); 3rd Points Race, Commonwealth Games
2003: 1st National Track Champs, Scratch Race; 3rd World Cup, Mexico, Points Race; 4th World Championships, Points Race
2004: 2nd Team Pursuit, Olympic Games, (with Cummings, Manning & Steel); 2nd World Championships, Team Pursuit (with Hayles, Manning & Steel); 1st World Cup, Sydney, Team Pursuit, (with Hayles, Manning, Steel & R. Downing; 1st World Cup, Manchester (with Hayles, Manning & Steel); 1st National Track Champs, Points Race; 1st National Track Champs, Scratch Race; 1st National Track Champs, Team Pursuit (with Manning, White & Cavendish); 2nd World Cup, Sydney, Points Race; 2nd World Cup, Los Angeles, Points Race; 3rd World Cup, Moscow, Scratch Race 15km; 4th World Cup, Mexico, Points Race; 4th World Cup, Moscow, Points Race
2005: 1st World Championships, Team Pursuit (with Steve Cummings, Paul Manning and Rob Hayles); 1st World Cup, Manchester (1), (with Steve Cummings, Paul Manning and Rob Hayles); 2nd World Cup, Manchester (2), (with Mark Cavendish, Paul Manning and Rob Hayles)
2006: 1st World Cup, Moscow, Team Pursuit, (with Manning, Thomas & Clancy); 1st Team Pursuit, Commonwealth Games, (with Cummings, Manning and Rob Hayles); 1st National Track Champs, Scratch Race; 1st National Track Champs, Team Pursuit; 3rd National Track Champs, Pursuit (with Manning, Cummings and Clancy); 4th World Championships, Points Race
2008: 3rd Points race, 2008 Summer Olympics; 1st World Cup, Points Race series winner; 1st National Track Champs, Scratch Race; 1st National Track Champs, Points Race
2009: 1st Points race, 2008–09 UCI Track Cycling World Ranking; 1st National Track Champs, Scratch Race; 1st National Track Champs, Points Race

3rd Points Race World Championships Poland

Road

1993: 1st British Centre of Excellence Road Race

1995

1st Premier Calendar, International Archer Grand Prix

1st Premier Calendar, Silver Spoon 2-day

1st Stage 2, Silver Spoon 2-day

2nd Stage 1, Silver Spoon 2-day

2nd Stage 3, Silver Spoon 2-day

2nd British National Championships, Team Time Trial

3rd British National Championships, Hill Climb

1996

1st Tour of Lancashire

1st Premier Calendar, International Archer Grand Prix

2nd Tour of Langkawi, Malaysia

1st King of the Mountains, Tour of Langkawi

3rd British National Time Trial Championships – 25-mile

1997: 1st British National Championships, Team Time Trial; 1st British National Time Trial Championships – 25-mile; 1st Grand Prix de l'Oms a Fontainne, France; 1st Grand Prix de la Londe, France; 1st Grand Prix Bonville, France; 1st Grand Prix de Geneve, Switzerland

1998

1st

British National Championships, Team Time Trial

1st Manx International Time Trial

1st Premier Calendar, Grand Prix of Essex

1st Premier Calendar, Europa 2-day

1st Stage 1, Europa 2-day

1st Stage 2, Europa 2-day

1st Mersey Invitation Time Trial

2nd British National Time Trial Championships – 25-mile

8th Prutour, Prydain

1999

1st

British National Time Trial Championships

1st

British National Time Trial Championships – 25-mile

1st

British National Championships, Team Time Trial

1st Manx International Time Trial

1st Premier Calendar, Europa 2-day

2nd Stage 1, Bishop's Waltham-Stephen's Castle, Premier Calendar, Europa 2-day

2nd Stage 2, Bishop's Waltham, Premier Calendar, Europa 2-day

2000

1st

British National Time Trial Championships

1st Grand Prix Claude Criquielion, Belgium

1st Internationale Wielertrofee Jong Maar Moedig

1st Premier Calendar, Europa 2-day

1st Stage 2, Bishop's Waltham, Premier Calendar, Europa 2-day

1st Premier Calendar, Lincoln Grand Prix

1st Premier Calendar, Silver Spoon Chase

1st Premier Calendar, Oleum Grand Prix

3rd UCI World Cup, Italy

3rd British National Time Trial Championships – 25-mile

45th 49th Olympia Tour, Netherlands

1st Stage 7, Bedum, 49th Olympia Tour

1st Stage 8, Bedum-Almere, 49th Olympia Tour

2nd Stage 1, Tilburg, 49th Olympia Tour

2001

1st

British National Circuit Race Championships

1st Circuit des Mines, France

1st Stage 5, Sainte Marie aux Chenes-Metz, Circuit des Mines

2nd Stage 1, Briey-Plan-D'Eau, Circuit des Mines

2nd Stage 4, Rosselange-Guenange, Circuit des Mines

3rd Stage 6, Trieux-Chateau de Malbrouck, Circuit des Mines

1st Grand Prix Ploogestraat, Belgium

1st Premier Calendar, Lancaster Grand Prix

3rd British National Time Trial Championships

23rd Cinturón Ciclista Internacional a Mallorca

1st Stage 3, Santa Margarita, Cinturón Ciclista Internacional a Mallorca

2nd Stage 1, Laya de Palma-El Arenal, Cinturón Ciclista Internacional a Mallorca

2002

1st Tour de la Manche, France

2nd FBD Milk Rás, Ireland

1st Sprint Competition, FBD Milk Rás

1st Stage 1, FBD Milk Rás, Dublin – Ballinamore

2nd Stage 4, FBD Milk Rás, Killorglin – Castletownbere

2nd Stage 5, FBD Milk Rás, Castletownbere – Midleton

1st Stage 6, FBD Milk Rás, Dungarvan – Arklow

1st Stage 7, FBD Milk Rás, Arklow – Baltinglass

1st Stage 8, FBD Milk Rás, Phoenix Park Circuit Race

1st Stage 1, Beroun-Beroun, Gweriniaeth Tsiec

1st Stage 4, Joeuf – Metz, Circuit des Mines, France

3rd British National Time Trial Championships – 25-mile

2003

1st FBD Milk Rás, Ireland

Stage 5, FBD Milk Rás, Letterkenny – Buncrana

2004: 3rd Colne Grand Prix^[9]

2005

1st

British National Time Trial Championships

1st FBD Insurance Ras, Ireland

3rd, Sprint Competition, FBD Insurance Ras

2nd Clitheroe Town Centre Grand Prix^[10]

2006

1st Stage race, Tour of the South

1st 1 Stage, Tour of the South

2nd British National Time Trial Championships – 25-mile

2007

1st Premier Calendar Series

1st Premier Calendar, Bikeline 2-day, Hope

1st Stage 1, Premier Calendar, Bikeline 2-day

1st Premier Calendar, Ryedale Grand Prix

2nd Premier Calendar, 38th Girvan 3-day

1st Stage 1, 38th Girvan 3-day

3rd Stage 2, 38th Girvan 3-day

3rd Stage 3, 38th Girvan 3-day

4th Stage 4, 38th Girvan 3-day

2nd Premier Calendar, Beaumont Trophy

3rd Premier Calendar, Blackpool Grand Prix

Premier Calendar, Grand Prix of Wales

5th Premier Calendar, Tour of Pendle

2008: 1st Stage 3, FBD Insurance Rás, Claremorris – Lisdoonvarna; 1st Clayton Velo Spring Classic^[11]; 4th Lincoln Grand Prix^[12]; 4th Richmond Grand Prix^[13]

2009: 1st Rochdale Grand Prix Circuit Race^[14]; 3rd Newcastle Leazes Criterium^[15]; 4th Lincoln Grand Prix^[16]

2010: 1st Lincoln GP; 1st Tour Doon Hame; 1st Beaumont Trophy; 1st Premier Calendar Series; 3rd Clayton Velo Spring Classic^[17]; 4th East Yorkshire Classic^[18]; 5th York Cycling City Centre Race^[19]

References

^ ^a ^b "Athlete Biography – NEWTON Chris". Beijing Olympics official website. Archived from the original on 8 September 2008.
^ British Cycling Profile Archived 7 February 2008 at the Wayback Machine
^ Walker, Sarah (4 August 2008). "Champion cyclist Chris Newton is a down-to-earth guy". Teesside Live. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
^ "GB duo handed silver medals". 28 August 2004.
^ "Ignatyev takes points gold". 24 August 2004.
^ Newton Injured Ahead of Worlds Archived 10 March 2008 at the Wayback Machine British Cycling 6 March 2008
^ ^a ^b Alasdair Fotheringham (16 August 2008). "Newton Storms to Bronze in Points". Cycling Weekly.
^ Larry Hickmont (16 August 2008). "Men's Points Race". British Cycling. Archived from the original on 25 September 2008. Retrieved 20 August 2008.
^ "Colne Grand Prix". British Cycling. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
^ "Clitheroe Town Centre Grand Prix". British Cycling. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
^ "Clayton Velo Spring Classic Handicap". British Cycling. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
^ "Downing Wins Lincoln – But Which One?". Cycling Weekly. 11 May 2008. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
^ "Downing Secures Seventh Victory". Cycling Weekly. 21 September 2008. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
^ "Rochdale Grand Prix Circuit Races". British Cycling. 17 June 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
^ "Newcastle Leazes Criteriums". British Cycling. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
^ "Lincoln Grand Prix 2009: comment and analysis". Cycling Weekly. 12 May 2009. Retrieved 14 June 2014.
^ "Clayton Velo Spring Classic:Road, Clitheroe – Sunday, 28 Feb 2010". British Cycling. 28 February 2010. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
^ Hickmott, Larry (18 July 2016). "Report: East Yorkshire Classic". British Cycling. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
^ Hickmott, Larry (25 July 2010). "York Cycling City Centre Races". British Cycling. Retrieved 17 June 2014.

External links

Official website

[Beijing-1] "Athlete Biography – NEWTON Chris". Beijing Olympics official website. Archived from the original on 8 September 2008.

[2] British Cycling Profile Archived 7 February 2008 at the Wayback Machine

[Walker-04Aug2020-3] Walker, Sarah (4 August 2008). "Champion cyclist Chris Newton is a down-to-earth guy". Teesside Live. Retrieved 18 August 2020.

[4] "GB duo handed silver medals". 28 August 2004.

[5] "Ignatyev takes points gold". 24 August 2004.

[6] Newton Injured Ahead of Worlds Archived 10 March 2008 at the Wayback Machine British Cycling 6 March 2008

[CW2008points-7] Alasdair Fotheringham (16 August 2008). "Newton Storms to Bronze in Points". Cycling Weekly.

[8] Larry Hickmont (16 August 2008). "Men's Points Race". British Cycling. Archived from the original on 25 September 2008. Retrieved 20 August 2008.

[9] "Colne Grand Prix". British Cycling. Retrieved 17 June 2014.

[10] "Clitheroe Town Centre Grand Prix". British Cycling. Retrieved 17 June 2014.

[11] "Clayton Velo Spring Classic Handicap". British Cycling. Retrieved 15 June 2014.

[12] "Downing Wins Lincoln – But Which One?". Cycling Weekly. 11 May 2008. Retrieved 16 June 2014.

[13] "Downing Secures Seventh Victory". Cycling Weekly. 21 September 2008. Retrieved 16 June 2014.

[14] "Rochdale Grand Prix Circuit Races". British Cycling. 17 June 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2014.

[15] "Newcastle Leazes Criteriums". British Cycling. Retrieved 17 June 2014.

[16] "Lincoln Grand Prix 2009: comment and analysis". Cycling Weekly. 12 May 2009. Retrieved 14 June 2014.

[17] "Clayton Velo Spring Classic:Road, Clitheroe – Sunday, 28 Feb 2010". British Cycling. 28 February 2010. Retrieved 8 March 2015.

[18] Hickmott, Larry (18 July 2016). "Report: East Yorkshire Classic". British Cycling. Retrieved 9 October 2016.

[19] Hickmott, Larry (25 July 2010). "York Cycling City Centre Races". British Cycling. Retrieved 17 June 2014.

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v t e UCI Track Cycling World Champions – Men's team pursuit
1990s	1993: Australia, Brett Aitken, Stuart O'Grady, Billy Shearsby, Tim O'Shannessey 1994: Germany, Guido Fulst, Andreas Bach, Jens Lehmann, Danilo Hondo 1995: Australia, Bradley McGee, Stuart O'Grady, Rodney McGee, Tim O'Shannessey 1996: Italy, Adler Capelli, Cristiano Citton, Andrea Collinelli, Mauro Trentini 1997: Italy, Cristiano Citton, Mario Benetton, Adler Capelli, Andrea Collinelli 1998: Ukraine, Alexander Symonenko, Sergiy Matveyev, Oleksandr Fedenko, Oleksandr Klymenko 1999: Germany, Robert Bartko, Jens Lehmann, Daniel Becke, Guido Fulst
2000s	2000: Germany, Guido Fulst, Sebastian Siedler, Daniel Becke, Jens Lehmann 2001: Ukraine, Alexander Symonenko, Serhii Cherniavskyi, Lyubomyr Polatayko, Oleksandr Fedenko 2002: Australia, Peter Dawson, Brett Lancaster, Stephen Wooldridge, Luke Roberts 2003: Australia, Graeme Brown, Peter Dawson, Brett Lancaster, Luke Roberts 2004: Australia, Ashley Hutchinson, Luke Roberts, Peter Dawson, Stephen Wooldridge 2005: Great Britain, Steve Cummings, Rob Hayles, Paul Manning, Chris Newton 2006: Australia, Peter Dawson, Matthew Goss, Mark Jamieson, Stephen Wooldridge 2007: Great Britain, Ed Clancy, Geraint Thomas, Paul Manning, Bradley Wiggins 2008: Great Britain, Ed Clancy, Geraint Thomas, Paul Manning, Bradley Wiggins 2009: Denmark, Casper Jørgensen, Jens-Erik Madsen, Michael Færk Christensen, Alex Rasmussen, Michael Mørkøv
2010s	2010: Australia, Jack Bobridge, Rohan Dennis, Michael Hepburn, Cameron Meyer 2011: Australia, Jack Bobridge, Rohan Dennis, Michael Hepburn, Luke Durbridge 2012: Great Britain, Ed Clancy, Peter Kennaugh, Steven Burke, Geraint Thomas, Andy Tennant 2013: Australia, Glenn O'Shea, Alex Edmondson, Mitchell Mulhern, Alexander Morgan 2014: Australia, Glenn O'Shea, Alex Edmondson, Luke Davison, Miles Scotson 2015: New Zealand, Pieter Bulling, Dylan Kennett, Alex Frame, Marc Ryan 2016: Australia, Sam Welsford, Michael Hepburn, Callum Scotson, Miles Scotson, Alexander Porter, Luke Davison 2017: Australia, Sam Welsford, Cameron Meyer, Alexander Porter, Nick Yallouris, Kelland O'Brien, Rohan Wight 2018: Great Britain, Ed Clancy, Kian Emadi, Ethan Hayter, Charlie Tanfield 2019: Australia, Sam Welsford, Leigh Howard, Alexander Porter, Cameron Scott, Kelland O'Brien
2020s	2020: Denmark, Lasse Norman Hansen, Julius Johansen, Frederik Rodenberg, Rasmus Pedersen 2021: Italy, Liam Bertazzo, Simone Consonni, Filippo Ganna, Jonathan Milan, Francesco Lamon 2022: Great Britain, Ethan Hayter, Oliver Wood, Ethan Vernon, Daniel Bigham 2023: Denmark, Niklas Larsen, Carl-Frederik Bévort, Lasse Norman Leth, Rasmus Pedersen, Frederik Rodenberg 2024: Denmark, Tobias Hansen, Carl-Frederik Bévort, Niklas Larsen, Rasmus Pedersen, Frederik Rodenberg
Riders in italics took part in the qualifying rounds.

v t e British National Time Trial Championships (men)
1980–1999	Stuart Dangerfield (1995–1996) Graeme Obree (1997) Stuart Dangerfield (1998) Chris Newton (1999)
2000–2019	Chris Newton (2000) Stuart Dangerfield (2001) Michael Hutchinson (2002) Stuart Dangerfield (2003) Michael Hutchinson (2004) Stuart Dangerfield (2005) Jason MacIntyre (2006) David Millar (2007) Michael Hutchinson (2008) Bradley Wiggins (2009–2010) Alex Dowsett (2011–2013) Bradley Wiggins (2014) Alex Dowsett (2015–2016) Steve Cummings (2017) Geraint Thomas (2018) Alex Dowsett (2019)
2020–2039	Ethan Hayter (2021–2022) Josh Tarling (2023–2024)