Rhys Britton
 Britton in 2021 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 13 May 1999 Pontypridd, Wales |
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) |
| Weight | 69 kg (152 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Saint Piran |
| Discipline |
|
| Role | Rider |
| Amateur teams | |
| 2018 | 100% Me |
| 2019 | Wales Racing Academy |
| 2019–2020 | Team Inspired |
| 2021 | GB Cycling Senior Academy |
| 2024 | Uskis Saint Piran Development Team |
| Professional teams | |
| 2022 | EvoPro Racing[1][2] |
| 2023 | Saint Piran |
| 2024– | Saint Piran |
Medal record | |
Rhys Britton (born 13 May 1999) is a British and Welsh road and track cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team Saint Piran.[3]
Career
[edit]He represented Wales at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, where he competed in the men's road race.[4]
Britton became a five times British champion after winning the Points Championship at the 2019 British National Track Championships and 2020 British National Track Championships and the Scratch Championship in 2020.[5] He had previously won both the team pursuit title and Madison title. At the 2022 British National Track Championships in Newport, Wales he won another British title after winning the team pursuit title.[6]
Major results
[edit]Road
[edit]- 2017
- 1st
Points classification, Junior Tour of Wales - 7th Overall Driedaagse van Axel
- 1st Stage 3
- 9th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne Juniores
Track
[edit]- 2016
- 1st
Madison, UEC European Junior Championships (with Matt Walls) - 2017
- 1st
Madison, National Junior Championships (with Jake Stewart) - UEC European Junior Championships
- 2nd
Team pursuit - 3rd
Individual pursuit - 3rd Madison (with Jake Stewart)
- 2nd
- 3rd
Team pursuit, UCI World Junior Championships - 2018
- National Championships
- 1st Team pursuit
- 2nd Madison (with Ethan Vernon)
- 2nd Points race
- 2nd Scratch
- 1st
- 2019
- National Championships
- 1st Madison (with Fred Wright)
- 1st Points race
- 2nd Team pursuit
- 3rd Omnium
- 1st
- 2020
- National Championships
- 1st Points race
- 1st Scratch
- 2nd Team pursuit
- 1st
- 2021
- UEC European Under-23 Championships
- 1st Madison (with Will Tidball)
- 2nd Team pursuit
- 1st
- UCI Champions League
- 3rd Scratch, UCI World Championships
- 3rd Team pursuit, UEC European Championships
- 2022
- 1st Team pursuit, National Championships
- UCI Nations Cup
- 1st Scratch, Milton
- 2nd Madison, Milton (with Ethan Hayter)
- 2nd Team pursuit, Glasgow
- 3rd Team pursuit, UEC European Championships
- 2023
- 1st Omnium, National Championships
- 3rd Team pursuit, UCI Nations Cup, Jakarta
- 2024
- 1st Team pursuit, UCI Nations Cup, Adelaide
- 2nd
Team pursuit, UCI World Championships
References
[edit]- ^ "Our Team". evoproracing.com. EvoPro Racing. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
- ^ "Rhys Britton". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
- ^ "Rhys Britton". Eurosport. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
- ^ "Rhys Britton". Gold Coast 2018 – XXI Commonwealth Games. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
- ^ "Results" (PDF). British Cycling.
- ^ "2022 National Track Championships". British Cycling. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
External links
[edit]
- Rhys Britton at UCI
- Rhys Britton at Cycling Archives
- Rhys Britton at ProCyclingStats
- Rhys Britton at Cycling Quotient
- Rhys Britton at CycleBase
- Rhys Britton at Commonwealth Games Wales
- Rhys Britton at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (archived)
- Rhys Britton at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
- Rhys Britton at British Cycling
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- 1999 births
- Living people
- Welsh male cyclists
- British male cyclists
- British track cyclists
- Welsh track cyclists
- Commonwealth Games competitors for Wales
- Cyclists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Cyclists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
- Sportspeople from Pontypridd
- British cycling biography stubs
- Welsh sportspeople stubs