Thomas Gloag
 Gloag at the 2023 Giro d'Italia | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Thomas Gloag |
| Nickname | The Gloagtrotter |
| Born | 13 September 2001 East Dulwich, England |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Visma–Lease a Bike[1] |
| Disciplines |
|
| Role | Rider |
| Amateur team | |
| 2017–2019 | VC Londres[2] |
| Professional teams | |
| 2021–2022 | Trinity Racing[3] |
| 2022 | Team Jumbo–Visma (stagiaire) |
| 2023– | Team Jumbo–Visma |
Thomas Gloag (born 13 September 2001) is a British racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Visma–Lease a Bike.[4][5]
Career
[edit]At the 2022 Tour de l'Avenir Gloag was in a breakaway on stage 4 that made it to the finish line where he won the sprint against Adam Holm Jørgensen to take his second stage victory at Under-23 level.[6] Whilst on his way up the podium to celebrate his win with Bernard Hinault he tripped and slipped down the stairs.[7] He took lead of the race after his result, he would slip to second in the following stages then nineteenth overall before abandoning the race. It was announced on 7 August 2022 that Gloag would join Team Jumbo–Visma as a stagiaire for the rest of the 2022 season.[8] On 29 August 2022 Team Jumbo–Visma announced that Gloag would join their team from the 2023 season on a three-year contract.[9]
Major results
[edit]- 2019
- 1st Trofeo Fundación
- 1st Zumarraga
- Junior Tour of Wales
- 1st
Mountains classification - 1st Stage 2
- 1st
- 3rd Overall Sint-Martinusprijs Kontich
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT)
- 8th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne Juniors
- 2021
- 3rd Overall Ronde de l'Isard
- 1st Stage 4
- 4th Overall Giro Ciclistico d'Italia
- 6th Liège–Bastogne–Liège Espoirs
- 2022
- 1st Stage 4 Tour de l'Avenir
- 3rd Flèche Ardennaise
- 2023
- 6th Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
- 1st
Young rider classification
- 1st
- 2024 (1 pro win)
- 1st Stage 3 Czech Tour
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
[edit]| Grand Tour | 2023 |
|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia
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76 |
 Tour de France
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 Vuelta a España
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References
[edit]- ^ "Thomas GLOAG". UCI. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
- ^ a b "Thomas Gloag". FirstCycling.com. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
- ^ Hood, Ed (17 September 2020). "Thomas Gloag - "I find myself getting better as the road slopes upwards"". VeloVeritas. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
- ^ "Team Jumbo–Visma". UCI. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
- ^ a b "Thomas Gloag". www.procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
- ^ "Thomas Gloag wins fourth stage of the Tour de l'Avenir". CyclingUpToDate.com. 22 August 2022. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
- ^ "Tom Gloag avoids embarrassment at Tour de l'Avenir". today.postuszero.com. 23 August 2022. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
- ^ Fletcher, Patrick (8 August 2022). "Jumbo-Visma sign British talent Thomas Gloag as stagiaire for rest of season". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
- ^ "Valter, Tratnik and Gloag new reinforcements Team Jumbo-Visma". Team Jumbo-Visma. 29 August 2022. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
- ^ "Thomas Gloag". www.cyclingarchives.com. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
External links
[edit]- Thomas Gloag at UCI
- Thomas Gloag at Cycling Archives
- Thomas Gloag at ProCyclingStats
