Katie Colclough

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Katie Colclough
Personal information
Full nameKatie Amanda Colclough
Born (1990-01-20) 20 January 1990 (age 31)
Grantham, England
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[1]
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad and track
RoleRider
Rider typeEndurance
Amateur teams
2002-2006Sleaford Wheelers C.C.
2008Team Halfords Bikehut[2]
Professional teams
2011HTC High Road
2012-2013Specialized-lululemon
Major wins
World Team Time Trial Champion
Europe European Champion U23
United Kingdom British Champion Junior
Medal record
Women's Track cycling
Representing  Great Britain
European Elite Championships
Gold medal – first place 2010 Pruszków Team pursuit
Women's Road bicycle racing
Representing Specialized–lululemon
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Florence Team Time Trial

Katie Amanda Colclough (born 20 January 1990[3]) is a retired English road and track cyclist from Frieston near Grantham, Lincolnshire, and a former member of British Cycling's Olympic Development Squad.

Colclough began cycling competitively in 2004, the following year she was selected to ride for British Cycling's Talent Team. She joined the Olympic Development Programme in 2006.[1]

In 2008-2009 Colclough rode road races with Team Halfords Bikehut.[3] In 2011, she signed with the professional team HTC–Highroad Women (now known as Velocio–SRAM Pro Cycling).[4] Colclough was part of the Specialized-lululemon squad which won the team time trial at the 2013 UCI Road World Championships, where she announced that she would be retiring from the sport after the road race.[5]

Palmarès[]

Source:[6]

2007
2nd Olveston National Series Road Race
2008 – Team Halfords Bikehut 2008 season
1st UEC Champion Jersey.svg Team pursuit, UEC European U23 Track Championships
1st United Kingdom Points Race, British National Track Championships (Junior)
2nd Points Race, British National Track Championships (Senior)
2nd Pursuit, British National Track Championships (Junior)
1st Team pursuit, Round 1, 2008–2009 Track World Cup, Manchester
3rd Points race, Round 1, 2008–2009 Track World Cup, Manchester
1st Team pursuit, Round 2, 2008–2009 Track World Cup, Melbourne
2009
1st Team pursuit, Round 5, 2008–2009 Track World Cup, Copenhagen
2nd Points race, Round 5, 2008–2009 Track World Cup, Copenhagen
2nd British National Road Race Championships Under 23
2nd European road cycling championships, road race, Under 23
2nd, Team pursuit, 2009–2010 Track World Cup, Melbourne
2010
1st UEC Champion Jersey.svg Team pursuit, 2010 European Track Championships
2011 – HTC-Highroad 2011 season
UEC European U23 Track Championships
1st UEC Champion Jersey.svg Team Pursuit (with Laura Trott and Dani King)
2nd Points Race
2012 – Team Specialized–lululemon 2012 season
1st Stage 4, Gracia-Orlova
1st British National Road Race Championships Under 23
2013 – Specialized–lululemon 2013 season
Colclough won with Specialized–lululemon the team time trial at the 2013 UCI Road World Championships.
1st Jersey rainbow chrono.svg World Championship, Team Time Trial (together with Ellen van Dijk, Carmen Small, Evelyn Stevens, Lisa Brennauer and Trixi Worrack)
3rd British National Time Trial Championships

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Rider Profiles: Katie Colclough". Team Halfords Bikehut. Retrieved 18 December 2008.[dead link]
  2. ^ Lionel Birnie (8 January 2008). "HALFORDS BIKEHUT TEAM: WHO'S WHO". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 18 December 2008.
  3. ^ a b "Profile". British Cycling.[dead link]
  4. ^ "Katie Colclough". Velocio Sports. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
  5. ^ "Road World Championships 2013: Lizzie Armitstead set for tough test". bbc.co.uk. 27 September 2013. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
  6. ^ Katie Colclough at Cycling Archives
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