Simon Cope

Simon Cope
Personal information
Full name	Simon Cope
Born	22 March 1966 (age 55); South London, England
Team information
Discipline	Road & Track
Role	Rider
Rider type	Endurance
Amateur teams
2002	34th Nomads CP Hart / Vulcan CRT Metaxa / 34th Nomads Gem Hygiene
2004	Team Edwardes
2006–2007	Pacific Flanders CRT
Professional teams
1988	Emmelle - MBK (GBR)
1989	Alpha Print - Crown
1990	Crown Printers Engineers - Chafes (GBR)
1991	Oakville Cycling (GBR)
1992	Bud Light Beer (USA)
1993–1994	Omega (GBR)
1995–1996	Scott - BiKyle Flyers (USA)
1997	Torelli Imports (GBR)
1998	Linda McCartney Racing Team (GBR)
Managerial teams
2012	Team Exergy
2013	Wiggle–Honda
2014	Madison Genesis
2015–	WIGGINS
Major wins
	1987 Raleigh Tour of New Zealand One stage win, Points winner, 1985 Ras 3 x Stage winner, Tour de Moor USA, Harlem Crit USA, Wally Gimber UK; National Crit Champion 1997;

Simon Cope (born 22 March 1966)^[1] is an English former professional cyclist from Sevenoaks, Kent. Cope began cycling in 1978 and rode as professional from 1983 to 1999.^[2] He had success at the British National Derny Championships for two consecutive years in 1999 and 2000. Cope was also the National Circuit Race Champion 1997. He subsequently became a coach working on British Cycling's Olympic Academy Programme,^[3] spending five years as coach of their women's road and endurance academy. After his post at British Cycling was abolished due to funding cuts, he spent the 2012 season as a directeur sportif at the American Team Exergy team.^[4] He also managed the Wiggle–Honda team during the 2013 season^[5] and was a directeur sportif with Madison Genesis in 2014.^[6] In January 2015, he was named as the directeur sportif of the new UCI Continental level team, WIGGINS.^[7]