Michael Hutchinson (cyclist)

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Michael Hutchinson

Michael Hutchinson on left
Personal information
Full name Michael Hutchinson
Nickname Dr. Hutch
Born 20 November 1973(1973-11-20)
 Northern Ireland
 United Kingdom
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 73 kg (160 lb)
Team information
Current team In-Gear Quickvit RT
Discipline Road & Track
Role Rider
Rider type Time Triallist & Pursuitist
Amateur team(s)
Cambridge University CC
Professional team(s)
Bio RT
Team MDT-Giant
API-Metrow
In-Gear Quickvit RT
Infobox last updated on
10 September 2008

Michael Hutchinson (or "Hutch") (born 20 November 1973[1] in Northern Ireland) is a British racing cyclist and writer who has represented Great Britain and Northern Ireland at events including the Commonwealth Games. His speciality is the individual time trial, but he has also won important races on the track. In 2003 he briefly held the national record for the 100 mile Time Trial; he covered the distance in 3 hours and 23 minutes.[2] He also currently holds the 50 mile and 10 mile national records.

He has made two unsuccessful attempts at the hour record, the first of which forms the basis of his 2006 book The Hour. This won him the award for Best New Writer at the 2007 British Sports Book Awards.

Hutchinson began cycling at the University of Cambridge, where he studied Law at Fitzwilliam College. As part of a university team he won the National Team 25 Championships. Having acquired a masters degree and a PhD in International Human Rights, Hutchinson spent a year researching and teaching Law at the University of Sussex before resolving to pursue a career as a writer.[2] In late 2006, he started writing for Cycling Weekly. In 2011, he co-commentated on the World Championship Time Trial in Copenhagen for Eurosport.

Contents

Coaching and technical support

Coaching

Since 2003 Hutchinson has been coached by the exercise physiologist Dr Jamie Pringle.[3] Pringle works for the English Institute of Sport, a grant funded organisation governed by UK Sport. The English Institute of Sport provides science and medicine support to a wide variety of National Governing Bodies of British Olympic sports.[4] Previously, Pringle worked for the University of Brighton as a senior lecturer within the Chelsea School, being involved in teaching and research activities.[5] The physiology staff at the Chelsea School have included over the years such notable figures working in elite cycling such as Peter Keen (coach of Chris Boardman and now Performance Director to UK Sport), Gary Brickley (British Cycling Coach, Paralympic squad) and Helen Carter. Pringle is noted to also work with Julia Shaw, the British female time trial specialist.[6]

Technical support and sponsors

Testimonies are given both by Hutchinson and Pringle on the website of the technical consulting firm VeloScience. Veloscience, and specifically, the windtunnel operation http://www.drag2zero.co.uk/ have been established since early 2008, and offer windtunnel testing to cyclists in the Brawn GP low-speed windtunnel. Hutchinson has been sponsored by Specialized bikes since 2009 and Ultimate Sports Equipment[7] since 2006.

Honours

Cycling Time Trials (CTT) National Championships

Hutchinson's 51 Cycling Time Trials titles are a men's record ahead of Ian Cammish's 23. The only rider to win more is Beryl Burton with 97. The sequence of 12 consecutive 50-mile titles is also a men's record for any distance (Beryl Burton won 25 consecutive BBAR titles).

National Champion 2000
10 miles – 20m 22s – riding for Bio RT
50 miles – 1h 40m 41s – riding for Bio RT
100 miles – 3h 41m 16s – riding for Bio RT
12 hours – 293.23mls – riding for Bio RT
National Champion 2001
50 miles – 1h 41m 38s – riding for Team MDT – Giant
National Champion 2002
10 miles – 19m 19s – riding for Team MDT – Giant
50 miles – 1h 44m 10s – riding for Team MDT – Giant
British National Time Trial Championships – riding for Team MDT – Giant
National Champion 2003
50 miles – 1h 44m 31s – riding for Team MDT – Giant
National Champion 2004
50 miles – 1h 46m 09s – riding for Team MDT – Giant
100 miles – 3h 28m 59s – riding for Team MDT – Giant
British National Time Trial Championships – riding for Team MDT – Giant
National Champion 2005
10 miles – 19m 34s – riding for API-Metrow
25 miles – 47m 15s – riding for API-Metrow
50 miles – 1h 39m 40s – riding for API-Metrow
100 miles – 3h 36m 38s – riding for API-Metrow
12 hours – 285.74mls – riding for API-Metrow
National Champion 2006
10 miles – 20m 09s – riding for In-Gear Quickvit RT
50 miles – 1h 44m 34s – riding for In-Gear Quickvit RT
National Champion 2007
10 miles – 19m 43s – riding for In-Gear Quickvit RT
50 miles – 1h 42m 22s – riding for In-Gear Quickvit RT
National Champion 2008
10 miles – 18m 07s – riding for In-Gear Quickvit RT
25 miles – 50m 49s – riding for In-Gear Quickvit RT
50 miles – 1h 40m 37s – riding for In-Gear Quickvit RT
British National Time Trial Championships – riding for In-Gear Quickvit RT
National Champion 2009
10 miles – 19m 34s – riding for In-Gear Quickvit RT
25 miles – 48m 23s – riding for In-Gear Quickvit RT
50 miles – 1h 43m 18s – riding for In-Gear Quickvit RT
100 miles – 3h 27m 26s – riding for In-Gear Quickvit RT
National Champion 2010
10 miles – 18m 37s – riding for In-Gear Quickvit Trainsharp RT
25 miles – 49m 34s – riding for In-Gear Quickvit Trainsharp RT
50 miles – 1h 38m 55s – riding for In-Gear Quickvit Trainsharp RT
100 miles – 3h 23m 04s – riding for In-Gear Quickvit Trainsharp RT
National Champion 2011
25 miles - 53m 36s - riding for In-Gear Quickvit Trainsharp RT
50 miles - 1h 41m 28s - riding for In-Gear Quickvit Trainsharp RT
100 miles - 3h 24m 45s - riding for In-Gear Quickvit Trainsharp RT
National TT series
Winner 1999, 2001, 2002, 2004 and 2005
British Best All-Rounder (BBAR) TT competition
BBAR Winner 2000 and 2005
Ron Kitching Trophy ('Champion of Champions')
Winner 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
Other titles, etc.
Commonwealth Games (riding for Northern Ireland)
2006 Melbourne
4th in the Individual Time Trial
2010 Delhi
4th in the Individual Time Trial
Brompton World Champion 2011

Records and personal bests

Competition records for TT
100 miles – 2003 – 3h 23m 33s (since broken)
50 miles – 2008 – 1h 35m 27s
10 miles – 2010 – 17m 57s
30 miles - 2011 - 55m 39s
Personal bests
10 miles – 2010 – 17m 57s
25 miles – 2009 – 46m 03s
30 miles - 2011 - 55m 39s
50 miles – 2008 – 1h 35m 27s
100 miles – 2010 – 3h 23m 04s

Bibliography

External links

References

  1. ^ 2006 Northern Ireland Commonwealth Games Squad from BC site
  2. ^ a b "Sportsmen of distinction". Optima. 2006. http://www.fitz.cam.ac.uk/mi-client/media/import/documents/Optima10.pdf. Retrieved 2011-06-28. 
  3. ^ http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/archive/349708/how-powerful-are-the-pros.html
  4. ^ http://www.eis2win.co.uk/pages/
  5. ^ http://www.brighton.ac.uk/chelsea/research/downloads/sesstaff/JamiePringle.pdf
  6. ^ http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/routes/south/345561/hampshire-with-julia-shaw.html
  7. ^ http://www.use1.com/