Graham Briggs

Graham Briggs
Personal information
Full name Graham Briggs
Nickname The Graftdyke Express
Born 14 July 1983
Doncaster, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Team information
Current team JLT-Condor
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Rider type Sprinter
Amateur team(s)
2006 Agisko-Dart-Cycling.tv
Professional team(s)
2007–2008 Recycling.co.uk
2009 CandiTV-Marshalls Pasta
2010–2011 Rapha Condor-Sharp
2012–2013 Team Raleigh-GAC
2014– Rapha Condor-JLT
Infobox last updated on
24 April 2014

Graham Briggs (born 14 July 1983) is a British professional road racing cyclist, currently a member of JLT-Condor.[1]

Career

Born in Rossington,Doncaster, South Yorkshire, Briggs initially played football as a youngster before switching to cycling, initially off-road as a cyclo-cross rider and then the discipline of mountain biking, until the foot and mouth crisis of 2001. The majority of his road racing career has been spent in city centre competitions leading to successes in the Elite Circuit Race Series in recent years. He is a member of the "Donny Chain Gang", a training group of some the best northern riders such as Olympic Champion Ed Clancy, Ben Swift and Russell Downing.[2]

Briggs is classed as a sprinter and was the winner of the British National Circuit Race Championships in 2011.

Briggs left Team Raleigh at the end of the 2013 season, and joined Rapha Condor-JLT for the 2014 season; his third spell with the latter squad.[1]

Palmarès

2001
3rd National Junior Road Race Championships
2008
3rd Blackpool Grand Prix Circuit Race[3]
3rd Clayton Velo Spring Classic[4]
7th Overall Tour du Loir-et-Cher
8th British National Circuit Race Championships[5]
2009
1st Round 1 – Milton Keynes, Tour Series[6]
2nd Blackburn Grand Prix[7]
4th Brighouse Circuit Race[8]
4th Warwick Town Centre Race[9]
7th Colne Grand Prix[10]
8th East Yorkshire Classic Circuit Race[11]
10th Tour of the Reservoir[12]
2010
2nd Blackburn Grand Prix[13]
3rd, Dumfries Bike Fest Grand Prix[14]
7th, Dumfries Elite Circuit Series Race[15]
7th Newport Nocturne[16]
2011
1st National Circuit Race Championships
2nd Wales Open Criterium[17]
2nd Glade Spring Road Race[18]
4th Smithfield Nocturne[19]
2012
1st British Cycling Elite Circuit Race Series[20]
1st Brighouse Circuit Race[21]
1st Wales Open Criterium[22]
2nd Colne Grand Prix[23]
5th East Yorkshire Classic[24]
10th Sheffrec CC Spring Road Race[25]
2013
4th Colne Grand Prix[26]
4th Wales Open Criterium[17]
2014
1st Overall Tour du Loir et Cher
1st Stage 3
1st Legstretchers Memorial to Betty Pharoah Road Race[27]
1st Round 2 – Barrow-in-Furness, Tour Series[28]
1st Milk Race[29]
1st Colne Grand Prix[30]
1st Wales Open Criterium[17]
2nd Eddie Soens Memorial[31]
2nd Newport Nocturne[32]
3rd British National Circuit Race Championships[33]
3rd Beverley Grand Prix[34]
3rd Jock Wadley Memorial Road Race[35]
5th Overall New Zealand Cycle Classic
10th Stockton Grand Prix[36]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Clarke, Stuart; Langford, Ed (4 October 2013). "Graham Briggs rejoins Rapha Condor JLT for 2014". Cycling Weekly (IPC Media). Retrieved 1 December 2013.
  2. ↑ "Graham Briggs Interview". Road Cycling UK. 8 April 2013. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
  3. ↑ "Cycle Fest is a winner for Fylde". Blackpool Gazette. 7 July 2008. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
  4. ↑ "Clayton Velo Spring Classic Handicap". British Cycling. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
  5. ↑ "British Cycling National Circuit Race Championships". British Cycling. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  6. ↑ Hickmott, Larry (21 May 2009). "2009 Tour Series: Milton Keynes Round 1". British Cycling. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
  7. ↑ Hickmott, Larry (13 June 2014). "2009 Blackburn Town Centre Racing". British Cycling. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
  8. ↑ Hickmott, Larry (7 July 2009). "VS Cycles Brighouse Circuit Races". British Cycling. Retrieved 14 June 2014.
  9. ↑ "Wilkinson wins in Warwick". Cycling Weekly. 7 September 2009. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
  10. ↑ Hickmott, Larry (14 June 2014). "Colne Grand Prix". British Cycling. Retrieved 14 June 2014.
  11. ↑ "East Yorkshire Classic National Circuit Race Championship". British Cycling. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
  12. ↑ Kennedy, Andrew (29 March 2009). "Tennant Hangs on To Win Tour of Reservoir". British Cycling. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
  13. ↑ Kennedy, Andrew (13 June 2014). "2010 Blackburn Grand Prix". British Cycling. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
  14. ↑ "Downing takes solo win in Dumfries GP Premier Calendar". Cycling Weekly. 31 May 2010. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
  15. ↑ Hickmott, Larry (13 June 2014). "Report: BikeFest in Dumfries Town Centre". British Cycling. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
  16. ↑ Hickmott, Larry (4 September 2010). "2010 Newport Nocturne Circuit Race". British Cycling. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 Whitehouse, Andy (30 July 2014). "Graham Briggs (Rapha Condor) wins Wales Open Criterium, while Alex Blain (Team Raleigh) wins overall series". British Cycling. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
  18. ↑ Hedden, Will (10 April 2011). "Report: Glade CC Spring Road Race". British Cycling. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
  19. ↑ "Smithfield Nocturne". British Cycling. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
  20. ↑ "2012 Elite Circuit Race Series". British Cycling. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
  21. ↑ Kennedy, Andrew (26 June 2012). "Graham Briggs triumphs in Elite Circuit Series opener". British Cycling. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
  22. ↑ "Wales Open Criterium". British Cycling. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
  23. ↑ Kennedy, Andrew (18 July 2012). "Raleigh continue to dominate Elite Circuit Series as Hampton wins at Colne". British Cycling. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
  24. ↑ "East Yorkshire Classic". British Cycling. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  25. ↑ "Shirlaw wins Sheffrec CC spring road race". Cycling Weekly. 16 April 2012. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
  26. ↑ "The 'cottages4you' Colne Grand Prix". British Cycling. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
  27. ↑ "Legstretchers Memorial to Betty Pharoah Road Races". British Cycling. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
  28. ↑ "Great Britain junior Matt Gibson on the podium at Pearl Izumi Tour Series in Barrow". British Cycling. 16 May 2014. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
  29. ↑ "Milk Race: Wins for Katie Archibald and Graham Briggs". skysports.com. 25 May 2014. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
  30. ↑ Swarbrick, Guy (16 July 2014). "Rapha Condor JLT's Graham Briggs wins 2014 Elite Circuit Series Colne Grand Prix". British Cycling. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
  31. ↑ "53rd Eddie Soens Memorial Cycle Race". British Cycling. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  32. ↑ "The Newport Nocturne". British Cycling. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
  33. ↑ "2014 British Cycling National Circuit Race Championship – Hull – July 9, 2014: Men's Championship: Official Result" (PDF). British Cycling. 9 July 2014. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
  34. ↑ Swarbrick, Guy (18 July 2014). "Mike Northey (Madison Genesis) wins latest round of the 2014 British Cycling Elite Circuit Series". British Cycling. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
  35. ↑ "Yorkshire riders on top at home and abroad". Yorkshire Post. 14 April 2014. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  36. ↑ "Stockton Velo29-Altura Grand Prix". British Cycling. Retrieved 21 July 2014.

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