Matt Illingworth

Matt Illingworth
Personal information
Full name Matthew Illingworth
Born 25 July 1968
 England
Team information
Discipline Track & Road
Role Rider
Amateur team(s)
1991 Leo RC
1992 GS Strada - M&M Conservatories
1993-1994 North Wirral Velo-Kodak
1995 Team Clean
1998 Team Brite
1999 Linda McCartney Foods
2000 DuPont
Professional team(s)
1998
20062007
2008
Infobox last updated on
20 August 2008

Matt Illingworth (born 25 July 1968, Westcliff, Essex).[1]) is a road and track racing cyclist, in individual and team pursuits and time-trials track and road. He rode for England in the team time-trial at the 1994 Commonwealth Games, coming second. He was also a member of the silver-medal pursuit team and won bronze in the individual pursuit at the 1998 Commonwealth Games.

He broke the 10-mile record in 1992 and the 30-mile in 1998.

He lives with New Zealand road cyclist Anne Murrell in Perth, Australia where he takes part in triathlons.

Palmarès

Track

1996
3rd World Cup, Germany, Team Pursuit, (with Hayles, Newton & Steel)
3rd World Cup, Italy, Team Pursuit, (with Wallace, Newton & Steel)
1997
3rd World Cup, Greece, Team Pursuit (with Clay, Steel & West)
1998
2nd Team Pursuit, Commonwealth Games (with Clay, Hayles & Sturgess)
3rd Individual Pursuit, Commonwealth Games
1999
1st United Kingdom National Track Champs, Team pursuit (with Russell Downing, Chris Newton & Julian Winn)
2nd National Track Champs, Pursuit

Road

1992
1st Stage 2, Premier Calendar, Girvan 3 day
3rd Overall Tour of Normandy
1994
2nd Team time trial, Commonwealth Games
1998
3rd Premier Calendar series
1st Premier Calendar, Silver Spoon 2 day
1st Stage 1, Silver Spoon
2nd Stage 2, Silver Spoon
1st Stage 3, Premier Calendar, Girvan 3 day
1st Stage 4, Premier Calendar, Girvan 3 day
1999
1st CTT National Time Trial Championships - 10 miles
2nd Premier Calendar, Silver Spoon 2 day
2nd Stage 1, Silver Spoon
3rd Stage 3, Silver Spoon
2000
2nd CTT National Time Trial Championships - 50 miles
3rd CTT National Time Trial Championships - 10 miles

References