Rob Partridge

Rob Partridge
Personal information
Full name Robert Partridge
Born 11 September 1985
Wrexham, Wales
Team information
Current team NFTO Pro Cycling
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Professional team(s)
2006–2008 Recycling.co.uk
2009 Team Halfords Bikehut[1]
2010–2012 Endura Racing
2013 Team UK Youth
2014 Velosure-Giordana Racing Team
2015- NFTO Pro Cycling
Infobox last updated on
2 December 2013

Rob Partridge (born 11 September 1985)[1] is a Welsh professional cyclist from Wrexham, Wales. He represented Wales in the 2006 Commonwealth Games.[2] Inspired after watching the Tour de France on television, he joined the Wrexham Roads Club at an early age.[3] Partridge rode for the Endura Racing team from 2010 to 2012 and rode for the Rapha Condor-Recycling.co.uk team in 2008 and Team Halfords Bikehut in 2009. He was living with the Under 23 GB Squad in Quarrata, Tuscany until June 2007.[4]

He joined Team UK Youth for 2013.[5] When the team folded at the end of the year he moved to the Velosure-Giordana Racing Team for the 2014 season.[6] After one season Partridge was announced as a member of the NFTO squad for the 2015 season.[7]

Palmarès

2003
1st Corrado GP (National Junior Series Event)
13th Junior Tour of Wales
14th Junior Tour of Ireland
2004
4th Welsh National Road Race Championships
2005
5th British National Road Race Championships – Under 23
2006
2nd Girvan Three Day (GBR)
1st Stage 1
2nd Beaumont Tour (GBR)
3rd Tour of the South
2007
1st British National Road Race Championships – Under 23
3rd Milano – Busseto (ITA)
2nd Tour of Pendle – Premier Calendar Series (GBR)
2008
2nd Girvan Three Day (GBR)
1st Stage 3
3rd FBD Milk Rás (IRL)
1st Welsh National Road Race Championships
4th Overall Bikeline 2 Day[8]
5th Overall Tour of the Reservoir[9]
5th Clayton Velo Spring Classic[10]
2009
1st Welsh National Road Race Championships[11]
3rd Tour of the Reservoir[12]
9th Warwick Town Centre Race[13]
2010
1st Ryedale Grand Prix
6th Chas Messenger Road Race[14]
10th Blackpool Nocturne[15]
2011
1st Round 6, Halfords Tour Series
1st Boardman Bikes Sprint competition
2013
2nd Perfs Pedal Race[16]
2014
1st Jock Wadley Memorial Road Race[17]
3rd Eddie Soens Memorial[18]
4th Ryedale Grand Prix[19]
7th British National Road Race Championships[20]
9th Stafford GP[21]
2015
5th Betty Pharoah Memorial Legstretchers Road Race[22]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Robert Partridge". Cycling Website.
  2. ↑ "Rob Partridge". recycling.co.uk.
  3. ↑ "riders » Rob Partridge". Rapha Condor recycling.co.uk.
  4. ↑ "FLINTSHIRE, NORTH WALES, WITH ROB PARTRIDGE". Cycling Weekly. 24 October 2007.
  5. ↑ "Team News: 2013 Line-up for UK Youth Revealed". VeloUK.net. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
  6. ↑ Wynn, Nigel (16 April 2014). "Velosure-Giordana racing team for 2014". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  7. ↑ Bull, Nick (11 December 2014). "Garmin-Sharp’s Steele Von Hoff joins NFTO for 2015". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
  8. ↑ "Bikeline Two Day 2008". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  9. ↑ "Tour of the Reservoir". Rapha Condor-JLT. 31 March 2008. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
  10. ↑ "Clayton Velo Spring Classic Handicap". British Cycling. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
  11. ↑ Andy McGrath & Andrew Canning (10 June 2009). "Regional Road Race Championships: Round-up". Cycling Weekly.
  12. ↑ Kennedy, Andrew (29 March 2009). "Tennant Hangs on To Win Tour of Reservoir". British Cycling. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
  13. ↑ "Wilkinson wins in Warwick". Cycling Weekly. 7 September 2009. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
  14. ↑ Hickmott, Larry (17 June 2014). "Report: Chas Messenger Road Race". British Cycling. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
  15. ↑ "Blackpool Nocturne". British Cycling. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
  16. ↑ "Perfs Pedal Road Race". British Cycling. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  17. ↑ "Yorkshire riders on top at home and abroad". Yorkshire Post. 14 April 2014. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  18. ↑ "53rd Eddie Soens Memorial Cycle Race". British Cycling. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  19. ↑ "The Ryedale Grand Prix inc The Peter Longbottom Memorial". British Cycling. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
  20. ↑ "Kennaugh beats Swift to British national road title". cyclingnews.com. 30 June 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  21. ↑ Whitehouse, Andy (2 August 2014). "Morgan Kneisky (Team Raleigh) wins 2014 Stafford Grand Prix". British Cycling. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
  22. ↑ "The Betty Pharoah Memorial Legstretchers Road Races". British Cycling. 22 March 2015. Retrieved 28 March 2015.

External links

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