Andy Tennant (cyclist)

Andy Tennant

Tennant in 2015
Personal information
Born (1987-03-09) 9 March 1987
Wolverhampton, England
Height 192 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight 79 kg (174 lb)
Team information
Current team WIGGINS
Discipline Track & road
Role Rider
Rider type Pursuit
Amateur team(s)
2005 Fred Williams Cycles
2006 Recycling.co.uk – SIS
2007–2008 Team 100% ME
Professional team(s)
2009 Team Halfords
2010 Motorpoint–Marshalls Pasta[1]
2011–2012 Rapha Condor–Sharp
2013–2014 Madison Genesis
2015– WIGGINS

Andrew "Andy" Tennant (born 9 March 1987) is an English professional track and road racing cyclist who rides for the WIGGINS team.

Biography

Born in Wolverhampton, West Midlands, UK, Tennant began to make his mark on the cycling world as a junior rider.[2] In 2005 he was selected for British Cycling's Olympic Development Programme and lived in Tuscany, Italy with the GB squad in 2006.[3] Tennant represented England in the points race at the 2006 Commonwealth Games. The following season he overtrained, and his results suffered as a consequence.[4] Tennant is currently a member of British Cycling's Olympic Academy.[4]

Whilst riding for Team Halfords Bikehut in 2009, he was mentored by Rob Hayles.[5]

In 2015 Tennant moved to the new WIGGINS team set up by Bradley Wiggins aiming to prepare British riders for the team pursuit at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[6]

Major results

2005
UCI Junior Track World Championships
1st Individual Pursuit
2nd Team pursuit
1st Team pursuit, UEC European Junior Track Championships (with Burke, Stannard & Sander)
1st Individual Pursuit, National Junior Track Championships
2006
1st Team pursuit, UEC European Under-23 Track Championships (with Clancy, Stannard & Thomas)
1st Stuttgart round, UIV Cup (with Ian Stannard)
3rd Team pursuit, Sydney UCI Track World Cup
3rd Overall Flèche du Sud
2007
1st Team Pursuit, National Track Championships
3rd Team pursuit, Manchester UCI Track World Cup
2008
1st Team pursuit, UEC European Under-23 Track Championships (with Burke, Kennaugh & McNally)
2nd National Under-23 Road Race Championships
2009
UCI Track World Cup
1st Team pursuit, Manchester
2nd Team pursuit, Melbourne
1st Overall Tour of the Reservoir
National Track Championships
2nd Individual Pursuit
2nd Points Race
2nd Girvan Three Day
2011
1st Richmond Grand Prix
2012
1st Team pursuit, UCI Track World Championships
2013
1st Team pursuit, UEC European Track Championships
2nd Team pursuit, UCI Track World Championships
2014
UEC European Track Championships
1st Team pursuit
1st Individual pursuit
UCI Track World Cup
1st Team Pursuit (with Burke, Christian & Doull), London
2nd Team pursuit (with Burke, Christian & Dibben), Guadalajara
British National Track Championships
1st Individual pursuit
1st Madison (with Oli Wood)
2nd Team pursuit, Commonwealth Games
2015
1st Team pursuit, UEC European Track Championships
1st Individual pursuit, British National Track Championships
1st Wiltshire GP
1st Stage 2 Flèche du Sud
1st Revolution Series Round 2 (with Iljo Keisse)
2nd Individual pursuit, Cali UCI Track World Cup
2nd Milk Race
3rd Overall Tour of the Reservoir
2016
UCI Track World Championships
2nd Team pursuit
3rd Individual Pursuit
1st Team pursuit, Glasgow UCI Track World Cup

References

  1. ↑ "Clancy, Burke & Tennant to Candi TV". Cycling Weekly. 6 November 2009.
  2. ↑ "Rider Biographies: Andy Tennant". British Cycling.
  3. ↑ Larry Hickmott (14 July 2006). "Interview: Andrew Tennant". British Cycling.
  4. 1 2 Larry Hickmott (19 February 2009). "GB Coach Lead Racing Helping Develop Champions". British Cycling.
  5. ↑ Kenny Hodgart (1 December 2009). "Interview: Rob Hayles is determined to help Endura become No.1 pro racing team in the UK". Herald Scotland.
  6. ↑ Fotheringham, William (8 January 2014). "Bradley Wiggins unveils new team to be sponsored by Sky". theguardian.com. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
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