Felix English

Felix English
	English at the 2017 UEC European Track Championships
Personal information
Full name	Felix English
Born	11 October 1992 (age 32); Brighton
Height	177 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	68 kg (150 lb)
Team information
Current team	Madison Genesis
Discipline	Track, road
Role	Riding
Rider type	Track Endurence
Amateur team
	Preston Park Youth CC
Professional teams
2012–2015	Rapha Condor–Sharp
2016–	Madison Genesis

Felix English (born 11 October 1992) is a professional cyclist from Brighton who rides for Ireland.

English rides on the road and on the track. As a junior, he won five British national titles until he decided in 2010 to represent Ireland, the home country of his parents.^[1] In September 2010, he set a new Irish Junior record during a track meeting in Apeldoorn, 1:07.9 over 1000 metres.^[2] At the 2010 UEC European Track Championships, English surprisingly defeated Sir Chris Hoy in the first round of the sprint event.^[3]

In 2012, English won the fourth stage of the Irish Sea Tour of the North. Twice he started at UCI Road World Championships. In 2012, he became Irish National Criterium Champion. In the same year he started to ride for the UCI Continental Team Rapha Condor-JLT and also for the Irish national Team.

In 2013, English established himself as one of the leading criterium riders in the UK - taking victories in the British Elite Circuit Series and The Milk Race.

In 2014, English showed his potential on the world stage taking 2nd in the first round of the Mitchelton Bay Criteriums and winning the overall sprinters jersey. He then went on to the heavily contested Jayco Herald Sun Tour where he took 4th place in the opening prologue - picking up the young rider leaders jersey - and taking 3rd place in the bunch sprint on stage 3.

In November 2015 he was announced as a member of the Madison Genesis squad for 2016.^[4]

Major results

2010

1st Stage 3 Isle of Man International Junior Tour

1st

Mountains classification Irish International Junior Tour

1st Prologue

1st Stage 6

2011

2nd National U23 Time Trial Championship

3rd Imperial Winter Series Hillingdon

7th National Time Trial Championship

2012

1st

National Criterium Championship

1st Stage 4 Sea Tour of the North

4th National U23 Time Trial Championship

5th Eddie Soens Memorial

2013

1st The Milk Race

1st British Cycling Elite Circuit Series Otley

3rd British Cycling Elite Circuit Series Colne

3rd East Yorkshire Classic Roadrace

3rd Overall British Elite Circuit Series, Great Britain

4th Pearl Izumi Tour Series Kirkcaldy

5th British Elite Circuit Series Sheffield

7th Boucles d'Artois Time Trial

2014

1st Pearl Izumi Tour Series TTT Stoke

1st Pearl Izumi Tour Series Aberystwyth

1st Pearl Izumi Tour Series Overall

2nd Geelong Bay Crits Round 1

2nd Pearl Izumi Tour Series Redditch

2nd Jupiter London Nocturne

5th Eddie Soens Memorial

5th The Milk Race

5th Pearl Izumi Tour Series Peterborough

8th Pearl Izumi Tour Series Barrow

9th Pearl Izumi Tour Series Canary Wharf

10th Pearl Izumi Tour Series Stoke

2015

1st Beverley Grand Prix^[5]

3rd Colne Grand Prix^[6]

7th Otley Grand Prix^[7]

2017

UCI Track World Cup

1st

Madison (with Mark Downey) – Los Angeles^[8]

2019

UCI Track World Cup

1st

Scratch race – Glasgow^[9]

References

^ Felix English interview: Irishman motivated after his David vs Goliath role with Hoy velonation.com 11 November 2010
^ New National Records Archived 2011-03-02 at the Wayback Machine cyclingireland.ie, 12 November 2010
^ Chris Hoy suffers shock Poland defeat to Felix English news.bbc.co.uk, 6 November 2010
^ Wynn, Nigel (18 November 2015). "Mark Cavendish to coach young Madison-Genesis riders". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
^ "Felix English (JLT Condor) wins thrilling Beverley Grand Prix". British Cycling. 24 July 2015. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
^ "Colne Grand Prix win for Raleigh GAC's Andrew Hawdon in Elite Circuit Series". British Cycling. 15 July 2015. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
^ Wynn, Nigel; Jones, Andy (2 July 2015). "Dan McLay and Annasley Park win Otley Grand Pix races (video)". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
^ "Track Cycling World Cup: Mark Downey and Felix English win Madison race". BBC. 27 February 2017. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
^ "Track Cycling World Cup: Mark Downey and Felix English win Madison race". BBC. 27 February 2017. Retrieved 27 February 2017.

External links

Felix English at Cycling Archives (archived)
Felix English at ProCyclingStats
Felix English at CQ Ranking
raphacondor.cc at the Wayback Machine (archived 10 May 2012)
Felix English at Olympedia (archive)
Felix English at the Olympic Federation of Ireland
Felix English at Olympics.com

[1] Felix English interview: Irishman motivated after his David vs Goliath role with Hoy velonation.com 11 November 2010

[2] New National Records Archived 2011-03-02 at the Wayback Machine cyclingireland.ie, 12 November 2010

[3] Chris Hoy suffers shock Poland defeat to Felix English news.bbc.co.uk, 6 November 2010

[4] Wynn, Nigel (18 November 2015). "Mark Cavendish to coach young Madison-Genesis riders". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 21 March 2016.

[5] "Felix English (JLT Condor) wins thrilling Beverley Grand Prix". British Cycling. 24 July 2015. Retrieved 1 August 2015.

[6] "Colne Grand Prix win for Raleigh GAC's Andrew Hawdon in Elite Circuit Series". British Cycling. 15 July 2015. Retrieved 15 July 2015.

[7] Wynn, Nigel; Jones, Andy (2 July 2015). "Dan McLay and Annasley Park win Otley Grand Pix races (video)". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 10 July 2015.

[8] "Track Cycling World Cup: Mark Downey and Felix English win Madison race". BBC. 27 February 2017. Retrieved 27 February 2017.

[9] "Track Cycling World Cup: Mark Downey and Felix English win Madison race". BBC. 27 February 2017. Retrieved 27 February 2017.

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