Ed Clancy joins Vitus Pro Cycling Team
Vitus Pro Cycling Team is delighted to announce that triple Olympic champion Ed Clancy will join the squad in 2019.
Cherie Pridham, Vitus Pro Cycling Team’s owner and manager, said she was very pleased to have signed Clancy, describing him as a vital asset to the team. Clancy’s recruitment offers tangible evidence for the success of Vitus Pro Cycling Team’s values-based approach to professional cycling, and its commitment to sustainable development.
Clancy is a three-time Olympic gold medalist and a six-time world champion on the track, who has proven himself a formidable force on the road over countless seasons. This year, he won the prologue at the Herald Sun Tour and two rounds of the Tour Series, as well as claiming a second career victory at the London Nocturne.
“Ed’s achievements as a bike rider speak for themselves. You don’t win three Olympic gold medals and six rainbow jerseys by chance. He is a world-class athlete, and a significant addition to our roster,” Pridham said.
Clancy’s recruitment signals a smooth progression to the second year of Vitus Pro Cycling Team’s three-year strategy. The rider roster has been strengthened significantly for 2019, with Clancy the first signing to be announced of several proven winners. The full squad will be unveiled at the team’s official launch in Derby on Thursday November 22, 2018.
Vitus Pro Cycling Team has five key values at its core: Responsibility, Activity, Teamwork, Innovation and Opportunity (RATIO). While its debut campaign focussed on granting opportunity to teenagers like Junior Tour of Assen winner Liam Davies, who came of age in a series of courageous performances at this year’s Tour de Yorkshire, the scope of the team’s ambition will broaden in 2019.
Pridham was a world-class rider in an era of epic races for the women’s sport. Riding for the legendary Mapei squad, and later for GS Mazza, she started ten Grand Tours and finished eight, racing on Europe’s toughest climbs, from l’Alpe d’Huez to the Monte Zoncolan.
As a manager, her teams have won the most prestigious races on the domestic calendar and come close to winning the Tour de Normandie - a race she regards as unfinished business, and to which she hopes to return next Spring.
Pridham is looking forward to racing in 2019 with a squad equal to her own talent and experience, with continued backing from a Derby-based board of directors, chaired by Michael Kirkland.
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