Matt Illingworth
English cyclist (born 1968)
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Matt Illingworth (born 25 July 1968)[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 a member of the silver-medal pursuit team and won bronze in the individual pursuit at the 1998 Commonwealth Games. He also rode at the 1992 Summer Olympics and the 1996 Summer Olympics.[2]
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| Full name | Matthew Illingworth | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 25 July 1968 Westcliff, Essex, England | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Track & Road | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 teams | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1998 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2007 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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He broke the 10-mile record in 1992 and the 30-mile in 1998.
Palmarès
Track
- 1996
- 1st British National Team Pursuit Championships
- 3rd World Cup, Germany, Team Pursuit, (with Hayles, Newton & Steel)
- 3rd World Cup, Italy, Team Pursuit, (with Wallace, Newton & Steel)
- 1997
- 1st British National Team Pursuit Championships
- 3rd World Cup, Greece, Team Pursuit (with Clay, Steel & West)
- 1998
- 1st British National Team Pursuit Championships
- 2nd Team Pursuit, Commonwealth Games (with Clay, Hayles & Sturgess)
- 2nd British National Individual Pursuit Championships
- 3rd Individual Pursuit, Commonwealth Games
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
- 1st Premier Calendar, Silver Spoon 2 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
1st Stage 2 Tour of Majorca 2nd Overall Tour of Majorca