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| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Retail |
| Founded | 1948 in London, England |
| Founder | Monty Young |
| Headquarters | , |
| Website | www |
| Footnotes /references [1] | |
Condor Cycles is a bicycle manufacturer based on Gray's Inn Road in London. [2] Condor Cycles was started in 1948 by Monty Young, providing bespoke bicycles which have been ridden by riders such as Tom Simpson, Bradley Wiggins, and Tao Geoghegan Hart. [3] Condor bicycles have been ridden to World Championship gold medals and ridden in the Tour de France. [4]
In 1986 Condor Cycles supported the Percy Bilton pro cycling team and in 1998 the Anglia Sport cycling team from which rider Gary Baker won several stages of the Milk Race.[ citation needed ]
Condor Cycles co-owned the UK-based cycling team Rapha Condor-JLT with sportswear and lifestyle brand Rapha. Rapha ended the sponsorship of the team and Condor Cycles took over the role as team owners renaming the team JLT-Condor presented by Mavic[ citation needed ]
Gitane is a French manufacturer of bicycles based in Machecoul, France; the name "Gitane" means gypsy woman. The brand was synonymous with French bicycle racing from the 1960s through the mid-1980s, sponsoring riders such as Jacques Anquetil (1963–1965), Lucien Van Impe (1974–1976), Bernard Hinault (1975–1983), Laurent Fignon (1982–1988), and Greg LeMond (1981–1984). It is owned by Grimaldi Industri AB.
This is a glossary of terms and jargon used in cycling, mountain biking, and cycle sport.
Ben Greenwood is a British road racing cyclist who is now a coach with the Great Britain Cycling Team. Originally from Lancashire he now lives in Cheshire and has also represented Scotland. A former member of the Great Britain Under-23 Academy, he has also been a member of the Rapha Condor–Sharp team, and won the Under-23 British Road Championship and the hill climb championship in 2005. He also competed in the Under-23 road race at the 2006 UCI Road World Championships in Salzburg, Austria.
Dean "Deano" Downing is an English retired bicycle racer, specialising in road cycling who last rode for NFTO Pro Cycling. Downing was educated at Wales High School and Sheffield Hallam University, where he graduated in 1998 with a degree in Construction Management. He rode for the DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed team in 2006 and is the older brother of former British champion Russell Downing. In 2004, he represented Great Britain at the World Track Championships.
Kristian House is a British former racing cyclist who rode for the JLT–Condor team from 2008 to 2015, and joined ONE Pro Cycling in 2016. He was the 2009 British Road Race Champion. He has raced in Europe and Australia. He rode for Great Britain in UCI World Cup track events. In 2006, he rode for the Recycling.co.uk team and in 2007 he signed for Navigators Insurance.
Edward Franklin Clancy is a British professional track and road bicycle racer from England, who rides for British amateur team Clancy Briggs Cycling Academy team. On the track his specialist discipline is the team pursuit, in which he won three consecutive Olympic titles.
Alexandre Blain is a French former road bicycle racer, who now works as a directeur sportif for UCI Continental team Canyon dhb SunGod.
Tom Southam is a British former competitive cyclist from Penzance, Cornwall who competed professionally between 2003 and 2011. He represented Great Britain in five World Championships and rode in several UCI ProTour events. Southam currently works as a directeur sportif for World Tour team EF Pro Cycling.
Robert Lloyd "Rob" Partridge is a Welsh former professional cyclist from Wrexham, Wales. He represented Wales in the 2006 Commonwealth Games. Inspired after watching the Tour de France on television, he joined the Wrexham Roads Club at an early age. 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.
John P Herety is a former English racing cyclist. He rode for Great Britain in the Olympic Games and won the national road championship as a professional. He is currently manager of the JLT–Condor cycling team, and occasionally provides studio-based analysis of cycle races for British Eurosport.
Rapha Performance Roadwear is a sportswear and lifestyle brand focused on road bicycle racing, clothing and accessories. Rapha headquarters are in London with a United States office in Bentonville, Arkansas.
JLT–Condor was a British UCI continental cycling team. They were previously Rapha Condor–recycling.co.uk following a merger between the recycling.co.uk Pro Cycling Team and the original RaphaCondor team at the end of 2007.
Timothy Craig Kennaugh is a Manx cycling coach and former racing cyclist.
Jonathan "Jon" Mould is a Welsh racing cyclist from Newport. Mould is a member of British Cycling's Olympic Academy Programme which he joined in 2010.
The Tour Series is an annual series of cycling criterium races held in the United Kingdom since 2009. It is televised by ITV4 in the UK. The competition emphasises team effort with individual wins deemed less important.
The Stafford GP is a criterium cycle race held in the town of Stafford owned and organised by Leadout Cycling Ltd under the technical regulations of British Cycling. Since 2010 it has been part of British Cycling’s Elite Circuit Race Series.
Felix English is a professional cyclist from Brighton who rides for Ireland.
Christopher Ryan Opie is a British cyclist from England, who currently rides for UCI Continental team Saint Piran. Outside of racing, Opie has been a contributor and presenter for the Global Cycling Network.
Graham Briggs is a British road racing cyclist, who currently rides for British amateur team Clancy Briggs Cycling Academy.
Eileen Roe is a Scottish racing cyclist, who most recently rode professionally for UCI Women's Team WNT–Rotor Pro Cycling. Roe was the winner of the 2014 and 2016 British National Circuit Race Championships.
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