George Jackson (cyclist)

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George Jackson
Personal information
Born (2000-02-20) 20 February 2000 (age 24)
Wellington, New Zealand
Height1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight74 kg (163 lb)
Team information
Current team Burgos BH
Discipline
  • Road
  • track
RoleRider
Amateur teams
2017–2018Team Skoda Racing
2019Central Roofing–Revolution Cycling
2020–2021New Zealand Cycling Project
Professional teams
2022 MitoQ–NZ Cycling Project [1]
2023 Bolton Equities Black Spoke [2] [3]
2024– Burgos BH
Major wins
Stage races
Tour of Taihu Lake (2023)

George Jackson (born 20 February 2000) is a New Zealand racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Burgos BH. [4] [5]

Contents

Major results

Road

2021
1st Jersey green.svg Sprints classification, Tour of Southland
2022
Tour of Southland
1st Jersey polkadot.svg Mountains classification
1st Prologue (TTT)
1st Jersey polkadot.svg Mountains classification, Joe Martin Stage Race
7th Overall New Zealand Cycle Classic
2023 (5 pro wins)
1st Jersey orange.svg Overall Tour of Taihu Lake
1st Jersey green.svg Points classification
1st Jersey blue.svg Young rider classification
1st Stages 3 & 4
1st Stage 3 Tour de Langkawi
1st Stage 1 Tour of Hainan
2nd Criterium, National Championships
6th Road race, Oceania Road Championships
7th Overall Tour du Loir-et-Cher

Track

2018
1st Jersey rainbow.svg Team pursuit, UCI World Junior Championships
2021
1st MaillotNuevaZelanda.PNG Scratch, National Championships
2022
2nd Omnium, National Championships
2023
Oceania Championships
1st OceaniaChampionJersey.png Points race
2nd Silver medal Oceania.svg Scratch
2nd Silver medal Oceania.svg Team pursuit
2nd Silver medal Oceania.svg Madison (with Tom Sexton)
2nd Madison, National Championships (with Corbin Strong)
3rd Madison, UCI Nations Cup, Cairo (with Tom Sexton)

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References

  1. "MitoQ-NZ Cycling Project". firstcycling.com. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
  2. "BOLTON EQUITIES BLACK SPOKE". UCI. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  3. "George Jackson". UCI. Archived from the original on 7 May 2023.
  4. "Burgos-BH". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale . Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  5. "George Jackson". Pro Cycling Stats. Archived from the original on 7 May 2023.