Personal information | |
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Full name | James McCallum |
Nickname | Jimmy Mac, The King of Scotland [1] |
Born | Glasgow, Scotland | 27 April 1979
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
Weight | 74 kg (163 lb) |
Team information | |
Current team | ONE Pro Cycling |
Discipline | Track and road |
Role | Rider (retired) Directeur sportif Coach |
Amateur teams | |
2005 | Trackcycling.co.uk |
? | City of Edinburgh RC |
Professional teams | |
2007–2008 | Plowman Craven-Evans Cycles |
2009–2010 | Endura Racing |
2011–2013 | Rapha Condor–Sharp |
2014 | NFTO Pro Cycling |
Managerial teams | |
Jan 2015-Aug 2015 | Neon Velo |
Aug 2015- | ONE Pro Cycling |
Major wins | |
Commonwealth Games British Champion Scottish Champion |
James McCallum (born 27 April 1979 in Uddingston/Bellshill, Glasgow) [2] is a Scottish former racing cyclist who last rode for the NFTO Pro Cycling squad. [3] He represented Scotland in the Team Pursuit, Points & Scratch Races at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, and again in 2006 in Melbourne in the Scratch, Points & Road Races, winning a bronze medal in the Scratch race. [4]
Until 2007, between racing and training, McCallum worked night shifts as a nurse. [5] He is currently the Scottish Cycling Coordinator, combining the job with his racing and training, working to promote cycling in Scotland. [6] McCallum's grandfather was a cyclist before him, but McCallum dabbled in many sports before settling on cycling. At one point he was a gymnast. [7]
He recently joined the Champions in Schools project that helps to inspire Scotland's youth to follow a pathway to good health and sport. McCallum now runs his own coaching consultancy - Mach 10 training systems. Among the riders he has coached is British National Circuit Race Champion Eileen Roe. [8]
McCallum left Rapha Condor–JLT at the end of the 2013 season, and joined the NFTO Pro Cycling squad for 2014. [3]
McCallum announced that he would be retiring from the sport after competing at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. [9] After retiring from racing he became directeur sportif and general manager of the Neon Velo cycling team in 2015. [10] In August 2015 he announced that he was joining ONE Pro Cycling as a coach and directeur sportif with immediate effect. [11]
In 2016, McCallum broke Mark Beaumont's record for riding the north coast 500, a 516-mile tourist route circumnavigating the top of Scotland, completing the distance in under 31 hours, [12] with 28 hours 57 minutes spent in the saddle. [13] The ride raised funds for Thrombosis UK in memory of his sister-in-law, Charlene Doolan.
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