John Tanner (cyclist)

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John Tanner
Personal information
Full nameJohn Tanner
Born (1968-02-04) 4 February 1968 (age 55)
Doncaster, England
Team information
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Professional teams
1993Neilson - Tivoli
1994Choice Accountancy
1997Controlware
1998Brite
1999 Men's Health
2000 Linda McCartney Racing Team
2001Ribble – Pro Vision
2002Compensation Group
2005-2006Planet X - Cycling Plus
2007SPORTSCOVER
Major wins
Commonwealth Bank Classic. (1995) National Criterium Champion (1996) British National Road Race Champion (1999, 2000)

John Tanner (born 4 February 1968) [1] is a retired British Professional cyclist from Yorkshire.

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Cycling career

Tanner competed in the 1996 and 2000 Olympic Games. [2]

He represented England in the road race, at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand, [3] the 1998 Commonwealth Games and 2002 Commonwealth Games. [4] [5]

He has won the season-long British Cycling Premier Calendar a record of five times overall

Palmarès

1992
2nd British National 100km Team Time Trial Championships (with Wayne Randle, Paul Curran, Julian Ramsbottom)

1993 Stage 2 Ras Tailteann(An post ras)winner

1994
Premier Calendar winner
1995
Premier Calendar winner

General classification winner commonwealth bank Classic

1996

British National Circuit Race Championships Winner.

General classification memorial Denis Manette, Guadalupe Winner

1997

1st Archer Grand Prix
1st Lincoln International Grand Prix
1st Tour of the Cotswolds
3rd Stage 7, Pru Tour
Premier Calendar winner
1998
1st Manx Trophy
1999
1st Flag of the United Kingdom.svg British National Road Race Championships
2nd Lincoln International Grand Prix
2000
1st Flag of the United Kingdom.svg British National Road Race Championships
2nd Lincoln International Grand Prix
3rd Havant GP
2001
1st Lincoln International Grand Prix
1st Tour of the Cotswolds
1st Havant GP
3rd British National Road Race Championships
Premier Calendar winner
2002
1st Havant GP
2nd Manx Trophy
3rd Archer Grand Prix
Premier Calendar winner
2003
3rd Archer Grand Prix
2004
2nd Archer Grand Prix
2005
1st Archer Grand Prix
2007
2nd National Team Time Trial (with Wayne Randle and Ashley Brown)
2009
3rd East Yorkshire Classic [6]

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References

  1. Cyclebase profile
  2. "Olympic Profile". Archived from the original on 25 February 2010. Retrieved 14 March 2008.
  3. "1990 Athletes". Team England.
  4. "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  5. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "John Tanner Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  6. "East Yorkshire Classic: comment and analysis". Cycling Weekly . 29 July 2009. Retrieved 9 October 2016.