Personal information | |
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Full name | Joshua Thomas Edmondson |
Born | Leeds, United Kingdom | 6 July 1992
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) [1] |
Weight | 63 kg (139 lb) [1] |
Team information | |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Rider type | Climber |
Amateur teams | |
2010 | Motorpoint–Marshalls Pasta |
2011–2012 | Team Colpack |
2020 | Crimson Orientation Marketing RT |
Professional teams | |
2013–2014 | Team Sky |
2015 | An Post–Chain Reaction |
2016 | NFTO |
Joshua Thomas "Josh" Edmondson (born 6 July 1992) is a British road racing cyclist, who most recently rode for British amateur team Crimson Orientation Marketing RT. [2] Earlier in his career, Edmondson rode for UCI World Tour squad Team Sky in 2013 and 2014. [3]
He earned his Sky contract by impressing in the 2012 Tour of Britain going on the attack in the race's queen stage. He is a climber and was seen as a possible future prospect in Grand Tours. After two seasons with Sky his contract was not renewed at the end of 2014. In March 2015 he announced that we would join An Post–Chain Reaction for the remainder of the 2015 season. [4]
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