Michael Leonard (cyclist)

Michael Leonard

Leonard in 2021
Personal information
Born	(2004-03-26) 26 March 2004 (age 20) Oakville, Canada [1]
Team information
Current team	Ineos Grenadiers
Disciplines	Road
Role	Rider
Amateur teams
2021	Toronto Hustle U19 [2]
2022	Team Franco Ballerini Juniors [2]
Professional team
2023–	Ineos Grenadiers

Michael Leonard (born 26 March 2004) is a Canadian racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Ineos Grenadiers. ^[3]

Career

In 2021 while racing for Toronto Hustle Team Development he came second overall at the Tour du Léman Juniors. ^[4] Leonard moved to Team Franco Ballerini Juniors at the start of the 2022 season. ^{[5] [6]} In August he once again rode the Tour du Léman Juniors this time winning the overall. ^[7] On 22 September 2022 it was announced that Leonard would join Ineos Grenadiers on a three-year contract from 2023. ^{[1] [8]}

Major results

Sources: ^{[9] [10]}

2021

1st Trofee Maarten Wynants Juniors

2nd Overall Tour du Léman Juniors

2nd Langemark Madonna

2nd GP Metaalwaren Rosseel

2nd Sint-Lambrechts-Herk

8th Mol Ezaart

10th Balegem

2022

1st Overall Tour du Léman Juniors

1st Stage 2

1st Ballero Nel Cuore

1st Trofeo Sopegu

1st Gran Premio Boncellino Cronometro

1st Gran Premio Bermac Gara

1st Memorial Paolo Batignani

1st Trofeo Madonna del Cavatore

2nd Trofeo Vivaldo Cipollini

3rd Coppa Giulio Burci Juniors

4th Giro di Primavera

5th Trofeo Biondi Alessandro Alla Memoria

5th Coppa Pietro Linari

6th GP Neri Sottoli.it

8th Giro della Castellania

10th Overall Trofeo Buffoni Juniors

10th Trofeo Conad Monsummano Terme

2023

1st Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships

10th Time trial, UCI Road World Under-23 Championships

2024

1st Stage 1 (ITT) Tour de l'Avenir

References

1. "Michael Leonard to turn pro with the INEOS Grenadiers". www.ineosgrenadiers.com. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
2. "Michael Leonard Teams". FirstCycling.com. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
3. "INEOS GRENADIERS". UCI . Retrieved 2 January 2023.
4. "Classement général final" (PDF). tourdulemanjuniors.ch (in French). 29 August 2021. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
5. "Il Team Franco Ballerini è pronto per il 2022 con 22 Juniores". bicitv.it (in Italian). 18 February 2022. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
6. "La Team Franco Ballerini Juniors dévoile son effectif 2022". velo-club.net (in Italian). Retrieved 23 September 2022.
7. "Classement général final" (PDF). tourdulemanjuniors.ch (in French). 28 August 2022. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
8. Fletcher, Patrick (22 September 2022). "Ineos Grenadiers sign teenager Michael Leonard". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
9. "Michael Leonard". FirstCycling.com. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
10. "Michael Leonard". www.procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 23 September 2022.

External links

• Michael Leonard at Cycling Archives (archived)
• Michael Leonard at ProCyclingStats
• Michael Leonard at CycleBase