Personal information | |
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Full name | Myron Simpson |
Born | Auckland, New Zealand | 30 July 1990
Team information | |
Current team | Team Budget Forklifts |
Discipline | Track and Road |
Role | Rider |
Amateur team | |
2006-08 | Subway Pro Cycling |
Professional teams | |
2013 | Team Differdange-Losch |
2014-15 | Team Budget Forklifts |
Major wins | |
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Myron Simpson (born 30 July 1990 in Auckland) is a semi-professional New Zealand road and track cyclist. Following a successful track cycling career which includes a silver medal in the Omnium at the UCI Junior Track World Championships in Mexico (2007) [1] and a fourth placing in the 1000m time trial at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India, [2] Simpson's focus has switched somewhat to road cycling. In November, 2012 he was signed by Luxembourg-based UCI Continental cycling team Differdange–Losch for the 2013 European summer but was forced to return home early after injuring his shoulder. [3]
Simpson competed with the Australian-based Team Budget Forklifts squad on the road in 2014; [4] he will keep his place in the team for the 2015 season. Simpson was also recently recalled the New Zealand track cycling team, claiming a silver medal at the UCI London World Cup in December, 2014.
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