Oliver Wood (cyclist)

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Oliver Wood
Ollie Wood.jpg
Wood in 2016
Personal information
Born (1995-11-26) 26 November 1995 (age 28)
Wakefield, England
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight72 kg (159 lb)
Team information
Current team AT85 Pro Cycling
Disciplines
RoleRider
Professional teams
2017 WIGGINS [1]
2018 JLT–Condor
2019– Canyon dhb p/b Bloor Homes [2]
Major wins
Track
Team pursuit, World Championships (2022)
Medal record

Oliver "Oli" Wood (born 26 November 1995) is a British cyclist, who rode for UCI Continental team AT85 Pro Cycling [3] until it folded in March 2023.

Contents

Wood represents Great Britain at international competitions in track cycling. He won a gold medal in the 2022 World Championships in the team pursuit, and has multiple silver and bronze medals in the team pursuit, madison, scratch race and omnium disciplines at other international championships.

Major results

Road

2013
6th Paris–Roubaix Juniors
2016
7th Kattekoers
10th GP Industria & Commercio
2017
1st Ryedale GP
4th Road race, UCI World Under-23 Championships
2019
1st Stage 1 Tour of the Reservoir
1st Sheffield, National Circuit Series
2022
8th Dorpenomloop Rucphen
2023
1st MaillotReinoUnido.PNG Circuit race, National Championships

Track

2014
National Championships
1st MaillotReinoUnido.PNG Team pursuit
1st MaillotReinoUnido.PNG Scratch
2015
National Championships
1st MaillotReinoUnido.PNG Team pursuit
1st MaillotReinoUnido.PNG Points race
2nd Six Days of London (with Chris Latham)
2016
UCI World Cup
1st Team pursuit, Glasgow
3rd Madison, Apeldoorn (with Mark Stewart)
3rd Team pursuit, Hong Kong
3rd Bronze medal europe.svg Team pursuit, UEC European Championships [4]
2017
UCI World Cup
1st Team pursuit, Manchester
2nd Omnium, Milton
3rd Madison, Milton (with Mark Stewart)
2018
1st MaillotReinoUnido.PNG Scratch, National Championships
2nd Silver medal blank.svg Team pursuit, Commonwealth Games
UCI World Cup
2nd Omnium, Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines
2nd Team pursuit, Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines
2nd Madison, Milton (with Mark Stewart)
2nd Madison, Berlin (with Mark Stewart)
2nd Scratch, Milton
3rd Team pursuit, Milton
3rd Bronze medal europe.svg Madison, UEC European Championships (with Ethan Hayter) [5]
2019
2nd Silver medal uci.svg Team pursuit, UCI World Championships
2nd Madison, UCI World Cup, Glasgow, (with Ethan Hayter)
UEC European Championships
3rd Bronze medal europe.svg Team pursuit
3rd Bronze medal europe.svg Omnium
2020
2nd Madison, UCI World Cup, Milton, (with Ethan Hayter)
3rd Bronze medal europe.svg Scratch, UEC European Championships
2021
3rd Bronze medal uci.svg Team pursuit, UCI World Championships
2022
UCI World Championships
1st Jersey rainbow.svg Team pursuit
2nd Silver medal uci.svg Madison (with Ethan Hayter)
2nd Silver medal blank.svg Team pursuit, Commonwealth Games
UCI Nations Cup, Glasgow
1st Omnium
2nd Team pursuit
2023
UEC European Championships
1st European champion jersey 2016.svg Scratch
2nd Silver medal europe.svg Team pursuit
UCI Nations Cup
1st Team pursuit, Milton
3rd Team pursuit, Jakarta
2nd Silver medal uci.svg Madison, UCI World Championships (with Mark Stewart)
2024
1st European champion jersey 2016.svg Team pursuit, UEC European Championships

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