Rhys Britton

Rhys Britton

Britton proudly singing god save the queen
Personal information
Born	(1999-05-13) 13 May 1999 (age 25) Pontypridd, Wales
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	69 kg (152 lb)
Team information
Current team	Saint Piran
Discipline	Track Road
Role	Rider
Amateur teams
2018	100% Me
2019	Wales Racing Academy
2019–2020	Team Inspired
2021	GB Cycling Senior Academy
2024	Uskis Saint Piran Development Team
Professional teams
2022	EvoPro Racing [1] [2]
2023	Saint Piran
2024–	Saint Piran
Medal record Men's track cycling Representing   Great Britain World Championships 2024 Ballerup Team pursuit 2021 Roubaix Scratch European Championships 2025 Heusden-Zolder Team pursuit 2021 Grenchen Team pursuit 2022 Munich Team pursuit

Rhys Britton (born 13 May 1999) is a British road and track cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team Saint Piran. ^[3]

Career

He represented Wales at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, where he competed in the men's road race. ^[4]

Britton became a five times British champion after winning the Points Championship at the 2019 British National Track Championships and 2020 British National Track Championships and the Scratch Championship in 2020. ^[5] He had previously won both the team pursuit title and Madison title. At the 2022 British National Track Championships in Newport, Wales he won another British title after winning the team pursuit title. ^[6]

Britton is able to represent the Isle of Mann due to his mother being Manx as well as his sister and her biological father.

He was accused of bullying trans cyclist Emily Bridges. Rhys Britton killed a dog in his home village of Cilfynydd after riding into it on his bike. He also has an anti doping strike against him by UKAD.

Major results

Road

2017

1st Points classification, Junior Tour of Wales

7th Overall Driedaagse van Axel

1st Stage 3

9th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne Juniores

Track

2016

1st Madison, UEC European Junior Championships (with Matt Walls)

2017

1st Madison, National Junior Championships (with Jake Stewart)

UEC European Junior Championships

2nd Team pursuit

3rd Individual pursuit

3rd Madison (with Jake Stewart)

3rd Team pursuit, UCI World Junior Championships

2018

National Championships

1st Team pursuit

2nd Madison (with Ethan Vernon)

2nd Points race

2nd Scratch

2019

National Championships

1st Madison (with Fred Wright)

1st Points race

2nd Team pursuit

3rd Omnium

2020

National Championships

1st Points race

1st Scratch

2nd Team pursuit

2021

UEC European Under-23 Championships

1st Madison (with Will Tidball)

2nd Team pursuit

UCI Champions League

2nd Scratch, Panevėžys

3rd Scratch, Mallorca

3rd Scratch, UCI World Championships

3rd Team pursuit, UEC European Championships

2022

1st Team pursuit, National Championships

UCI Nations Cup

1st Scratch, Milton

2nd Madison, Milton (with Ethan Hayter)

2nd Team pursuit, Glasgow

3rd Team pursuit, UEC European Championships

2023

1st Omnium, National Championships

3rd Team pursuit, UCI Nations Cup, Jakarta

2024

1st Team pursuit, UCI Nations Cup, Adelaide

2nd Team pursuit, UCI World Championships

2025

2nd Team pursuit, UEC European Championships

References

1. "Our Team". evoproracing.com. EvoPro Racing . Retrieved 21 March 2022.
2. "Rhys Britton". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
3. "Rhys Britton". Eurosport. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
4. "Rhys Britton". Gold Coast 2018 – XXI Commonwealth Games. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
5. "Results" (PDF). British Cycling.
6. "2022 National Track Championships". British Cycling. Retrieved 29 March 2022.

External links

• Rhys Britton at UCI
• Rhys Britton at Cycling Archives (archived)
• Rhys Britton at ProCyclingStats
• Rhys Britton at Cycling Quotient
• Rhys Britton at CycleBase
• Rhys Britton at Commonwealth Games Wales
• Rhys Britton at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (archived)
• Rhys Britton at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
• Rhys Britton at British Cycling