Rhys Britton

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Rhys Britton
2021 UEC Track Jun & U23 European Championships 398.jpg
Britton in 2021
Personal information
Born (1999-05-13) 13 May 1999 (age 24)
Pontypridd, Wales
Team information
Current team EvoPro Racing
Discipline
  • Track
  • Road
RoleRider
Amateur teams
2018100% Me
2019Wales Racing Academy
2019–2020Team Inspired
2021GB Cycling Senior Academy
Professional team
2022– EvoPro Racing
Medal record
Men's track cycling
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
World Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2021 Roubaix Scratch
European Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2021 Grenchen Team pursuit
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Munich Team pursuit

Rhys Britton (born 13 May 1999) is a British and Welsh road and track cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team EvoPro Racing. [1] [2] [3]

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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]

Major results

Road

2017
1st Jersey green.svg Points classification, Junior Tour of Wales
7th Overall Driedaagse van Axel
1st Stage 3
9th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne Juniores

Track

2016
1st European champion jersey 2016.svg Madison, UEC European Junior Championships (with Matt Walls)
2017
1st MaillotReinoUnido.PNG Madison, National Junior Championships (with Jake Stewart)
UEC European Junior Championships
2nd Silver medal europe.svg Team pursuit
3rd Bronze medal europe.svg Individual pursuit
3rd Bronze medal europe.svg Madison (with Jake Stewart)
3rd Bronze medal uci.svg Team pursuit, UCI World Junior Championships
2018
National Championships
1st MaillotReinoUnido.PNG Team pursuit
2nd Madison (with Ethan Vernon)
2nd Points race
2nd Scratch
2019
National Championships
1st MaillotReinoUnido.PNG Madison (with Fred Wright)
1st MaillotReinoUnido.PNG Points race
2nd Team pursuit
3rd Omnium
2020
National Championships
1st MaillotReinoUnido.PNG Points race
1st MaillotReinoUnido.PNG Scratch
2nd Team pursuit
2021
UEC European Under-23 Championships
1st European champion jersey 2016.svg Madison (with Will Tidball)
2nd Silver medal europe.svg Team pursuit
UCI Champions League
2nd Scratch, Panevėžys
3rd Scratch, Mallorca
3rd Bronze medal uci.svg Scratch, UCI World Championships
3rd Bronze medal europe.svg Team pursuit, UEC European Championships
2022
1st MaillotReinoUnido.PNG Team pursuit, National Championships
UCI Nations Cup
1st Scratch, Milton
2nd Madison, Milton (with Ethan Hayter)
2nd Team pursuit, Glasgow
3rd Bronze medal europe.svg Team pursuit, UEC European Championships
2023
1st MaillotReinoUnido.PNG Omnium, National Championships
3rd Team pursuit, UCI Nations Cup, Jakarta
2024
1st Team pursuit, UCI Nations Cup, Adelaide

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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.