Personal information | |
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Full name | William Clarke |
Nickname | Big horse / Wilbur |
Born | Campbell Town, Tasmania, Australia | 11 April 1985
Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 3+1⁄2 in) |
Weight | 81 kg (179 lb) |
Team information | |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Rider type | Time trialist |
Amateur team | |
2010 | Ag2r–La Mondiale ( stagiaire) |
Professional teams | |
2008–2010 | Praties |
2011 | Leopard Trek |
2012 | Champion System |
2013 | Argos–Shimano |
2014–2016 | Drapac Professional Cycling |
2017–2018 | Cannondale–Drapac |
2019–2020 | Trek–Segafredo [1] [2] |
William Clarke (born 11 April 1985) is an Australian professional road racing cyclist, who most recently rode for UCI WorldTeam Trek–Segafredo. [3] He is not related to fellow Australian cyclist and past teammate Simon Clarke. William Clarke is a descendant of Australian politician and businessman William John Turner Clarke.
Clarke was born, raised, and resides on his family's 8,100-hectare (20,000-acre) farm near Campbell Town, Tasmania, Australia. Clarke rode as a stagiaire with Ag2r–La Mondiale in 2010 in the UCI World Tour, while signed to Genesys Wealth Advisers (2008–2010) in the UCI Oceania Tour. [4] He moved to a UCI ProTeam full-time in 2011 for Leopard Trek, [5] before spending a season at both Champion System in 2012, [6] and Argos–Shimano in 2013. [7]
Clarke then moved to the Drapac Professional Cycling team in 2014, [8] as the team moved up to the Professional Continental level. [8] After three seasons with Drapac Professional Cycling, Clarke returned to the World Tour with Cannondale–Drapac, riding with them until the end of 2018. He signed with Trek–Segafredo, [1] for the 2019 and 2020 seasons, returning to the team that he competed for in 2011.
In May 2019, he was named in the startlist for the 2019 Giro d'Italia. [9]
Grand Tour | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
---|---|---|---|
Giro d'Italia | — | — | 141 |
Tour de France | — | — | — |
Vuelta a España | 157 | — | — |
— | Did not compete |
---|---|
DNF | Did not finish |
Media related to William Clarke at Wikimedia Commons
Personal information | |
---|---|
Full name | William Clarke |
Nickname | Big horse / Wilbur |
Born | Campbell Town, Tasmania, Australia | 11 April 1985
Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 3+1⁄2 in) |
Weight | 81 kg (179 lb) |
Team information | |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Rider type | Time trialist |
Amateur team | |
2010 | Ag2r–La Mondiale ( stagiaire) |
Professional teams | |
2008–2010 | Praties |
2011 | Leopard Trek |
2012 | Champion System |
2013 | Argos–Shimano |
2014–2016 | Drapac Professional Cycling |
2017–2018 | Cannondale–Drapac |
2019–2020 | Trek–Segafredo [1] [2] |
William Clarke (born 11 April 1985) is an Australian professional road racing cyclist, who most recently rode for UCI WorldTeam Trek–Segafredo. [3] He is not related to fellow Australian cyclist and past teammate Simon Clarke. William Clarke is a descendant of Australian politician and businessman William John Turner Clarke.
Clarke was born, raised, and resides on his family's 8,100-hectare (20,000-acre) farm near Campbell Town, Tasmania, Australia. Clarke rode as a stagiaire with Ag2r–La Mondiale in 2010 in the UCI World Tour, while signed to Genesys Wealth Advisers (2008–2010) in the UCI Oceania Tour. [4] He moved to a UCI ProTeam full-time in 2011 for Leopard Trek, [5] before spending a season at both Champion System in 2012, [6] and Argos–Shimano in 2013. [7]
Clarke then moved to the Drapac Professional Cycling team in 2014, [8] as the team moved up to the Professional Continental level. [8] After three seasons with Drapac Professional Cycling, Clarke returned to the World Tour with Cannondale–Drapac, riding with them until the end of 2018. He signed with Trek–Segafredo, [1] for the 2019 and 2020 seasons, returning to the team that he competed for in 2011.
In May 2019, he was named in the startlist for the 2019 Giro d'Italia. [9]
Grand Tour | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
---|---|---|---|
Giro d'Italia | — | — | 141 |
Tour de France | — | — | — |
Vuelta a España | 157 | — | — |
— | Did not compete |
---|---|
DNF | Did not finish |
Media related to William Clarke at Wikimedia Commons