Matthew Stephens (cyclist)

Matthew Stephens
Personal information
Full name	Matthew Stephens
Born	(1970-01-04) 4 January 1970 Edgware, London, England
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Team information
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider (retired) Sporting director
Amateur team(s)
1986–1989	Hemel Hempstead CC
1990–1992	ACBB Paris
1993	Ribble - RT Italia
1994–1997	North Wirral Velo
Professional team(s)
1998	Harrods
1999–2001	Linda McCartney Racing Team
2001–2011	Team Sigma Sport
Major wins
One-day races and Classics National Road Race Championships (1998)
Infobox last updated on 30 May 2012

Matthew Stephens (born 4 January 1970) is a British former professional road racing cyclist, who rode as a professional between 1998 and 2011.^[1]

Biography

Stephens was successful as a junior rider, winning the Junior Tour of Wales in both 1987 and 1988, one of only two riders to win the race twice. He represented Great Britain at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, finishing 61st in the road race.^[2] Stephens finished 8th in the Amateur World Road Race Championships in 1995, earning Team GB their squad for the Atlanta Olympics in 1996. However, he was not selected for the Olympic Road Race team that year, causing some uproar amongst fans of the sport. He became the British National Road Race Champion in 1998. After this he turned professional with the British-based Harrods team in 1998, before riding for the Linda McCartney Racing Team in 1999 until their demise in February 2001. During the 2000 3-week Giro d'Italia race he battled through with injuries from a fall, earning media admiration. He rode for Sigma Sport between 2001 and 2011, acting as rider/manager from 2010 onwards. He combined his racing at Sigma Sport with a career in the police with Cheshire Constabulary, which he joined in 2001.^[3]^[4] A broken knee in the 2011 Paris-Troyes ended his racing career.

Since retiring from racing, he has written for various websites as well as being the 'specialist' on ITV4's Halfords Tour Series and Tour of Britain coverage, and commentating on live races for British Cycling's Premier Calendar and Eurosport. He also works as a presenter for Global Cycling Network, a YouTube channel backed by Shift Active Media.^[5]

Palmarès

1987

1st

Overall Junior Tour of Wales

1988

1st

Overall Junior Tour of Wales

1989

1st Hessen Rundfahrt

1993

1st Overall Tour of the Peak

1994

3rd National Amateur Criterium Championships

1995

1st Tom Simpson Memorial

3rd Rás Tailteann

7th World Amateur Road Race Championships

1997

3rd National Road Race Championships

1998

1st

National Road Race Championships

2nd Havant International GP

3rd Overall Tour of Greece

1999

1st Tom Simpson Memorial

4th National Road Race Championships

2000

2nd Overall Tour of the Cotswolds

4th Overall Tour de Langkawi

4th National Road Race Championships

8th Overall Tour Down Under

2001

1st Manx Trophy

3rd Lincoln International GP

3rd Tour of the Peak

2002

2nd Neil Gardner Memorial

2003

3rd Havant International GP

1st Overall Tour of Northumberland

3rd Stage 2

2006

1st Worcester St Johns RR

3rd Overall Tour of the Reservoir

3rd Rydale GP

2007

3rd East Yorkshire Classic Roadrace

2008

4th Grand Prix of Wales^[6]

2009

7th Rutland–Melton International CiCLE Classic

2010

2nd Dumfries Bike Fest Grand Prix^[7]

9th East Yorkshire Classic^[8]

References

↑ Atkins, Ben (12 December 2011). "IG Markets steps in as title sponsor for Sigma Sport-Specialized in 2012". VeloNation. VeloNation LLC. Retrieved 27 January 2012.
↑ "Matthew Stephens Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
↑ "News for October 31, 2001". cyclingnews.com. 31 October 2001. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
↑ Golden, Jim (7 January 2010). "Cycling: Stephens targets Tour of Britain". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
↑ "2014 Tour de France: Global Cycling Network video preview". RoadBikeReview. 3 July 2014. Retrieved 28 August 2014.
↑ McManus, Gerry. "Downing at the double in Welsh weekend of racing". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
↑ "Downing takes solo win in Dumfries GP Premier Calendar". Cycling Weekly. 31 May 2010. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
↑ Hickmott, Larry (18 July 2016). "Report: East Yorkshire Classic". British Cycling. Retrieved 9 October 2016.

External links

Matthew Stephens profile at Cycling Archives

British National Road Race Champions (men)

NCU (1938–1958)	Jack Holmes (1938) Jack Fancourt (1939) Reg Braddick (1944) J. A. O'Driscoll (1945) Ernie Clements (1946) Alex Taylor (1947) Bob Maitland (1948) A D Newman (1949) Gordon Thomas (1950) Peter Procter (1951) Graham Vines (1952) Ted Gerrard (1953) B J Sandy (1954) Bernard King (1955) Alan Jackson (1956) Ron Coe (1957 Independent) Stan Brittain (1957 Amateur) Bill Seggar (1958)

BLRC (1943–1958)	Ernie Clements (1943) Percy Stallard (1944) Ernie Clements (1945) George Edwards (1946) E I Upton (1947) R C Ashwin (1948) Dave Bedwell (1949) Ralph Parkin (1950) Charlie Bland (1951) Mike Howarth (1952) Derek Evans (1953) Reg Browne (1954) Des Robinson (1955) Mike England (1956) Charlie Mather (1957) Bill Baty (1958)

BLRC Independent (1946–1958)	A H Clarke (1946) Dennis Jaggard (1947) Harold Johnson (1948) Bob Thom (1949) Leonard West (1950) Dave Bedwell (1951) Ian Steel (1952) Bob Maitland (1953) Arthur Ilsley (1954) Graham Vines (1955) not held in 1956 Ron Coe (1958–1957)

Amateur (1959–1995)	Bill Baty (1959) Bill Bradley (1960–(1961) Keith Butler (1962) Bob Addy (1963) Pete Gordon (1964) Les West (1965) Arthur Metcalfe (1966) Les West (1967) Pete Matthews (1968) Brian Jolly (1969) Dave Rollinson (1970–1971) Doug Dailey (1972) Grant Thomas (1973) Bill Nickson (1974) Kevin Apter (1975) Doug Dailey (1976) Steve Lawrence (1977) Robert Millar (1978–1979) Steve Lawrence (1980) Mark Bell (1981) Jeff Williams (1982) John Cavanagh (1983) Neil Martin (1984) Paul Watson (1985) Deno Davie (1986) Paul Curran (1987) Neil Hoban (1988) David Cook (1989) Simeon Hempsall (1990) John Hughes (1991) Simon Bray (1992) Rob Harris (1993–1994) Simon Bray (1995)

Professional (1959–1995)	Ron Coe (1959) race was not held in 1960 Dave Bedwell (1961) John Harvey (1962) Bert Hitchen (1963) Keith Butler (1964) Albert Hitchen (1965) Dick Goodman (1966) Colin Lewis (1967–1968) Bill Lawrie (1969) Les West (1970) Danny Horton (1971) Gary Crewe (1972) Brian Jolly (1973) Keith Lambert (1974) Les West (1975) Geoff Wiles (1976) Phil Edwards (1977) Phil Corley (1978) Sid Barras (1979) Keith Lambert (1980) Bill Nickson (1981) John Herety (1982) Phil Thomas (1983) Steve Joughin (1984) Ian Banbury (1985) Mark Bell (1986) Paul Sherwen (1987) Steve Joughin (1988) Tim Harris (1989) Colin Sturgess (1990) Brian Smith (1991) Sean Yates (1992) Malcolm Elliott (1993) Brian Smith (1994) Robert Millar (1995)

1996–	Dave Rand (1996) Jeremy Hunt (1997) Matt Stephens (1998) John Tanner (1999–2000) Jeremy Hunt (2001) Julian Winn (2002) Roger Hammond (2003–2004) Russell Downing (2005) Hamish Haynes (2006) David Millar (2007) Rob Hayles (2008) Kristian House (2009) Geraint Thomas (2010) Bradley Wiggins (2011) Ian Stannard (2012) Mark Cavendish (2013) Peter Kennaugh (2014–2015) Adam Blythe (2016)

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