Chris Eatough (born 30 October 1974, England) is a British

mountain bike A mountain bike (MTB) or mountain bicycle is a bicycle designed for off-road cycling. Mountain bikes share some similarities with other bicycles, but incorporate features designed to enhance durability and performance in rough terrain, which ...

racer (now retired) who was part of the Trek Racing Cooperative team. He is a six-time 24-hour solo World Cup champion and five-time 24-hour solo National Cup champion.

Career

Chris Eatough played soccer at the college level at

Clemson University Clemson University () is a public land-grant research university in Clemson, South Carolina. Founded in 1889, Clemson is the second-largest university in the student population in South Carolina. For the fall 2019 semester, the university enro ...

while pursuing a degree in engineering. He became involved in mountain biking after graduation, and became a professional in 1999. He specializes in 24-hour, endurance and

ultra-marathon An ultramarathon, also called ultra distance or ultra running, is any footrace longer than the traditional marathon length of . Various distances are raced competitively, from the shortest common ultramarathon of to over . 50k and 100k are bot ...

events. He has won six 24-hour solo world championships and two 24-hour solo

NORBA Norba, an ancient town of Latium (''Adjectum''), Italy. It is situated 1 mile northwest of the modern town of Norma, on the western edge of the Volscian Mountains or Monti Lepini. The town is perched above a precipitous cliff with a splendid vie ...

national championship.

Trek Bicycle Corporation Trek Bicycle Corporation is a bicycle and cycling product manufacturer and distributor under brand names Trek, Electra Bicycle Company, Bontrager, and Diamant Bikes. The company has previously manufactured bikes under the Gary Fisher, LeMond Rac ...

is his primary sponsor. He currently rides for the Trek Racing Cooperative Team, formerly the Trek VW team with

Jeremiah Bishop Jeremiah Bishop (born March 9, 1976) is a professional mountain bike racer from the United States. He competes in ultra-endurance mountain bike racing, mountain bike stage racing, and the Olympic-discipline event of cross-country cycling. In r ...

, Travis Brown,

Sue Haywood Sue Haywood (born October 9, 1971) is a retired professional mountain bike racer. She raced for team Trek Volkswagen along with notables Jeremiah Bishop, Travis Brown, Chris Eatough, Lea Davison and Ross Schnell. Sue Haywood was awarded $31 ...

Lea Davison Lea Davison (born May 19, 1983) is an American cross-country mountain biker from Jericho, Vermont. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed in the Women's cross-country at Hadleigh Farm, finishing in 11th place, and she finished 7th in the s ...

and Ross Schnell. Eatough also coaches. After retiring from professional racing in 2009, Chris was hired as the program manager for Bike Arlington. In that capacity, he led Arlington Virginia's efforts for the 2010 launch of

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, the regional bicycle sharing program for the Washington, DC metropolitan area. In 2014, Eatough became

Howard County, Maryland Howard County is located in the U.S. state of Maryland. As of the 2010 census, the population was 287,085. As of the 2020 census its population rose to 328,200. Its county seat is Ellicott City. Howard County is included in the Baltimore-Colu ...

's first Bike and Pedestrian Manager for the county's Department of Planning and Zoning, He lives in Elkridge.

Documentary

Eatough was the subject of a 2007 documentary produced in the USA by Gripped Films and directed by Ken Bell and Jason Berry entitled ''24Solo''. It showed his 2006 season, specifically his success in 24-hour races. The film covers in lesser detail his private life and the success of his team.

Palmarès

;2003 *1st, 24 Hours of Adrenalin world solo championship (4th consecutive) *1st, 24 Hour Solo NORBA national championship (1st win) *1st, Wilderness 101, Pennsylvania ;2004 *1st, 24 Hours of Adrenalin world solo championship (5th consecutive) *1st, 24 Hour Solo NORBA national championship (2nd consecutive) *1st, Wilderness 101, Pennsylvania ;2005 *1st, 24 Hours of Adrenalin world solo championship (6th consecutive) *1st, Wilderness 101, Pennsylvania *1st, Marathon NORBA National # 2, Arizona *2nd, Marathon NORBA National # 1, Texas ;2006 *1st,

Lumberjack 100 The Lumberjack 100 is an ultra-endurance mountain bike race held the 3rd Saturday in June at Michigan's Big M Cross Country Ski and Mountain Bike Trail in the Manistee National Forest. The race is a 100-mile mountain bike marathon and is part ...

(NUE Race), Michigan *2nd,

Shenandoah 100 The Shenandoah 100 is an ultra-endurance 100 mile (162 km) mountain bike race held in central Western Virginia Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United ...

(NUE Race), Virginia *2nd, 24 Hours of Adrenalin world solo championship ;2007 *1st, 24 Hours of Moab, Utah *1st, 24 Hours of 9 Mile, 24 Hour Solo National Championship, Wisconsin *1st,

BC Bike Race The BC Bike Race is a seven-day mountain bike stage race held in British Columbia, Canada, traditionally held in early July. Typically six hundred racers ride an average of 2.5hrs per day, for 30 - 50 kilometres on single track race routes tha ...

, British Columbia, Canada (with teammate

Jeff Schalk Jeff Schalk (born February 6, 1974 in Santa Cruz, California) is a retired professional mountain bike racer. His racing career began in 2006 when he took hiatus from a career in structural engineering, practicing in San Francisco, California. He ...

) * National Ultra Endurance Series Champion *1st,

Cohutta 100 The Cohutta 100 is an ultra-endurance 100 mile (162 km) mountain bike race held annually in late April. The race starts and ends at the Ocoee Whitewater Center in Copperhill, Tennessee. The course is one large loop through the Cohutta Wil ...

(NUE Race), Tennessee *1st,

Mohican MTB 100 The Mohican MTB 100 is an Marathon Mountain Bike Races, ultra-endurance 100 mile (161 km) mountain bike race held annually in early June in North Central Ohio. The course contains over 11,000 feet of climbing on single-track, double-track and ...

(NUE Race), Ohio *1st,

(NUE Race), Michigan *1st,

Endurance 100 The Endurance 100 was a hundred-mile (162 km) mountain bike race held annually in late August in Utah. The race was discontinued after the 2007 event. See also * Wilderness 101 Mountain Bicycle Race * Mohican MTB 100 * Lumberjack 100 * She ...

(NUE Race), Utah ;2008 *1st, 24 Hours of 9 Mile, 24 Hour Solo National Championship, Wisconsin *1st,

(NUE Race), Virginia *1st, Tahoe-Sierra 100 (NUE Race), California2008 Tahoe Sierra 100 race coverage by Cycling News
/ref> *2nd, Wilderness 101 (NUE Race), Pennsylvania *2nd,

(NUE Race), Ohio *2nd,

, British Columbia, Canada (with teammate

)

References

Marathon Mountain Bike Races Marathon mountain bike races, often referred to as cross-country marathon (XCM), are a very demanding form of mountain bike racing covering at least usually in mountainous terrain. Events held in Europe are typically just a little longer than th ...

External links

Chris' Personal WebsiteAn interview with Chris by Ray Easterling on Cycling News
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Eatough, Chris 1974 births Living people British male cyclists Marathon mountain bikers People educated at Bolton School Place of birth missing (living people) People from Elkridge, Maryland Sportspeople from Howard County, Maryland 21st-century British people