Germain Burton (born 29 January 1995) is an

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from London, who currently rides for . Germain Burton is the son of Mia and

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, who was the first black British champion in cycling. He rides for a team sponsored by his father's bike shop, De Ver Cycles, based in

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, South London. He began cycling at the age of 12, joining in with the weekend club runs, and soon decided to take the sport seriously after some encouragement from his father. He won the under 16

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in 2010. Burton represented Britain at the

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in 2012, finishing 36th. On 8 August 2013, at the

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, Burton competed at the

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. He was part of Britain's Team Pursuit squad which also included Ollie Wood, Jake Ragan and

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. They finished fourth, losing the bronze medal to Russia in the final. In May 2016

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confirmed that Burton had decided to leave their Olympic Development Programme.

Major results

;2010 :1st

– Under 16 :1st Bec CC Hill-climb ;2011 :1st Bec CC Hill-climb ;2012 :1st Stage 2 Sint-Martinusprijs Kontich ;2013 :1st Stage 2b Junior Peace Race ;2014 :1st MaillotReinoUnido

British National Team Pursuit Championships The British National Team Pursuit Championships are held annually as part of the British National Track Championships organized by British Cycling. Prior to 1996, there were two separate team pursuit championship events for amateur and profession ...

(with Christopher Latham, Christopher Lawless and Oliver Wood) ;2015 :1st MaillotReinoUnido

(with Jake Kelly, Mark Stewart and Oliver Wood) :2nd Individual pursuit,

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:3rd Team pursuit, Round 3, Cali,

2014–15 UCI Track Cycling World Cup The 2014–2015 UCI Track Cycling World Cup was a multi-race tournament over a track cycling season. It was the 23rd series of the UCI Track Cycling World Cup organised by the Union Cycliste Internationale. The series ran from 8 November 2014 to 1 ...

(with

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, Christopher Latham and Mark Stewart)

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