Ian Wilkinson (born 14 April 1979) is a British

racing cyclist Cycle sport is competitive physical activity using bicycles. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, track cycling, BMX, and cycle speedway. Non-racing cycling s ...

from England, who currently rides for British amateur team Spartans Velo Club. A prolific rider, he competes at the top level in cross country and marathon mountain bike racing, cyclo-cross, circuit and road racing. He is a multiple national champion, winning championships as a junior, under 23 and senior rider. He has represented Great Britain at many international events such as World Championships and World Cups in several disciplines. Outside of cycling, Wilkinson's occupation is as a builder.

Career

From

Barnoldswick Barnoldswick (pronounced ) is a market town and civil parish in the Borough of Pendle, Lancashire, England. It is within the boundaries of the historic West Riding of Yorkshire, Barnoldswick and the surrounding areas of West Craven have be ...

in Lancashire, Wilkinson was a member of

British Cycling British Cycling (formerly the British Cycling Federation) is the main national governing body for cycle sport in Great Britain. It administers most competitive cycling in Great Britain, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man. It represents Bri ...

's World Class Performance Plan between 1999 and 2001. He then went to France to ride on the road for a year before returning to Great Britain to ride for ScienceinSport.com, followed by stints riding for Giant RT and Science in Sport/Trek. For the 2009 season, Wilkinson signed up with . In 2010, Wilkinson joined , remaining with the squad for three seasons before joining in 2013. He was announced as part of the squad for 2014.

Major results

;2000 : 1st MaillotReinoUnido

Cross-country, National Under-23 Mountain Bike Championships : 6th Cross-country, UEC European Under-23 Mountain Bike Championships ;2005 : 3rd Marathon, National Mountain Bike Championships ;2006 : 1st Ellis Briggs Grand Prix : 2nd Overall National Cross-country Points Series ::2nd Round 1, Sherwood ::2nd Round 3,

Drumlanrig Drumlanrig (Scottish Gaelic: ''Druim Lannraig'') is a settlement in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, which is best known for nearby Drumlanrig Castle. The earliest record for Drumlanrig is from 1384, spelled ''Drumlangryg''. There are a number o ...

::3rd Round 4, Newnham Park ::7th Round 2,

Margam Country Park Margam Country Park is a country park estate in Wales, of around 850 acres (3.4 km²). It is situated in Margam, about 2 miles (3 km) from Port Talbot in south Wales. It was once owned by the Mansel Talbot family and is now owned and ...

: 5th Overall National Circuit Race Series ::2nd Clitheroe Grand Prix ::3rd Otley Grand Prix ::3rd Colne Grand Prix ::3rd Travelwise Warwick Town Centre Circuit Races ::4th Beverley Town Centre Circuit Races ::6th Rochdale Grand Prix : 8th National Criterium Championships : 8th Cross-country, National Mountain Bike Championships : 8th Overall

Premier Calendar The British Cycling Premier Calendar Road Race Series is a season-long competition run by British Cycling. It comprises a series of road bicycle races for the country's top domestic road riders. Organisation and events In 2010 points were awar ...

::6th Girvan 3 Day ::7th Lincoln Grand Prix ;2007 : 1st Overall Girvan 3 Day ::1st Stage 3 : National Cross-Country Series ::1st Sherwood ::4th Margam Park : 1st Roger Martin Memorial Road Race : 2nd Cross-country, National Mountain Bike Championships : 2nd East Midlands International CiCLE Classic : 3rd Overall Bikeline 2 Day : 4th Rochdale Grand Prix : 5th Cheltenham, National Cyclo-cross Trophy : 7th Lincoln Grand Prix : 7th Blackpool Grand Prix : 7th Colne Grand Prix : 10th Ryedale Grand Prix ;2008 : National Mountain Bike Championships ::1st MaillotReinoUnido

Marathon cross-country ::3rd Cross-country : 1st Colne Grand Prix Elite Circuit Race : 1st Salford Nocturne : 1st Preston City Centre Criterium : 2nd Travelwise Warwick Town Centre Circuit Races : 5th National Criterium Championships : 6th

National Cyclo-cross Championships National may refer to: Common uses * Nation or country ** Nationality – a ''national'' is a person who is subject to a nation, regardless of whether the person has full rights as a citizen Places in the United States * National, Maryland, c ...

: 7th Overall Bikeline 2 Day ::1st Stages 1 & 3 : 8th Overall Girvan 3 Day : 9th East Midlands International CiCLE Classic ;2009 : 1st

Rutland–Melton CiCLE Classic The Rutland–Melton International CiCLE Classic is a road bicycle race that starts in Oakham and finishes in Melton Mowbray. The 2008 version was 158 km long. The race is characterised by its off-road sections and short, sharp climbs on n ...

: 1st Warwick Town Centre Race : 1st Newcastle Leazes Criterium : 2nd Chas Messenger Trophy Road Race : 2nd Lincoln Grand Prix : 3rd Rochdale Grand Prix Circuit Race : 4th Overall Girvan 3-Day Road Race : 4th Eddie Soens Memorial Road Race : 4th

Beaumont Trophy The Beaumont Trophy is a cycle road race first run in 1952. The Trophy was presented to the Gosforth Road Club by Rex Beaumont who was a local cycle wholesaler on Tyneside. The Gosforth Road Club had been created in July 1951 as an offshoot of ...

: 5th Overall Rás Tailteann ::1st Stage 2 : 6th Blackpool Nocturne : 7th East Yorkshire Classic Circuit Race : 8th Blackburn Grand Prix ;2010 : 1st Overall National Circuit Series ::1st Dumfries Bike Fest Circuit Race ::2nd Colne Grand Prix : 1st Newport Nocturne : 2nd National Criterium Championships : 2nd Tour of the Reservoir ;2011 : 3rd East Yorkshire Classic : 4th

Tour de Mumbai The Tour de Mumbai (also known as Mumbai Cyclothon) was an annual professional road bicycle racing classic one-day race held in Maharashtra, India, named after Mumbai. It is classified by the International Cycling Union (UCI) as a 1.1 category r ...

II : 4th Clayton Velo Classic : 6th

I : 9th Smithfield Nocturne ;2012 : 1st Stage 3

Tour de Normandie Tour de Normandie is a road bicycle race held annually in the region of Normandy, France. The race started in 1939, but was not held in the periods of 1940–1955 and 1960–1980. It was originally a race for amateurs, but was opened for professi ...

: 2nd

Beverbeek Classic Beverbeek Classic is a single-day bicycle road race held annually in Hamont-Achel, in the Belgian region of Limburg. From 1998 to 2003, it was reserved to amateurs. Since 2005, it is organized as a 1.2 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Cont ...

: 2nd Newport Nocturne : 3rd Overall Baltic Chain Tour : 6th

Grand Prix Impanis-Van Petegem The GP Impanis-Van Petegem (also known as the Primus Classic) is a single-day road bicycle race held annually since 1982 in the region of Flemish Brabant, Belgium. The race was originally organized as a tribute to Raymond Impanis in and around K ...

;2013 : 1st

: 1st Stockton Grand Prix : 3rd National Criterium Championships : 5th Perfs Pedal Race : 6th Colne Grand Prix ;2014 : 1st Eddie Soens Memorial : 4th Newport Nocturne : 6th Leicester Castle Classic ;2015 : 3rd Eddie Soens Memorial : 5th

: 10th Milk Race : 10th Leicester Castle Classic ;2016 : 3rd Clayton Spring Classic : 5th Jim Rogers Memorial Road Race

References

External links

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SIS – Trek results 2006–2008
{{DEFAULTSORT:Wilkinson, Ian 1979 births Living people English male cyclists Cross-country mountain bikers Marathon mountain bikers People from Barnoldswick Cyclists from Yorkshire