Mark Stewart (born 25 August 1995) is a Scottish

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and

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, who currently rides for

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. Representing Great Britain and Scotland at international competitions, Stewart won the bronze medal at the 2016 UEC European Track Championships in the team pursuit.

Career

He was announced as part of the team's squad for the 2017 season. In November 2018 it was announced that he would ride for in the 2019 season. Following the travel restrictions brought about by the

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in 2020, Stewart based himself in New Zealand, having been in the country to visit his partner

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, following the 2020 UCI Track Cycling World Championships held in Germany. Due to this, Stewart competed in both the New Zealand National Track Championships in December 2020, and the New Zealand National Road Championships in February 2021. At the Track Championships, Stewart won a gold medal in the omnium, and a silver medal with

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in the madison; he also won a silver medal in the road race at the Road Championships, finishing behind George Bennett. Stewart's 2022 season, with his new team , started with the New Zealand Cycle Classic where the team won the first stage a Team time trial by 22 seconds. Teammate

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held yellow going into Stage 2 where a group of 13 riders got an advantage of 15 minutes on the peloton Stewart was part of this group. By finishing second on the stage he moved in to the lead of the General classification. He managed to hold the lead all the way to the end even taking a greater lead overall by winning the uphill finish in stage 4. Stewart won the tour overall to win his first Stage race. In April 2022, Stewart won the

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with William Perrett.

Major results

Track

;2014–2015 : 1st MaillotReinoUnido

Points race, National Championships : 3rd Team pursuit, UCI World Cup, Cali ;2015–2016 : UCI World Cup ::1st Scratch, Cambridge ::3rd Madison (with

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), Cambridge : National Championships ::1st MaillotReinoUnido

Team pursuit ::1st MaillotReinoUnido

Scratch ;2016–2017 : UCI World Cup ::1st Team pursuit, Glasgow ::3rd Madison (with Oli Wood), Apeldoorn : 1st Points race, Fiorenzuola d'Arda : 3rd Bronze medal europe

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, UEC European Championships ;2017–2018 : UEC European Under–23 Championships ::1st European champion jersey 2016

Individual pursuit ::1st European champion jersey 2016

Omnium : UCI World Cup ::2nd Points race, Milton ::3rd Madison, Milton : 3rd Bronze medal blank

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;2018–2019 : 1st Gold medal blank

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: UCI World Cup ::2nd Points race, Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines ::2nd Team pursuit, Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines ::2nd Madison, Milton ::2nd Madison, Berlin ::2nd Omnium, Milton ::3rd Team pursuit, Milton : 2nd Scratch, National Championships ;2019–2020 : UCI World Cup ::1st Overall Points race ::1st Points race, Minsk ::2nd Omnium, Glasgow ::3rd Madison, Hong Kong ;2020–2021 : 1st Omnium, New Zealand National Championships ;2021–2022 : 1st MaillotReinoUnido

Madison (with William Perrett), National Championships ;2022–2023 : 3rd Overall Endurance, UCI Champions League ::1st Scratch, Palma ::1st Scratch, London II ::3rd Elimination, Palma

Road

;2017 : 9th

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;2021 : 2nd Road race, New Zealand National Championships ;2022 : 1st Overall New Zealand Cycle Classic ::1st Mountains classification ::1st Stages 1 ( TTT) & 4 : 1st Overall

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: 3rd Overall International Tour of Hellas ;2023 : 2nd Per sempre Alfredo : 3rd

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Stewart, Mark 1995 births Living people British male cyclists Scottish male cyclists Scottish track cyclists Commonwealth Games competitors for Scotland Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Scotland Commonwealth Games medallists in cycling Cyclists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Place of birth missing (living people) Sportspeople from Dundee