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Oliver "Oli" Wood (born 26 November 1995) is a British
Circuit race, National Championships
Team pursuit
::1st Scratch
;2015
: Team pursuit
::1st Points race
: 2nd 
Scratch, 
Scratch, UEC European Championships
;2021
: 3rd 
Scratch
::2nd 
cyclist
Cycling, also, when on a two-wheeled bicycle, called bicycling or biking, is the use of cycles for transport, recreation, exercise or sport. People engaged in cycling are referred to as "cyclists", "bicyclists", or "bikers". Apart from two ...
, who rode for UCI Continental team until it folded in March 2023.
Wood represents Great Britain at international competitions in track cycling
Track cycling is a bicycle racing sport usually held on specially built banked tracks or velodromes using purpose-designed track bicycles.
History
Track cycling has been around since at least 1870. When track cycling was in its infancy, it wa ...
. He won a gold medal in the 2022 World Championships in the team pursuit
The team pursuit is a track cycling event similar to the individual pursuit, except that two teams, each of up to four riders, compete, starting on opposite sides of the velodrome.
Race format
Both men's and women's events are competed over ...
, and has multiple silver and bronze medals in the team pursuit, madison Madison may refer to:
People
* Madison (name), a given name and a surname
* James Madison (1751–1836), fourth president of the United States
Place names
* Madison, Wisconsin, the state capital of Wisconsin and the largest city known by this ...
, scratch race
A scratch race is a track cycling race in which all riders start together and the objective is simply to be first over the finish line after a certain number of laps.
UCI regulations specify that a scratch race should be held over 15 km for ...
and omnium
An omnium (from Latin '' Omni'': of all, belonging to all) is a multiple race event in track cycling. Historically the omnium has had a variety of formats. In recent years, road racing has also adopted the term to describe multi-day races that fe ...
disciplines at other international championships.
Major results
Road
;2013 : 6thParis–Roubaix Juniors
Paris–Roubaix Juniors (or Le Pavé de Roubaix) is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in April in northern France for junior cyclists (aged 17 and 18) ahead of the senior Paris–Roubaix classic race. It is organised by the Vélo-Club d ...
;2016
: 7th Kattekoers
: 10th GP Industria & Commercio
;2017
: 1st Ryedale GP
: 4th Road race, UCI World Under-23 Championships
;2019
: 1st Stage 1 Tour of the Reservoir
The Tour of the Reservoir is a two-day road bicycle race around the Derwent Reservoir, Northumberland in the north of England, part of the British Premier Calendar
The British Cycling Premier Calendar Road Race Series is a season-long compe ...
: 1st Sheffield, National Circuit Series
;2022
: 8th Dorpenomloop Rucphen
Dorpenomloop Rucphen is a men's one-day cycle race which takes place in the Netherlands and was rated by the UCI as 1.2 and forms part of the UCI Europe Tour
The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which we ...
;2023
: 1st Circuit race, National Championships
Track
;2014 :National Championships
A national championship(s) is the top achievement for any sport or contest within a league of a particular nation or nation state. The title is usually awarded by contests, ranking systems, stature, ability, etc. This determines the best team, indi ...
::1st Team pursuit
::1st Scratch
;2015
: National Championships
A national championship(s) is the top achievement for any sport or contest within a league of a particular nation or nation state. The title is usually awarded by contests, ranking systems, stature, ability, etc. This determines the best team, indi ...
::1st Team pursuit
::1st Points race
: 2nd Six Days of London
The Six Day London is a six-day track cycling race held annually in London, United Kingdom. The competition consists of six consecutive evening sessions of track cycling: Madison, Sprint, Elimination, Keirin, Derny and Team Time Trial discipli ...
(with Chris Latham)
;2016
: UCI World Cup
::1st Team pursuit
The team pursuit is a track cycling event similar to the individual pursuit, except that two teams, each of up to four riders, compete, starting on opposite sides of the velodrome.
Race format
Both men's and women's events are competed over ...
, Glasgow
::3rd Madison Madison may refer to:
People
* Madison (name), a given name and a surname
* James Madison (1751–1836), fourth president of the United States
Place names
* Madison, Wisconsin, the state capital of Wisconsin and the largest city known by this ...
, Apeldoorn (with Mark Stewart)
::3rd Team pursuit
The team pursuit is a track cycling event similar to the individual pursuit, except that two teams, each of up to four riders, compete, starting on opposite sides of the velodrome.
Race format
Both men's and women's events are competed over ...
, Hong Kong
: 3rd Team pursuit
The team pursuit is a track cycling event similar to the individual pursuit, except that two teams, each of up to four riders, compete, starting on opposite sides of the velodrome.
Race format
Both men's and women's events are competed over ...
, UEC European Championships
;2017
: UCI World Cup
::1st Team pursuit, Manchester
::2nd Omnium, Milton
::3rd Madison, Milton (with Mark Stewart)
;2018
: 1st Scratch, National Championships
A national championship(s) is the top achievement for any sport or contest within a league of a particular nation or nation state. The title is usually awarded by contests, ranking systems, stature, ability, etc. This determines the best team, indi ...
: 2nd Team pursuit
The team pursuit is a track cycling event similar to the individual pursuit, except that two teams, each of up to four riders, compete, starting on opposite sides of the velodrome.
Race format
Both men's and women's events are competed over ...
, Commonwealth Games
The Commonwealth Games, often referred to as the Friendly Games or simply the Comm Games, are a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930, and, with the exce ...
: UCI World Cup
::2nd Omnium, Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines
::2nd Team pursuit, Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines
::2nd Madison, Milton (with Mark Stewart)
::2nd Madison, Berlin (with Mark Stewart)
::2nd Scratch, Milton
::3rd Team pursuit, Milton
: 3rd Madison Madison may refer to:
People
* Madison (name), a given name and a surname
* James Madison (1751–1836), fourth president of the United States
Place names
* Madison, Wisconsin, the state capital of Wisconsin and the largest city known by this ...
, UEC European Championships (with Ethan Hayter
Ethan Edward Hayter (born 18 September 1998) is a British racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam .
Career
Hayter started riding at Herne Hill Velodrome in 2012, aged 13. He raced for the VC Londres cycling club from 2012 to 2016, ...
)
;2019
: 2nd Team pursuit
The team pursuit is a track cycling event similar to the individual pursuit, except that two teams, each of up to four riders, compete, starting on opposite sides of the velodrome.
Race format
Both men's and women's events are competed over ...
, UCI World Championships
The UCI world championships are annual competitions promoted by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) to determine world champion cyclists. They are held in several different styles of racing, in a different country each year. Championship winne ...
: 2nd Madison, UCI World Cup, Glasgow, (with Ethan Hayter
Ethan Edward Hayter (born 18 September 1998) is a British racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam .
Career
Hayter started riding at Herne Hill Velodrome in 2012, aged 13. He raced for the VC Londres cycling club from 2012 to 2016, ...
)
: UEC European Championships
::3rd Team pursuit
The team pursuit is a track cycling event similar to the individual pursuit, except that two teams, each of up to four riders, compete, starting on opposite sides of the velodrome.
Race format
Both men's and women's events are competed over ...
::3rd Omnium
An omnium (from Latin '' Omni'': of all, belonging to all) is a multiple race event in track cycling. Historically the omnium has had a variety of formats. In recent years, road racing has also adopted the term to describe multi-day races that fe ...
;2020
: 2nd Madison, UCI World Cup, Milton, (with Ethan Hayter
Ethan Edward Hayter (born 18 September 1998) is a British racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam .
Career
Hayter started riding at Herne Hill Velodrome in 2012, aged 13. He raced for the VC Londres cycling club from 2012 to 2016, ...
)
: 3rd Scratch, UEC European Championships
;2021
: 3rd Team pursuit
The team pursuit is a track cycling event similar to the individual pursuit, except that two teams, each of up to four riders, compete, starting on opposite sides of the velodrome.
Race format
Both men's and women's events are competed over ...
, UCI World Championships
The UCI world championships are annual competitions promoted by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) to determine world champion cyclists. They are held in several different styles of racing, in a different country each year. Championship winne ...
;2022
: UCI World Championships
The UCI world championships are annual competitions promoted by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) to determine world champion cyclists. They are held in several different styles of racing, in a different country each year. Championship winne ...
::1st Team pursuit
The team pursuit is a track cycling event similar to the individual pursuit, except that two teams, each of up to four riders, compete, starting on opposite sides of the velodrome.
Race format
Both men's and women's events are competed over ...
::2nd Madison Madison may refer to:
People
* Madison (name), a given name and a surname
* James Madison (1751–1836), fourth president of the United States
Place names
* Madison, Wisconsin, the state capital of Wisconsin and the largest city known by this ...
(with Ethan Hayter
Ethan Edward Hayter (born 18 September 1998) is a British racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam .
Career
Hayter started riding at Herne Hill Velodrome in 2012, aged 13. He raced for the VC Londres cycling club from 2012 to 2016, ...
)
: 2nd Team pursuit
The team pursuit is a track cycling event similar to the individual pursuit, except that two teams, each of up to four riders, compete, starting on opposite sides of the velodrome.
Race format
Both men's and women's events are competed over ...
, Commonwealth Games
The Commonwealth Games, often referred to as the Friendly Games or simply the Comm Games, are a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930, and, with the exce ...
: UCI Nations Cup, Glasgow
::1st Omnium
::2nd Team pursuit
;2023
: UEC European Championships
::1st Scratch
::2nd Team pursuit
The team pursuit is a track cycling event similar to the individual pursuit, except that two teams, each of up to four riders, compete, starting on opposite sides of the velodrome.
Race format
Both men's and women's events are competed over ...
: UCI Nations Cup
::1st Team pursuit, Milton
Milton may refer to:
Names
* Milton (surname), a surname (and list of people with that surname)
** John Milton (1608–1674), English poet
* Milton (given name)
** Milton Friedman (1912–2006), Nobel laureate in Economics, author of '' Free t ...
::3rd Team pursuit, Jakarta
: 2nd Madison Madison may refer to:
People
* Madison (name), a given name and a surname
* James Madison (1751–1836), fourth president of the United States
Place names
* Madison, Wisconsin, the state capital of Wisconsin and the largest city known by this ...
, UCI World Championships
The UCI world championships are annual competitions promoted by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) to determine world champion cyclists. They are held in several different styles of racing, in a different country each year. Championship winne ...
(with Mark Stewart)
References
External links
* 1995 births Living people British male cyclists British track cyclists Sportspeople from Wakefield Commonwealth Games medallists in cycling Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England Cyclists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Olympic cyclists for Great Britain Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for England UCI Track Cycling World Champions (men) 21st-century British people Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games {{UK-cycling-bio-stub