Simon Cope (born 22 March 1966) is an English former professional cyclist from

Sevenoaks Sevenoaks is a town in Kent with a population of 29,506 situated south-east of London, England. Also classified as a civil parishes in England, civil parish, Sevenoaks is served by a commuter South Eastern Main Line, main line railway into Lon ...

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. Cope began cycling in 1978 and rode as professional from 1983 to 1999. He had success at the

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for two consecutive years in 1999 and 2000. Cope was also the National Circuit Race Champion 1997. He subsequently became a coach working on

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's Olympic Academy Programme, spending five years as coach of their women's road and endurance academy. After his post at British Cycling was abolished due to funding cuts, he spent the 2012 season as a directeur sportif at the American team. He also managed the team during the 2013 season and was a directeur sportif with in 2014. In January 2015, he was named as the directeur sportif of the new UCI Continental level team, .

Palmarès

;1993 :3rd

British National Circuit Race Championships The British National Circuit Race Championships cover several different categories of British road bicycle racing events, normally held annually. The first championships were held in 1979 for professional cyclists only. Amateur championships were ...

(professional) ;1997 :1st

;1999 :1st

;2000 :1st British National Motor Pace Championships

References

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