Ross Edgar

Ross Edgar ( born January 3, 1983 in Newmarket ) is a British racing cyclist from Scotland.

His first international success was Ross Edgar at the 2002 Commonwealth Games, where he ( with Chris Hoy and Craig MacLean ) won a third place in the team sprint; at the Commonwealth Games 2006 ended the three driver on place 1 In the following years won Edgar podium at the European Championships, World Cups and national titles in the short-term events on the track.

In the UCI Track World Championships in 2007 in Palma de Mallorca Ross Edgar was second in the team sprint (again with Hoy and McLean ) and third in the Keirin; at the 2008 UCI Track Cycling World Cup occupied the British ( Edgar, Hoy and Jamie Staff ) in front of a home crowd in the team sprint place 2

Ross Edgar participated in two Olympic Games, in 2004 and 2008, in part: In the Beijing Games he won the silver medal in the Keirin ( behind Hoy ). In 2010 he won the bronze medal in the sprint at the Commonwealth Games.

Edgar is of Scottish descent and, though born in Suffolk, he was honored by the Olympics as such by the Scottish Government, together with Chris Hoy. He was cared for at the beginning of his career in the " World Cycling Centre 'of the Union Cycliste Internationale in Aigle; later he moved to Manchester to train at the local " National Cycling Centre ".

Team

  • 2013 Team IG- Sigma Sport
Newmarket (Suffolk) 2006 Commonwealth Games 2007 UCI Track Cycling World Championships 2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics 2010 Commonwealth Games David Daniell (cyclist) Jason Kenny
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