Adam Blythe

Adam Blythe

Adam Blythe (2015)
To person
Date of birth	October 1, 1989
nation	United Kingdom
discipline	Railway (endurance) / road
End of career	2019
Most important successes
RideLondon Classic 2014 general classification Circuit Franco-Belge 2010
Last updated: October 31, 2019

Adam Blythe (born October 1, 1989 in Sheffield ) is a former British cyclist .

Athletic career

As a young rider, Blythe initially devoted himself primarily to track cycling . In 2006 he was European Junior Track Cycling Champion in team pursuit and British Junior Champion in points racing . In 2007 he was again European champion in the team pursuit, he won the UIV Cup in Gent with Peter Kennaugh and was British champion in two-man team driving with Luke Rowe .

In 2008 Blythe received his first contract with a UCI team with the Konica Minolta-Bizhub team and from then on mainly competed in races on the road . In 2009 he won a stage of the Thuringia Tour . In the following year he won the overall ranking of the Circuit Franco-Belge and the National Sluitingsprijs . In 2012 he won a stage from Paris – Corrèze and Binche – Tournai – Binche . In 2014 Adam Blythe won the RideLondon Classic and was British road racing champion in 2016 .

In the 2017 and 2018 seasons, Blythe drove for the Aqua Blue Sport team , which was disbanded in late 2018. In his sophomore year there, he won the Elfstedenronde and the silver medal of the British Road Racing Championships. After initially not receiving a new offer, he wanted to end his cycling career. On the recommendation of his longtime friend Ben Swift , who had received an offer from Lotto Soudal but had switched to Team Sky , Blythe received a contract with Lotto Soudal, where he ended his career as an active after the end of the 2019 season.

Trivia

Adam Blythe is known for his many different racing shoes in crazy designs that are provided to him by his outfitter. By his own admission, he has three closets just for his shoes.

successes

2006

• Junior European Champion - Team Pursuit (with Jonathan Bellis , Steven Burke and Peter Kennaugh )
• British Junior Champion - points race

2007

• Junior European Champion - Team Pursuit (with Peter Kennaugh, Mark McNally and Luke Rowe )
• British Champion - Two-Man Team Driving (with Luke Rowe )

2008

• one stage tour of Hong Kong Shanghai

2009

• one stage Thuringia round trip (U23)

2010

• Overall standings and two stages of Circuit Franco-Belge
• National Sluitingsprijs

2012

• a stage Paris – Corrèze
• Binche – Tournai – Binche

2013

• Team Time Trial Tour of Qatar

2014

• RideLondon Classic

2016

• British champion - road racing

2018

• Elfstedenronde
• British Championship - Road Racing

Grand Tour placements

Grand Tour	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
Giro d'Italia	DNF	DNF	-	167	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tour de France	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Vuelta a España	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	155	-	-

Legend: DNF: did not finish , abandoned or withdrawn from the race due to timeout.

Teams

• 2008 Konica Minolta-Bizhub team
• 2009 Silence Lotto (Stagiaire)
• 2010 Omega Pharma Lotto
• 2011 Omega Pharma Lotto
• 2012 BMC Racing Team
• 2013 BMC Racing Team
• 2014 Team NFTO
• 2015 Orica GreenEdge
• 2016 Tinkoff
• 2017 Aqua Blue Sport
• 2018 Aqua Blue Sport
• 2019 Lotto Soudal

Web links

Commons : Adam Blythe  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Adam Blythe in the Radsportseiten.net database
• Adam Blythe in the ProCyclingStats.com database

Individual evidence

1. ^ Daniel Benson: Blythe: We race on passion at Lotto not bullshit marginal gains. In: Cycling News. December 28, 2018, accessed January 12, 2019 . 
2. ↑ Blythe ended his career at the age of 30. In: radsport-news.com. October 31, 2019, accessed October 31, 2019 . 
3. ↑ Adam Blythe, Fashion Victom du peloton. lebuzz.eurosport.fr, February 12, 2014, accessed on February 21, 2014 (French).