Christopher Sutton
Christopher "Chris" Sutton , (born September 10, 1984 ) is a retired Australian cyclist .
Sutton was Australian championship points race on the track in 2004 and in 2005 in Madison . He won another national championship title in 2005 in the road race of the U23 class.
At the end of 2005 Sutton drove as a stagiaire with the UCI ProTeam Cofidis , where he received a professional contract for the 2006 and 2007 seasons. For this team he achieved his first international elite success in March 2006 at the Grand Prix Cholet-Pays de la Loire . He achieved his greatest career success in 2011 for Sky ProCycling with the sprint victory at Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne and winning the second stage of the Vuelta a España in 2011 after an attack 800 meters from the finish. After the end of the 2015 season, Sutton ended his racing career.
Chris Sutton's father is former cyclist and now coach Gary Sutton , his uncle is former cyclist Shane Sutton , who coached the Welsh national team for a while.
successes
- 2004
- 2005
- Australian Champion - Madison (with Chris Pascoe )
- Australian Champion - Road Race (U23)
- Gran Premio della Liberazione
- 2006
- 2007
- 2008
- Overall rating Delta Tour Zeeland
- 2009
- one stage Tour of Britain
- three stage Herald Sun Tour
- 2010
- a stage tour down under
- one stage Brixia Tour
- 2011
- Kuurne – Brussels – Kuurne
- a stage Vuelta a España
- one stage Circuit Franco-Belge
Teams
- 2005 Cofidis (Stagiaire)
- 2006 Cofidis
- 2007 Cofidis
- 2008 Slipstream Chipotle / Garmin Chipotle
- 2009 Garmin Slipstream
- 2010 Sky Professional Cycling Team
- 2011 Sky ProCycling
- 2012 Sky ProCycling
- 2013 Sky ProCycling
- 2014 Team Sky
- 2015 Team Sky
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sutton crowns a strong Sky weekend. radsport-news.com, February 27, 2011, accessed May 19, 2017 .
- ↑ Sutton ensures a perfect Sky Sunday. radsport-news.com, August 21, 2011, accessed May 19, 2017 .
Web links
- Christopher Sutton in the Radsportseiten.net database
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Sutton, Christopher |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sutton, Chris |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Australian cyclist |
DATE OF BIRTH | September 10, 1984 |