John Archibald

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John Archibald Road cycling
John Archibald (2018)
John Archibald (2018)
To person
Date of birth November 14, 1990
nation United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
discipline Railway (endurance) / road
To the team
Current team Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling
Most important successes
Commonwealth Games
2018 silver - One Pursuit
Last updated: February 12, 2020

John Archibald (born November 14, 1990 in Edinburgh ) is a Scottish cyclist who competes on track and road .

Athletic career

In 2016 and 2017 John Archibald was Scottish champion in the individual time trial , in 2015, 2016 and 2017 in the team time trial . In 2016 he finished third at the Scottish Road Championship. In 2017 he won the Tour of the North national stage race .

From 2018 Archibald drove for the Huub Wattbike Team on the track and became British champion in the points race . At the Commonwealth Games , he finished second in the single pursuit . Together with Daniel Bigham , Ashton Lambie and Jonathan Wale , he won the team pursuit at the fourth round of the Track Cycling World Cup in London . He was also fourth in the British championship in the individual time trial on the road.

At the beginning of 2019, John Archibald became two-time British champion, in the singles and in the team pursuit (with Daniel Bigham , Charlie Tanfield and Jonathan Wale ). In the qualification he drove a time of 4: 09.584 minutes, which was the second fastest time ever driven in this discipline over 4000 meters. He was around two seconds slower than the current world record holder Ashton Lambie (4: 07.251 minutes), but Lambie set this time at the Pan American Championships in Aguascalientes , Mexico , which is over 1,800 meters high, while Archibald drove his time in Manchester at sea ​​level .

After the Tour de France winner of 2018 , Geraint Thomas , his start at the UCI Road World Championships 2019 in September in Yorkshire had canceled, Archibald was nominated in his place for the time trial.

Miscellaneous

John Archibald comes from a cycling enthusiast family. His father introduced him to cycling, his sister is Olympic champion Katie Archibald . He started cycling regularly in 2012 when he was cycling to work; he worked in the family's bedding business in Milngavie , a suburb of Glasgow .

successes

train

2018
2019
2020

Street

2019

Teams

Web links

Commons : John Archibald  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ John Archibald. In: British Cycling. Retrieved February 13, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Vern Pitt: Fastest pursuit rider at sea level John Archibald can go faster still. In: Cycling Weekly. January 26, 2019, accessed February 13, 2019 .
  3. ^ Daniel Ostanek: Geraint Thomas withdraws from World Championships time trial. In: cyclingnews.com. September 21, 2019, accessed on September 21, 2019 .
  4. ^ John Archibald - Scottish 25 Mile Time Trial Champion 2016. In: VeloVeritas. September 12, 2016, accessed February 13, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Archibald, John
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH November 14, 1990
PLACE OF BIRTH Edinburgh