Michael Ford (cyclist)

Michael Ford

To person
Date of birth	April 23, 1986
nation	Australia
discipline	Train / street
End of career	2008
Most important successes
UCI Track World Championships for Juniors 2004 - Individual pursuit, team pursuit
Last updated: January 25, 2019

Michael Ford (born April 23, 1986 in Dandenong , Melbourne ) is a former Australian track and road cyclist.

Athletic career

Michael Ford won the silver medal in the singles and the bronze medal in the team pursuit at the junior track cycling world championships in Moscow in 2003 . He was also the Australian champion in two-man team driving . At the World Championships in Los Angeles the following year he was junior world champion in the singles and in the team pursuit. He became national junior champion in 2004 in the single pursuit and in the two-man team driving. From 2006 Ford drove for the Australian Continental Team Southaustralia.com-AIS . In his first year there, he won a stage in the Tour of the Murray River . In 2007 Ford won the elite team pursuit championship with Zakkari Dempster , Richard England and Sean Finning . In 2008 he ended his cycling career.

successes

2003

• Junior World Championship - Single Pursuit
• Junior World Championship - Team Pursuit (with Chris Pascoe , Sean Finning and Andrew Wyper)
• Australian Junior Champion - Two Team Driving (with Sean Finning )

2004

• Junior World Champion - Single Pursuit
• Junior World Champion - Team Pursuit (with Simon Clarke , Matthew Goss and Miles Olman )
• Australian Junior Champion - Single Pursuit
• Australian Junior Champion - Two-Team Driving (with Mitchell Docker )

2007

• Australian Champion - Team Pursuit (with Zakkari Dempster , Richard England and Sean Finning )

Teams

• 2006 Southaustralia.com-AIS
• 2007 Southaustralia.com-AIS
• 2008 Southaustralia.com-AIS