William Clarke (cyclist)

William Clarke
	William Clarke (2011)
To person
Date of birth	April 11, 1985
nation	Australia
discipline	Street
Driver type	Rouleur
To the team
Current team	EF Education First-Drapac powered by Cannondale
function	driver
	Last updated: September 15, 2018

Clarke at the 2012 Tour Down Under

William Clarke (born April 11, 1985 in Tasmania , Australia) is an Australian cyclist .

William Clarke started cycling in 2007. On a professional level, he started in 2009 in the Australian Continental Team Praties , which became Team Genesys Wealth Advisers in 2010 . In August and September 2010 he was invited as a stagiaire to the professional team ag2r La Mondiale . After this time he was accepted for the 2011 season by the newly founded Leopard Trek team.

In 2012 Clarke won a stage each of the Tour Down Under and the Tour of Japan . In 2014 he again decided a stage of the Tour of Japan such as the prologue of the Tour de Kumano and a stage of the Tour of Iran . In 2015 and 2016 he won the prologue of the Herald Sun Tour , in 2016 he also won two stages of the Tour de Taiwan , the prologue of the Tour of Austria and one stage of the Tour of Portugal. In 2017 he started at the Vuelta a España and finished 157th in the overall ranking.