Graham Briggs

Graham Briggs
Briggs in 2016.
Personal information
Full nameGraham Briggs
NicknameThe Graftdyke Express or Ferrit
Born (1983-07-14) 14 July 1983 (age 41)
Doncaster, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Team information
Current teamClancy Briggs Cycling Academy
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeSprinter
Amateur teams
2006Agisko–Dart–Cycling.tv
2020–Clancy Briggs Cycling Academy
Professional teams
2007–2008Recycling.co.uk
2009CandiTV–Marshalls Pasta
2010–2011Rapha Condor–Sharp
2012–2013Team Raleigh–GAC
2014–2018Rapha Condor–JLT[1]
2019Vitus Pro Cycling Team p/b Brother UK

Graham Briggs (born 14 July 1983) is a British road racing cyclist, who currently rides for the British amateur team Clancy Briggs Cycling Academy.[2]

Career

Born in Rossington, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, Briggs initially played football as a youngster before switching to cycling, initially off-road as a cyclo-cross rider and then the discipline of mountain biking, until the foot and mouth crisis of 2001. He competed for Great Britain in the Under-23 road race at the 2003 UCI Road World Championships in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.[3] The majority of his road racing career has been spent in city centre competitions leading to successes in the Elite Circuit Race Series in recent years.

Briggs is classed as a sprinter and was the winner of the British National Circuit Race Championships in 2011.

Briggs left Team Raleigh at the end of the 2013 season and joined Rapha Condor–JLT for the 2014 season; his third spell with the latter squad.[1]

Graham Briggs is a co-founder of the Clancy Briggs Cycling Academy with the mission "to move a generation of children, putting the bicycle back at the heart of childhood play, forming lifelong habits that will deliver benefits for health and the environment for years to come."[4]

Major results

2001
3rd Road race, National Junior Road Championships
2007
5th Overall Girvan Three Day[5]
2008
3rd Blackpool Grand Prix Circuit Race[6]
3rd Clayton Velo Spring Classic[7]
7th Overall Tour du Loir-et-Cher
8th National Criterium Championships[8]
2009
1st Round 1 – Milton Keynes, Tour Series[9]
1st Stage 2 Girvan Three Day[10]
2nd Blackburn Grand Prix[11]
4th Brighouse Circuit Race[12]
4th Warwick Town Centre Race[13]
7th Colne Grand Prix[14]
8th East Yorkshire Classic Circuit Race[15]
10th Tour of the Reservoir[16]
2010
2nd Blackburn Grand Prix[17]
3rd Dumfries Bike Fest Grand Prix[18]
7th Dumfries Elite Circuit Series Race[19]
7th Newport Nocturne[20]
2011
1st National Criterium Championships
2nd Wales Open Criterium[21]
2nd Glade Spring Road Race[22]
4th Smithfield Nocturne[23]
6th Jock Wadley Memorial[24]
2012
1st Overall British Cycling Elite Circuit Race Series[25]
1st Brighouse Circuit Race[26]
1st Wales Open Criterium[27]
2nd Colne Grand Prix[28]
5th East Yorkshire Classic[29]
10th Sheffrec CC Spring Road Race[30]
2013
2nd Monsal Hill-Climb[31]
4th Colne Grand Prix[32]
4th Wales Open Criterium[21]
10th Ryedale Grand Prix[33]
2014
1st Overall Tour du Loir et Cher
1st Stage 3
1st Legstretchers Memorial to Betty Pharoah Road Race[34]
1st Round 2 – Barrow-in-Furness, Tour Series[35]
1st Milk Race[36]
1st Colne Grand Prix[37]
1st Wales Open Criterium[21]
2nd National Criterium Championships[38]
2nd Eddie Soens Memorial[39]
2nd Newport Nocturne[40]
3rd Beverley Grand Prix[41]
3rd Jock Wadley Memorial Road Race[42]
5th Overall New Zealand Cycle Classic
10th Stockton Grand Prix[43]
2015
1st Chepstow Grand Prix[44]
1st Wales Open Criterium[45]
2nd National Criterium Championships[46]
3rd Stockton Grand Prix[47]
3rd Grand Prix of Wales[48]
3rd Hitter Road Race[49]
8th Leicester Castle Classic[50]
2016
1st Round 3 - Edinburgh, Tour Series[51]
2nd - Aberystwyth, Tour Series
3rd - Stevenage, Tour Series
1st - Colne, Tour Series
2nd - Stage 2, Tour of Britain
2017
1st - Croyden, Tour Series
3rd - Stevenage, Tour Series
3rd - Rydale Grand Prix
2nd - London Nocturne
2018
9th - Prologue, Herald Sun Tour
3rd - Aberystwyth, Tour Series
1st - Rydale Grand Prix

References

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  2. ^ "2020 men's domestic team guide". TheBritishContinental.co.uk. The British Continental. 8 October 2019. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  3. ^ "Brits in the Under-23 World Road Race 1998-2007". Cycling Weekly. 23 September 2008. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  4. ^ "About Clancy Briggs". Clancy Briggs Cycling Academy. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  5. ^ "Briggs on top form in Girvan". Doncaster Free Press. 11 April 2007. Archived from the original on 10 February 2017. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
  6. ^ "Cycle Fest is a winner for Fylde". Blackpool Gazette. 7 July 2008. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
  7. ^ "Clayton Velo Spring Classic Handicap". British Cycling. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
  8. ^ "British Cycling National Circuit Race Championships". British Cycling. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  9. ^ Hickmott, Larry (21 May 2009). "2009 Tour Series: Milton Keynes Round 1". British Cycling. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
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  11. ^ Hickmott, Larry (13 June 2014). "2009 Blackburn Town Centre Racing". British Cycling. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
  12. ^ Hickmott, Larry (7 July 2009). "VS Cycles Brighouse Circuit Races". British Cycling. Retrieved 14 June 2014.
  13. ^ "Wilkinson wins in Warwick". Cycling Weekly. 7 September 2009. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
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  15. ^ "East Yorkshire Classic National Circuit Race Championship". British Cycling. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
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  18. ^ "Downing takes solo win in Dumfries GP Premier Calendar". Cycling Weekly. 31 May 2010. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
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  20. ^ Hickmott, Larry (4 September 2010). "2010 Newport Nocturne Circuit Race". British Cycling. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
  21. ^ a b c Whitehouse, Andy (30 July 2014). "Graham Briggs (Rapha Condor) wins Wales Open Criterium, while Alex Blain (Team Raleigh) wins overall series". British Cycling. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
  22. ^ Hedden, Will (10 April 2011). "Report: Glade CC Spring Road Race". British Cycling. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
  23. ^ "Smithfield Nocturne". British Cycling. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
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  28. ^ Kennedy, Andrew (18 July 2012). "Raleigh continue to dominate Elite Circuit Series as Hampton wins at Colne". British Cycling. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
  29. ^ "East Yorkshire Classic". British Cycling. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  30. ^ "Shirlaw wins Sheffrec CC spring road race". Cycling Weekly. 16 April 2012. Retrieved 19 June 2014.[permanent dead link‍]
  31. ^ "Jack Pullar wins Monsal Hill-Climb". Cycling Weekly. 6 October 2013. Archived from the original on 14 October 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
  32. ^ "The 'cottages4you' Colne Grand Prix". British Cycling. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
  33. ^ "The Ryedale Grand Prix (incorporating the National Junior Women's RR Championships)". British Cycling. 28 July 2013. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  34. ^ "Legstretchers Memorial to Betty Pharoah Road Races". British Cycling. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
  35. ^ "Great Britain junior Matt Gibson on the podium at Pearl Izumi Tour Series in Barrow". British Cycling. 16 May 2014. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
  36. ^ "Milk Race: Wins for Katie Archibald and Graham Briggs". skysports.com. 25 May 2014. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
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  38. ^ "2014 British Cycling National Circuit Race Championship – Hull – July 9, 2014: Men's Championship: Official Result" (PDF). British Cycling. 9 July 2014. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
  39. ^ "53rd Eddie Soens Memorial Cycle Race". British Cycling. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
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  42. ^ "Yorkshire riders on top at home and abroad". Yorkshire Post. 14 April 2014. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  43. ^ "Stockton Velo29-Altura Grand Prix". British Cycling. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
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  45. ^ "Wales Open Criterium 2015". British Cycling. 7 August 2015. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  46. ^ "BC National Circuit Race Championships: Mens Championships" (PDF). British Cycling. 29 July 2015. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
  47. ^ "Stockton victory for Chris Lawless (Team Wiggins)". British Cycling. 10 July 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  48. ^ "Grand Prix of Wales 2015". British Cycling. 9 August 2015. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  49. ^ "Hitter Road Race 2015" (PDF). Junior Tour of Wales. 19 September 2015. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
  50. ^ "Leicester Castle Classic 2015". British Cycling. 16 August 2015. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
  51. ^ Wynn, Nigel (20 May 2016). "Graham Briggs takes solo win in Tour Series Edinburgh round". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 18 June 2016.