Ian Stannard

Ian Stannard
Stannard at the 2016 Tour of Britain
Personal information
Full nameIan Dexter Stannard
NicknameYogi[1]
Born (1987-05-25) 25 May 1987 (age 37)
Chelmsford, Essex, England
Height1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight83 kg (183 lb)
Team information
Current teamIneos Grenadiers
Disciplines
  • Track
  • Road
Role
Rider typeClassics specialist
Domestique
Rouleur
Amateur teams
2007100% Me
2007T-Mobile Team (stagiaire)
Professional teams
2006Van Vliet–EBH Advocaten
2008Landbouwkrediet–Tönissteiner
2009ISD
2010–2020Team Sky[2][3]
Managerial teams
2021–2022Trinity Racing
2023–Ineos Grenadiers
Major wins
One-day races and Classics
National Road Race Championships (2012)
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad (2014, 2015)
Medal record
Men's track cycling
Representing  Great Britain
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2006 Athens Under-23 team pursuit
Representing  England
Commonwealth Youth Games
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Bendigo Individual pursuit
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Bendigo Scratch
Men's road cycling
Representing  England
Commonwealth Youth Games
Gold medal – first place 2004 Bendigo Time trial

Ian Dexter Stannard (born 25 May 1987) is a British former professional track and road racing cyclist, who rode professionally in 2006 and from 2008 to 2020 for the Van Vliet–EBH Advocaten, Landbouwkrediet–Tönissteiner, ISD and Ineos Grenadiers teams, before retiring after being diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis.[4] He now works as a directeur sportif for UCI WorldTeam Ineos Grenadiers,[5] having previously held the same role for UCI Continental team Trinity Racing.[6]

During his professional career, Stannard took seven victories including two consecutive wins in the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad one-day race (2014 and 2015), two stage victories at the Tour of Britain (2016 and 2018), and the 2012 British National Road Race Championships. As a domestique, Stannard was also a part of multiple Grand Tour general classification successes by Chris Froome.

  1. ^ Gallagher, Brendan (17 March 2013). "Britain's Ian Stannard runs out of steam when in sight of victory in Milan–San Remo classic". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
  2. ^ "Team Sky". Cyclingnews.com. Archived from the original on 5 January 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  3. ^ "Team Ineos". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 January 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  4. ^ Fletcher, Patrick (5 November 2020). "Ian Stannard retires due to rheumatoid arthritis". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  5. ^ Ryan, Barry (21 November 2022). "Ian Stannard returns to Ineos Grenadiers as directeur sportif". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  6. ^ "Ian Stannard takes directeur sportif role at Trinity Racing". Cyclingnews.com. 4 February 2021. Retrieved 1 March 2021.

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