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Will Clarke (cyclist)
Australian road cyclist From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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William Clarke (born 11 April 1985) is an Australian professional road racing cyclist, who most recently rode for UCI WorldTeam Trek–Segafredo.[3] He is not related to fellow Australian cyclist and past teammate Simon Clarke. William Clarke is a descendant of Australian politician and businessman William John Turner Clarke.
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Career
Clarke was born, raised, and resides on his family's 8,100-hectare (20,000-acre) farm near Campbell Town, Tasmania, Australia. Clarke rode as a stagiaire with Ag2r–La Mondiale in 2010 in the UCI World Tour, while signed to Genesys Wealth Advisers (2008–2010) in the UCI Oceania Tour.[4] He moved to a UCI ProTeam full-time in 2011 for Leopard Trek,[5] before spending a season at both Champion System in 2012,[6] and Argos–Shimano in 2013.[7]
Clarke then moved to the Drapac Professional Cycling team in 2014,[8] as the team moved up to the Professional Continental level.[8] After three seasons with Drapac Professional Cycling, Clarke returned to the World Tour with Cannondale–Drapac, riding with them until the end of 2018. He signed with Trek–Segafredo,[1] for the 2019 and 2020 seasons, returning to the team that he competed for in 2011.
In May 2019, he was named in the startlist for the 2019 Giro d'Italia.[9]
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Major results
- 2008
- 1st Goulburn to Sydney Classic
- 2009
- 5th Time trial, Oceania Road Championships
- 2010
- 3rd Overall Tour de Taiwan
- 4th Time trial, National Road Championships
- 2012
- 1st Stage 2 Tour Down Under
- 1st Prologue Tour of Japan
- 5th Road race, National Road Championships
- 8th Rund um Köln
- 2014
- Tour of Iran
- 1st
Points classification - 1st Stage 2
- 1st
- 1st Stage 1 (ITT) Tour of Japan
- 1st Prologue Tour de Kumano
- 2nd
Time trial, Oceania Road Championships - 5th Time trial, National Road Championships
- 10th Overall Herald Sun Tour
- 2015
- 1st Prologue Herald Sun Tour
- 2016
- Tour de Taiwan
- 1st Stages 1 & 4
- 1st Stage 3 Volta a Portugal
- 1st Prologue Herald Sun Tour
- 1st Prologue Tour of Austria
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
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External links
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