Chris Opie

Chris Opie

Opie in 2015
Personal information
Full name Christopher Opie
Born (1987-07-22) 22 July 1987
Truro, Cornwall, England[1]
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Weight 73 kg (161 lb; 11.5 st)[1]
Team information
Current team ONE Pro Cycling
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Amateur team(s)
1998–2005 www.cyclelogic.co.uk
2007 One and All Cycling
2010–2011 Pendragon-Le-Col-Colnago
Professional team(s)
2012–2013 Team UK Youth
2014 Rapha Condor–JLT
2015 ONE Pro Cycling
Infobox last updated on
31 May 2015

Christopher "Chris" Opie (born 22 July 1987) is a British professional cyclist from Cornwall. He rides for British continental team ONE Pro Cycling.[2]

Early life and amateur career

Opie at the 2014 Tour of Britain.

Born in Truro, Cornwall, Opie grew up on a small beef and dairy farm. He attended Kea Primary and Penair Secondary Schools in Truro.[3] Opie began cycling competitively at the age of 10 and progressed to lead the British National Junior RR Series in 2005.[3] In 2006, he battled with a slight eating disorder and, in 2007, with Glandular Fever, but returned to racing in 2008, when he was based in the Netherlands and Belgium.[3] He returned from the Netherlands to ride for Pendragon Sports/Le Col/Colnago in 2010,[4] and when the team wound up at the end of the 2011 season[5] he was signed by Nigel Mansell's Team UK Youth.[6] After Mansell decided to end his financial support of Team UK Youth, Opie signed for Rapha Condor–JLT for the 2014 season.[7] After one season with the team he was announced as part of the inaugural squad for the ONE Pro Cycling team for the 2015 season.[8]

Palmarès

2010
1st GP Al Fatah
Tour of Libya[9]
1st Stages 4 & 5
2012
5th Ster van Zwolle
2013
Tour Series
1st Round 8 – Canary Wharf[10] & Round 10 – Aylsham
2nd Overall Tour of the Reservoir[11]
1st Stage 1
2014
2nd British National Circuit Race Championships[12]
2nd Circuit of the Fens[13]
2nd Ipswich and Coastal Grand Prix[14]
3rd Otley Grand Prix[15]
3rd Wales Open Criterium[16]
4th Eddie Soens Memorial[17]
5th Colne Grand Prix[18]
2015
2nd Perfs Pedal Race[19]
2nd Rutland–Melton International CiCLE Classic[20]
3rd Overall Totnes-Vire Stage Race
1st Stage 2[21]
3rd Chepstow Grand Prix[22]
1st Stockton Grand Prix
2016
8th Grand Prix de Denain

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Team: Chris Opie". Team UK Youth. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
  2. ↑ Cary, Tom (9 December 2014). "England wicketkeeper Matt Prior launches UCI Continental team ONE Pro Cycling". telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 "People Features: Chris Opie Diary". BBC Cornwall. 6 February 2009. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
  4. ↑ "Pendragon Sports/Le Col/Colnago announce 2010 team line-up". Bike Radar. 25 November 2009. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
  5. ↑ Andy McGrath (11 August 2011). "Pendragon-Le Col-Colnago to stop at end of the season". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
  6. ↑ "Team UK Youth reveal 2012 kit and sponsors at Gran Canaria Camp". British Cycling. 30 January 2012.
  7. ↑ Harlow, Phil (25 October 2013). "Team UK Youth: Chris Opie saddened by team's demise". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 29 October 2013.
  8. ↑ Cary, Tom (9 December 2014). "England wicketkeeper Matt Prior launches UCI Continental team ONE Pro Cycling". telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
  9. ↑ "Cornish rider Chris Opie in Tour of Libya success". BBC Sport. 7 April 2010.
  10. ↑ Richard Abraham (7 June 2013). "Chris Opie extends UK Youth lead at Canary Wharf Tour Series". Cycling Weekly.
  11. ↑ Snowdon Sports (27 April 2013). "Chris Opie wins Tour of the Reservoir opener". Cycling Weekly.
  12. ↑ "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.
  13. ↑ Whitehouse, Andy (27 July 2014). "Adam Blythe (NFTO Pro Cycling) wins the 2014 Vericool for Schools Circuit of the Fens". British Cycling. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
  14. ↑ Williams, Huw (31 August 2014). "Yanto Barker takes British Cycling Elite Road Series title". British Cycling. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
  15. ↑ Whitehouse, Andy (2 July 2014). "Blythe victorious in Property Development Otley Grand Prix". British Cycling. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
  16. ↑ 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.
  17. ↑ "53rd Eddie Soens Memorial Cycle Race". British Cycling. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  18. ↑ Swarbrick, Guy (16 July 2014). "Rapha Condor JLT's Graham Briggs wins 2014 Elite Circuit Series Colne Grand Prix". British Cycling. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
  19. ↑ "Perfs Pedal Race". British Cycling. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  20. ↑ "Steele Von Hoff wins CiCLE Classic without realising it". Cycling Weekly. 26 April 2015. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
  21. ↑ "Totnes-Vire Stage Race". British Cycling. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
  22. ↑ "Graham Briggs takes solo win at Chepstow Grand Prix". Cycling Weekly. 6 August 2015. Retrieved 15 August 2015.

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