Ethan Vernon
Ethan Vernon (born 26 August 2000) is a British road and track cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Israel–Premier Tech.[4]
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| Born | 26 August 2000[1] Bedford, England[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 74 kg[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relatives | Amelie Preen, Blythe Preen, Bethan Preen (cousins) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Israel–Premier Tech | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rider type | Sprinter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2017 | Team Corley Cycles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Ribble Pro Cycling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2021 | Team Inspired | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2022–2023 | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team[2][3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Israel–Premier Tech | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Career
Vernon competed in BMX until he was 14, before changing focus to the road and track.[5] In 2017 and 2018, he won a total of five national junior track titles. He also won the silver medal in the individual pursuit at the 2018 UCI World Junior Championships. He represented Wales at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in three events, finishing fourth in the team pursuit. He also competed for Great Britain in the team pursuit at the 2018–19 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, where the squad placed third in London. In 2020, he took his first major podium at the elite level, taking silver in the kilometer time trial at the European Championships.[6]
In 2021, he was selected for the team pursuit at the 2020 Summer Olympics, where the team placed 8th in final.[5][7] That year, the team also placed third at the UCI World Championships.
Vernon also took his first significant road win in 2021, winning the fourth stage of the Tour de l'Avenir in a sprint finish.[8] A month later, he placed seventh in the World Under-23 Time trial Championships.
In 2022, he joined Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team on a two-year contract.[9] In March, he won the fifth stage of the Volta a Catalunya, his first professional win.[10] Vernon next took back-to-back wins at the Okolo Slovenska in September, taking the prologue and first stage.[11]
In January 2023, Vernon won the Trofeo Palma, his second race of the season. A month later, he won the first two stages of the Tour du Rwanda followed by the first stage of the Tour de Romandie in April. In early August, he returned to the track, taking his first elite World Championships title in the elimination race.[12] A few weeks later, he returned to road racing, taking the prologue of the Deutschland Tour.[13]
That month, he also announced that he signed a three-year contract with Israel–Premier Tech starting in 2024.[14] In 2024, he won his first race of the year: the opening stage of the Tour des Alpes-Maritimes in February.[15] In May, he entered his first Grand Tour: the Giro d'Italia.
Major results
Road
- 2019
- 3rd Time trial, National Under-23 Championships
- 2021
- 1st Stage 4 Tour de l'Avenir
- 7th Time trial, UCI World Under-23 Championships
- 10th Trofeo Alcudia–Port d'Alcudia
- 2022 (3 pro wins)
- Okolo Slovenska
- 1st Prologue & Stage 1
- 1st Stage 5 Volta a Catalunya
- 5th Grote Prijs Jean-Pierre Monseré
- 2023 (5)
- 1st Trofeo Palma
- Deutschland Tour
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Prologue
- Tour du Rwanda
- 1st Stages 1 & 2
- 1st Stage 1 Tour de Romandie
- 2nd Trofeo Ses Salines–Alcúdia
- 5th Time trial, National Championships
- 6th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
- 2024 (1)
- 1st Stage 1 Tour des Alpes-Maritimes
- 3rd Time trial, National Championships
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 2024 |
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| Giro d'Italia | DNF |
| Tour de France | — |
| Vuelta a España | — |
| — | Did not compete |
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| DNF | Did not finish |
Track
- 2017
- National Junior Championships
- 1st Individual pursuit
- 1st Points race
- 1st Kilo
- 3rd Scratch
- 3rd Madison (with William Tidball), National Championships
- 2018
- National Junior Championships
- 1st Individual pursuit
- 1st Madison (with William Tidball)
- 2nd Individual pursuit, UCI World Junior Championships
- National Championships
- 2nd Madison (with Rhys Britton)
- 3rd Team pursuit
- 2019
- 2nd Team pursuit, National Championships
- 2020
- 2nd Kilo, UEC European Championships
- National Championships
- 2nd Team pursuit
- 3rd Scratch
- 2021
- 3rd Team pursuit, UCI World Championships
- 2022
- UCI World Championships
- 1st Team pursuit
- 3rd Elimination
- 2nd Team pursuit, Commonwealth Games
- 2nd Team pursuit, UCI Nations Cup, Glasgow
- 2023
- 1st Elimination, UCI World Championships
- 2nd Team pursuit, UEC European Championships
- 2024
- 1st Team pursuit, UEC European Championships
- 1st Team pursuit, UCI Nations Cup, Milton
References
- "Ethan Vernon". Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
- "Ethan Vernon to turn pro with the Wolfpack". Deceuninck–Quick-Step. 15 October 2021. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
- "Ethan Vernon". UCI. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
- "Israel–Premier Tech". UCI. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
- "Tokyo calling: Ethan Vernon interview". thebritishcontinental.co.uk. 24 August 2020. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
- Final results
- "Cycling Track – Men's Team Pursuit – Final Classification" (PDF). olympics.com. TOCOG. 4 August 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 August 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
- "Ethan Vernon: The ups and downs and the patience required en route to the promised land of WorldTour stardom". Cycling Weekly. 23 September 2021. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
- "Ethan Vernon Signs for Quickstep". velouk.net. 16 October 2021. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
- Farrand, Stephen; Fotheringham, Alasdair (25 March 2022). "Ethan Vernon takes stage 5 sprint win at Volta a Catalunya". CyclingNews. Future plc. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
- "Vernon doubles up on Tour of Slovakia stage 1". CyclingNews. 14 September 2022. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
- "Final results". Tissot Timing. 7 August 2023. Archived from the original on 15 March 2024. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
- "Deutschland Tour - Prologue - St. Wendel". Deutschland Tour. Tissot Timing. 23 August 2023. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
- "Elimination World Champion Ethan Vernon joins Israel - Premier Tech". israelpremiertech.com. Israel–Premier Tech. 9 August 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
- Stuart, Peter (17 February 2024). "Ethan Vernon wins Tour des Alpes opener". CyclingNews. Future plc. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
External links
- Ethan Vernon at UCI
- Ethan Vernon at Cycling Archives
- Ethan Vernon at ProCyclingStats
- Ethan Vernon at Cycling Quotient
- Ethan Vernon at CycleBase