Adam Blythe
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Blythe in 2017
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Adam Michael Blythe |
| Nickname | Tyrone |
| Born |
1 October 1989 Sheffield, England |
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Weight | 68 kg (150 lb; 10.7 st) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Aqua Blue Sport |
| Discipline | Road and track |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Sprinter |
| Amateur team(s) | |
| ? | Sheffield Phoenix |
| 2007 | ScienceinSport–Trek |
| 2008 | Pinarello |
| 2008 | Wielerclub Des Sprinters Malderen |
| 2008 | Team Konica Minolta–Bizhub |
| 2009 | DAVO |
| 2009 | Silence–Lotto (stagiaire) |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 2010–2011 | Omega Pharma–Lotto |
| 2012–2013 | BMC Racing Team |
| 2014 | NFTO |
| 2015 | Orica–GreenEDGE |
| 2016 | Tinkoff |
| 2017– | Aqua Blue Sport |
| Major wins | |
Adam Michael Blythe (born 1 October 1989) is an English professional road and track racing cyclist who currently rides for UCI Professional Continental team Aqua Blue Sport. Blythe began racing at a young age and went on to become a member of British Cycling's Olympic Development Programme.
Born in Sheffield, Blythe began cycling at a young age with the Sheffield Phoenix club. Cycling was a family activity, his sister Kimberley Blythe was also fairly successful as a young rider.
Blythe became Derbyshire's Junior Sportsman of the Year in the East Midlands Sports Personality of the Year Awards, 2005.
Blythe left the Academy by mutual consent in February 2008, and went to race in Belgium. He stayed with the ex-professional cyclist, Tim Harris, in Westmeerbeek, near Antwerp. Blythe was awarded a Cycling Time Trials scholarship to enable him to race on the continent and develop further. He raced for the Wielerclub Des Sprinters Malderen which is a feeder club for a professional team.
Blythe returned to Belgium to ride for the DAVO squad in 2009, under the tutelage of Kurt Van De Wouwer, a former professional. He had joined pro-tour team Silence–Lotto as a trainee in July 2009, it was announced on 7 September 2009 that he had signed a two-year contract with Silence-Lotto in the wake of a string of good results for the team.
In 2012, Blythe followed his teammate and close friend Philippe Gilbert to the BMC Racing Team. In October 2012, Blythe sprinted his way to victory in the semi-classic Binche–Tournai–Binche, popping out of his teammate's wheel on a cobbled sector with 700 metres (2,300 ft) to go, edging Adrien Petit (Cofidis) and John Degenkolb of Argos–Shimano.
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