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Malcolm Elliot

Malcolm Elliott
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Elliott at the 1989 Tour of Britain in his Teka team colours
Personal information
Born (1961-07-01) 1 July 1961 (age 56)
Sheffield, England
Team information
Discipline Road
Role Rider (retired)
Sporting director
Rider type Sprinter
Amateur team(s)
Rutland CC
Manchester Wheelers' Club
Professional team(s)
1984–1985 Raleigh –Weinmann
1986–1987 ANC–Halfords
1988 Fagor
1989–1990 Teka
1991–1992 Seur
1993–1996 Chevrolet–LA Sheriffs
1997 Comptel–Colorado Cyclist
2003–2005 Pinarello–Assos
2006 Plowman Craven
2007–2008 Pinarello RT
2009–2011 CandiTV–Marshalls Pasta
Managerial team(s)
Velosure–Giordana
Major wins
Sealink International
Milk Race
Kellogg's Tour of Britain
National Champion
Vuelta a España, points classification

Malcolm Elliott (born 1 July 1961) is a former English professional cyclist, whose professional career has lasted from 1984 to 1997 when he retired and from 2003 up to 2011 when he made his comeback in British domestic racing.

Known as a sprinter, his career includes three stages and the points classification in the Vuelta a España, two gold medals in the Commonwealth Games, and winning the amateur Milk Race and its professional version, the Kellogg's Tour. He rode and finished the Tour de France in 1987 and 1988. Elliott also competed at the Olympic Games in 1980 and 1996.

Elliott was brought up in the Wadsley area of Sheffield. His joined Rutland Cycling Club in Sheffield at 15 where he was selected for the British team for the world junior championship in Argentina in 1979. In 1980 riding for Rutland CC, Elliott won the British National Hill Climb Championships, beating Jeff Williams by one fifth of a second. He also raced for the UV Aube cycling club in Troyes, France, for part of 1980 season to gain experience of racing on the continent before being selected for the British team pursuit at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. He, Sean Yates and Tony Doyle finished seventh.

Elliott's breakthrough came at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane where he first took gold in the team time trial and then again in the 184 kilometre road race by outsprinting Steve Bauer, Roger Sumich, Steve Lawrence and Russell Harrington.


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