Germain Burton Explained

Germain Burton
Full Name:Germain Maurice William Burton
Birth Date:29 January 1995
Birth Place:London, England
Height:1.65 m
Weight:55 kg
Discipline:Track & Road
Role:Rider
Ridertype:All-rounder[1]
Amateuryears1:2007–2013
Amateurteam1:De Ver Cycles[2]
Amateuryears2:2014–2015
Amateurteam2:100% ME[3]
Proyears1:2018

Germain Burton (born 29 January 1995)[4] is an English racing cyclist from London, who currently rides for .[5]

Germain Burton is the son of Mia and Maurice Burton, who was the first black British champion in cycling. He rides for a team sponsored by his father's bike shop, De Ver Cycles, based in Streatham, South London. He began cycling at the age of 12, joining in with the weekend club runs, and soon decided to take the sport seriously after some encouragement from his father.

He won the under 16 British National Circuit Race Championships in 2010. Burton represented Britain at the UCI Juniors Road World Championships in 2012, finishing 36th.

On 8 August 2013, at the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome in Glasgow, Burton competed at the UCI Juniors Track World Championships. He was part of Britain's Team Pursuit squad which also included Ollie Wood, Jake Ragan and Tao Geoghegan Hart. They finished fourth, losing the bronze medal to Russia in the final.[6]

In May 2016 British Cycling confirmed that Burton had decided to leave their Olympic Development Programme.[7]

Major results

2010
  • 1st British National Circuit Race Championships – Under 16
  • 1st Bec CC Hill-climb[8]
    2011
  • 1st Bec CC Hill-climb[9]
    2012
  • 1st Stage 2 Sint-Martinusprijs Kontich
    2013
  • 1st Stage 2b Junior Peace Race
    2014
  • 1st British National Team Pursuit Championships (with Christopher Latham, Christopher Lawless and Oliver Wood)[10]
    2015
  • 1st British National Team Pursuit Championships (with Jake Kelly, Mark Stewart and Oliver Wood)[11]
  • 2nd Individual pursuit, British National Track Championships[12]
  • 3rd Team pursuit, Round 3, Cali, 2014–15 UCI Track Cycling World Cup (with Matt Gibson, Christopher Latham and Mark Stewart)[13]

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Germain Burton: Q&A . MacLeary . John . 12 September 2010 . . 6 September 2014.
    2. Web site: Individual/Points . British Cycling . 9 August 2013.
    3. Web site: Germain Burton . . Cycling Archives . 6 September 2014.
    4. Web site: Germain Burton: Q&A . John MacLeary . The Telegraph . 12 September 2010 . 9 August 2013.
    5. Web site: Germain Burton Bio . British Cycling . 24 July 2013 . 9 August 2013.
    6. Web site: Fourth for Great Britain in men's team pursuit as juniors track world championships begin . Abby Burton . 8 August 2013 . 9 August 2013.
    7. Web site: Germain Burton leaves British Cycling Olympic Development Programme . . 6 May 2016 . Cycling Weekly. 10 May 2016.
    8. Web site: Norbury's Burton maps route to cycling summit . Amos . Stuart . 26 October 2010 . . 6 September 2014.
    9. Web site: Burton scorches Bec hill-climb . . 9 October 2011 . . 6 September 2014.
    10. Web site: British National Track Championships 24th-28th September 2014: Communiqué No 010 . . trackworldcup.co.uk . 25 September 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141006140740/http://admin.trackworldcup.co.uk/Images/Media/502.pdf . 6 October 2014 . dmy-all .
    11. Web site: British National Track Championships 25th-27th September 2015 . . . 28 September 2015.
    12. Web site: British National Track Championships 25th-27th September 2015: Communiqué No 20: Category Male: Event 4000m Pursuit: Round Final Result . . . 27 September 2015.
    13. Web site: UCI World Cup: Great Britain take men's team pursuit gold . . 18 January 2015 . . 19 January 2015.

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