Graham Briggs Explained

Graham Briggs
Full Name:Graham Briggs
Nickname:The Graftdyke Express or Ferrit
Birth Date:1983 7, df=yes
Birth Place:Doncaster, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Currentteam:Clancy Briggs Cycling Academy
Discipline:Road
Role:Rider
Ridertype:Sprinter
Amateuryears1:2006
Amateurteam1:Agisko–Dart–Cycling.tv
Amateuryears2:2020–
Amateurteam2:Clancy Briggs Cycling Academy
Proyears1:2007–2008
Proyears2:2009
Proyears3:2010–2011
Proyears4:2012–2013
Proyears5:2014–2018
Proteam5:[1]
Proyears6:2019

Graham Briggs (born 14 July 1983) is a British road racing cyclist, who currently rides for the British amateur team Clancy Briggs Cycling Academy.[2]

Career

Born in Rossington, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, Briggs initially played football as a youngster before switching to cycling, initially off-road as a cyclo-cross rider and then the discipline of mountain biking, until the foot and mouth crisis of 2001. He competed for Great Britain in the Under-23 road race at the 2003 UCI Road World Championships in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.[3] The majority of his road racing career has been spent in city centre competitions leading to successes in the Elite Circuit Race Series in recent years.

Briggs is classed as a sprinter and was the winner of the British National Circuit Race Championships in 2011.

Briggs left at the end of the 2013 season and joined for the 2014 season; his third spell with the latter squad.

Graham Briggs is a co-founder of the Clancy Briggs Cycling Academy with the mission "to move a generation of children, putting the bicycle back at the heart of childhood play, forming lifelong habits that will deliver benefits for health and the environment for years to come."[4]

Major results

2001
  • 3rd Road race, National Junior Road Championships
    2007
  • 5th Overall Girvan Three Day[5]
    2008
  • 3rd Blackpool Grand Prix Circuit Race[6]
  • 3rd Clayton Velo Spring Classic[7]
  • 7th Overall Tour du Loir-et-Cher
  • 8th National Criterium Championships[8]
    2009
  • 1st Round 1 – Milton Keynes, Tour Series[9]
  • 1st Stage 2 Girvan Three Day[10]
  • 2nd Blackburn Grand Prix[11]
  • 4th Brighouse Circuit Race[12]
  • 4th Warwick Town Centre Race[13]
  • 7th Colne Grand Prix[14]
  • 8th East Yorkshire Classic Circuit Race[15]
  • 10th Tour of the Reservoir[16]
    2010
  • 2nd Blackburn Grand Prix[17]
  • 3rd Dumfries Bike Fest Grand Prix[18]
  • 7th Dumfries Elite Circuit Series Race[19]
  • 7th Newport Nocturne[20]
    2011
  • 1st National Criterium Championships
  • 2nd Wales Open Criterium
  • 2nd Glade Spring Road Race[21]
  • 4th Smithfield Nocturne[22]
  • 6th Jock Wadley Memorial[23]
    2012
  • 1st Overall British Cycling Elite Circuit Race Series[24]
  • 1st Brighouse Circuit Race[25]
  • 1st Wales Open Criterium[26]
  • 2nd Colne Grand Prix[27]
  • 5th East Yorkshire Classic[28]
  • 10th Sheffrec CC Spring Road Race[29]
    2013
  • 2nd Monsal Hill-Climb[30]
  • 4th Colne Grand Prix[31]
  • 4th Wales Open Criterium
  • 10th Ryedale Grand Prix[32]
    2014
  • 1st Overall Tour du Loir et Cher
  • 1st Stage 3
  • 1st Legstretchers Memorial to Betty Pharoah Road Race[33]
  • 1st Round 2 – Barrow-in-Furness, Tour Series[34]
  • 1st Milk Race[35]
  • 1st Colne Grand Prix[36]
  • 1st Wales Open Criterium[37]
  • 2nd National Criterium Championships[38]
  • 2nd Eddie Soens Memorial[39]
  • 2nd Newport Nocturne[40]
  • 3rd Beverley Grand Prix[41]
  • 3rd Jock Wadley Memorial Road Race[42]
  • 5th Overall New Zealand Cycle Classic
  • 10th Stockton Grand Prix[43]
    2015
  • 1st Chepstow Grand Prix[44]
  • 1st Wales Open Criterium[45]
  • 2nd National Criterium Championships[46]
  • 3rd Stockton Grand Prix[47]
  • 3rd Grand Prix of Wales[48]
  • 3rd Hitter Road Race[49]
  • 8th Leicester Castle Classic[50]
    2016
  • 1st Round 3 - Edinburgh, Tour Series[51]
  • 2nd - Aberystwyth, Tour Series
  • 3rd - Stevenage, Tour Series
  • 1st - Colne, Tour Series
  • 2nd - Stage 2, Tour of Britain
    2017
  • 1st - Croyden, Tour Series
  • 3rd - Stevenage, Tour Series
  • 3rd - Rydale Grand Prix
  • 2nd - London Nocturne
    2018
  • 9th - Prologue, Herald Sun Tour
  • 3rd - Aberystwyth, Tour Series
  • 1st - Rydale Grand Prix

    Notes and References

    1. News: Graham Briggs rejoins Rapha Condor JLT for 2014 . Stuart . Clarke . Ed . Langford . . . 4 October 2013 . 1 December 2013.
    2. News: 2020 men's domestic team guide. TheBritishContinental.co.uk. The British Continental. 8 October 2019. 30 May 2020.
    3. Web site: Brits in the Under-23 World Road Race 1998-2007. 23 September 2008 . Cycling Weekly. 18 May 2018.
    4. Web site: About Clancy Briggs . Clancy Briggs Cycling Academy . 25 January 2021.
    5. Web site: Briggs on top form in Girvan . 11 April 2007 . . 9 October 2016 . 10 February 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170210042429/http://www.doncasterfreepress.co.uk/sport/briggs-on-top-form-in-girvan-1-505079 . dead .
    6. Web site: Cycle Fest is a winner for Fylde. 7 July 2008 . . 17 June 2014.
    7. Web site: Clayton Velo Spring Classic Handicap. . 15 June 2014.
    8. Web site: British Cycling National Circuit Race Championships. . 16 June 2014.
    9. Web site: 2009 Tour Series: Milton Keynes Round 1 . Hickmott . Larry . 21 May 2009 . . 20 May 2014.
    10. Web site: Graham Briggs takes stage two in Girvan. 9 October 2016 . Cycling Weekly. 9 October 2016.
    11. Web site: 2009 Blackburn Town Centre Racing . Hickmott . Larry . 13 June 2014 . . 13 June 2014.
    12. Web site: VS Cycles Brighouse Circuit Races . Hickmott . Larry . 7 July 2009 . . 14 June 2014.
    13. Web site: Wilkinson wins in Warwick. 7 September 2009 . . 15 June 2014.
    14. Web site: Colne Grand Prix . Hickmott . Larry . 14 June 2014 . . 14 June 2014.
    15. Web site: East Yorkshire Classic National Circuit Race Championship. . 17 June 2014.
    16. Web site: Tennant Hangs on To Win Tour of Reservoir . Kennedy . Andrew . 29 March 2009 . . 13 June 2014.
    17. Web site: 2010 Blackburn Grand Prix . Kennedy . Andrew . 13 June 2014 . . 13 June 2014.
    18. Web site: Downing takes solo win in Dumfries GP Premier Calendar. 31 May 2010 . . 12 June 2014.
    19. Web site: Report: BikeFest in Dumfries Town Centre . Hickmott . Larry . 13 June 2014 . . 13 June 2014.
    20. Web site: 2010 Newport Nocturne Circuit Race . Hickmott . Larry . 4 September 2010 . . 6 September 2014.
    21. Web site: Report: Glade CC Spring Road Race . Hedden . Will . 10 April 2011 . . 12 April 2015.
    22. Web site: Smithfield Nocturne. . 12 June 2014.
    23. Web site: Bialoblocki wins ‘fastest ever’ Jock Wadley Memorial . Bull . Nick . 17 March 2016 . . 9 October 2016.
    24. Web site: 2012 Elite Circuit Race Series. . 12 June 2014.
    25. Web site: Graham Briggs triumphs in Elite Circuit Series opener . Kennedy . Andrew . 26 June 2012 . . 12 June 2014.
    26. Web site: Wales Open Criterium. . 12 June 2014.
    27. Web site: Raleigh continue to dominate Elite Circuit Series as Hampton wins at Colne . Kennedy . Andrew . 18 July 2012 . . 12 June 2014.
    28. Web site: East Yorkshire Classic. . 16 June 2014.
    29. Web site: Shirlaw wins Sheffrec CC spring road race . 16 April 2012 . . 19 June 2014 .
    30. Web site: Jack Pullar wins Monsal Hill-Climb . 6 October 2013 . . 22 March 2016 . 14 October 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151014183404/http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/racing/british-racing/jack-pullar-wins-monsal-hill-climb-24480 . dead .
    31. Web site: The 'cottages4you' Colne Grand Prix. British Cycling . 12 June 2014.
    32. Web site: The Ryedale Grand Prix (incorporating the National Junior Women's RR Championships). 28 July 2013 . . 26 July 2015.
    33. Web site: Legstretchers Memorial to Betty Pharoah Road Races . . 24 April 2014.
    34. Web site: Great Britain junior Matt Gibson on the podium at Pearl Izumi Tour Series in Barrow . 16 May 2014 . . 17 May 2014.
    35. Web site: Milk Race: Wins for Katie Archibald and Graham Briggs. 25 May 2014 . . 11 June 2014.
    36. Web site: Rapha Condor JLT's Graham Briggs wins 2014 Elite Circuit Series Colne Grand Prix . Swarbrick . Guy . 16 July 2014 . . 4 August 2014.
    37. Web site: Graham Briggs (Rapha Condor) wins Wales Open Criterium, while Alex Blain (Team Raleigh) wins overall series . Whitehouse . Andy . 30 July 2014 . . 5 August 2014.
    38. Web site: 2014 British Cycling National Circuit Race Championship – Hull – July 9, 2014: Men's Championship: Official Result. 9 July 2014 . . 16 July 2014.
    39. Web site: 53rd Eddie Soens Memorial Cycle Race. . 16 June 2014.
    40. Web site: The Newport Nocturne. . 6 September 2014.
    41. Web site: Mike Northey (Madison Genesis) wins latest round of the 2014 British Cycling Elite Circuit Series . Swarbrick . Guy . 18 July 2014 . . 4 August 2014.
    42. Web site: Yorkshire riders on top at home and abroad. 14 April 2014 . . 16 June 2014.
    43. Web site: Stockton Velo29-Altura Grand Prix. . 21 July 2014.
    44. Web site: Graham Briggs takes solo win at Chepstow Grand Prix. 6 August 2015 . . 15 August 2015.
    45. Web site: Wales Open Criterium 2015. 7 August 2015 . . 15 August 2015.
    46. Web site: BC National Circuit Race Championships: Mens Championships. 29 July 2015 . . 30 July 2015.
    47. Web site: Stockton victory for Chris Lawless (Team Wiggins). 10 July 2015 . . 10 July 2015.
    48. Web site: Grand Prix of Wales 2015. 9 August 2015 . . 16 August 2015.
    49. Web site: Hitter Road Race 2015. 19 September 2015 . . 20 September 2015.
    50. Web site: Leicester Castle Classic 2015. 16 August 2015 . . 28 August 2015.
    51. Web site: Graham Briggs takes solo win in Tour Series Edinburgh round . Wynn . Nigel . 20 May 2016 . . 18 June 2016.

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