 Gloag at the 2023 Giro d'Italia | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Thomas Gloag |
| Nickname | The Gloagtrotter |
| Born | (2001-09-13) 13 September 2001 (age 23) East Dulwich, England |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Visma–Lease a Bike |
| Disciplines |
|
| Role | Rider |
| Amateur team | |
| 2017–2019 | VC Londres |
| Professional teams | |
| 2021–2022 | Trinity Racing |
| 2022 | Team Jumbo–Visma (stagiaire) |
| 2023– | Team Jumbo–Visma |
Thomas Gloag (born 13 September 2001) is a British racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Visma–Lease a Bike.
Career
At the 2022 Tour de l'Avenir Gloag was in a breakaway on stage 4 that made it to the finish line where he won the sprint against Adam Holm Jørgensen to take his second stage victory at Under-23 level. Whilst on his way up the podium to celebrate his win with Bernard Hinault he tripped and slipped down the stairs. He took lead of the race after his result, he would slip to second in the following stages then nineteenth overall before abandoning the race. It was announced on 7 August 2022 that Gloag would join Team Jumbo–Visma as a stagiaire for the rest of the 2022 season. On 29 August 2022 Team Jumbo–Visma announced that Gloag would join their team from the 2023 season on a three-year contract.
Major results
Sources:
- 2019
- 1st Trofeo Fundación
- 1st Zumarraga
- Junior Tour of Wales
- 1st
Mountains classification - 1st Stage 2
- 1st
- 3rd Overall Sint-Martinusprijs Kontich
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT)
- 8th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne Juniors
- 2021
- 3rd Overall Ronde de l'Isard
- 1st Stage 4
- 4th Overall Giro Ciclistico d'Italia
- 6th Liège–Bastogne–Liège Espoirs
- 2022
- 1st Stage 4 Tour de l'Avenir
- 3rd Flèche Ardennaise
- 2023
- 6th Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
- 1st
Young rider classification
- 1st
- 2024 (1 pro win)
- 1st Stage 3 Czech Tour
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 2023 |
|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia
|
76 |
 Tour de France
|
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 Vuelta a España
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References
- "Thomas GLOAG". UCI. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
- ^ "Thomas Gloag". FirstCycling.com. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
- Hood, Ed (17 September 2020). "Thomas Gloag - "I find myself getting better as the road slopes upwards"". VeloVeritas. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
- "Team Jumbo–Visma". UCI. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
- ^ "Thomas Gloag". www.procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
- "Thomas Gloag wins fourth stage of the Tour de l'Avenir". CyclingUpToDate.com. 22 August 2022. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
- "Tom Gloag avoids embarrassment at Tour de l'Avenir". today.postuszero.com. 23 August 2022. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
- Fletcher, Patrick (8 August 2022). "Jumbo-Visma sign British talent Thomas Gloag as stagiaire for rest of season". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
- "Valter, Tratnik and Gloag new reinforcements Team Jumbo-Visma". Team Jumbo-Visma. 29 August 2022. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
- "Thomas Gloag". www.cyclingarchives.com. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
External links
- Thomas Gloag at UCI
- Thomas Gloag at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Thomas Gloag at ProCyclingStats