 Clarke at the 2011 Four Days of Dunkirk | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | William Clarke |
| Nickname | Big horse / Wilbur |
| Born | (1985-04-11) 11 April 1985 (age 39) Campbell Town, Tasmania, Australia |
| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 3+1⁄2 in) |
| Weight | 81 kg (179 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Time trialist |
| Amateur team | |
| 2010 | Ag2r–La Mondiale (stagiaire) |
| Professional teams | |
| 2008–2010 | Praties |
| 2011 | Leopard Trek |
| 2012 | Champion System |
| 2013 | Argos–Shimano |
| 2014–2016 | Drapac Professional Cycling |
| 2017–2018 | Cannondale–Drapac |
| 2019–2020 | Trek–Segafredo |
William Clarke (born 11 April 1985) is an Australian professional road racing cyclist, who most recently rode for UCI WorldTeam Trek–Segafredo. He is not related to fellow Australian cyclist and past teammate Simon Clarke. William Clarke is a descendant of Australian politician and businessman William John Turner Clarke.
Career
Clarke was born, raised, and resides on his family's 8,100-hectare (20,000-acre) farm near Campbell Town, Tasmania, Australia. Clarke rode as a stagiaire with Ag2r–La Mondiale in 2010 in the UCI World Tour, while signed to Genesys Wealth Advisers (2008–2010) in the UCI Oceania Tour. He moved to a UCI ProTeam full-time in 2011 for Leopard Trek, before spending a season at both Champion System in 2012, and Argos–Shimano in 2013.
Clarke then moved to the Drapac Professional Cycling team in 2014, as the team moved up to the Professional Continental level. After three seasons with Drapac Professional Cycling, Clarke returned to the World Tour with Cannondale–Drapac, riding with them until the end of 2018. He signed with Trek–Segafredo, for the 2019 and 2020 seasons, returning to the team that he competed for in 2011.
In May 2019, he was named in the startlist for the 2019 Giro d'Italia.
Major results
- 2008
- 1st Goulburn to Sydney Classic
- 2009
- 5th Time trial, Oceania Road Championships
- 2010
- 3rd Overall Tour de Taiwan
- 4th Time trial, National Road Championships
- 2012
- 1st Stage 2 Tour Down Under
- 1st Prologue Tour of Japan
- 5th Road race, National Road Championships
- 8th Rund um Köln
- 2014
- Tour of Iran
- 1st
Points classification - 1st Stage 2
- 1st
- 1st Stage 1 (ITT) Tour of Japan
- 1st Prologue Tour de Kumano
- 2nd
Time trial, Oceania Road Championships - 5th Time trial, National Road Championships
- 10th Overall Herald Sun Tour
- 2015
- 1st Prologue Herald Sun Tour
- 2016
- Tour de Taiwan
- 1st Stages 1 & 4
- 1st Stage 3 Volta a Portugal
- 1st Prologue Herald Sun Tour
- 1st Prologue Tour of Austria
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia
|
— | — | 141 |
 Tour de France
|
— | — | — |
 Vuelta a España
|
157 | — | — |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
References
- ^ "Trek-Segafredo announce official 2019 rosters for men and women". Trek Bicycle Corporation. Intrepid Corporation. 27 December 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
- "Trek-Segafredo announce complete 2020 men's roster". Cyclingnews.com. 9 November 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
- "Where the WorldTour Aussies are heading in 2021". Cycling Central. Special Broadcasting Service. 16 November 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
- Johnson, Greg (13 July 2010). "Australia's Clarke lands Ag2r stagiaire role". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
- Farrand, Stephen (3 November 2010). "Denifl, Clarke and Feillu join the Luxembourg Pro Cycling Project". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
- van Eyck, Xylon (22 October 2011). "Will Clarke leaves Leopard Trek for Champion System". VeloNation. VeloNation LLC. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
- "Argos-Shimano completed by Parisien". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 26 October 2012. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
- ^ "Drapac announce three more signings". Cyclingnews.com. 21 October 2013. Retrieved 17 December 2013.
- "2019: 102nd Giro d'Italia: Start List". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
External links
Media related to William Clarke at Wikimedia Commons
- William Clarke at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Will Clarke at EF Education–EasyPost
- Will Clarke at ProCyclingStats
