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British cyclist
Brian Smith
(born 7 July 1967 in
Paisley
) is a
Scottish
former
racing cyclist
turned
commentator
and manager.
Before turning professional Smith rode for the French amateur team
Athletic Club de Boulogne-Billancourt
.
[1]
He won the professional men's race at the
British National Road Race Championships
in 1991 and 1994, and was runner-up in 1992 and 1993. He competed for Britain in the
1996 Olympic road race
and represented Scotland at the
Commonwealth Games
in 1986, 1990 and 1998. He also won the
Grand Prix Midtbank
in 1994.
Since 2009, he has commentated on cycle racing for
British Eurosport
. He also joined the
Endura Racing
cycling team as general manager in 2011. Following Endura's merger with the German-based NetApp squad at the end of 2012 to form
NetApp?Endura
, Smith was initially appointed to the role of assistant general manager
[2]
before becoming the team's Business Development Manager.
[3]
In July 2014 team
MTN?Qhubeka
appointed Brian Smith as interim general manager until the end of the year as he had participated in the formation of the now-defunct
Cervelo TestTeam
.
[4]
In addition Smith acts as manager to Czech rider
Leopold Konig
.
[5]
In April 2016 it was announced that Smith would leave Team Dimension Data (as MTN-Qhubeka had become) at the end of the month by mutual consent, with Smith explaining that his role had become less hands-on and more focused on administration and logistics with the team's achievement of
UCI WorldTeam
status.
[6]
Smith is the founder of the Braveheart Cycling Fund, which was launched in 2003 to support young Scottish racing cyclists.
[7]
Major results
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- 1987
- 1st Stage 2 Girvan Easter Three Day
- 1988
- 3rd
Manx International Road Race
- 3rd
Paris?Troyes
- 1990
- 1st Lincoln Grand Prix
- 3rd Prix des Flandres Francaises
- 1991
- 1st
Road race
, National Road Championships
- 2nd Tredegar
- 1992
- 1st Brighton
- 1st Glasgow Criterium
- 2nd
Road race
, National Road Championships
- 3rd Overall Tour of Lancashire
- 7th Overall
Tour of Britain
- 1993
- 1st Bishops Castle
- 1st
Manx International Road Race
- 1st Manchester
- 1st Port Talbot
- 2nd
Road race
, National Road Championships
- 1994
- 1st
Road race
, National Road Championships
- 1st
GP Herning
- 1995
- 1st Tour of the Fountain
- 1996
- 1st Overall Tour of the Kingdom
- 1st Stage 2
- 1st Stage 4 Tucson Bicycle Classic
- 1997
- 3rd
Manx Premier Trophy
- 1998
- 1st Stage 2 Tour of Lancashire
- 3rd Overall Procam Two Day
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NCU
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BLRC
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BLRC Independent
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Amateur
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Professional
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1996?
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