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Australian cyclist
Shane Edwin Sutton
OBE
(born 13 June 1957 in
Moree, New South Wales
[1]
) is an
Australian-born
former professional
racing cyclist
and cycling coach.
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Racing career
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He rode under
Phil Griffiths
as a member of the first British-based
professional
team to enter the
Tour de France
in 1987 and went on to win the 1990
Milk Race
. Sutton was also one of the four men to win gold in the team pursuit for
Australia
at the
1978 Commonwealth Games
along with his brother,
Gary Sutton
.
Coaching career
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After retiring Shane worked as a coach with
Welsh Cycling
,
[3]
taking the team to a successful Manchester Commonwealth Games before joining the British Cycling set-up in 2002.
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He was also employed as head coach at
Team Sky
but scaled back his involvement to become a part-time performance adviser for the professional team in 2013.
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Following the departure of
Dave Brailsford
from his role as British Cycling's Performance Director in April 2014, Sutton was promoted from his previous position as head coach to the newly created role of Technical Director.
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Sutton resigned from British Cycling in 2016, after allegations of discrimination were made against him by
Paralympic
gold medalist
Darren Kenny
and cyclist
Jessica Varnish
.
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[2]
An internal investigation by British Cycling upheld one of nine accusations of discriminatory language against Varnish.
[8]
UK Sport
, the UK national sport funding body, expressed serious concerns over British Cycling's handling of the investigation.
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During 2017 and 2018, Sutton was head coach for the national Chinese track cycling team.
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Awards
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Shane was awarded the accolade of
Sports Council for Wales
' (now Sport Wales) Coach of the Year Award in 1998.
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Sutton won the "Coach of the Year Award" at the
sports coach UK
Coaching Awards in December 2008. He was also one of seven coaches to win a "High Performance Coach of the Year" award.
[13]
Sutton was appointed
Officer of the Order of the British Empire
(OBE) in the 2010 Birthday Honours.
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Results
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- 1978
Team Pursuit
Commonwealth Games
(with Colin Fitzgerald, Kevin Nichols and
Gary Sutton
)
- 1981
- 5th
Herald Sun Tour
- Fastest time
Goulburn to Sydney Classic
[15]
- 1982
- 55th World Road Race Championships
- 1st Bendigo International Madison (with
Danny Clark
)
- 1983
- 3rd
Australian National Road Race Championships
- 1st
Herald Sun Tour
- 1st Stage 2,
Herald Sun Tour
- 1st Stage 6,
Herald Sun Tour
- 1st Stage 11,
Herald Sun Tour
- 1st Stage 16,
Herald Sun Tour
- 1st Bendigo International Madison (with
Gary Sutton
)
- 1st and fastest time
Goulburn to Sydney Classic
[15]
- 1984
- 3rd
Australian National Road Race Championships
- 5th Beeston
- 1st Newport
- 1st Stage 10, Griffin 1000
- 8th
Herald Sun Tour
- 1st Stage 2,
Herald Sun Tour
- 1985
- 3rd Sealink International
- 1st Stage 8, Sealink International
- 1986
- 3rd
Milk Race
- 1987
- 9th Norwich Spring Classic
- 15th
Tour of Ireland
- 1st Stage 18,
Herald Sun Tour
- 1988
- 10th
Milk Race
- 5th
Herald Sun Tour
- 1st Stage 8,
Herald Sun Tour
- 1989
- 9th
Herald Sun Tour
- 1st Stage 5,
Herald Sun Tour
- 2nd Stage 10,
Herald Sun Tour
1990
- 1st
in General Classification
Milk Race
- 1st Stage 3,
Milk Race
- 1991
- 4th Mazda Alpine Tour
- 1993
3rd
British National Road Race Championships
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