Thomas Gloag
Gloag at the 2023 Giro d'Italia
Personal information
Full nameThomas Gloag
NicknameThe Gloagtrotter
Born (2001-09-13) 13 September 2001
East Dulwich, England
Team information
Current teamVisma–Lease a Bike[1]
Disciplines
  • Road
RoleRider
Amateur team
2017–2019VC Londres[2]
Professional teams
2021–2022Trinity Racing[3]
2022Team 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.[4][5]

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.[6] Whilst on his way up the podium to celebrate his win with Bernard Hinault he tripped and slipped down the stairs.[7] 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.[8] On 29 August 2022 Team Jumbo–Visma announced that Gloag would join their team from the 2023 season on a three-year contract.[9]

Major results

Sources:[2][5][10]

2019
1st Trofeo Fundación
1st Zumarraga
Junior Tour of Wales
1st Mountains classification
1st Stage 2
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

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 2023
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia 76
A yellow jersey Tour de France
A red jersey Vuelta a España

References

  1. ↑ "Thomas GLOAG". UCI. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Thomas Gloag". FirstCycling.com. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
  3. ↑ Hood, Ed (17 September 2020). "Thomas Gloag - "I find myself getting better as the road slopes upwards"". VeloVeritas. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
  4. ↑ "Team Jumbo–Visma". UCI. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  5. 1 2 "Thomas Gloag". www.procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
  6. ↑ "Thomas Gloag wins fourth stage of the Tour de l'Avenir". CyclingUpToDate.com. 22 August 2022. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
  7. ↑ "Tom Gloag avoids embarrassment at Tour de l'Avenir". today.postuszero.com. 23 August 2022. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
  8. ↑ Fletcher, Patrick (8 August 2022). "Jumbo-Visma sign British talent Thomas Gloag as stagiaire for rest of season". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
  9. ↑ "Valter, Tratnik and Gloag new reinforcements Team Jumbo-Visma". Team Jumbo-Visma. 29 August 2022. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
  10. ↑ "Thomas Gloag". www.cyclingarchives.com. Retrieved 31 August 2022.

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