Simon Burney spent three years racing the professional

cyclo-cross Cyclo-cross (cyclocross, CX, cyclo-X or cross) is a form of bicycle racing. Races typically take place in the autumn and winter (the international or "World Cup" season is October–February), and consist of many laps of a short (2.5–3.5&nb ...

circuit before an injury forced him into team management. For over twenty years, Burney managed

and

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teams, before joining the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) in a consultancy role as first a technical delegate, then as Mountain Bike Coordinator & in 3020 joined the staff as manager of the off-road department. As a manager and the creator of the

Ace Racing Team Simon Burney spent three years racing the professional cyclo-cross circuit before an injury forced him into team management. For over twenty years, Burney managed cyclo-cross and mountain bike teams, before joining the Union Cycliste Internation ...

along with professional mountain bike teams throughout the 1990s, Simon was privileged to work with the finest 'cross riders of that generation: world champions

Dominique Arnould Dominique Arnould (born 19 November 1966 in Luxeuil-les-Bains in Haute-Saône, France) is a French former professional road, cyclo-cross and mountain bike cyclist. As a professional, the greatest wins in Arnould's career were the UCI Cyclo-Cross W ...

and Henrik Djernis, plus Beat Wabel, and Peter Van Den Abeele, among others. Simon served as manager of the Great Britain

team in the 2000 and

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. In the 2002 and

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, he was manager of the English team. From 2000 to 2007, Simon worked for

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as the performance manager of their

and

teams, and continued to manage the national team at the world championships until 2009. The 2023 World Championships at Hoogerheide, Netherlands was Simon's forty-second consecutive year at Worlds as either a rider, mechanic, team manager, TV commentator, sport coordinator or spectator. He has written a popular book which is on its 3rd Edition named ''Cyclocross: Training and Technique'', and has organized a round of UCI Cyclocross World Cup in Milton Keynes U.K. in 2014. In 2022 he joined the Scottish based ESO Sport Ltd as Head of Sport.

References

External links

"Cyclocross: Training and Technique (3rd Edition)"
{{DEFAULTSORT:Burney, Simon Living people British cyclo-cross cyclists English male cyclists British male cyclists 1952 births People from Matlock, Derbyshire Sportspeople from Derbyshire