Andrew David Tennant (born 9 March 1987) is an English former professional track and road

racing cyclist Cycle sport is competitive physical activity using bicycles. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, track cycling, BMX, and cycle speedway. Non-racing cycling spo ...

, who rode professionally between 2009 and 2021 for six different teams. During his career, Tennant won seven medals at the

UCI Track Cycling World Championships The UCI Track Cycling World Championships are the set of world championship events for the various disciplines and distances in track cycling. They are regulated by the Union Cycliste Internationale. Before 1900, they were administered by the UCI ...

, six gold medals at the

UEC European Track Championships The European Track Cycling Championships are a set of elite level competition events held annually for the various disciplines and distances in track cycling, exclusively for European cyclists, and regulated by the European Cycling Union (UEC ...

and a silver medal at the

2014 Commonwealth Games The 2014 Commonwealth Games (), officially known as the XX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Glasgow 2014 (; ), were an international multi-sport event celebrated in the tradition of the Commonwealth Games as governed by the Commonwea ...

Biography

Born in

Wolverhampton Wolverhampton ( ) is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands (county), West Midlands of England. Located around 12 miles (20 km) north of Birmingham, it forms the northwestern part of the West Midlands conurbation, with the towns of ...

, West Midlands, UK, Tennant began to make his mark on the cycling world as a junior rider. In 2005 he was selected for

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's Olympic Development Programme and lived in

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, Italy with the GB squad in 2006. Tennant represented England in the points race at the

2006 Commonwealth Games The 2006 Commonwealth Games, officially the XVIII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Melbourne 2006, were an International sport, international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth held in Melbourne ...

and represented Great Britain in the Under-23 road race at the 2006 UCI Road World Championships in

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. The following season he overtrained, and his results suffered as a consequence. Tennant was a member of

's Olympic Academy. Whilst riding for Team Halfords Bikehut in 2009, he was mentored by

Rob Hayles Robert John Hayles (born 21 January 1973) is an English track and road racing cyclist, who rode for Great Britain and England on the track and several professional teams on the road. Hayles competed in the team pursuit and Madison events, un ...

. In 2015 Tennant moved to the new team set up by

Bradley Wiggins Sir Bradley Marc Wiggins (born 28 April 1980) is a British former professional Road bicycle racing, road and track cycling, track racing cyclist, who competed professionally between 2001 and 2016. He began his cycling career on the track, but ...

aiming to prepare British riders for the

team pursuit The team pursuit is a track cycling event similar to the individual pursuit, except that two teams, each of up to four riders, compete, starting on opposite sides of the velodrome. Race format Both men's and women's events are competed over ...

at the

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Major results

Road

Source: ;2006 : 3rd Overall Flèche du Sud ;2008 : 2nd Road race, National Under-23 Championships ;2009 : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall

Tour of the Reservoir The Tour of the Reservoir is a road bicycle race for Men and Women around Consett and Edmunbyers Derwent Reservoir, Northumberland in the north of England England is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the Unite ...

: 2nd

Time trial In many racing sports, an sportsperson, athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial (TT) against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athle ...

, National Under-23 Championships : 2nd Overall Girvan Three Day : 7th Overall Cinturón a Mallorca ;2011 : 1st Richmond Grand Prix : 9th Overall

Tour de Korea The Tour de Korea is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in South Korea since 2000 as part of the UCI Asia Tour. It was rated by the International Cycling Union (UCI) as a 2.2 category race between 2005 and 2013, then promot ...

: 10th London–Surrey Cycle Classic ;2015 : 1st Wiltshire GP : 1st Stage 2 Flèche du Sud : 2nd Milk Race : 3rd Overall

: 5th London Nocturne ;2018 : 1st Durham,

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Track

;2005 : UCI World Junior Championships ::1st Rainbow Jersey Track

Individual pursuit ::2nd Silver medal uci

Team pursuit : 1st UEC Champion Jersey

Team pursuit, UEC European Junior Championships : 1st MaillotReinoUnido

Individual pursuit, National Junior Championships ;2006 : 1st UEC Champion Jersey

Team pursuit, UEC European Under-23 Championships : 1st UIV Cup,

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(with Ian Stannard) : 3rd Team pursuit, UCI World Cup Classics,

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;2007 : 1st MaillotReinoUnido

Team pursuit The team pursuit is a track cycling event similar to the individual pursuit, except that two teams, each of up to four riders, compete, starting on opposite sides of the velodrome. Race format Both men's and women's events are competed over ...

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: 3rd Team pursuit, UCI World Cup Classics,

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;2008 : 1st UEC Champion Jersey

Team pursuit, UEC European Under-23 Championships ;2009 : UCI World Cup Classics ::1st Team pursuit,

::2nd Team pursuit,

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::2nd

Individual pursuit The individual pursuit is a track cycling event where two cyclists begin the race from a stationary position on opposite sides of the track. It is held at over for men and women. The riders start at the same time and set off to complete the rac ...

::2nd

Points race A points race is a mass start track cycling event involving large numbers of riders simultaneously on track. It was an Olympic event for men from 1984 to 2008 and for women from 1996 to 2008. Since 2012, the points race has been one of the omniu ...

;2010 : 1st UEC Champion Jersey

, UEC European Championships : 2nd Silver medal uci

UCI World Championships The UCI World Championships are annual competitions promoted by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) to determine world champion cyclists. They are held in several different styles of racing, in a different country each year. Championship winn ...

: 3rd Team pursuit, UCI World Cup Classics, Melbourne ;2011 : 1st UEC Champion Jersey

, UEC European Championships : 3rd Bronze medal uci

;2012 : 1st Rainbow Jersey Track

;2013 : 1st UEC Champion Jersey

, UEC European Championships : 1st Team pursuit, UCI World Cup, Manchester : 2nd Silver medal uci

;2014 : UEC European Championships ::1st UEC Champion Jersey

::1st

: UCI World Cup ::1st Team pursuit,

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::2nd Team pursuit,

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::1st

Madison (with Oli Wood) : 2nd Silver medal blank

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;2015 : 1st European champion jersey 2014

, UEC European Championships : 1st MaillotReinoUnido

, British National Championships : 1st Revolution Series Round 2 (with Iljo Keisse) : 2nd Silver medal uci

: 2nd Individual pursuit, UCI World Cup,

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;2016 : 1st Team pursuit, UCI World Cup,

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::2nd

::3rd

References

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