Ross Reid, previously known as Ross Sander (born 21 August 1987) is a Welsh former professional

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 ...

from Llanharry,

Vale of Glamorgan The Vale of Glamorgan ( ), locally referred to as ''The Vale'', is a Principal areas of Wales, county borough in the South East Wales, south-east of Wales. It borders Bridgend County Borough to the west, Cardiff to the east, Rhondda Cynon Taf t ...

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. He represented

at the Youth Commonwealth Games in 2004. He was part of the British quartet that took the gold medal in the junior men's team pursuit at the 2005 UEC European Track Championships, alongside

Steven Burke Steven James Burke (born 4 March 1988) is a former English track and road cyclist, who rode for the now disbanded cycling team.

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and

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. Shortly afterwards, he broke his wrist whilst competing in the team pursuit, representing

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in the junior

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in 2005: after setting a new British record in the qualifying round, Reid and Burke touched wheels and crashed in the final - the team won silver, losing the gold to

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because of the accident. He represented Wales once again in 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 ...

, in the scratch and points races, and became British champion in the points race the same year. Reid is also a citizen of the

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. According to Rod Ellingworth, who coached Reid when he was part of the

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set-up, he subsequently left the sport and joined the

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1987 births Living people Welsh male cyclists British male cyclists Cyclists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games cyclists for Wales Sportspeople from the Vale of Glamorgan 21st-century Welsh sportsmen {{Wales-cycling-bio-stub