Shane Edwin Sutton

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(born 13 June 1957 in Moree, New South Wales) is an Australian-born former professional racing cyclist turned cycling coach, whose last position was as Technical Director for British Cycling.

Racing career

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

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. Sutton was also one of the four men to win gold in the team pursuit for

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at the

1978 Commonwealth Games The 1978 Commonwealth Games were held in Edmonton, Alberta from 3 to 12 August 1978, two years after the 1976 Summer Olympics were held in Montreal, Quebec. They were boycotted by Nigeria, in protest at New Zealand's sporting contacts with apar ...

along with his brother,

Gary Sutton Gary Sutton (born 27 March 1955) is a cycling coach and a former professional racing cyclist. In 1980, Sutton became the amateur World Champion in the Points Race. Sutton was born in Moree, New South Wales. He competed at the 1976 Summer Olym ...

Coaching career

After retiring Shane worked as a coach with Welsh Cycling, taking the team to a successful Manchester Commonwealth Games before joining the British Cycling set-up in 2002. 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. Following the departure of

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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. Sutton resigned from British Cycling in 2016, after allegations of discrimination were made against him by Paralympic gold medalist

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and cyclist Jessica Varnish. Sutton has consistently protested his innocence. An internal investigation by British Cycling upheld one of nine accusations of discriminatory language. UK Sport, the UK national sport funding body, expressed serious concerns over British Cycling's handling of the investigation.

Awards

Shane was awarded the accolade of

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' (now Sport Wales) Coach of the Year Award in 1998. 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. Sutton was appointed

Officer of the Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...

(OBE) in the 2010 Birthday Honours.

Results

;1978 :

Team Pursuit Commonwealth Games (with Colin Fitzgerald, Kevin Nichols and

) ;1981 :5th Herald Sun Tour :Fastest time

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;1982 :55th World Road Race Championships :1st Bendigo International Madison (with Danny Clark) ;1983 :3rd

Australian National Road Race Championships The Australian National Road Race Championships, are held annually with an event for each category of bicycle rider: Men, Women & under 23 riders. The event also includes the Australian National Time Trial Championships since 2002. The Australia ...

: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

) :1st and fastest time

;1984 :3rd

: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

;1987 :9th Norwich Spring Classic :15th Tour of Ireland ::1st Stage 18, Herald Sun Tour ;1988 :10th

: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 Jersey yellow

in General Classification

::1st Stage 3,

;1991 :4th Mazda Alpine Tour ;1993 : 3rd British National Road Race Championships

References

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