Malcolm Elliott, Motorpoint 2011

MALCOLM ELLIOTT

Date of birth: 01/07/1961

From: Sheffield

Team: Retired

Previous teams: Ti Raleigh-Weinmann (1984); Raleigh (1985); ANC-Halfords (1986-87); Fagor (1988); Teka (1989-90); Seur (1991-92); Chevrolet-LA Sheriffs (1993-96); Comptel (1997); Pinarello-Assos (2003-05); Plowman Craven (2006); Pinarello/Motorpoint/CandiTV/Node4 (2007-11)

Malcolm Elliott career profile

When Malcolm Elliott retired in 1997 at the age of 36, it was with a lengthy palmares including stage wins in the Vuelta, Tour of Britain and Nissan Classic, plus two gold medals taken at the 1982 Commonwealth Games as the 21 year old unleashed his killer sprint on the big stage.

Fast forward six years and the 42 year old Elliott is getting restless. Missing the cycling scene and the competition, he makes a comeback - initially with the aim of competing in masters' races, but soon turning his attention to the Premier Calendar. He carries on where he left off: winning races.

A fine amateur career - including a record six stage wins in the 1983 Milk Race - ended when Elliott signed the first of his many professional contracts in 1984. Joining the ill-fated ANC-Halfords squad in 1986 gave Elliott a shot at the following year's Tour de France where he took third on the stage into Bordeaux behind Davis Phinney and Jean-Paul Van Poppel.

Another third spot, this time in the 1987 Amstel Gold, showed the Yorkshireman could mix with the best. Three stage wins in that year's Nissan Classic showed he could beat them.

A move to Spain in 1988 to join Stephen Roche's Fagor outfit began a profitable five-year phase for the (by now) experienced Elliott. The wins kept coming for the sprinter in anything from UK criteriums to stages of the Vuelta.

The desire for a change of scenery and relief from the high-pressure environment in Spain led Elliott across the ocean in 1993 to start afresh with Chevrolet in the USA. Another four years in the fast-emerging - and lucrative - American road scene ended in 1997 when his latest team, Comptel, folded. It was the end of the road for Elliott.

Except it wasn't. He carried on riding for pleasure, got the racing bug back, and almost fell back into the domestic racing scene by accident some six years later. Phil Griffiths of Pinarello provided the kit and Elliott was on the road again, initially as a lone sponsored rider, and eventually with a team around him.

And the longest-serving professional rider, with one of the longest palmares in the business, saw out his riding years under the sponsor-changing hands of the Griffiths' set up, at Candi-TV, Motorpoint and Node-4.

Elliott eventually hung up the wheels in 2012, but took over the reigns at Node 4 as manager and DS.

Malcolm Elliott results

2007

East Midlands International Cicle Classic

Shay Elliott Memorial

Newport Nocturne

2006

British Elite circuit series; overall

UCI World masters road championship

Chas Messenger Three Day; overall

2005

FDB Insurance Ras; stage 4

Trofeo International

2004

FDB Milk Ras; stage

FDB Milk Ras; stage

Girvan Three Day; overall

Girvan Three Day; stage

Girvan Three Day; stage

Beaumont Trophy

Premier Calendar; overall

British Elite Circuit series; overall

Tour of Mallorca; overall

Trofeo International

2003

Havant International GP

1997

Tour Lefleur

1996

Killington Stage race; overall

Killington Stage race; stage

Killington Stage race; stage

Manhattan Beach Grand Prix

Tour of Mendoza

1995

Tour DuPont; stage

1994

Redlands Stage Race; overall

Killington Stage Race; stage

Killington Stage Race; stage

Union Grand Prix

1993

British road race champion

Redlands Classic; overall

Redlands Classic; stage

Union Grand Prix

1992

Tour of the Mining Valleys; stage

1991

Trofeo Masferrer

Torres Vedras; overall

Torres Vedras; stage

Torres Vedras; stage

1990

Tour of Catalonia; stage

Tour of Catalonia; stage

Tour of the Americas; stage

Tour of the Americas; stage

Tour of the Americas; stage

Tour of Cantabria; stage

Tour of Cantabria; stage

Kellogg's Tour of Britain; stage

Tour of the Basque Country; stage

1989

Vuelta a Espana; stage

Vuelta a Espana; stage

Semana Catalana; stage

Semana Catalana; stage

Castilla y Leon; stage

Castilla y Leon; stage

Tour of Galicia; stage

Kellogg's Tour of Britain; prologue

1988

Vuelta a Espana; stage

Vuelta a Espana; points competition

Tour of Aragon; stage

Kellogg's Tour of Britain; prologue

Kellogg's Tour of Britain; stage

Kellogg's Tour of Britain; overall

1987

Milk Race; overall

Milk Race; stage

Milk Race; stage

Milk Race; stage

Milk Race; stage

Milk Race; stage

Nissan Classic; stage

Nissan Classic; stage

Nissan Classic; stage

Tour of Lancashire; overall

Tour of Lancashire; stage

1986

Kellogg's Circuit series; two wins and overall

Milk Race; stage

Sun Tour; stage

Sun Tour; stage

1985

Sun Tour; overall

British professional pursuit champion

1984

Sealink International

British professional criterium champion

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