Brian Walton (cyclist)
 Walton riding in the Canadian road champion jersey for 7-Eleven in the 1988 Tour de White Rock | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 18, 1965 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Discipline |
|
| Role | Rider |
| Professional teams | |
| 1989–1992 | 7-Eleven |
| 1993–2000 | Saturn |
| Managerial team | |
| 2000–2003 | Team Snow Valley |
Medal record | |
Brian Clifford Walton (born December 18, 1965) is a Canadian cycling coach and former professional road and track cyclist. His racing career spanned 18 years, racing professionally for North American pro teams 7-Eleven, Motorola, and Saturn. He represented Canada at the Pan American Games, Commonwealth Games, and the Olympic Games in 1988, 1996 and 2000. He won a silver medal in the points race at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.[1] Walton was inducted into the BC Sports Hall of Fame in 2006.
Walton is a former partner at Cadence Performance Cycling Center in Philadelphia. He now is the president of Walton Endurance.
Major results
[edit]Road
[edit]- 1988
- 1st
Road race, National Road Championships - 1st Gastown Grand Prix
- 1989
- 1st Overall Milk Race
- 1st Stage 9b
- 6th Overall Tour of Ireland
- 1990
- 1st Stage 5b (ITT) Tour of the Basque Country
- 1st Stage 4 International Cycling Classic
- 2nd Cholet-Pays de Loire
- 3rd GP Eddy Merckx
- 8th Overall Tour Méditerranéen
- 1991
- 1st Overall Bayern Rundfahrt
- 1st Prologue, Stages 2b & 4
- 1st Stage 4 International Cycling Classic
- 1992
- 7th GP Eddy Merckx
- 1993
- 2nd Overall Herald Sun Tour
- 1st Stage 13
- 1994
- 1st Tour de White Rock
- 3rd Overall Cascade Classic
- 3rd Philadelphia International Championship
- 1995
- 1st
Road race, Pan American Games - 1st Tour de White Rock
- 3rd Overall Valley of the Sun Stage Race
- 1st Stage 2
- 3rd Overall West Virginia Classic
- 4th Philadelphia International Championship
- 1996
- 5th Overall Herald Sun Tour
- 6th Overall Tour of China
- 1997
- 1st Stage 8 Tour de Langkawi
- 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 2nd Overall Fitchburg Longsjo Classic
- 6th Overall Circuit des Mines
- 1st Stage 2
- 9th Overall Peace Race
- 1998
- 1st Fyen Rundt
- National Road Championships
- 2nd Road race
- 2nd Time trial
- 3rd Overall Fitchburg Longsjo Classic
- 1st Prologue
- 6th Road race, Commonwealth Games
- 9th Overall Tour of Japan
- 1999
- 1st Road race, Pan American Games
- Tour of Japan
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stage 6
- 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 2nd Philadelphia International Championship
- 7th Overall Tour de Beauce
- 2000
- 3rd Road race, National Road Championships
- 5th First Union Wilmington Classic
- 6th Overall Tour de Slovénie
Track
[edit]- 1983
- 1st Points race, National Championships
- 1984
- 1st Points race, National Championships
- 1994
- 3rd
Scratch, Commonwealth Games - 1995
- Pan American Games
- 1st Points race
- 3rd
Individual pursuit
- 1st
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- 1996
- 2nd
Points race, Summer Olympics - 1997
- 1st Points race, Trexlertown, UCI World Cup
- 1998
- 1st Points race, Victoria, UCI World Cup
- 1999
- 1st Points race, Manchester, UCI World Cup
References
[edit]- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Brian Walton Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on June 24, 2010. Retrieved July 5, 2016.
External links
[edit]- Brian Walton at Cycling Archives
- Brian Walton at ProCyclingStats
- Brian Walton at CycleBase
- Brian Walton at Olympedia
- Canadian Olympic Committee
- BC Sports Hall of Fame
- Cadence Cycling
- 2000 Summer Olympics Bio[usurped]
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