When did the person who finished ahead of Chris Thompson in the 10,000 metres at the 2010 European Athletics Championships announce his intention to switch wholly to road racing?
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Chris Thompson (athlete) Christopher "Chris" Thompson (born 17 April 1981) is a British long-distance runner, who won the silver medal in the 10,000 metres at the 2010 European Athletics Championships in Barcelona, on 27 July 2010 behind his compatriot Mo Farah. Prior to his 2010 medal win he had won the European U23 5000 m Championship in 2003. However he was initially unable to build on this victory, as he had substantial injury problems for a number of years. He is currently coached by bronze Olympic medallist, Mark Rowland.
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Mo Farah Sir Mohamed Muktar Jama "Mo" Farah, {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (Somali: "Maxamed Mukhtaar Jaamac Faarax" ; born 23 March 1983) is a British distance runner. On the track, he mostly competed over 5000 metres and 10,000 metres, but has run competitively from 1500 metres to the marathon. In 2017 he indicated his intention to switch wholly to road racing following victory at his final track race, the 2017 IAAF Diamond League 5000 metres final.
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David Kemp (cyclist) David Kemp (born 10 April 1984) is an Australian former professional road bicycle racer who competed with the Belgian Veranda's Willems-Accent professional team in 2011, his final season. Kemp secured the contract at the last-minute, after the collapse of Chris White's ill-fated Pegasus Racing/Fly V project.
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Rachid Berradi Rachid Meknes Berradi (born 29 August 1975) is an Italian long-distance runner who specializes in the 10,000 metres.
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Makoto Iijima Makoto Iijima (飯島 誠 , Iijima Makoto , born February 12, 1971 in Hino, Tokyo) is a Japanese professional road and track cyclist. Considered as one of Japan's most successful cyclists in his decade, Iijima has claimed a total of nine track cycling medals (two golds, three silver, and four bronze) at the Asian Championships, two silvers at the Asian Games (1998 and 2002), and three national time trial titles at the Japanese Championships (1998, 2004, and 2005). He also represented his nation Japan in three editions of the Olympic Games (2000, 2004, and 2008). He announced his retirement from professional cycling in October 2010 as a member of the Bridgestone–Anchor team, but continues to ride occasionally for the non-professional team Gruppo-Acqua-Tama.
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Daniele Ratto Daniele Ratto (born 5 October 1989) is an Italian professional road bicycle racer who rides for . Born in Moncalieri, Ratto has competed as a professional since 2010, competing for the Carmiooro-NGC and Geox–TMC teams prior to moving to Liquigas–Cannondale for the 2012 season. Ratto signed a contract with UnitedHealthcare for the 2015 season.
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Tanni Grey-Thompson Carys Davina "Tanni" Grey-Thompson, Baroness Grey-Thompson, DBE, DL (born 26 July 1969) is a British former wheelchair racer, a parliamentarian and a television presenter.
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Jon Mould Jonathan "Jon" Mould (born 4 April 1991) is a Welsh racing cyclist from Newport. Mould is a member of British Cycling's Olympic Academy Programme which he joined in 2010.
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Jeff Williams (cyclist) Jeffrey "Jeff" Williams (born 18 August 1958) is an English former professional road racing cyclist from Manchester. He rode for Great Britain at the Olympic Games, and won several national championship titles.
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Cadel Evans Cadel Lee Evans {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} ( ; born 14 February 1977) is an Australian former professional racing cyclist and winner of the 2011 Tour de France. Early in his career, Evans was a champion mountain biker, winning the World Cup in 1998 and 1999 and placing seventh in the men's cross-country mountain bike race at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Cadel Evans is a four time Olympian.
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Elise Christie Elise Christie (born 13 August 1990) is a British short track short-track speed-skater and is coached by Nicky Gooch. She specialises in the 1000 m event. A ten time European gold medalist, including two overall European titles in 2015 and 2016. In the 2017 World Championships in Rotterdam she won world titles at 1000 m, 1500 m and the overall gold, the first British and first European woman to do so.
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Francesco Ginanni Francesco Ginanni (born 6 October 1985 in Pistoia) is an Italian professional road bicycle racer for UCI Professional Continental team Acqua & Sapone , after turning professional with in 2008. As an amateur, Ginanni won five races in 2006 and four races in 2007, including the Giro del Casentino, a 1.2 rated single-day race on the UCI Europe Tour. Ginanni's first professional victory came in the Gran Premio Industria e Commercio Artigianato Carnaghese in August 2008, which he followed up by winning the Tre Valli Varesine and Giro del Veneto, both races classified as 1.HC – the highest rating for single-day races on the UCI Europe Tour. "The Daily Peloton" called 2008 "a real breakthrough year" for Ginanni. Ginanni won a further three single-day races in 2009 and, as of March 2010, one in 2010. Ginanni won the Trofeo Laigueglia in both 2009 and 2010, emulating Eddy Merckx and Filippo Pozzato. Ginanni is aiming to win Milan–San Remo, one of the five monuments of road bicycle racing. In the 2010 edition, he finished 7th.
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René Jørgensen René Jørgensen (born 26 July 1975) is a road bicycle racer from Denmark. He rode for the Danish professional cycling team, " ", which he joined in 1998. He left the team, which by that time had changed the name twice; 2000 season to "Memory Card – Jack & Jones" and from 2001 to "CSC – Tiscali" after the 2001 season, where he decided to join another Danish team: "EDS-Fakta". The team changed its name to Team Fakta, and he rode for the team until it closed in 2003. He went to the Italian team Alessio–Bianchi , which, however, also closed, at the end of the 2004 season. In 2005, he signed with the South African team, Barloworld , which he represented for a single season, before he returned to Denmark to ride for the UCI Continental team, Team Designa Køkken, with whom he remained with until the end of 2010.
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Emily Nelson Emily Nelson (born 10 November 1996) is a British professional racing cyclist. On 8 August 2013, at the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome in Glasgow, Nelson competed at the UCI Juniors Track World Championships. She was part of Britain's Team Pursuit squad which also included Hayley Jones, Amy Hill and Emily Kay. In the qualifying heat, they broke the "senior" world record which had only been set a few weeks previously at the European Track Championships, setting a new time of 4:38.708. In the final, they broke the record once more, with a time of 4:35.085, beating Russia to become world champions. On the road in 2017, Nelson won the third round of the Matrix Fitness Grand Prix Series in Northwich. Nelson followed this up by finishing second at the Lincoln Grand Prix which was part of the National Women's Road Series. Nelson followed this up by winning
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Pat McQuaid Patrick "Pat" McQuaid (born 5 September 1949 in Dublin) is an Irish former professional road racing cyclist and former president of the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI). Following his cycling career, McQuaid moved into race promotion and administration.
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Lily Matthews Lily Matthews (born 30 September 1989) is a Welsh racing cyclist from Builth Wells, Wales. Matthews is a former cross country runner who was forced to quit athletics due to injury. She turned to cycling and went on to represent Great Britain in the under-23 cross-country race at the 2010 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships and Wales in the Women's road race at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi.
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Chris Boardman Christopher Miles Boardman, MBE (born 26 August 1968) is a British former racing cyclist who won an individual pursuit gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics, broke the world hour record three times, and won three stages and wore the yellow jersey on three separate occasions at the Tour de France. In 1992, he was awarded an MBE for services to cycling.
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Derek Thompson (sports commentator) Derek Thompson (born 31 July 1950 in Middlesbrough, North Riding of Yorkshire) is a presenter and commentator of horse racing on Radio Five Live and At the Races in Britain.
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Anthony Kappes Anthony Edward Kappes MBE (born 1 March 1973) is an English road and track racing cyclist and Paralympian.
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Dean Downing Dean "Deano" Downing (born 24 January 1975) is an English retired bicycle racer, specialising in road cycling who last rode for NFTO Pro Cycling. Downing was educated at Wales High School and Sheffield Hallam University, where he graduated in 1998 with a degree in Construction Management. He rode for the DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed team in 2006 and is the older brother of the former British champion, Russell Downing. In 2004, he represented Great Britain at the World Track Championships.
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Ivan Basso Ivan Basso (born 26 November 1977) is an Italian former professional road bicycle racer who last raced with UCI ProTeam Tinkoff–Saxo . Basso, nicknamed Ivan the Terrible, was considered among the best mountain riders in the professional field in the early 21st century, and was considered one of the strongest stage race riders. He is a double winner of the Giro d'Italia, having won the 2006 edition and the 2010 edition of the Italian Grand Tour whilst riding for in 2006 and for Liquigas in 2010. However, in 2007 Basso admitted he was planning to use doping and was suspended for two years. His suspension ended on 24 October 2008, and he returned to racing two days later in the Japan Cup, where he placed a close third behind Damiano Cunego and Giovanni Visconti. He later returned to racing in his home tour, and in 2010 he won his second Giro d'Italia while riding for Liquagis-Domo, winning two stages along the way.
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George Atkins (cyclist) George Atkins (born 18 August 1991) is a track and road racing cyclist from Leicester. He is a member of British Cycling's Olympic Development Programme. In 2009 he won the British National Road Race Championships Junior title. At the 2010 Commonwealth Games he won the silver medal in the track points race. After the Commonwealth Games Atkins took a break from the sport but returned in the summer of 2011.