Charlie Aldridge

Charlie Aldridge (born 3 April 2001) is a British mountain bike cross country cyclist from Scotland. He was the 2019 Junior World Champion, 2022 British national champion and 2023 U23 World Champion.

Charlie Aldridge
Personal information
Born (2001-04-03) 3 April 2001
Perth, Scotland
Team information
DisciplineCross-country
RoleRider
Major wins
Mountain Bike
National XC Championships (2023)
Medal record
Representing  Great Britain
Men's mountain bike racing
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2023 GlasgowUnder-23 Cross-country
Gold medal – first place2019 Mont-Sainte-AnneJunior Cross-country

Personal life

Aldridge was born in Perth, Scotland and lives in Crieff. He was a student of mechanical engineering at the University of Edinburgh.[1]

Career

Aldridge won gold at the 2019 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships held in Mont-Sainte-Anne, Canada in the junior cross country competition. At that championships he was also part of the relay team that finished sixth overall.[2]

In May, 2022 he won the British National Mountain Biking Championships u23 title at Cannock Chase.[3] It was raced on the same course that would be used for the 2022 Commonwealth Games where Aldridge was chosen to compete for Scotland. The familiarity of this gave him confidence to strive for a medal.[4] However, at the Games Aldridge was looking on course for a bronze medal on the penultimate lap when he had a mechanical issue following a crash. His bike lost it’s rear derailleur and he ended up finishing sixteenth.[5]

In June, 2022 he won the European Continental Championships XCO U23 race in Anadia, Portugal.[6] In July, 2022 he won bronze at the 2022 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup u23 event in Lenzerheide, Switzerland.[7] He was named in the Britain squad for the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships in Les Gets, France in August 2022.[8]

Major results
2018
Junior National XC Series
1st Dalby Forest
1st Kentford
2nd Builth Wells
2nd Cross-country, National Junior Championships
2019
1st Cross-country, UCI World Junior Championships
Junior Swiss Bike Cup
1st Andermatt
1st Overall Junior National XC Series
1st Sherwood Pines
1st Hadleigh Park
1st Cannock Chase
2021
2nd Cross-country, National Under-23 Championships
2022
UEC European Championships
1st Short track
2nd Under-23 Cross-country
National Championships
1st Short track
1st Under-23 Cross-country
1st Overall National XC Series
1st Tong
1st Cannock Chase
2nd Newcastleton
2nd Fowey
UCI Under-23 XCO World Cup
3rd Lenzerheide
3rd Jelenia Góra
2023
1st Cross-country, UCI World Under-23 Championships
National Championships
1st Cross-country
1st Short track
National XCO Series
1st Winchester
1st Fowey
3rd Cross-country, UEC European Under-23 Championships
Greek Series
3rd Salamis

References
  1. "9 Perth and Kinross athletes competing at Commonwealth Games". The Courier.
  2. "CHARLIE ALDRIDGE CROWNED 2019 CROSS-COUNTRY WORLD CHAMPION". www.britishcycling.org.
  3. "SCOTS CONTINUE CROSS COUNTRY DOMINATION AS GLASGOW WELCOMES THE BEST OF BMX". British Cycling.
  4. "Junior mountain bike champion Charlie Aldridge determined to go for gold in Commonwealth Games debut". Herald Scotland.
  5. "SCOTS NARROWLY MISS OUT AT CANNOCK CHASE". British Cycling.
  6. "Charlie Aldridge". MTBdata.com.
  7. "Updated with Overall] Final Results from the Lenzerheide XC World Cup 2022". Pink Bike.
  8. "BRITISH CYCLING ANNOUNCES SQUAD FOR UCI MOUNTAIN BIKE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS". British Cycling.
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