Jake Stewart (cyclist)

Thomas Jake Stewart (born 2 October 1999, in Coventry) is a British racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Groupama–FDJ.[7]

Jake Stewart
Stewart in 2023
Personal information
Full nameThomas Jake Stewart
Born (1999-10-02) 2 October 1999
Coventry, England
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight66 kg (146 lb)
Team information
Current teamGroupama–FDJ
Disciplines
  • Road
  • Track
RoleRider
Rider typeSprinter
Amateur teams
2010–2015Solihull Cycling Club
2016–2017Swinnerton Cycles
2018100% Me
Professional teams
2019–2020Groupama–FDJ Continental Team[1]
2020Groupama–FDJ (development)[lower-alpha 1]
2020–Groupama–FDJ[6]

Career

Stewart was initially due to join the team for the 2021 season – having signed a two-year contract in August 2020[8] – but he was promoted from the Groupama–FDJ Continental Team early, making his début at Gent–Wevelgem.[9]

Major results

Road
2016
3rd Overall Junior Tour of Wales
2017
5th Road race, UCI World Junior Championships
2018
2nd Kattekoers
3rd Trofeo Piva
2019
3rd Road race, National Under-23 Championships
3rd Ronde van Vlaanderen Beloften
3rd Eschborn–Frankfurt Under-23
5th Overall Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux
8th Paris–Roubaix Espoirs
2020
2nd Overall Tour de Limousin
1st Young rider classification
2021
2nd Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
4th Overall Étoile de Bessèges
1st Young rider classification
6th Nokere Koerse
2022 (1 pro win)
1st Stage 1 Tour de l'Ain
3rd Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
1st Young rider classification
3rd Grand Prix du Morbihan
6th Overall Boucles de la Mayenne
1st Young rider classification
8th Overall Tour of Britain
8th Binche–Chimay–Binche
2023 (1)
1st Stage 1 Tour de l'Ain

Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Grand Tour 2022 2023
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia — 92
A yellow jersey Tour de France — —
A red jersey Vuelta a España DNF
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

Track
2016
3rd Madison, National Championships (with Fred Wright)
2017
1st Madison, National Junior Championships (with Rhys Britton)
2nd Madison, National Championships (with Joe Holt)
UEC European Junior Championships
2nd Team pursuit
3rd Madison (with Rhys Britton)
2018
1st Team pursuit, National Championships

Notes
  1. Riding for Groupama–FDJ, Stewart competed at the Volta a Algarve,[2] the Mont Ventoux Dénivelé Challenge,[3] the Tour de l'Ain,[3] the Tour du Limousin,[4] the Grand Prix d'Isbergues, Paris–Camembert and Paris–Chauny, following the introduction of a UCI rule allowing riders registered with a development team to participate in UCI ProSeries or Class 1 events.[5]

References
  1. "Groupama - FDJ". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 April 2020. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
  2. "Get to know Jake Stewart". Groupama–FDJ. La Société de Gestion de L'Échappée. 5 March 2020. Retrieved 1 April 2020. In 2020 Jake Stewart will mainly race with the development team but he will also join the WorldTeam at some points, like he did mid-February on the Tour of Algarve to kick off his season [...]
  3. Mabyle, Nicolas; Guérin, Freddy (10 August 2020). "Groupama-FDJ : Jake Stewart veut gagner sa place cet été" [Groupama-FDJ: Jake Stewart wants to win his place this summer]. Directvelo (in French). Association Le Peloton. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  4. Ostanek, Daniel (21 August 2020). "Luca Wackermann wins Tour du Limousin". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  5. "Part 2 Road Races" (PDF). UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 2 March 2020. p. 6. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
  6. "Groupama - FDJ". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 10 October 2020. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  7. "Groupama - FDJ". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  8. Bonnefoy, François (21 August 2020). "Jake Stewart s'engage avec la Groupama-FDJ jusqu'en 2022" [Jake Stewart is committed with Groupama-FDJ until 2022]. Cyclism'Actu (in French). Swar Agency. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  9. "Gent-Wevelgem 2020 - Start List". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
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