Thomas Gloag

Thomas Gloag (born 13 September 2001) is a British racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Team Jumbo–Visma.[4][5]

Thomas Gloag
Gloag during the first stage of the 2022 Tour Alsace
Personal information
Full nameThomas Gloag
NicknameThe Gloagtrotter
Born (2001-09-13) 13 September 2001
East Dulwich, England
Team information
Current teamTeam Jumbo–Visma[1]
Disciplines
  • Road
RoleRider
Amateur team
2017–2019VC Londres[2]
Professional teams
2021–2022Trinity Racing[3]
2022Team Jumbo–Visma (stagiaire)
2023–Team Jumbo–Visma

Career

At the 2022 Tour de l'Avenir Gloag was in a breakaway on stage 4 that made it to the finish line where he won the sprint against Adam Holm Jørgensen to take his second stage victory at Under-23 level.[6] Whilst on his way up the podium to celebrate his win with Bernard Hinault he tripped and slipped down the stairs.[7] He took lead of the race after his result, he would slip to second in the following stages then nineteenth overall before abandoning the race. It was announced on 7 August 2022 that Gloag would join Team Jumbo–Visma as a stagiaire for the rest of the 2022 season.[8] On 29 August 2022 Team Jumbo–Visma announced that Gloag would join their team from the 2023 season on a three-year contract.[9]

Major results

Sources:[2][5][10]

2019
1st Trofeo Fundación
1st Zumarraga
Junior Tour of Wales
1st Mountains classification
1st Stage 2
3rd Overall Sint-Martinusprijs Kontich
1st Stage 1 (TTT)
8th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne Juniors
2021
3rd Overall Ronde de l'Isard
1st Stage 4
4th Overall Giro Ciclistico d'Italia
6th Liège–Bastogne–Liège Espoirs
2022
1st Stage 4 Tour de l'Avenir
3rd Flèche Ardennaise
2023
6th Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
1st Young rider classification

Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Grand Tour 2023
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia 76
A yellow jersey Tour de France
A red jersey Vuelta a España

References
  1. "Thomas GLOAG". UCI. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
  2. "Thomas Gloag". FirstCycling.com. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
  3. Hood, Ed (17 September 2020). "Thomas Gloag - "I find myself getting better as the road slopes upwards"". VeloVeritas. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
  4. "Team Jumbo–Visma". UCI. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  5. "Thomas Gloag". www.procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
  6. "Thomas Gloag wins fourth stage of the Tour de l'Avenir". CyclingUpToDate.com. 22 August 2022. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
  7. "Tom Gloag avoids embarrassment at Tour de l'Avenir". today.postuszero.com. 23 August 2022. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
  8. Fletcher, Patrick (8 August 2022). "Jumbo-Visma sign British talent Thomas Gloag as stagiaire for rest of season". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
  9. "Valter, Tratnik and Gloag new reinforcements Team Jumbo-Visma". Team Jumbo-Visma. 29 August 2022. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
  10. "Thomas Gloag". www.cyclingarchives.com. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
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