Simon Clarke
Personal Details
Date of Birth: 18 July 1986
Place of Birth: Melbourne, Victoria
Resides: Selby, Victoria
Occupation: Student
Education: Studying Bachelor of Commerce at Deakin University
Discipline: Road & track endurance
Home Club: Carnegie Caulfield
Home State: Victoria
Coach: Dave Sanders
Started Competitive Cycling: 11 years of age (1997)
First Australian Team: 2003 Australian Junior Road Team
Career Highlights
Most memorable sporting achievement: Racing the World Road Championships in Hamilton Canada
Personal Best Performances: Winner of a stage of the National Road Series; Winner of the Tour of Bendigo; Top 20 in Junior World Cup
Major Awards/Honours 2002, 2003 Leader Newspapers Sports Star of the Year
Australian Teams
2006 World Track Championships FRA
2004 World Junior Road Championships ITA
2004 World Junior Track Championships USA
2003 World Road Championships CAN
General Interest
Ambitions: To sign a professional road contract and ride in the Grand Tours
Hobbies: Surfing, snowboarding
Personal Sponsors: Team Alex Bicycles, Bike Now, VIS, Zeal Optics, Inspired Orthopaedic Solutions, Pearl Izumi, PB Sports Nutrition, Diadora
Results
2007
1st Best Young Rider Tour Down Under AUS
1st Overall Teams Classification Tour Down Under AUS
3rd U23 Road Race Australian Open Road Championships AUS
3rd Down Under Classic AUS
10th Overall Tour Down Under AUS
10th Stage 1 Tour Down Under AUS
2006
1st Australian Madison Championships VIC
1st Best Young Rider U21 Classificaion Giro delle Regioni ITA
1st Prologue Teams Time Trial Thuringen Rundfahrt GER
1st Stage 4 Vuelta Navarra ESP
2nd Best Young Rider U23 Jayco Herald Sun Tour AUS
2nd Karak Classic VIC
4th Prologue Giro delle Regioni ITA
4th overall Giro delle Regioni ITA
7th Madison UCI Track World Cup #4 NSW
7th overall Vuelta Navarra ESP
8th Overall Jacobs Creek Tour Down Under AUS
8th Overall Jayco Herald Sun Tour AUS
9th Madison World Track Championships FRA
17th Overall Jayco Bay Cycling Classic VIC
2005
1st U23 Road Race National Road Championships AUS
1st Overall Tour of Murray River AUS
1st (Sanderson) Bendigo Madison VIC
2nd Grafton to Inverell AUS
2nd Stage 6 Tour of Murray River AUS
2nd Stage 3 Tour of Murray River AUS
2nd Stage 1 Tour of Murrary River AUS
2nd Overall Tour of Tasmania AUS
2nd (Sanderson) Australian Madison Title VIC
3rd Stage 2 Tour of Murray River AUS
3rd Stage 2 Giro delle Regioni ITA
3rd U23 Criterium National Road Championships AUS
4th Stage 4 Herald Sun Tour AUS
4th Stage 1 Tour of Tasmania AUS
4th Stage 3 Tour of Tasmania AUS
4th Stage 5 Tour of Japan JPN
5th Stage 2 Victorian Open Road Championships AUS
5th Stage 9 Tour of Murray River AUS
5th Stage 9 Tour of Tasmania AUS
5th Overall Bay Series Criteriums VIC
5th Overall GP Industria del Marmo ITA
5th Stage 1 Giro delle Regioni ITA
8th Melbourne to Warnambool AUS
10th Overall Giro delle Regioni ITA
16th Overall Tour of Japan JPN
18th Coppa della Pace ITA
32nd Overall Tour of Qinghai Lake CHN
2004
1st Teams Pursuit World Junior Track Titles USA
1st U19 Teams Pursuit Australian Titles NSW
3rd U19 Madison Australian Titles NSW
3rd Stage 4 Giro della Lunigiana ITA
3rd U19 National Road Race Series
4th Australian Madison Championship VIC
4th Stage 2 Giro della Lunigiana ITA
4th U19 National Road Time Trial Series
5th Overall Trofeo Comune Vertova ITA
10th U19 Points Race Australian Titles NSW
13th U19 Road Race World Titles ITA
2003
1st U19 Team Pursuit Australian Titles NSW
3rd U19 National Road Series
3rd U19 Madison Australian Titles NSW
7th U19 National Road Time Trial Series
57th Jnr Road Race World Titles CAN
2002
1st U17 Team Pursuit Aust Junior Titles NT
6th U17 Road TT National Road Titles QLD
