Oliver Stockwell

Oliver Stockwell
Personal information
Born (2002-06-07) 7 June 2002 (age 22)
Welwyn Garden City, England[1]
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Team information
Current teamTeam Bahrain Victorious
Disciplines
RoleRider
Amateur teams
2019Ribble Pro Cycling U19
2020Flamme Rouge
2021GB Cycling Senior Academy
Professional teams
2022–2024Cycling Team Friuli ASD
2025–Team Bahrain Victorious[2]

Oliver Stockwell (born 7 June 2002) is a British professional road racing cyclist who rides for UCI WorldTeam Team Bahrain Victorious.[3] He was British junior champion in 2019.

Career

In 2018, he won the British U16 boys national circuit championships.[4] In 2019, he won the British Junior Road Race Championships at Bassingham in Lincolnshire on 28 July.[5]

He raced on the GB Squad for the Tour de l'Avenir in August 2021.[6] The following month he competed in the Tour of Britain.[7]

He competed for Britain in the U23 road race at the UCI Road World Championships in 2022.[8] In February 2023, he suffered a bad crash training in Italy which saw him receive multiple fractures to his right femur, and required surgery.[9]

Riding for UCI Continental team CTF Victorious in 2024, he finished fifth in the Ronde de l'Isard.[10] In September 2024, he was selected to ride for Britain in the UCI U23 World Road Race Championships in Zurich, Switzerland.[11][12]

He signed a two year contract to ride for Team Bahrain Victorious from the 2025 season.[13]

Major results

Road

2019
1st Stage 1 (TTT) Sint-Martinusprijs Kontich [fr]
8th Overall Keizer der Juniores [fr]
2020
8th Overall La Philippe Gilbert Juniors
2022
1st Stage 1 (TTT) Giro della Regione Friuli Venezia Giulia
2nd GP Slovenian Istria
6th GP Czech Republic, Visegrad 4 Bicycle Race
8th Overall Giro della Valle d'Aosta
9th GP Vipava Valley & Crossborder Goriška
10th Overall Adriatica Ionica Race
10th Overall Carpathian Couriers Race
2024
5th Overall Ronde de l'Isard

Cyclo-cross

2019–2020
2nd National Junior Championships
Junior National Trophy Series
2nd Milnthorpe
2nd York

References

  1. ^ "Oliver Stockwell". First Cycling. Retrieved 27 October 2024.
  2. ^ "Bahrain Victorious Announce Four New Riders for 2025 Season". bahraincyclingteam.com. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
  3. ^ "Bahrain Victorious". UCI. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
  4. ^ Swarbrick, Guy (8 July 2018). "BACKSTEDT, BARKER, KING AND STOCKWELL CROWNED NATIONAL YOUTH CIRCUIT CHAMPIONS". British Cycling. Retrieved 27 October 2024.
  5. ^ "Eluned King and Oliver Stockwell of Team Ribble win their British Junior Road Race Championships at Bassingham in Lincolnshire on July 28". Velouk.net. 28 July 2019. Retrieved 27 October 2024.
  6. ^ Long, Jonny (16 August 2021). [httpsi://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/promising-british-rider-nearly-loses-eye-after-crash-at-tour-de-lavenir "Promising British rider nearly loses eye after crash at Tour de l'Avenir"]. Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 27 October 2024.
  7. ^ "Wout Van Aert wins opening stage of Tour of Britain". Guernsey Press. 5 September 2021. Retrieved 27 October 2024.
  8. ^ "BRITISH CYCLING ANNOUNCES SQUAD FOR UCI ROAD WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN WOLLONGONG". British Cycling. 8 September 2022. Retrieved 27 October 2024.
  9. ^ "Cycling Team Friuli: Oliver Stockwell crashes in training". Italciclismo.it. 22 February 2023. Retrieved 27 October 2024.
  10. ^ Beavis, Jack (24 June 2024). "National Road Race Championships: the contenders". The British Continental. Retrieved 27 October 2024.
  11. ^ Weislo, Laura (September 17, 2024). "Tom Pidcock to lead British team for UCI Road World Championships". Cycling News. Retrieved 27 October 2024.
  12. ^ Rindl, Joe (25 September 2024). "Pidcock and Henderson to lead GB at road world championships". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 October 2024.
  13. ^ Davison, Tom. "Meet the latest British rider to join a WorldTour team". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 5 November 2024.