Drew Wilson

Drew Wilson
Drew Wilson's race licence from 1994
Personal information
Born (1967-01-01) 1 January 1967
Johnstone, Scotland
Team information
Current team Retired
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Rider type All rounder
Amateur team(s)
Johnstone Wheelers
GS Bottegonne
Professional team(s)
1993 Banana - Falcon
1994 Foremost - Karrimor

Drew Wilson (born 1st Jan 1967) was a gritty junior and senior road race cycling champion in the 80s and 90s who became a professional cyclist riding for the uks no1 team[1] Drew retired from professional cycling in 1998 after competing in his third Commonwealth games

Biography

Drew was encouraged to take up cycling by his mother and father at the age of 12. Soon after In his early teens he became the highest ranked junior road cyclist in Scotland and now an honorary life member of Johnstone Wheelers, he began to build a hard earned reputation as a junior representing GB at 2 junior world championships that then followed to the senior ranks that was matched only by that of his regular teammate over the years, Brian Smith. Drew rode for Italy's second biggest Italian team GS Bottegonne headed by the great Italian sprinter Mario cipollini. In 1993 Drew had a successful trial with the uk's No1 professional team Banana falcon and turned professional for them in season 1994. Drew retired from professional cycling not long after representing Scotland in his third Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur 1998.


Scotland Commonwealth Games Team

Wilson's Cycling History

  • GS Bottegonne team rider (Italy's 2nd biggest amateur cycling team)
  • Tour of Britain rider
  • Scottish road champion six times
  • Scottish junior road champion
  • Scottish senior road champion
  • Scottish Criterium champion twice
  • Scottish senior BAR champion twice
  • Professional road rider with Banana/Falcon and Foremost/Karrimor cycling team
  • World championship rider twice for Great Britain
  • Winner – Glasgow-Dunoon road race twice
  • Winner – David Bell memorial road race in 1996 and 1998[2]
  • Winner – Drummond trophy road race three times

Honours, decorations, awards and distinctions

In 1994, Drew was awarded an honorary life membership of the Johnstone Wheelers Cycling Club.

The business of cycling

Drew had an early introduction to bike building, sales and maintenance whilst working part-time for his first sponsors, Dooley's cycles. After retiring from professional cycling he learnt even more on the technical aspects of bike design and aerodynamics whilst working for Massi, Raleigh and Ridley. In 2014 Drew launched VisualBikeFit, a bespoke bike fitting service in his studio at the foot of the Crow road in Lennoxtown.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Cycling: Fatigue floors Boardman's hopes in the race to be red". The Independent. 1998-05-23. Retrieved 2017-07-24.
  2. ↑ "Results". Davie Bell RR 2011-2013. 2012-01-30. Retrieved 2017-07-27.
  3. ↑ "Former pro cyclist sets up mobile bike fitting service". Bikebiz. Retrieved 2017-07-24.
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