Andy Tennant (cyclist)
Introduction '''Andrew David Tennant''' (born 9 March 1987) is an English former professional track and road racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2009 and 2021 for six different teams. During his career, Tennant won seven medals at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships, six gold medals at the UEC European Track Championships and a silver medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.
Biography Born in Wolverhampton, West Midlands, UK, Tennant began to make his mark on the cycling world as a junior rider. In 2005 he was selected for British Cycling's Olympic Development Programme and lived in Tuscany, Italy with the GB squad in 2006.Tennant represented England in the points race at the 2006 Commonwealth Games and represented Great Britain in the Under-23 road race at the 2006 UCI Road World Championships in Salzburg, Austria. The following season he overtrained, and his results suffered as a consequence. Tennant was a member of British Cycling's Olympic Academy.Whilst riding for Team Halfords Bikehut in 2009, he was mentored by Rob Hayles.In 2015 Tennant moved to the new  team set up by Bradley Wiggins aiming to prepare British riders for the team pursuit at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Major results ===Road===;2006: 3rd Overall Flèche du Sud;2008: 2nd Road race, National Under-23 Championships;2009: 1st 20px Overall Tour of the Reservoir: 2nd Time trial, National Under-23 Championships: 2nd Overall Girvan Three Day: 7th Overall Cinturón a Mallorca;2011: 1st Richmond Grand Prix: 9th Overall Tour de Korea: 10th London–Surrey Cycle Classic;2015: 1st Wiltshire GP: 1st Stage 2 Flèche du Sud: 2nd Milk Race: 3rd Overall Tour of the Reservoir: 5th London Nocturne;2018: 1st Durham, Tour Series===Track===;2005: UCI World Junior Championships::1st 20px Individual pursuit::2nd 15px Team pursuit: 1st 20px Team pursuit, UEC European Junior Championships: 1st 20px Individual pursuit, National Junior Championships;2006: 1st 20px Team pursuit, UEC European Under-23 Championships: 1st UIV Cup, Stuttgart (with Ian Stannard): 3rd Team pursuit, UCI World Cup Classics, Sydney;2007: 1st 20px Team pursuit, National Championships: 3rd Team pursuit, UCI World Cup Classics, Manchester;2008: 1st 20px Team pursuit, UEC European Under-23 Championships;2009: UCI World Cup Classics::1st Team pursuit, Manchester::2nd Team pursuit, Melbourne: National Championships::2nd Individual pursuit::2nd Points race;2010: 1st 20px Team pursuit, UEC European Championships: 2nd 15px Team pursuit, UCI World Championships: 3rd Team pursuit, UCI World Cup Classics, Melbourne;2011: 1st 20px Team pursuit, UEC European Championships: 3rd 15px Team pursuit, UCI World Championships;2012: 1st 20px Team pursuit, UCI World Championships;2013: 1st 20px Team pursuit, UEC European Championships: 1st Team pursuit, UCI World Cup, Manchester: 2nd 15px Team pursuit, UCI World Championships;2014: UEC European Championships::1st 20px Team pursuit::1st 20px Individual pursuit: UCI World Cup::1st Team pursuit, London::2nd Team pursuit, Guadalajara: National Championships::1st 20px Individual pursuit::1st 20px Madison (with Oli Wood): 2nd 15px Team pursuit, Commonwealth Games;2015: 1st 20px Team pursuit, UEC European Championships: 1st 20px Individual pursuit, British National Championships: 1st Revolution Series Round 2 (with Iljo Keisse): 2nd 15px Team pursuit, UCI World Championships: 2nd Individual pursuit, UCI World Cup, Cali;2016: 1st Team pursuit, UCI World Cup, Glasgow: UCI World Championships::2nd link=Silver medal Team pursuit::3rd link=Bronze medal Individual pursuit
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