Laurie Greenland (born 18 February 1997) is a British downhill mountain biker. In 2016, he finished second at the UCI Downhill World Championships in Val di Sole, Italy.[1] He also won round 6 of the 2019 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup in Val di Sole, Italy.
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| Born | 18 February 1997 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Santa Cruz Syndicate | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Downhill | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Laurie Greenland has raced for Pysclewerx (2009 to 2013), Team Wideopenmountainbike.com (2013), Trek World Racing (2014, 2015), MS Mondraker Team (2016 - 2021), SC Syndicate (joined 2022). He was signed as a RedBull athlete in 2019.
Greenland raced his first UCI Mountain Bike World Cup at Cairns, Australia in 2014.
In 2021, Greenland designed and opened the "Vanta" trail at BikePark Wales.[2]
Notable results include:
- UK DH National Champion, Junior (Innerleithen, 2014)
- 1st UCI DH World Cup, Junior (Lenzerheide, 2015)
- 1st UCI DH World Cup, Junior (Windham, 2015)
- 1st UCI DH World Cup, Junior (Val Di Sole, 2015)
- UCI Junior DH World Champion (Vallnord, 2015)
- 2nd UCI DH World Championships (Val Di Sole, 2016)
- 2nd UCI DH World Cup (Val Di Sole, 2018)
- 3rd UCI DH World Cup (Les Gets, 2019)
- 1st UCI DH World Cup (Val Di Sole, 2019)
- 2nd Red Bull Hardline (2021)
References
edit- ^ "Laurie Greenland". The-Sports.org. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
- ^ Ellison, Joe. "Laurie Greenland reveals how to survive his new trail at BikePark Wales". redbull.com. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
External links
edit- Laurie Greenland at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Laurie Greenland at MTB Data
- Athlete profile of Laurie Greenland on Redbull.com
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