Daniel McLay
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McLay at the 2015 Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
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| Personal information | |
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| Full name | Daniel McLay |
| Born |
3 January 1992 Wellington, New Zealand |
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) |
| Weight | 74 kg (163 lb; 11.7 st) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Fortuneo–Vital Concept |
| Discipline | Road and track |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Sprinter |
| Amateur team(s) | |
| 2008 | Leicestershire Road Club |
| 2009 | Univega.co.uk |
| 2011–2014 | Omega Pharma-Lotto Davo |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 2015– | Bretagne–Séché Environnement |
| Major wins | |
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Daniel 'Dan' McLay (born 3 January 1992) is a British racing cyclist, competing in road, track and cyclo-cross. His first season as a professional was 2015, racing for French pro-continental and 2014 Tour de France wildcard outfit Bretagne–Séché Environnement. Primarily a sprinter, McLay is also competent in the Flemish racing scene and has a particular affinity to the Northern Classics. He was named in the start list for the 2016 Tour de France.
Born in Wellington, New Zealand, McLay moved to the UK as an infant and was brought up in Leicester. McLay began cycling competitively at the age of six. Following his success as under 16 rider at the British National Track Championships, he represented Great Britain at the 2007 European Youth Olympic Festival, competing in the criterium and road race events. He says that he was not very good at sports that require coordination as a school-boy and thus this fuelled his desire to continue competing in cycling.
McLay was selected to represent Britain at the Junior European Cyclo-cross Championships in 2008, where he finished last.
In 2009, McLay became a member of British Cycling's Olympic Academy. McLay went on to win the bronze medal in the Madison at the UEC European Track Championships with partner Sam Harrison. He also represented Great Britain at the 2009 Junior UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships.
In 2010 he became World Champion in the Junior World Madison Track Championships, with Simon Yates.
In 2014 he won a stage of the Tour de l'Avenir (French for "The Tour of the Future"). He also came seventh in Tour of Britain stages, a strong showing given that sprinters such as Mark Cavendish, Marcel Kittel, Mark Renshaw and Adam Blythe were also competing, although he said that seventh was not a representation of what he could have achieved.
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