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{{Short description|English cyclist (born 1961)}}
{{about||the Australian radio personality, television host and journalist|Malcolm T. Elliott}}
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{{Use British English|date=April 2012}}
{{Infobox cyclist
| name = Malcolm Elliott
| image = MalcolmElliot.jpg
| caption = Elliott at the 1989 Tour of Britain in his Teka team colours
| full_name = 
| nickname = 
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1961|7|1|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Sheffield, England
| height = 
| weight = 
| discipline = Road
| role = Rider (retired)<br>Sporting director
| ridertype = Sprinter
| amateuryears1 = 
| amateurteam1 = Rutland CC
| amateuryears2 = 
| amateurteam2 = [[Manchester Wheelers' Club]]
| proyears1 = 1984–1985
| proteam1 = [[Raleigh–Weinmann]]
| proyears2 = 1986–1987
| proteam2 = [[ANC–Halfords]]
| proyears3 = 1988
| proteam3 = [[Fagor (cycling team, 1985–1989)|Fagor]]
| proyears4 = 1989–1990
| proteam4 = {{UCI team code|Teka|1989}}
| proyears5 = 1991–1992
| proteam5 = {{UCI team code|Seur|1991}}
| proyears6 = 1993–1996
| proteam6 = Chevrolet–LA Sheriffs
| proyears7 = 1997
| proteam7 = [[Comptel–Colorado Cyclist]]
| proyears8 = 2003–2005
| proteam8 = Pinarello–Assos
| proyears9 = 2006
| proteam9 = [[Plowman Craven–Evans Cycles|Plowman Craven]]
| proyears10 = 2007–2008
| proteam10 = Pinarello Racing Team
| proyears11 = 2009–2011
| proteam11 = {{UCI team code|MPT|2009}}
| manageyears1 = 
| manageteam1 = {{UCI team code|NGR}}
| majorwins = '''[[Grand Tour (cycling)|Grand Tours]]'''
:'''[[Vuelta a España]]'''
::[[Points classification in the Vuelta a España|Points classification]] ([[1989 Vuelta a España|1989]])
::3 individual stages ([[1988 Vuelta a España|1988]], [[1989 Vuelta a España|1989]])
'''[[Race stage|Stage races]]'''
:[[Tour of Britain]] ([[1988 Tour of Britain|1988]])
'''[[Classic cycle races|One-day races and Classics]]'''
:{{nowrap|[[British National Road Race Championships|National Road Race Championships]] (1993)}}
| medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry| {{flagu|England}} }}
{{MedalSport| Men's [[road bicycle racing]] }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Commonwealth Games]]}} 
{{MedalGold | [[1982 Commonwealth Games|Brisbane 1982]] | [[Cycling at the 1982 Commonwealth Games|Individual Road Race]]}} 
{{MedalGold | [[1982 Commonwealth Games|Brisbane 1982]] | [[Cycling at the 1982 Commonwealth Games|Team Time Trial]]}}
}}

'''Malcolm Elliott''' (born 1 July 1961) is a former English professional [[cycle sport|cyclist]], whose professional career has lasted from 1984 to 1997 when he retired and from 2003 up to 2011 when he made his comeback in British domestic racing.

Known as a sprinter, his career includes three stages and the [[points classification in the Vuelta a España]], two gold medals in the [[Commonwealth Games]], and winning the amateur [[Milk Race]] and its professional version, the Kellogg's Tour. He rode and finished the [[Tour de France]] in 1987 and 1988. Elliott also competed at the [[Olympic Games]] in 1980 and 1996.<ref name="sportref">{{cite web| url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/el/malcolm-elliott-1.html| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418033835/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/el/malcolm-elliott-1.html| url-status=dead| archive-date=2020-04-18|title=Malcolm Elliott Biography & Statistics| publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=2012-07-27}}</ref>

==Early life and amateur career==
Elliott was brought up in the [[Wadsley]] area of Sheffield. He joined Rutland [[cycling club|Cycling Club]] in Sheffield at 15 where he was selected for the British team for the world junior championship in [[Argentina]] in 1979. In 1980 riding for Rutland CC, Elliott won the [[British National Hill Climb Championships]], beating [[Jeff Williams (cyclist)|Jeff Williams]] by one fifth of a second. He also raced for the UV Aube cycling club in [[Troyes]], France, for part of 1980 season to gain experience of racing on the continent before being selected for the British [[team pursuit]] at the [[1980 Summer Olympics]] in Moscow. He, [[Sean Yates]] and [[Tony Doyle (cyclist)|Tony Doyle]] finished seventh.<ref name="sportref"/>

Elliott's breakthrough came at the [[1982 Commonwealth Games]] in [[Brisbane]] where he first took gold in the [[team time trial]] and then again in the 184 kilometre road race by outsprinting [[Steve Bauer]], [[Roger Sumich]], Steve Lawrence and Russell Harrington.

1983 was Elliott's final year as an amateur and he took six stages of the [[Tour of Britain|Milk Race]] and was also third overall in the [[Circuit des Ardennes (cycling)|Circuit des Ardennes]] before turning professional with [[Raleigh–Weinmann]] in 1984. Further domestic success followed in 1984 and 1985 before switching to the [[ANC–Halfords Cycling Team]] for the 1987 season, alongside [[Graham Jones (cyclist)|Graham Jones]], [[Paul Watson (cyclist)|Paul Watson]] and [[Joey McLoughlin]].

==Professional career==
ANC–Halfords raced on the continent as well as in Britain. Elliott finished third in the 1987 [[Amstel Gold Race (men's race)|Amstel Gold Race]]. The team received an invitation to the [[1987 Tour de France]] with Elliott finishing 94th overall and third on the stage into [[Bordeaux]].

In 1988 Elliott joined the Fagor team, led by [[Stephen Roche]]. Elliott took his first stage in the Vuelta a España that year and another two in 1989, by which time he had switched to the Spanish Teka team riding alongside fellow British rider [[Darryl Webster]]. He rode in Europe until the end of 1992 when he signed for the American team, [[Chevrolet]]–LA Sheriffs.

Elliott had many wins for Chevrolet, winning the First Union Grand Prix in 1993 and 1994 and the Redlands Classic in 1993 and 1994, and two stage wins in the Tour DuPont in 1993 and 1995. In 1996 he was then selected for the [[Cycling at the 1996 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]] road race, but finished a disappointing seventy ninth.<ref name="sportref"/> The race was won by [[Pascal Richard]]. In 1997 he moved to Comptel–Colorado Cyclist but the team hit financial trouble. That led Elliott to retire at the end of 1997 aged 36.

===Comeback===
[[File:Jersey Town Criterium 2009 100.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Elliott in the Jersey Town Criterium 2009 in [[St Helier]]]]
Elliott returned at the start of 2003 at 41. Riding as an individual for the Pinarello-Assos squad (set up by his former manager at ANC–Halfords, [[Phil Griffiths (cyclist)|Phil Griffiths]]), he won in the Havant International GP and stages in the Irish Milk Ras. In 2004, he won the season long [[Premier Calendar]], and the National Elite Circuit Series. For 2006 Elliott signed for [[Plowman Craven–Evans Cycles|Plowman Craven team]] and again won the National Elite Circuit Series. On 24 August 2006 in [[St. Johann in Tirol|St. Johann]], Austria, he became [[Union Cycliste Internationale|UCI]] road masters world champion.

In 2007 he won the UCI 1.2 ranked [[Rutland–Melton International CiCLE Classic|International CiCle Classic]], and the [[Shay Elliott Memorial Race|Shay Elliott Memorial]], the Irish one-day classic.

In 2009 he was inducted into the [[British Cycling Hall of Fame]].<ref name="BChalloffame">{{cite web| url=http://new.britishcycling.org.uk/sport/article/bc20091216-Hall-of-fame-fifty| title=50 Cycling Heroes Named in British Cycling's Hall of Fame| publisher=British Cycling| date=17 December 2009| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091220041110/http://new.britishcycling.org.uk/sport/article/bc20091216-Hall-of-fame-fifty| archive-date=20 December 2009}}</ref>

For the 2010 season, Elliott raced with the newly launched Motorpoint Pro-Cycling Team. The ten-strong team, based in Stone in Staffordshire, saw Elliott managed by Keith Lambert and the team run by [[Phil Griffiths (cyclist)|Phil Griffiths]]. The team competed in such high-profile races as the Tour of Britain and '[[Halfords Tour Series|UK Tour Series]]' – the city centre-based cycling race series broadcast on TV, in which Elliott won the Durham round and the Motorpoint team took overall honours. On 16 May 2010 he set the record for completing the [[Etape du Dales]] sportive in 5 hours and 43 minutes.<ref name="EdDales">{{cite web| url=http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk%2Fnews%2Flatest%2F469450%2Felliott-sets-new-etape-du-dales-record.html| title=Elliott sets new Etape du Dales record| publisher=cyclingweekly.com| date=17 May 2010}}</ref> He left the roster after the 2011 season, but remained with the team as a sporting director.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest/531147/node4-giordana-racing-team-launched.html|title=Node4-Giordana racing team launched|work=[[Cycling Weekly]]|date=14 December 2011|access-date=27 January 2012|first=Nick|last=Bull}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://62.50.72.82/ucinet/default.asp?page=UCITeamsdetail&discipline=ROA&continent=ALL&teamscategory=CTM&teamstype=CTM&year=2012&teamnameid=3387&npage=3&search=&l=ENG|title=Node4-Giordana Racing (NGR) – GBR|access-date=27 January 2012|work=[[UCI Continental Circuits]]|publisher=[[Union Cycliste Internationale]]}}</ref>
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==Doping==
In 1992 Elliott failed a dope test on stages 3 and 5 of the [[Tour of Andalucia]], testing positive for [[nandrolone]], an anabolic steroid. As the two tests were so close this was treated as a single infraction and he was stripped of the win on stage 3.<ref name=dope>{{cite web|title=Elliott positive|url=http://www.dopeology.org/incidents/Elliott-positive/|publisher=Dopeology|access-date=26 March 2013}}</ref>

==Major results==
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;1979
: 3rd National Junior Road Race Series<ref>{{cite web| url=http://bikesy.co.uk/features/racing/british-junior-road-series-winners-the-definitive-list/| title=Junior National Series Winners| publisher=Bikesy| access-date=2008-12-18}}</ref>
;1980
: 1st [[File:MaillotReinoUnido.PNG|20px]] [[British National Hill Climb Championships|National Hill Climb Championships]]
;1981
: 2nd [[British National Hill Climb Championships|National Hill Climb Championships]]
;1982
: [[1982 Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]]
::1st [[File:gold medal blank.svg|15px]] Road race
::1st [[File:gold medal blank.svg|15px]] Team time trial
: 3rd Overall Sealink International Grand Prix
;1983
: 1st [[Premier Calendar]]
: 1st [[Lincoln Grand Prix]]
: 1st Tour of the Peak
: 3rd Overall [[Circuit des Ardennes (cycling)|Circuit des Ardennes]]
: 3rd [[Tour of Britain|Milk Race]]
::1st Six stages
;1984
: 1st [[File:MaillotReinoUnido.PNG|20px]] [[British National Circuit Race Championships|National Criterium Championships]]
: 1st [[File:Jersey yellow.svg|20px]] Sealink International Grand Prix
: 10th Overall [[Tour of Britain|Milk Race]]
;1985
: 1st [[File:MaillotReinoUnido.PNG|20px]] Individual pursuit, [[British National Track Championships|National Track Championships]]
:13th [[Tour of Britain|Milk Race]]
: 1st [[File:Jersey yellow.svg|20px]] Overall [[Herald Sun Tour]]
::1st Stages 1, 2, 12 & 16
;1986
: 2nd Overall [[Tour of Britain|Milk Race]]
::1st Two stages
: 3rd Overall [[Herald Sun Tour]]
::1st Stages 6 & 16
;1987
: 1st [[File:Jersey yellow.svg|20px]] Overall [[Tour of Britain|Milk Race]]
::1st Five stages
: [[Tour of Ireland|Nissan Classic]]
::1st Stages 1, 4b & 5
: 1st Stage 4 [[Herald Sun Tour]]
: 3rd [[1987 Amstel Gold Race|Amstel Gold Race]]
;1988
: 1st [[File:Jersey yellow.svg|20px]] Overall [[1988 Tour of Britain|Tour of Britain]]
::1st Prologue & Stage 1
: 1st Stage 17 [[1988 Vuelta a España|Vuelta a España]]
: 1st Stage 3 [[Vuelta a Aragón]]
: 1st Stage 13 [[Herald Sun Tour]]
: 2nd Overall [[Tour of Ireland|Nissan Classic]]
;1989
: [[1989 Vuelta a España|Vuelta a España]]
::1st [[File:MaillotCyan.PNG|20px]] [[Points classification in the Vuelta a España|Points classification]]
::1st Stages 3b & 11
: [[Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme]]
::1st Prologue & Stages 1 & 5
: [[Vuelta a Castilla y León]]
::1st Stages 3 & 5
: 1st Prologue [[1989 Tour of Britain|Tour of Britain]]
: 1st Stage 2 [[Tour of Galicia]]
: 1st Stage 4 [[Vuelta a Burgos]]
: 2nd Tour of the Americas
;1990
: 1st [[File:Jersey yellow.svg|20px]] Overall [[Tour of Britain|Milk Race]]
: [[1990 Volta a Catalunya|Volta a Catalunya]]
::1st Stages 1 & 3
: [[Vuelta a Cantabria]]
::1st Stage 1 & 4a
: 1st Stage 1 [[1990 Tour of the Basque Country|Tour of the Basque Country]]
: 1st Stage 1 [[1990 Tour of Britain|Tour of Britain]]
;1991
: 1st [[Trofeo Masferrer]]
: [[Troféu Joaquim Agostinho]]
::1st Stages 3a & 6
: 6th Overall [[Tour Méditerranéen]]
;1992
: 1st Stage 4 [[Vuelta a los Valles Mineros]]
: 1st Stage 5 [[Volta ao Alentejo]]
: 2nd Overall [[Vuelta a Castilla y León]]
: 3rd [[Clásica de Sabiñánigo]]
: 6th [[Trofeo Masferrer]]
;1993
: 1st [[File:MaillotReinoUnido.PNG|20px]] [[British National Road Race Championships|Road race]], National Road Championships
: 1st [[File:Jersey yellow.svg|20px]] Overall [[Redlands Classic]]
::1st Stage
: 1st Overall Tour of Bisbee
::1st Stage
: 1st Stage 6 [[Tour DuPont]]
: 1st First Union Grand Prix
;1994
: 1st [[File:Jersey yellow.svg|20px]] Overall [[Redlands Classic]]
: Killington Stage Race
::1st Two stages
: 1st First Union Grand Prix
;1995
: Killington Stage Race
::1st Two stages
: 1st Stage 1 [[Tour DuPont]]
: 1st Stage [[Tour de Toona]]
;1996
: 1st Killington Stage Race
: 1st Manhattan Beach GP
;1997
: 1st Jackson Criterium
;2003
: 1st Havant International GP
: 3rd [[Premier Calendar]]
;2004
: 1st [[Premier Calendar]]
: Girvan 3-Day
::1st 2 stages
: 5th Overall [[Rás Tailteann]]
::1st Stages 5 & 8
;2005
: 1st [[Beaumont Trophy]]
: 2nd Overall [[Rás Tailteann]]
::1st [[File:Jersey green.svg|20px]] Points classification
::1st Stage 4
;2006
: 1st UCI road masters world champion
: 1st British Elite Circuit Series Champion
;2007
: 1st [[Shay Elliott Memorial Race]]
: 1st [[East Midlands International Cicle Classic]]
: 1st Newport Nocturne
;2008
: 1st Circuit de Stone<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest-news/elliott-wins-circuit-de-stone-95139 |title=Elliott Wins Circuit de Stone  |date=19 June 2008 |website=[[Cycling Weekly]]|access-date=17 June 2014}}</ref>
: 3rd [[East Midlands International Cicle Classic]]
: 5th Rogaland Grand Prix
: 5th Grand Prix of Wales
{{div col end}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==Bibliography==
*''Sprinter'', Malcolm Elliott with Jeff Connor, {{ISBN|0-7207-1939-9}}

==External links==
*{{Cycling Archives|2084}}
*{{CycleBase|5031}}

{{Vuelta a España Points Classification}}
{{British National Road Race Championships (men)}}
{{British Cycling Hall of Fame}}

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