Will Clarke (cyclist)

William Clarke (born 11 April 1985) is an Australian professional road racing cyclist, who most recently rode for UCI WorldTeam Trek–Segafredo.^[3] He is not related to fellow Australian cyclist and past teammate Simon Clarke. William Clarke is a descendant of Australian politician and businessman William John Turner Clarke.

Will Clarke

Clarke at the 2011 Four Days of Dunkirk
Personal information
Full name	William Clarke
Nickname	Big horse / Wilbur
Born	(1985-04-11) 11 April 1985 (age 40) Campbell Town, Tasmania, Australia
Height	1.92 m (6 ft 3+1⁄2 in)
Weight	81 kg (179 lb)
Team information
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Time trialist
Amateur team
2010	Ag2r–La Mondiale (stagiaire)
Professional teams
2008–2010	Praties
2011	Leopard Trek
2012	Champion System
2013	Argos–Shimano
2014–2016	Drapac Professional Cycling
2017–2018	Cannondale–Drapac
2019–2020	Trek–Segafredo[1][2]

Career

Clarke was born, raised, and resides on his family's 8,100-hectare (20,000-acre) farm near Campbell Town, Tasmania, Australia. Clarke rode as a stagiaire with Ag2r–La Mondiale in 2010 in the UCI World Tour, while signed to Genesys Wealth Advisers (2008–2010) in the UCI Oceania Tour.^[4] He moved to a UCI ProTeam full-time in 2011 for Leopard Trek,^[5] before spending a season at both Champion System in 2012,^[6] and Argos–Shimano in 2013.^[7]

Clarke then moved to the Drapac Professional Cycling team in 2014,^[8] as the team moved up to the Professional Continental level.^[8] After three seasons with Drapac Professional Cycling, Clarke returned to the World Tour with Cannondale–Drapac, riding with them until the end of 2018. He signed with Trek–Segafredo,^[1] for the 2019 and 2020 seasons, returning to the team that he competed for in 2011.

In May 2019, he was named in the startlist for the 2019 Giro d'Italia.^[9]

Major results

2008

1st Goulburn to Sydney Classic

2009

5th Time trial, Oceania Road Championships

2010

3rd Overall Tour de Taiwan

4th Time trial, National Road Championships

2012

1st Stage 2 Tour Down Under

1st Prologue Tour of Japan

5th Road race, National Road Championships

8th Rund um Köln

2014

Tour of Iran

1st Points classification

1st Stage 2

1st Stage 1 (ITT) Tour of Japan

1st Prologue Tour de Kumano

2nd Time trial, Oceania Road Championships

5th Time trial, National Road Championships

10th Overall Herald Sun Tour

2015

1st Prologue Herald Sun Tour

2016

Tour de Taiwan

1st Stages 1 & 4

1st Stage 3 Volta a Portugal

1st Prologue Herald Sun Tour

1st Prologue Tour of Austria

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour	2017	2018	2019
Giro d'Italia	—	—	141
Tour de France	—	—	—
Vuelta a España	157	—	—

Legend

—	Did not compete
DNF	Did not finish