Colin Strickland
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | November 7, 1986 Johnson City, Texas |
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) |
| Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Discipline |
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| Amateur team | |
| 2014–2015 | Elbowz Racing |
| Professional team | |
| 2016 | Specialized Allez Allez |
| Major wins | |
| 2015 Red Hook Crit Milan 2016 Red Hook Crit Brooklyn 2016 Red Hook Crit London 2016 Red Hook Crit Barcelona 2019 Unbound Gravel Kansas, USA | |
Colin Arturo Strickland (born November 7, 1986) is an American bicycle racer specializing in gravel racing and fixed gear criteriums. He first became known for his wins in the Red Hook Crit series, before finding further success at gravel races like Unbound Gravel.
Early life and early career
Colin Strickland was born in 1986 in Johnson City, Texas and grew up on a farm. [1] By his twenties, he had started cycling as a form of transportation. His first experience with bicycle racing was winning an Alleycat at the 2010 North American Handmade Bike Show. [2]
In 2019, Strickland rose in prominence by winning the Unbound Gravel 200. While already known as a gravel racer after winning the Gravel Worlds in 2017 and 2018, his victory at Unbound was notable due to the presence of several current UCI World Tour professional riders. His sudden rise to broader cycling stardom led to a contract offer from You have called {{Contentious topics}}. You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:
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Association with Mo Wilson
On May 11, 2022, Strickland's partner of three years, Kaitlin Armstrong, murdered Anna Moriah "Mo" Wilson, a professional gravel cyclist, in Austin, Texas. Strickland and Wilson had a romantic relationship during a brief split between Strickland and Armstrong and had spent time together on the day of Wilson's murder. Strickland had changed Wilson’s name in his phone to ‘Christine Wall’. [1] Armstrong testified that he ‘did not know Armstrong’. [2] Strickland purchased the gun that his then live-in partner Kaitlin Armstrong was convicted of using to kill Moriah Wilson. [3][4]
Major results
- 2015
- 1st Red Hook Crit Milan
- 3rd Road race, National Amateur Road Championships
- 2016
- 1st Red Hook Crit
- 1st Brooklyn
- 1st London
- 1st Barcelona
- 2017
- 1st Gravel Worlds
- 2018
- 1st Gravel Worlds
- 2nd Overall Tour of America's Dairyland
- 1st Stages 4 & 10
- 2019
- 1st Unbound Gravel
- 1st The Rift Gravel Race, Iceland
- 2020
- 2nd Mid-South Gravel
References
- ^ "Red Bull Athlete Page - Colin Strickland". Red Bull. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
- ^ Benson, Daniel. "Colin Strickland: The five races that changed my life". Cyclingnews. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
- ^ Dreier, Fred. "Colin Strickland chose DK over Paris-Roubaix and EF Pro Cycling. Here's why:". VeloNews. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
External Links
- Colin Strickland at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Colin Strickland at ProCyclingStats
