Simon Cope

Simon Cope (born 22 March 1966)[1] is an English former professional cyclist from Sevenoaks, Kent. Cope began cycling in 1978 and rode as professional from 1983 to 1999.[2] He had success at the British National Derny Championships for two consecutive years in 1999 and 2000. Cope was also the National Circuit Race Champion 1997. He subsequently became a coach working on British Cycling's Olympic Academy Programme,[3] spending five years as coach of their women's road and endurance academy. After his post at British Cycling was abolished due to funding cuts, he spent the 2012 season as a directeur sportif at the American Team Exergy team.[4] He also managed the Wiggle–Honda team during the 2013 season[5] and was a directeur sportif with Madison Genesis in 2014.[6] In January 2015, he was named as the directeur sportif of the new UCI Continental level team, WIGGINS.[7]

Simon Cope
Personal information
Full nameSimon Cope
Born (1966-03-22) 22 March 1966
South London, England
Team information
DisciplineRoad & Track
RoleRider
Rider typeEndurance
Amateur teams
200234th Nomads CP Hart / Vulcan CRT Metaxa / 34th Nomads Gem Hygiene
2004Team Edwardes
2006–2007Pacific Flanders CRT
Professional teams
1988Emmelle - MBK (GBR)
1989Alpha Print - Crown
1990Crown Printers Engineers - Chafes (GBR)
1991Oakville Cycling (GBR)
1992Bud Light Beer (USA)
1993–1994Omega (GBR)
1995–1996Scott - BiKyle Flyers (USA)
1997Torelli Imports (GBR)
1998Linda McCartney Racing Team (GBR)
Managerial teams
2012Team Exergy
2013Wiggle–Honda
2014Madison Genesis
2015–WIGGINS
Major wins
  • 1987 Raleigh Tour of New Zealand One stage win, Points winner, 1985 Ras 3 x Stage winner, Tour de Moor USA, Harlem Crit USA, Wally Gimber UK
  • National Crit Champion 1997

Palmarès
1993
3rd British National Circuit Race Championships (professional)
1997
1st British National Circuit Race Championships
1999
1st British National Derny Championships
2000
1st British National Motor Pace Championships

References
  1. "Simon Cope". Cycling Website.
  2. "Riders". Pacific Flanders CRT.
  3. "Halfords BikeHut Cycle Team". Road Cycling UK. 11 January 2001.
  4. Robinson, Mark (28 January 2015). "Simon Cope joins Team Exergy Twenty12". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
  5. Bull, Nick (15 December 2014). "Former Wiggle-Honda DS Simon Cope to manage Team Wiggins?". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
  6. Gallagher, Brendan (14 March 2015). "Interview with Team WIGGINS manager Simon Cope". Tour Series. Retrieved 5 April 2015.


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