As Ed Clancy prepares for what will be his final Olympics, the three-time team pursuit gold medallist has one eye on what comes next.
In between the training camps and track sessions which dominate Clancy’s time with 50 days to go until the rearranged Games, the Yorkshireman is continuing to grow the Clancy Briggs Cycling Academy he founded with ex-pro Graham Briggs.
As British Cycling puts its weight behind the Everyone Wins campaign to reboot grassroots events hit by the pandemic, Clancy believes the Academy’s work has never been more important.
Earlier this month I took a break from training to support the @ClancyBriggs kids at the No Nonsense Youth Races organised by #ShibdenCC. It was a great day – lovely to be the one watching and cheering for a change! All the kids did great, fantastic to see so many taking part. pic.twitter.com/UHVT3DSpKU
— Ed Clancy (@Ed_Clancy) April 27, 2021
“I think I will probably continue to race my bike a little bit after Tokyo but I’m 36 now, I’m not going to go on forever,” Clancy told the PA news agency.
“Maybe I’m biased…
