News: Ian Stannard DS at Trinity

Ian Stannard will be remaining active in the peloton after his retirement from racing as the 33-year-old will start as a sports director for Trinity Racing

News: Ian Stannard DS at Trinity

Ian Stannard will be remaining active in the peloton after his retirement from racing as the 33-year-old will start as a sports director for Trinity Racing, a British UCI Continental team. Ian is a two-time winner of the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad.

Stannard, who turned pro at Landbouwkrediet in 2008, has spent the past eleven seasons riding for INEOS Grenadiers and before that, Team Sky. He became British champion once in his career in North Yorkshire (Ryedale), but is main spot in cycling history is as a two-time winner of the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad (2014 and 2015) where he outfoxed the might Quickstep team. He also finished third in Paris-Roubaix in 2016.

From 2021, Stannard will be a sports director. “Trinity Racing has quickly become one of the leading development teams in Europe, and I look forward to starting in my new role,” he said. “We have an impressive selection, including Ben Healy and Thomas Gloag. They can build on the success they had in a number of major U23 races last year.”

Having spent a large part of his career riding for others, Ian was a key part of Team Sky’s Tour de France winning squads (2013, 2015 & 2016) and Vuelta winning squads (2011 & 2017). Amidst all the team success, he also enjoyed individual accolades with back-to-back Omloop Het Nieuwsblad victories (2014 & 2015), a podium at Paris-Roubaix (2016) and two stage wins at the Tour of Britain (2016 & 2018). Be was also British Road Race champion at Ryedale in 2012.

Stannard, who was forced to retire prematurely due to rheumatoid arthritis at the end of last season, is relishing the opportunity to share his knowledge with the next generation of talent on Trinity Racing’s exciting roster: “I have been very impressed with the progression of TRINITY Racing since the team’s inception in 2018. They have quickly become one of the leading development teams in Europe and I look forward to starting my new role for the coming season.”

“Obviously the road is what I know best, and we have an impressive roster of riders, Ben (Healy) and Thomas (Gloag) to name a couple, who we are confident can build on the success they showed last year in some of the biggest U23 races in the world. However I am also very excited about getting stuck into the other sections of TRINITY’s calendar during the year, particularly gravel and MTB.”

“As a WT pro for so long, I only ever got to enjoy a small bit of MTB’ing in the winter, but I have seen how the off road side of the sport has grown, how riders these days really benefit from mixing disciplines, and I look forward to immersing myself in these worlds to learn, and help our roster in the process. My goal is to use my experience and knowledge to help our young talent to become better riders and hopefully allow them to achieve results wherever they want to achieve them; be it on the road, on the trails or on gravel tracks around the world.”