Kristian House (born 6 October 1979 in Canterbury, England)[3] is a British former racing cyclist who rode for the JLT–Condor team from 2008 to 2015, and joined ONE Pro Cycling in 2016.[4] He was the 2009 British Road Race Champion.[5] He has raced in Europe and Australia. He rode for Great Britain in UCI World Cup track events. In 2006, he rode for the Recycling.co.uk team and in 2007 he signed for Navigators Insurance.
 House at the 2016 Tour of Britain | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Kristian House |
| Nickname | The Dude[1] |
| Born | 6 October 1979 Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom |
| Team information | |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Breakaway specialist[2] |
| Amateur teams | |
| 2003 | Team PCA Orbea Veneto Zeus |
| 2003 | Colombia–Selle Italia (stagiaire) |
| 2004 | Bendigo |
| 2005 | Midex T-Mobile |
| Professional teams | |
| 2006 | Recycling.co.uk |
| 2007 | Navigators Insurance |
| 2008–2015 | Rapha Condor–Recycling.co.uk |
| 2016–2017 | ONE Pro Cycling |
| Major wins | |
| One-day races and Classics | |
Kristian House was born in Britain but moved to the United States as a child, growing up initially in New Jersey and then Austin, Texas, where he began racing as a junior. At 17 he began racing in Belgium, where he stayed for two-and-a-half years. He was selected for the Great Britain Under-23 squad at the UCI Road World Championships in 2000 and 2001,[6] although he did not compete in 2000 after crashing out of Paris-Tours at the same corner as Jan Ullrich. After considering retiring from the sport at the age of 23 due to not securing a professional contract, he joined the Team GB track endurance squad after being introduced to team coach Simon Jones by John Herety, the manager of the British road team.[2]
After representing Britain in road and track world championships, he concentrated on road-racing in 2006 after joining the Recycling.co.uk team, now managed by Herety, and won ten races in Europe and Tasmania. They included Ireland's FBD Insurance Rás, where he overhauled Danny Pate. After one year with the American UCI Professional Continental team Navigators, House returned to the UK to link up with Herety again at Rapha Condor–Recycling.co.uk.[2]
In 2009 House became national road race champion in Abergavenny, having finished in the top five six times previously: initially joining the breakaway to provide anticipated support to his planned team leaders for the race, Chris Newton and Tom Southam, House was part of a trio alongside Dan Lloyd and Peter Kennaugh that caught race leader Chris Froome with 800 metres to go, before House won the sprint for the line. He remained with the Rapha Condor team until 2016, when he joined ONE Pro Cycling.[2] In April 2017 he announced that he would retire from competition at the end of the season.[7] In December of that year, JLT-Condor announced that House would be rejoining the team for the following year, taking up a role as the team's performance manager.[8]
House was granted the Freedom of the City of London in 2014.[9]
Major results edit
- 2000
- 1st Stars of Tomorrow Road Race
- 1st Essen–Diksmuide
- 1st Tielt
- 1st Wervik
- 1st Hollian
- 2nd Geluveld
- 2nd Westkerke
- 3rd Poperinge
- 3rd Leke–Diksmuide
- 2001
- 1st Nieuwekerken
- 1st Rumbeke
- 1st GP Harelbeke
- 1st Boezinge
- 2nd Chase Classic
- 2002
- 1st Overall Surrey 5-Day
- 1st Stage 2
- 2nd National Individual Pursuit Championships
- 3rd Castletown criterium
- 5th Manx Trophy
- 9th Havant International GP
- 2003
- 1st Stage 6b Herald Sun Tour
- 1st Western Australia Criterium Championships
- 1st Eemegem
- 2nd Castle criterium
- 2nd Dougland criterium
- 2nd Geeling – Botanic Gardens criterium
- 3rd Armadale criterium
- 3rd Nieuwekerken
- 3rd National Madison Championships
- 4th Overall Tour of Queensland
- 5th Manx Trophy
- 2004
- 2nd ECCA Festival senior road race
- 3rd Port Arlington Bay criterium
- 10th Overall Tour of Queensland
- 2005
- 1st Bendigo criterium
- 1st Kortrijk GP
- 1st Overall Tour of the South
- 1st KOM Cranbourne Chase stage race
- 2nd Omloop Van De Grensstreek
- 2nd GP Dadizele
- 2nd Ingelmunster
- 3rd Guildford Criterium
- 2006
- 1st
Overall FBD Insurance Rás
- 1st Stage 6 (TTT)
- 1st Overall Girvan cycle race
- 1st Stage 2
- 1st Lincoln GP
- 1st Stage 3 Tour de Bretagne Cycliste
- 8th Overall Boucles de la Mayenne
- 8th Overall Tour of Southland
- 1st Stage 9
- 2008
- 2nd East Yorkshire Classic[10]
- 2nd Overall Tour of the Reservoir[11]
- 7th Overall Grand Prix Cycliste de Gemenc
- 9th Overall Tour du Loir-et-Cher
- 2009
- 1st
Road race, National Road Championships - 2nd Rochdale Grand Prix Circuit Race[12]
- 6th Overall Mi-Août Bretonne
- 6th Overall Girvan Three Day[13]
- 1st Points classification
- 10th Overall Tour of Britain
- 2010
- 1st Day 2 La Primavera at Lago Vista
- 1st Stage 6 Tour of Japan
- 1st Richmond GP
- 3rd Overall Mi-Août Bretonne
- 2011
- 1st Overall Tour of South Africa
- 1st Stage 1
- 1st Stage 5 Vuelta Ciclista a León
- 2nd Grand Prix des Marbriers
- 3rd Roy Thame Cup[14]
- 6th Road race, National Road Championships
- 2012
- 1st Durham Stage Tour Series
- 1st
Mountains classification Tour of Britain - 3rd Lincoln GP
- 6th Tobago Cycling Classic
- 2013
- 1st Durham Stage Tour Series
- 5th Overall Tour du Loir-et-Cher
- 6th Road race, National Road Championships
- Overall Combativity award, Tour of Britain[2]
- 2014
- 1st Beaumont Trophy
- 1st Sheffield Grand Prix[15]
- 1st Prologue (TTT) Mzansi Tour
- 2015
- 1st Milk Race[16]
- 1st Round 4 – Motherwell, Tour Series[17]
- 5th Grand Prix des Marbriers
- 2016
- 1st Stage 3 New Zealand Cycle Classic
- 1st Stage 7 Tour de Korea
References edit
- ^ Hickmott, Larry (14 August 2009). "The Dude: Kristian House". British Cycling. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
- ^ a b c d e Cleverly, Ian (18 April 2017). "Kristian House: One More For the Road". Rouleur. Archived from the original on 7 June 2019. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
- ^ "Profile". velobios.co.
- ^ "New Riders for 2016". oneprocycling.com. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
- ^ "Olympic stars shocked in national". news.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ "Brits in the Under-23 World Road Race 1998-2007". Cycling Weekly. 23 September 2008. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
- ^ Pitt, Vern (27 April 2017). "Kristian House retires". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 18 May 2018 – via PressReader.
- ^ "Kristian House rejoins JLT Condor in new role". JLT–Condor. 11 December 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
- ^ "Grant awarded Freedom of the City". Condor Cycles. 3 June 2014. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
- ^ McManus, Gerry. "Russell wraps up Downing double". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
- ^ "Tour of the Reservoir". Rapha Condor–Recycling.co.uk. 31 March 2008. Archived from the original on 12 August 2010. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
- ^ "Rochdale Grand Prix Circuit Races". British Cycling. 17 June 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
- ^ "Marcin Bialoblocki wins the Girvan". Cycling Weekly. 13 April 2009. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
- ^ "Road: Moses Claims Roy Thame Cup". British Cycling. 12 March 2011. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
- ^ "Kristian House (Rapha Condor-JLT) wins penultimate round of the 2014 British Cycling Elite Circuit Series". British Cycling. 23 July 2014. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
- ^ "The Milk Race". British Cycling. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
- ^ Wynn, Nigel; Jones, Andy (27 May 2015). "Katie Archibald and Kristian House win in Motherwell Tour Series round (photos)". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
External links edit
- Kristian House interviewed by students
- Kristian House at ProCyclingStats