Brian Walton (cyclist)

Brian Walton
	Walton riding in the Canadian road champion jersey for 7-Eleven in the 1988 Tour de White Rock
Personal information
Born	December 18, 1965 (age 59); Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road; Track;
Role	Rider
Professional teams
1989–1992	7-Eleven
1993–2000	Saturn
Managerial team
2000–2003	Team Snow Valley
Medal record
Representing Canada
Men's track cycling
Olympic Games
Pan American Games
Men's road cycling
Pan American Games
Commonwealth Games

BrianWalton1989 — Walton's official 7-11 team press photo from 1989

Brian Clifford Walton (born December 18, 1965) is a Canadian cycling coach and former professional road and track cyclist. His racing career spanned 18 years, racing professionally for North American pro teams 7-Eleven, Motorola, and Saturn. He represented Canada at the Pan American Games, Commonwealth Games, and the Olympic Games in 1988, 1996 and 2000. He won a silver medal in the points race at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.^[1] Walton was inducted into the BC Sports Hall of Fame in 2006.

Walton is a former partner at Cadence Performance Cycling Center in Philadelphia. He now is the president of Walton Endurance.

Major results

Road

1988

1st

Road race, National Road Championships

1st Gastown Grand Prix

1989

1st Overall Milk Race

1st Stage 9b

6th Overall Tour of Ireland

1990

1st Stage 5b (ITT) Tour of the Basque Country

1st Stage 4 International Cycling Classic

2nd Cholet-Pays de Loire

3rd GP Eddy Merckx

8th Overall Tour Méditerranéen

1991

1st Overall Bayern Rundfahrt

1st Prologue, Stages 2b & 4

1st Stage 4 International Cycling Classic

1992

7th GP Eddy Merckx

1993

2nd Overall Herald Sun Tour

1st Stage 13

1994

1st Tour de White Rock

3rd Overall Cascade Classic

3rd Philadelphia International Championship

1995

1st

Road race, Pan American Games

1st Tour de White Rock

3rd Overall Valley of the Sun Stage Race

1st Stage 2

3rd Overall West Virginia Classic

4th Philadelphia International Championship

1996

5th Overall Herald Sun Tour

6th Overall Tour of China

1997

1st Stage 8 Tour de Langkawi

2nd Time trial, National Road Championships

2nd Overall Fitchburg Longsjo Classic

6th Overall Circuit des Mines

1st Stage 2

9th Overall Peace Race

1998

1st Fyen Rundt

National Road Championships

2nd Road race

2nd Time trial

3rd Overall Fitchburg Longsjo Classic

1st Prologue

6th Road race, Commonwealth Games

9th Overall Tour of Japan

1999

1st

Road race, Pan American Games

Tour of Japan

1st Points classification

1st Stage 6

2nd Time trial, National Road Championships

2nd Philadelphia International Championship

7th Overall Tour de Beauce

2000

3rd Road race, National Road Championships

5th First Union Wilmington Classic

6th Overall Tour de Slovénie

Track

1983

1st

Points race, National Championships

1984

1st

Points race, National Championships

1994

3rd

Scratch, Commonwealth Games

1995

Pan American Games

1st

Points race

3rd

Individual pursuit

1996: 2nd Points race, Summer Olympics
1997: 1st Points race, Trexlertown, UCI World Cup
1998: 1st Points race, Victoria, UCI World Cup
1999: 1st Points race, Manchester, UCI World Cup

References

^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Brian Walton Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on June 24, 2010. Retrieved July 5, 2016.