# Shane Sutton

Shane Edwin Sutton OBE (born 13 June 1957 in Moree, New South Wales) is an Australian-born former professional racing cyclist and cycling coach.

## Racing career

He rode under Phil Griffiths as a member of the first British-based professional team to enter the Tour de France in 1987 and went on to win the 1990 Milk Race. Sutton was also one of the four men to win gold in the team pursuit for Australia at the 1978 Commonwealth Games along with his brother, Gary Sutton.

## Coaching career

After retiring Shane worked as a coach with Welsh Cycling, taking the team to a successful Manchester Commonwealth Games before joining the British Cycling set-up in 2002. He was also employed as head coach at Team Sky but scaled back his involvement to become a part-time performance adviser for the professional team in 2013. Following the departure of Dave Brailsford from his role as British Cycling's Performance Director in April 2014, Sutton was promoted from his previous position as head coach to the newly created role of Technical Director.
Sutton resigned from British Cycling in 2016, after allegations of discrimination were made against him by Paralympic gold medalist Darren Kenny and cyclist Jessica Varnish. An internal investigation by British Cycling upheld one of nine accusations of discriminatory language against Varnish. UK Sport, the UK national sport funding body, expressed serious concerns over British Cycling's handling of the investigation.
During 2017 and 2018, Sutton was head coach for the national Chinese track cycling team.

## Awards

Shane was awarded the accolade of Sports Council for Wales' (now Sport Wales) Coach of the Year Award in 1998.
Sutton won the "Coach of the Year Award" at the sports coach UK Coaching Awards in December 2008. He was also one of seven coaches to win a "High Performance Coach of the Year" award.
Sutton was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2010 Birthday Honours.

## Results
### 1978

    Team Pursuit Commonwealth Games (with Colin Fitzgerald, Kevin Nichols and Gary Sutton)

### 1981

    5th Herald Sun Tour
    Fastest time Goulburn to Sydney Classic

### 1982

    55th World Road Race Championships
    1st Bendigo International Madison (with Danny Clark)

### 1983

    3rd Australian National Road Race Championships
    1st Herald Sun Tour
       1st Stage 2, Herald Sun Tour
       1st Stage 6, Herald Sun Tour
       1st Stage 11, Herald Sun Tour
       1st Stage 16, Herald Sun Tour
    1st Bendigo International Madison (with Gary Sutton)
    1st and fastest time Goulburn to Sydney Classic

### 1984

    3rd Australian National Road Race Championships
    5th Beeston
    1st Newport
    1st Stage 10, Griffin 1000
    8th Herald Sun Tour
       1st Stage 2, Herald Sun Tour

### 1985

    3rd Sealink International
       1st Stage 8, Sealink International

### 1986

    3rd Milk Race

### 1987

    9th Norwich Spring Classic
    15th Tour of Ireland
       1st Stage 18, Herald Sun Tour

### 1988

    10th Milk Race
    5th Herald Sun Tour
       1st Stage 8, Herald Sun Tour

### 1989

    9th Herald Sun Tour
       1st Stage 5, Herald Sun Tour
       2nd Stage 10, Herald Sun Tour
1990
    1st in General Classification Milk Race
       1st Stage 3, Milk Race

### 1991

    4th Mazda Alpine Tour

### 1993

    3rd British National Road Race Championships