Cycling

Cycling stars

Derby Arena is the Midlands hub for track cycling and our elite team of track riders attend weekly sessions at the velodrome. With the additional support services package available, our programme is a fantastic opportunity for track cyclists to study and develop as athletes.

In 2017, our men's team won the overall men's team gold in the British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) track championships. Other successes include:

• October 2021 and October 2019 Corinne Side, University of Derby student, won BUCS Hill Climb event gold medal
• October 2020 Daniel Slack, University of Derby student, won a World Junior silver medal while representing Great Britain in the Downhill Mountain Bike event
• BUCS 2018 on the track: gold in the individual pursuit and elimination, silver medallist in the team pursuit, bronze medallist in the kilo event
• BUCS 2017 on the track: gold and bronze medallists in the individual pursuit, gold in the team pursuit, gold in the kilometre time trial, gold and silver in the elimination, bronze in the team sprint, silver in the points race and gold in the overall team event
• BUCS 2017 individual pursuit record of four minutes 17.217 seconds
• BUCS 2017 team pursuit record, smashing the previous record by 11 seconds in a time of four minutes 11.640 seconds
• BUCS 2016 on the track: bronze in the individual pursuit, silver in the team pursuit, gold in the elimination and bronze in the overall team event
• BUCS 2016 on the road: bronze in the 25-mile TT time-trial

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Our cycling scholars

Daniel Cooper is studying BSc Sport Therapy and Rehabilitation and represented Great Britain as a youth and junior cyclist for four years, competing at the World Championships and European Championships in 2018 and 2019. In 2019 he became National Junior Sprint Champion.

Corinne Side is studying BSc Sport and Exercise Science. Before coming to Derby she represented Great Britain at the Junior Cup race in the Netherlands and was selected for the Junior Road Race World Championships in Austria. She was also the Junior National Hill Climb Champion and came second in the Junior Women’s National Road Series.

Cycling support services

• Invitational pre-season
• Two-track sessions per week (September to December). Including additional road sessions
• Two sport-specific strength and conditioning sessions in the high-performance gym
• Individual screening and testing pre and post-season
• Physiotherapy sessions
• Option to join our on-campus Nuffield Health gym for £99 a year
• Performance sports workshops, including 'the importance of sleep', 'time management' and 'nutritional support'
• Access to bespoke cycling coaching (if required)

Head Coach - Phil Kilpatrick

Phil Kilpatrick is our cycling performance programme head coach. With a varied background in sport, education and fitness, Phil brings a well rounded approach to support cycling athletes on their development pathway. He is a qualified road and track coach with British cycling and competes on track for Velospeed Coaching. 

Contact

If you would like to find out more about the programme, please contact sportsscholars@derby.ac.uk