{{short description|British racing cyclist}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}} {{Infobox cyclist | name = Rob Partridge | image = Rob Partridge.jpg | fullname = Robert Lloyd Partridge | nickname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1985|9|11|df=yes}} | birth_place = Wrexham, Wales | height = | weight = | currentteam = Retired | discipline = Road | role = Rider | ridertype = | amateuryears1 = | amateurteam1 = | proyears1 = 2006–2008 | proteam1 = {{UCI team code|RCS|2006}} | proyears2 = 2009 | proteam2 = {{UCI team code|HAF|2009}}<ref name="cyclingwebsite">{{cite web | url=http://www.cyclingwebsite.net/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=25393 | title=Robert Partridge | publisher=Cycling Website | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100619061700/http://cyclingwebsite.net/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=25393 | archivedate=19 June 2010 }}</ref> | proyears3 = 2010–2012 | proteam3 = {{UCI team code|EDR|2010}} | proyears4 = 2013 | proteam4 = {{UCI team code|UKY|2013}} | proyears5 = 2014 | proteam5 = {{UCI team code|VGR|2014}} | proyears6 = 2015–2016 | proteam6 = {{UCI team code|NPC|2015}} | proyears7 = 2017 | proteam7 = {{UCI team code|BIK|2017}} | majorwins = }} '''Robert Lloyd "Rob" Partridge''' (born 11 September 1985)<ref name="cyclingwebsite" /> is a Welsh former professional cyclist from Wrexham, Wales. He represented Wales in the 2006 Commonwealth Games.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://recyclingteam.com/robpartridge.html|title=Rob Partridge|publisher=recycling.co.uk}}</ref> Inspired after watching the Tour de France on television, he joined the Wrexham Roads Club at an early age.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.raphacondorrecycling.cc/riders/rob-partridge |title=riders » Rob Partridge |publisher=Rapha Condor recycling.co.uk |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080428152850/http://www.raphacondorrecycling.cc/riders/rob-partridge |archivedate=28 April 2008 }}</ref> Partridge rode for the {{UCI team code|EDR|2012}} team from 2010 to 2012 and rode for the {{UCI team code|RCS|2008}} team in 2008 and Team Halfords Bikehut in 2009. He was living with the Under 23 GB Squad in Quarrata, Tuscany until June 2007.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/rides/Flintshire_North_Wales_with_Rob_Partridge_article_151301.html |title=FLINTSHIRE, NORTH WALES, WITH ROB PARTRIDGE|publisher=Cycling Weekly|date=24 October 2007}}</ref>
He joined {{UCI team code|UKY|2013}} for 2013.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.velouk.net/2012/11/09/team-news-2013-line-up-for-uk-youth-revealed/ |title=Team News: 2013 Line-up for UK Youth Revealed |publisher=VeloUK.net |accessdate=19 April 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130206014639/http://www.velouk.net/2012/11/09/team-news-2013-line-up-for-uk-youth-revealed/ |archivedate=6 February 2013 }}</ref> When the team folded at the end of the year he moved to {{UCI team code|VGR|2014}} for the 2014 season.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest-news/velosure-giordana-racing-team-for-2014-22661 |title=Velosure-Giordana racing team for 2014 |last1=Wynn |first1=Nigel|date=16 April 2014 |website=Cycling Weekly|accessdate=16 June 2014}}</ref> After one season Partridge was announced as a member of the {{UCI team code|NPC|2015}} squad for the 2015 season.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest-news/garmin-sharps-steele-von-hoff-joins-nfto-2015-148839 |title=Garmin-Sharp’s Steele Von Hoff joins NFTO for 2015 |last1=Bull |first1=Nick |date=11 December 2014 |website=Cycling Weekly|accessdate=11 December 2014}}</ref>
==Major results== {{div col|colwidth=30em}} ;2003 : 1st Corrado GP (National Junior Series Event) ;2004 : 4th Road race, Welsh Road Championships ;2005 : 5th Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships ;2006 : 2nd Overall Girvan Three Day ::1st Stage 1 : 2nd Beaumont Tour : 3rd Tour of the South ;2007 : 1st 20px Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships : 2nd Tour of Pendle – Premier Calendar Series : 3rd Milano – Busseto ;2008 : 1st Road race, Welsh Road Championships : 2nd Overall Girvan Three Day ::1st Stage 3 : 3rd Overall Rás Tailteann : 4th Overall Bikeline 2 Day<ref>{{cite web |url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road.php?id=road/UK/2008/mar08/mar16-bikeline-stagerace |title=Bikeline Two Day 2008|website=cyclingnews.com |accessdate=16 June 2014}}</ref> : 5th Overall Tour of the Reservoir<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.raphacondor.cc/news/tour-of-the-reservoir |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100812082543/http://www.raphacondor.cc/news/tour-of-the-reservoir |url-status=dead |archive-date=12 August 2010 |title=Tour of the Reservoir |date=31 March 2008 |website=Rapha Condor-JLT |accessdate=17 June 2014 }}</ref> : 5th Clayton Velo Spring Classic<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/events/details/12101/Clayton-Velo-Spring-Classic-Handicap#results |title=Clayton Velo Spring Classic Handicap|website=British Cycling|accessdate=15 June 2014}}</ref> ;2009 : 1st Road race, Welsh Road Championships<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/racing/349986/regional-road-race-championships-round-up.html| title=Regional Road Race Championships: Round-up| publisher=Cycling Weekly| author=Andy McGrath & Andrew Canning| date=10 June 2009}}</ref> : 3rd Tour of the Reservoir<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/search/article/roa20090603-road-Tennant-Hangs-on-To-Win-Tour-of-Reservoir-0 |title=Tennant Hangs on To Win Tour of Reservoir |last1=Kennedy |first1=Andrew|date=29 March 2009 |website=British Cycling|accessdate=13 June 2014}}</ref> : 9th Warwick Town Centre Race<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest-news/wilkinson-wins-in-warwick-66466 |title=Wilkinson wins in Warwick|date=7 September 2009 |website=Cycling Weekly |accessdate=15 June 2014}}</ref> ;2010 : 1st Ryedale Grand Prix : 5th East Yorkshire Classic<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/road/article/roa20100717-Report--East-Yorkshire-Classic-0 |title=Report: East Yorkshire Classic |last1=Hickmott |first1=Larry|date=18 July 2016 |website=British Cycling |access-date=9 October 2016}}</ref> : 6th Overall Rás Tailteann : 6th Chas Messenger Road Race<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/road/article/roa20100429-Report--Chas-Messenger-RR-0 |title=Report: Chas Messenger Road Race |last1=Hickmott |first1=Larry|date=17 June 2014 |website=British Cycling |accessdate=17 June 2014}}</ref> : 8th Overall Tour of Britain : 10th Blackpool Nocturne<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/events/details/18305/Blackpool-Nocturne#results |title=Blackpool Nocturne|website=British Cycling |accessdate=17 June 2014}}</ref> ;2011 : 1st Round 6, Tour Series : 7th East Yorkshire Classic<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/hunt-triumphs-at-east-yorkshire-classic-49854 |title=Hunt triumphs at East Yorkshire Classic |last1=Hunt |first1=Andy |date=1 August 2011 |website=Cycling Weekly |access-date=9 October 2016}}</ref> : 9th Overall Cinturón a Mallorca ;2012 : 1st Mountains classification Tour de Bretagne : 9th Overall Tour Doon Hame<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/events/details/77501/Tour-Doon-Hame |title=Tour Doon Hame|date=8 April 2012 |website=British Cycling |access-date=5 August 2015}}</ref> ;2013 : 2nd Perfs Pedal Race<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/events/details/84082/Perfs-Pedal-Road-Race |title=Perfs Pedal Road Race|website=British Cycling|access-date=12 February 2015}}</ref> : 6th Ryedale Grand Prix<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/events/details/86945/The-Ryedale-Grand-Prix-(incorporating-the-National-Junior-Women's-RR-Championships) |title=The Ryedale Grand Prix (incorporating the National Junior Women's RR Championships)|date=28 July 2013 |website=British Cycling|access-date=26 July 2015}}</ref> ;2014 : 1st Jock Wadley Memorial Road Race<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/mobile/sport/other-sports/cycling/yorkshire-riders-on-top-at-home-and-abroad-1-6487787 |title=Yorkshire riders on top at home and abroad|date=14 April 2014 |website=The Yorkshire Post |accessdate=16 June 2014}}</ref> : 3rd Eddie Soens Memorial<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/events/details/103830/53rd-Eddie-Soens-Memorial-Cycle-Race#results |title=53rd Eddie Soens Memorial Cycle Race|website=British Cycling |accessdate=16 June 2014}}</ref> : 4th Ryedale Grand Prix<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/events/details/105371/The-Ryedale-Grand-Prix-inc-The-Peter-Longbottom-Memorial#results |title=The Ryedale Grand Prix inc The Peter Longbottom Memorial|website=British Cycling|accessdate=7 August 2014}}</ref> : 7th Road race, National Road Championships<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/british-road-championships-2014/road-race-men/results |title=Kennaugh beats Swift to British national road title|date=30 June 2014 |website=cyclingnews.com |accessdate=1 January 2015}}</ref> : 9th Stafford GP<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/road/article/roa20140802-road-Morgan-Kneisky--Team-Raleigh--wins-2014-Stafford-Grand-Prix-0 |title=Morgan Kneisky (Team Raleigh) wins 2014 Stafford Grand Prix |last1=Whitehouse |first1=Andy|date=2 August 2014 |website=British Cycling|accessdate=5 August 2014}}</ref> ;2015 : 4th Overall Rás Tailteann : 5th Betty Pharoah Memorial Legstretchers Road Race<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/events/details/121609/The-Betty-Pharoah-Memorial-Legstretchers-Road-Races |title=The Betty Pharoah Memorial Legstretchers Road Races|date=22 March 2015 |website=British Cycling |access-date=28 March 2015}}</ref> : 6th Severn Bridge Road Race<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/events/details/122055/43rd-Severn-Bridge---BW-Cycling-Road-Race |title=43rd Severn Bridge - BW Cycling Road Race|date=1 March 2015 |website=British Cycling |access-date=7 March 2016}}</ref> : 10th Grand Prix of Wales<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/events/details/127060/Grand-Prix-of-Wales-2015 |title=Grand Prix of Wales 2015|date=9 August 2015 |website=British Cycling|access-date=16 August 2015}}</ref> ;2016 : 4th Scorpion CS Road Race<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/events/details/140671/Scorpion-CS-Road-Race |title=Appleby sprints clear of breakaway trio to take inaugural Scorpion CS RR |last1=Goddard |first1=Ben |date=20 March 2016 |website=British Cycling|access-date=21 March 2016}}</ref> : 5th Severn Bridge Road Race<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/events/details/140289/44th-Severn-Bridge---BW-Cycling-Road-Race |title=Dale Appleby takes Severn Bridge Road Race win|date=6 March 2016 |website=British Cycling|access-date=7 March 2016}}</ref> ;2017 : 7th Rad am Ring {{div col end}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Partridge, Rob}} Category:1985 births Category:Living people Category:Welsh male cyclists Category:British male cyclists Category:Cyclists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Category:Commonwealth Games cyclists for Wales Category:Sportspeople from Wrexham Category:21st-century British sportsmen