Callum Thornley

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Callum Thornley
Thornley at the 2024 Tour of Britain
Personal information
Born (2003-08-05) 5 August 2003
Edinburgh, Scotland
Height1.9 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight76 kg (168 lb)
Team information
Current teamRed Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe Rookies
Disciplines
  • Road
RoleRider
Amateur team
2022Wheelbase CabTech Castelli
Professional teams
2023–2024Trinity Racing
2025Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe Rookies
2026-Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe

Callum Thornley (born 5 August 2003) is a Scottish cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTour team Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe.[1]

Early life

Thornley is from Peebles in the Scottish Borders. He started mountain-biking at the age of eight and competed at Glentress as a youngster in races organised by Peebles Cycling Club. He raced on the road for the first time as a 16 year-old, but has been interested in road cycling since a family holiday to France as a child enabled him to watch the Tour de France live in the mountains. He's often referred to in close circles as ‘Big Cal’.[2]

Career

He was a stage winner and second overall at the Youth Tour of Errigal in Ireland in 2019.[3] That year, he also competed in the Scottish National Madison Championships, and won the silver medal in the boys' Madison alongside Alexander Gibb.[4]

Thornley finished second in the under-23 time-trial at the British National Time Trial Championships in Dumfries in June 2022.[5][6] That year, he was riding for Wheelbase CabTech Castelli, before signing for Trinity Racing for 2023.[7][8]

In 2023, he was selected by the British team to compete in the under-23 time trial at the 2023 UCI Road World Championships in Glasgow.[9] He finished in fourteenth place.[10]

In April 2024, Thornley finished tenth at the Paris–Roubaix Espoirs.[11] He raced in the Giro d'Italia Next Gen, finishing fifth in the stage one time-trial and second on stage seven.[12][13] He finished ninth in the Points Classification and 11th in the Mountains Classification, and 56th overall.[1] In August, he rode in the Ronde van de Achterhoek, finishing ninth.[14] He was selected to ride the Tour of Britain in September, the first stage of which took place on home roads in the Scottish Borders.[15] Thornley comfortably won the Mountains Classification after strong rides on stages one and two.[16]

On 17 September 2024 it was announced that Thornley would represent Great Britain in the under-23 men's road race at the 2024 UCI Road World Championships in Zurich.[17]

In June 2025, he won the men's U23 race at the British National Time Trial Championships.[18][19]

Major results

2022
2nd Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
2024
1st Mountains classification, Tour of Britain
9th Ronde van de Achterhoek
10th Paris–Roubaix Espoirs
2025 (1 pro win)
National Under-23 Road Championships
1st Time trial
2nd Road race
1st Piccolo Giro di Lombardia
Sibiu Cycling Tour
1st Points classification
1st Stage 4 (ITT)
3rd Overall Istrian Spring Tour
4th Poreč Trophy
5th Time trial, UCI Road World Under-23 Championships
10th Overall Giro Next Gen

References

  1. "Callum Thornley". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
  2. Hood, Ed (5 June 2021). "Callum Thornley – "The road is where my ambitions lay"". Velo Veritas. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
  3. "Summer of success in the saddle for Peebleshire cyclists". Border Telegraph. 8 August 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
  4. "RACE REPORT: SCOTTISH NATIONAL MADISON CHAMPIONSHIPS 2019". British Cycling. 9 December 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
  5. "Result: 2022 British TT Championships". VeloUK. LH Publishing. 23 June 2022. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
  6. Challis, Dan (21 July 2023). "Peebles cyclist Callum Thornley saddling up for first season with new team". Southern Reporter. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
  7. Beavis, Jack (31 August 2023). "Wheelbase CabTech Castelli: the original elite development team". The British Continental. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
  8. "News: Trinity Announces 2023 Team". Velouk. 10 February 2024. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
  9. "Peebles' duo Isla Short and Callum Thornley up for challenge". Peebleshire News. 21 July 2023. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
  10. "UNDER-23 TT, CYCLING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS: BRONZE FOR AUSTRALIA'S HAMISH MCKENZIE". Ride Media. 10 August 2023. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
  11. "Paris-Roubaix Espoirs April 7, 2024 classification". Velo Presse Collection. 7 April 2024. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
  12. "Jacob Söderqvist wins Stage 1 of the Giro Next Gen 2024". Giro Next Gen. 9 June 2024. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
  13. "Huub Artz wins Stage 7 of the Giro Next Gen 2024". Giro Next Gen. 15 June 2024. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
  14. "Erin takes the world by storm". Scottish Cycling. 27 August 2024. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
  15. "LLOYDS BANK TOUR OF BRITAIN MEN PROVISIONAL START LIST ANNOUNCED". British Cycling. 1 September 2024. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  16. "Thornley and Onley on podium at excellent Tour of Britain". Scottish Cycling. 9 September 2024. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
  17. "16 Olympic and Paralympic medallists to represent Great Britain at 2024 UCI Road and Para-cycling Road World Championships". British Cycling. 17 September 2024. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
  18. Shrubshall, James (26 June 2025). "'It's not quite home, but it's still home' - Zoe Bäcktstedt romps to first elite national time trial victory on Welsh roads". Cycling Weekly.
  19. "Zoe Backstedt secures popular victory on home soil at the Lloyds National Time Trial Championships". British Cycling. 25 June 2025.