Daniel McLay

Daniel "Dan" McLay (born 3 January 1992) is a British racing cyclist, competing in road, track and cyclo-cross, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam. His first season as a professional was 2015, racing for French pro-continental and 2014 Tour de France wildcard outfit. Primarily a sprinter, McLay is also competent in the Flemish racing scene and has a particular affinity to the Northern Classics. He was named in the start list for the 2016 Tour de France.

Junior career
Born in Wellington, New Zealand, McLay moved to the United Kingdom as an infant and was brought up in Leicester. McLay began cycling competitively at the age of six. Following his success as under 16 rider at the British National Track Championships, he represented Great Britain at the 2007 European Youth Olympic Festival, competing in the criterium and road race events. He says that he was not very good at sports that require coordination as a school-boy and thus this fuelled his desire to continue competing in cycling.

McLay was selected to represent Britain at the Junior European Cyclo-cross Championships in 2008, where he finished last.

In 2009, McLay became a member of British Cycling's Olympic Academy. McLay went on to win the bronze medal in the Madison at the UEC European Track Championships with partner Sam Harrison. He also represented Great Britain at the 2009 Junior UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships.

In 2010 he became World Champion in the Junior World Madison Track Championships, with Simon Yates.

In 2014 he won a stage of the Tour de l'Avenir (The Tour of the Future). He also came seventh in Tour of Britain stages, a strong showing given that sprinters such as Mark Cavendish, Marcel Kittel, Mark Renshaw and Adam Blythe were also competing, although he said that seventh was not a representation of what he could have achieved.

Bretagne–Séché Environnement (2015–17)
He signed for the professional continental team for the 2015 season. He won his first professional victory in Stage 3 of La Tropicale Amissa Bongo. In the first UCI World Tour race of his career, Paris–Nice, McLay came eighth in stage 5.

His second professional win came at the 2016 Grand Prix de Denain, a French 1.HC race, weaving his way from distance through the centre of the bunch to win it on the line. His second win came a month later in the Grand Prix de la Somme, beating Nacer Bouhanni into 2nd place. Due to those two wins, McLay was selected to take part in his first Tour de France, and finished in the Top 10 in his first sprint finish. After another two top 10 finishes, McLay finished on the podium on Stage 6 behind Mark Cavendish and Marcel Kittel.

In October 2017 McLay won the Tour de l'Eurométropole, pipping Anthony Turgis to the line after Turgis started his celebration early following a solo attack from the front group.

EF Education First–Drapac (2018–19)
After his Tour de l'Eurométropole win, it was announced that McLay would join the WorldTour peloton by signing with for the 2018 season.

Road

 * 2010
 * National Junior Championships
 * 1st MaillotReinoUnido.PNG Road race
 * 2nd Time trial
 * 1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Junior Tour of Wales
 * 2nd Paris–Roubaix Juniors
 * 6th Overall Driedaagse van Axel
 * 1st Stage 1


 * 2011
 * 1st Grand Prix de Waregem
 * 6th Dorpenomloop Rucphen


 * 2012
 * 1st De Drie Zustersteden
 * 1st Grand Prix José Dubois
 * 2nd Kernen Omloop Echt-Susteren


 * 2013
 * 2nd Dorpenomloop Rucphen
 * 4th Time trial, National Under-23 Championships
 * 4th Paris–Chauny
 * 5th Ster van Zwolle
 * 5th Textielprijs Vichte
 * 6th Overall Paris–Arras Tour


 * 2014
 * 1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Ronde van Oost-Vlaanderen
 * 1st Stage 2
 * Tour de Normandie
 * 1st Jersey green.svg Points classification
 * 1st Stage 3
 * 1st Stage 3 Tour de l'Avenir
 * 2nd Dorpenomloop Rucphen
 * 3rd Time trial, National Under-23 Championships
 * 4th Overall Paris–Arras Tour
 * 1st Stage 3
 * 5th Grand Prix de la ville de Pérenchies
 * 7th Paris–Tours Espoirs
 * 10th Beaumont Trophy


 * 2015 (1 pro win)
 * 1st Otley Grand Prix
 * 1st Stage 3 La Tropicale Amissa Bongo
 * 6th Brussels Cycling Classic
 * 7th Paris–Bourges
 * 8th Overall Tour de Picardie
 * 8th Velothon Berlin


 * 2016 (2)
 * 1st Grand Prix de Denain
 * 1st Grand Prix de la Somme
 * 4th Grand Prix d'Isbergues
 * 5th Overall Tour de Picardie
 * 10th Overall Boucles de la Mayenne
 * 10th Scheldeprijs


 * 2017 (2)
 * 1st Tour de l'Eurométropole
 * 1st Trofeo Playa de Palma
 * 3rd Trofeo Felanitx–Ses Salines–Campos–Porreres


 * 2018 (1)
 * 1st Stage 4 Circuit de la Sarthe


 * 2019 (2)
 * 1st Stage 1 Herald Sun Tour
 * 1st Stage 2 Tour of Guangxi


 * 2020 (2)
 * Volta a Portugal
 * 1st Stages 5 & 6
 * 8th Bretagne Classic


 * 2021
 * 2nd Ronde van Limburg
 * 6th Paris–Bourges
 * 7th Elfstedenronde
 * 8th Overall Boucles de la Mayenne
 * 9th Circuit de Wallonie


 * 2022
 * 4th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
 * 4th Heistse Pijl
 * 7th Scheldeprijs


 * 2023
 * 4th Paris–Chauny
 * 10th Gent–Wevelgem


 * 2024
 * 10th Surf Coast Classic

Track

 * 2008
 * 1st MaillotReinoUnido.PNG Scratch, National Junior Championships


 * 2009
 * National Junior Championships
 * 1st MaillotReinoUnido.PNG Madison (with George Atkins)
 * 1st MaillotReinoUnido.PNG Points race
 * 2nd Kilo
 * 3rd Individual pursuit
 * 3rd Scratch
 * 3rd Bronze medal europe.svg Madison, UEC European Junior Championships (with Sam Harrison)


 * 2010
 * UCI World Junior Championships
 * 1st Rainbow Jersey Track.svg Madison (with Simon Yates)
 * 2nd Silver medal uci.svg Team pursuit
 * National Junior Championships
 * 1st MaillotReinoUnido.PNG Scratch
 * 2nd Individual pursuit
 * 2nd Madison, National Championships (with Sam Harrison)

Cyclo-cross

 * 2008–2009
 * 3rd National Junior Championships


 * 2009–2010
 * 3rd Junior Bredene