Draft:Callum Thornley

Callum Thornley (born 5 August 2003) is a Scottish cyclist. He rides for Trinity Racing.

Early life
He is from Peebles, in the Scottish Borders, and started mountain-biking from the age of eight years-old and competed at Glentress as a youngster at 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 youngster enabled him to watch the Tour de France live in the mountains.

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

He finished second in the under-23s’ time-trial at the British National Time Trial Championships in Dumfries in June 2022. That year, he was riding for Wheelbase CabTech Castelli, before signing for Trinity Racing for 2023.

In 2023, he was selected for the British team to compete in the U23 time trial at the 2023 UCI Cycling World Championships in Glasgow. He finished in fourteenth place.

In April 2024, he finished tenth at the Paris–Roubaix Espoirs.