Simon Clarke

Simon Clarke (born 18 July 1986) is an Australian former professional road racing cyclist, who last rode for UCI WorldTeam . He previously rode for the and (2012–2015) teams in the UCI World Tour. Before turning professional, Clarke competed in track cycling as an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder. He is not related to fellow Australian cyclist and past teammate Will Clarke.

After retiring from professional cycling after the 2026 Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race, Clarke joined his team's performance staff.

Professional career At the 2012 Vuelta a España, Clarke won the fourth stage of the race, after being a part of an early breakaway that made it home on the mountainous race. The only other survivor of the break was 's Tony Martin, whom Clarke out sprinted to claim his first professional victory. During the twentieth stage, Clarke placed first at the first three of five categorised climbs, to win the most combative rider for the stage and to secure himself the blue polka-dot jersey, as winner of the mountains classification.

In September 2015, it was announced that Clarke would join for the 2016 season. He was added to Australia's roster for the 2016 Summer Olympics, replacing Simon Gerrans , who had crashed out of the Tour de France.

In November 2020, it was announced that Clarke would join the team for the 2021 season. Clarke won the fifth stage of the 2022 Tour de France. He joined the winning breakaway group on a stage that included eleven sections of cobbles, many of which were unfamiliar sections that had never been used in the Tour or Paris–Roubaix. As the third week began he was forced to quit the Tour for the first time in his career, due to a positive COVID test.

In 2024, Australian pro-Palestinian protesters disrupted Clarke during the Australian National Championships because of his affiliation with Israel–Premier Tech.

Major results

2004

2005 5th Gran Premio Industrie del Marmo 8th Melbourne to Warrnambool Classic 10th Overall Giro delle Regioni 2006 1st Madison, National Junior Track Championships 4th Overall Giro delle Regioni 5th Trofeo Città di Brescia 7th Overall Vuelta a Navarra 1st Stage 4 8th Overall Herald Sun Tour 8th Overall Tour Down Under 9th Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23 2007 2nd Gran Premio Palio del Recioto 3rd Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships 3rd Down Under Classic 3rd GP Liberazione 6th Overall Tour of Britain 7th Overall Herald Sun Tour 1st Young rider classification 7th Overall Circuito Montañés 8th Giro del Mendrisiotto 8th GP Capodarco 10th Overall Tour Down Under 1st Young rider classification 2008 1st Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships 1st Trofeo Città di San Vendemiano 1st Stage 4 Tour of Japan 2nd GP Capodarco 2nd La Côte Picarde 2nd Trofeo Alcide Degasperi 4th Ronde Van Vlaanderen Beloften 6th Overall Tour of Ireland 7th Trofeo Città di Castelfidardo 2009 8th Overall Tour of Britain 8th Gran Premio dell'Insubria-Lugano 8th Trofeo Laigueglia 10th Memorial Cimurri 2010 4th GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano 2011 5th Coppa Ugo Agostoni 5th Tre Valli Varesine 7th Giro del Friuli 7th Vattenfall Cyclassics 10th Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec 2012 (1 pro win) Vuelta a España 1st Mountains classification 1st Stage 4 2nd Overall Tour of Norway 2nd Rogaland GP 5th Overall Tour du Haut Var 7th Japan Cup 2013 1st Stage 4 (TTT) Tour de France 7th Road race, UCI Road World Championships 2014 (2) 1st Overall Herald Sun Tour 1st Stage 2 4th Gran Premio Città di Camaiore 2015 Giro d'Italia 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Held after Stage 4 2nd Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race 4th Overall Herald Sun Tour 10th International Road Cycling Challenge 10th Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia 2016 (1) 1st GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano 2017 6th GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano 2018 (1) 1st Stage 5 Vuelta a España 8th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía 2019 2nd Overall Tour de la Provence 1st Points classification 2nd Amstel Gold Race 8th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico 8th Strade Bianche 9th Overall BinckBank Tour 9th Milan–San Remo 2020 (1) 1st La Drôme Classic 2021 5th La Drôme Classic 5th Primus Classic 8th Strade Bianche 2022 (1) 1st Stage 5 Tour de France 3rd GP Miguel Induráin 3rd Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana 5th Trofeo Calvià 6th Trofeo Pollença–Port d'Andratx 2023 2nd Road race, National Road Championships 2nd Vuelta a Murcia 3rd Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race 5th Dwars door het Hageland 8th La Drôme Classic Combativity award Stage 6 Giro d'Italia 2024 6th Overall Tour de Wallonie

Grand Tour general classification results timeline Grand Tour 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 20242025 Giro d'Italia — — — 63 67 — — — 75 — — DNF 97117 Tour de France — 68 113 — — 86 100 61 — 123 DNF 109 —— Vuelta a España 77 69 70 — DNF 74 46 — — — — — ——

+ Legend—Did not compete DSQ Disqualified DNF Did not finish IP In progress