William Clarke

William Clarke (born 11 April 1985) is an Australian professional road racing cyclist, who most recently rode for UCI WorldTeam . He is not related to fellow Australian cyclist and past teammate Simon Clarke. William Clarke is a descendant of Australian politician and businessman William John Turner Clarke.

Career Clarke was born, raised, and resides on his family's farm near Campbell Town, Tasmania, Australia. Clarke rode as a stagiaire with in 2010 in the UCI World Tour, while signed to (2008–2010) in the UCI Oceania Tour. He moved to a UCI ProTeam full-time in 2011 for , before spending a season at both in 2012, and in 2013.

Clarke then moved to the team in 2014, as the team moved up to the Professional Continental level.

Major results

2008 1st Goulburn to Sydney Classic 2009 5th Time trial, Oceania Road Championships 2010 3rd Overall Tour de Taiwan 4th Time trial, National Road Championships 2012 1st Stage 2 Tour Down Under 1st Prologue Tour of Japan 5th Road race, National Road Championships 8th Rund um Köln 2014 Tour of Iran

1st Stage 2 1st Stage 1 (ITT) Tour of Japan 1st Prologue Tour de Kumano

5th Time trial, National Road Championships 10th Overall Herald Sun Tour 2015 1st Prologue Herald Sun Tour 2016 Tour de Taiwan 1st Stages 1 & 4 1st Stage 3 Volta a Portugal 1st Prologue Herald Sun Tour 1st Prologue Tour of Austria

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

+ Legend — Did not compete DNF Did not finish