Corbin Strong
 Strong at the 2020 UCI Track Cycling World Championships | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Corbin John Strong |
| Born | 30 April 2000 Invercargill, New Zealand |
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) |
| Weight | 63 kg (139 lb) |
| Cycling career | |
| Sport | Cycling |
| Current team | NSN Cycling Team |
| Disciplines |
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| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Puncheur |
| Professional teams | |
| 2019 | St George Continental Cycling Team |
| 2020–2021 | SEG Racing Academy |
| 2022– | Israel–Premier Tech |
| Major wins | |
| |
Medal record | |
Corbin John Strong (born 30 April 2000) is a New Zealand road and track cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam NSN Cycling Team. He won the points race and finished second in the team pursuit at the 2020 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.
In 2018, Strong crashed into a stationary car while on a training ride, fracturing his T1 vertebra.
Career
Early career
Strong started racing in 2019 with the St George Continental Cycling Team and achieved early success in Asian races. He won the Under-23 competition in the Tour de Korea and Tour de Kumano plus the sprint jersey in the Tour de Ijen.
He then spent two seasons with SEG Racing Academy, where a COVID-19 stricken world saw him only compete at the New Zealand Cycle Classic, finishing on the podium with top 5 results in all stages and walking away with the white youth jersey.
The following season Strong won the New Zealand Cycle Classic with the bonus seconds on the final stage pushing him into the lead. It was announced in August 2021 that Strong would ride for UCI WorldTeam Israel Start-Up Nation for the following three seasons.
Israel–Premier Tech (2022 to present)
2022
His first year of professional cycling started well with top 35 placings in all races he finished. A ninth place in Stage 7 of the Tour of Turkey placed him in 15th overall. Strong took his first professional victory at the shortened Tour of Britain taking the first stage up a punchy slope ahead of Omar Fraile.
2023
Strong went to the 2023 Tour de France as his team's nominated sprinter. He achieved two top ten finishes in bunch sprints most notably ninth in the final stage of the Tour on the Champs-Élysées. Later in the season at the Tour de Luxembourg Strong took his only victory of the season. Winning the mass-sprint first stage to take the leaders jersey, he would lose it the following day.
2024
Strong started his 2024 season at the Down Under Classic, a criterium that preludes the Tour Down Under, where he finished tenth. At the Tour Down Under, Strong finished eighth on the opening stage and with bonus seconds was sitting fourth overall. He moved up to second the following stage before dropping to third after stage four and ultimately retiring from the race on stage 5 due to illness. Strong bounced back from illness to podium at the Surf Coast Classic five days later.
His only victory of the season came at the 2.Pro rated Tour de Wallonie. Strong won Stage two of the tour in a mass bunch sprint moving him into the leaders jersey. He kept the leaders jersey for two more stages until the final stage where Matteo Trentin earned enough bonus seconds to pass Strong in the overall.
Strong competed in the individual road race at the 2024 Summer Olympics. He was New Zealand's best finisher placing 27 out of 90 who started the race.
The 2024 Vuelta a España was Strong's second Grand Tour of his career where he achieved five top-6s in stages placing third twice.
2025
In July, Strong won the five stage Tour de Wallonie. He won the opening stage. He said of the win: “I felt very fortunate to ride with this group, everyone was committed and believed in me. I enjoyed today a lot and it’s a great feeling to pay the guys back for their work today.” He came 10th in stage 2 and then fourth in stage 3 and second stage 4 and 5. He was only one second ahead at the beginning of stage five but his second place gave him a bonus six seconds to give him the victory.
Strong won the Arctic Race of Norway with Tom Pidcock taking second place. Strong won the opening stage and came second in the final stage for the victory. He said of the race: "I thought I could do maybe a top five, maybe a podium on GC, if I had a really good ride. I was quietly confident. Yesterday exceeded my expectations, So to be in the yellow and finish it off with my teammates today is a really nice feeling." Part of his prize included 50 kg of salmon from an event sponsor after winning the first stage.
2026
Strong came 5th in the Milan–San Remo. Strong expressed his satisfaction with the race, feeling good about his performance and praising the teamwork and support from his fellow riders. He mentioned how he has always believed this particular race suited him well. Despite facing a string of bad luck earlier in the year with crashes, mechanical issues, and illness in every competition, he found it rewarding to finish in the final group and secure a top-five position in a Monument, highlighting how significant this achievement is for him.
In June, Strong won the Circuit Franco-Belge. The 195 km race ended with an uphill finish and Strong won the sprint. He said of the victory: "It's a big relief. It hasn't been an easy start to the season. I think when I've been fit and healthy and had a good run at a race, I've been in good shape, but there have been very few opportunities, I think, for me - a lot of crashes and illness in the first part of the year - so to come here and get a win is a really nice feeling."
Major results
Sources:
Road
- 2018
- 3rd Lake Taupo Cycle Challenge
- 2019
- 1st
Points classification, Tour de Ijen - 4th Overall Tour de Kumano
- 1st
Young rider classification
- 1st
- 5th Overall Tour de Korea
- 1st Young rider classification
- 1st
- 8th Overall Tour of Thailand
- 2020
- Tour of Southland
- 1st Stages 2 & 4
- 3rd Overall New Zealand Cycle Classic
- 1st Young rider classification
- 1st
- 2021
- 1st
Overall New Zealand Cycle Classic
- 1st Young rider classification
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT)
- 1st
- 5th Gravel and Tar Classic
- 9th Omloop van Valkenswaard
- 2022 (1 pro win)
- 2nd Coppa Bernocchi
- 5th Grand Prix de Wallonie
- 6th Overall Tour of Britain
- 1st Stage 1
- 7th Gran Piemonte
- 2023 (1)
- 1st Stage 1 Tour de Luxembourg
- 2nd Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec
- 3rd Circuit Franco-Belge
- 4th Giro del Veneto
- 5th Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
- 7th GP Miguel Induráin
- 9th La Drôme Classic
- 2024 (2)
- 1st Giro del Veneto
- 2nd Road race, National Championships
- 2nd Overall Tour de Wallonie
- 1st Stage 2
- 2nd Gran Piemonte
- 2nd Tour du Finistère
- 3rd Surf Coast Classic
- 4th Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
- 8th La Drôme Classic
- 10th Brabantse Pijl
- 2025 (4)
- 1st
Overall Arctic Race of Norway
- 1st
Points classification - 1st Young rider classification
- 1st Stage 1
- 1st
- 1st
Overall Tour de Wallonie
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stage 1
- 1st
- 2nd Circuit Franco-Belge
- 4th Surf Coast Classic
- 6th Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
- 9th Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal
- 10th Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec
- 2026 (1)
- 1st Circuit Franco-Belge
- 3rd Overall Région Pays de la Loire Tour
- 1st Points classification
- 1st
- 5th Milan–San Remo
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia |
— | — | 96 | 88 |
| Tour de France |
90 | — | — | — |
 Vuelta a España |
— | DNF | — | — |
Classics results timeline
| Monument | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milan–San Remo | — | 86 | 17 | 12 | 5 |
| Tour of Flanders | — | — | 48 | 50 | |
| Paris–Roubaix | — | — | — | — | |
| Liège–Bastogne–Liège | — | — | — | — | — |
| Giro di Lombardia | 86 | — | — | — | — |
| Classic | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
| Great Ocean Road Race | — | 5 | 4 | 6 | 22 |
| Brabantse Pijl | — | 23 | 10 | 14 | |
| Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec | — | 2 | DNF | 10 | |
| Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal | — | DNF | — | 9 | |
| Coppa Bernocchi | 2 | 27 | 19 | — | |
| Gran Piemonte | 7 | 65 | 2 | — |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
| IP | Race in Progress |
Track
- 2016
- Oceania Junior Championships
- 2nd
Omnium - 2nd Team pursuit
- 3rd
Scratch
- 2nd
- 2017
- National Junior Championships
- 1st
Omnium - 1st Points race
- 1st Team sprint
- 2nd Individual pursuit
- 2nd Scratch
- 1st
- 3rd
Team pursuit, UCI World Junior Championships - 3rd Madison, National Championships (with Josh Scott)
- 2018
- 1st
Team pursuit, UCI World Junior Championships - Oceania Junior Championships
- 1st
Individual pursuit - 1st Omnium
- 1st Madison (with George Jackson)
- 3rd Points race
- 1st
- 2019
- 1st Points race, Oceania Championships
- National Championships
- 1st Points race
- 1st Team pursuit
- 2nd Scratch
- 2nd Madison (with Dylan Kennett)
- 3rd Omnium
- 1st
- UCI World Cup
- 2020
- UCI World Championships
- 1st Points race
- 2nd
Team pursuit
- 1st
- National Championships
- 1st Points race
- 1st Omnium
- 1st
- 2021
- National Championships
- 1st Team pursuit
- 2nd Points race
- 3rd Madison (with Tom Sexton)
- 1st
- UCI Champions League
- 1st Elimination, Palma
- 1st Scratch, Palma
- 2nd Scratch, London
- 2022
- 1st
Scratch, Commonwealth Games - 2nd Elimination, UCI World Championships
- 2023
- 2nd Madison, National Championships (with George Jackson)
References
- ↑ "Corbin John STRONG". UCI. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
- ↑ "Corbin Strong". Israel — Premier Tech Pro Cycling Team. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
- ↑ "SEG Racing Academy". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 29 April 2020. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
- ↑ "SEG Racing Academy". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 24 February 2021. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
- ↑ "ISRAEL - PREMIER TECH". UCI. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
- ↑ "Corbin Strong". Israel — Premier Tech Pro Cycling Team. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
- ↑ "Israel–Premier Tech". UCI. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
- ↑ "'I can't believe I pulled it off': Teenager Corbin Strong strikes gold at World Championships". Stuff. 28 February 2020. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
- ↑ "Top young cyclist Corbin Strong fractures vertebra in collision with car". Stuff. 24 January 2018. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
- ↑ "Corbin Strong in the form of his life". www.cyclingsouth.org.nz. 25 June 2019. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
- ↑ "Southland Cyclist Corbin Strong Wins U23 Section In Japans UCI 2.2 Tour de Kumano". What's On Invers whatsoninvers.nz. 5 June 2019. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
- ↑ "Southlands Corbin Strong joins SEG Racing Academy". What's On Invers whatsoninvers.nz. 18 October 2019. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
- ↑ "Field claims title". Wairarapa Times-Age. 20 January 2020. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
- ↑ "Corbin Strong wins NZ Cycle Classic". sportzhub.com. 17 January 2021. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
- ↑ Haymes, Phoebe (9 August 2021). "Israel Start-Up Nation and talented Kiwi Corbin Strong join forces". Israel — Premier Tech Pro Cycling Team. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
- ↑ "Tour of Turkey: Bevin wins stage 7 to take overall lead". cyclingnews.com. 16 April 2022. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
- ↑ McGrath, Andy (7 September 2022). "Meet Corbin Strong, the surprise of the Tour of Britain". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
- ↑ "Key roles ahead for kiwis Smith and Strong in 2023 Tour de France". Cycling New Zealand. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
- ↑ Harding, Evan (25 July 2023). "Corbin Strong nails top 10 finish in final stage of Tour de France". www.stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
- ↑ "Kiwi cyclist Corbin Strong wins in Europe". RNZ. 21 September 2023. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
- ↑ Giulian, Simone (13 January 2024). "Down Under Classic: Jhonatan Narvaez wins from the break". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
- ↑ Lamoureux, Lyne; published, Simone Giuliani (16 January 2024). "Tour Down Under: Sam Welsford holds off Phil Bauhaus to win stage 1". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
- ↑ Bull, Nick (17 January 2024). "Strong and Williams round out the podium on Tour Down Under stage two". Israel — Premier Tech Pro Cycling Team. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
- ↑ Haymes, Phoebe (25 January 2024). "Corbin Strong bounces back to round out Surf Coast Classic podium". Israel — Premier Tech Pro Cycling Team. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
- ↑ "Flawless Strong powers towards Paris road race". www.stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
- ↑ Lindsay, Brayden (5 August 2024). "Southland's Corbin Strong ends Olympic road race in 27th place". www.stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
- ↑ "Mixed feelings for Corbin Strong after La Vuelta podium: "If I had started the sprint in the wheel of Van Aert and Groves..."". CyclingUpToDate.com. 31 August 2024. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
- ↑ "Southland's Corbin Strong Sprints To Victory In Wallonie Opener". What’s On Invers – Invercargill & Southland News 24/7. 28 July 2025. Retrieved 13 August 2026.
- ↑ break, Stephen Farrand Mathias Vacek second overall as Strong secures GC with move in late five-rider (30 July 2025). "Tour de Wallonie: Corbin Strong seals overall title as Clément Izquierdo edges Kiwi for stage 5 victory". Cyclingnews. Retrieved 13 August 2026.
- ↑ "Corbin Strong wins the 2025 Tour de Wallonie despite narrowly missing out to Clement Izquierdo in dramatic final stage". CyclingUpToDate.com. 30 July 2025. Retrieved 13 August 2026.
- ↑ "New Zealand cyclist Corbin Strong takes Arctic Race of Norway win". RNZ. 11 August 2025. Retrieved 22 March 2026.
- ↑ "Kiwi wins Arctic Race of Norway with stunning final stage". NZ Herald. Retrieved 22 March 2026.
- ↑ "Stuff". www.stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 22 March 2026.
- ↑ "Corbin Strong Equals Team-Best Monument Result With Fifth In Milano – Sanremo". What’s On Invers – Invercargill & Southland News 24/7. 22 March 2026. Retrieved 22 March 2026.
- ↑ "Another step into legend: Tadej Pogačar has won Milano–Sanremo 2026". milanosanremo.it. Retrieved 22 March 2026.
- ↑ finale, Laura Weislo Anders Foldager slots into second as French sprinter bogged down in uphill (10 June 2026). "Circuit Franco-Belge: Corbin Strong out-paces Paul Magnier for first win of 2026". Cyclingnews. Retrieved 13 August 2026.
- ↑ "Corbin Strong". www.procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
- ↑ "Corbin Strong - FirstCycling.com". firstcycling.com. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
External links
- Corbin Strong at UCI
- Corbin Strong at ProCyclingStats
- Corbin Strong at Cycling Quotient
- Corbin Strong at CycleBase
- Corbin Strong at Olympics.com
- Corbin Strong at the New Zealand Olympic Committee
- Corbin Strong at Olympedia
- Corbin Strong at InterSportStats
- Corbin Strong at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
