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Rob Britton

Canadian bicycle racer

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 5, 2026
Entity authorityQ18205624 ↗
Source-derived summary

Robert Britton (born September 22, 1984) is a Canadian professional cyclist, who currently competes in gravel racing. He formerly rode professionally on the road between 2010 and 2021 for the Bissell, Team Raleigh, Team SmartStop and Rally Cycling teams. He won the overall classification of the Tour of the Gila, a race held in New Mexico, in 2015, and 2018.

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Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1984, 2010, 2021, 2015—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1984-09-22. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Britton, Canadian and bicycle providing the first useful test.
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This entry incorporates text from “Rob Britton” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.