Edward Laverack

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Ed Laverack

Edward Laverack at the Grand pix 2015
Personal information
Full name	Edward Laverack
Nickname	Lavers The Welsh Dragon
Born	(1994-07-27) 27 July 1994 (age 30) Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Weight	59 kg (130 lb)[1]
Team information
Current team	VAMos.CC/Scratch Rider
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Climber
Amateur teams
2011–2012	Bynea Cycling Club
2020	Saint Piran
Professional teams
2013–2018	Rapha Condor
2019	SwiftCarbon Pro Cycling

Edward Laverack (born 27 July 1994^[1]) is a Welsh Youtuber and former professional cyclist from Llanelli.^[2] Predominantly a hill climber, Ed rose to fame within the hill climb community after his surprise win at the 2019 British National Hill Climb Championship in Haytor Vale, Devon,^[3] setting a new course record in the process.^[2] After failing to podium at the event in the following years Ed made a widely anticipated comeback finishing 2nd to GCN contributor Andrew Feather who broke Ed's own course record to set a new record of 11:38.0 on The Struggle, Ambleside.

Born in Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Laverack attended Ysgol Bryngwyn.^[4] At the age of 14 he was inspired to have a go at cycling having witnessed Nicole Cooke's performance at the 2008 Olympic Games. Having started racing at the age of 17 with Bynea Cycling Club in 2011,^[5] Laverack joined British UCI continental cycling team Rapha Condor in 2013. The following year he won the Under 23 British National Road Race Championships, finishing 13th overall.^[5] 2019 saw him moving to UCI Continental team SwiftCarbon Pro Cycling.