1. Primarily a sprinter, McLay is competent in the Flemish racing scene and has a particular affinity to the Northern Classics.
10 Facts About Daniel McLay
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Daniel McLay was named in the start list for the 2016 Tour de France.
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Daniel McLay says that he was not very good at sports that require coordination as a school-boy and thus this fuelled his desire to continue competing in cycling.
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Daniel McLay was selected to represent Britain at the Junior European Cyclo-cross Championships in 2008, where he finished last.
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In 2009, Daniel McLay became a member of British Cycling's Olympic Academy.
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Daniel McLay went on to win the bronze medal in the Madison at the UEC European Track Championships with partner Sam Harrison.
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Daniel McLay represented Great Britain at the 2009 Junior UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships.
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Daniel McLay came seventh in Tour of Britain stages, a strong showing given that sprinters such as Mark Cavendish, Marcel Kittel, Mark Renshaw and Adam Blythe were competing, although he said that seventh was not a representation of what he could have achieved.
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Daniel McLay won his first professional victory in Stage 3 of La Tropicale Amissa Bongo.
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In October 2017 Daniel McLay won the Tour de l'Eurometropole, pipping Anthony Turgis to the line after Turgis started his celebration early following a solo attack from the front group.