Personal information | |
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Full name | Michael James Northey |
Born | Auckland, New Zealand | 24 March 1987
Team information | |
Current team | Retired |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Amateur team | |
2010 | Rubicon-Orbea |
Professional teams | |
2009 | Land Rover-Orbea |
2011 | PureBlack Racing |
2012–2013 | Node 4–Giordana Racing |
2014–2016 | Madison Genesis |
Michael James Northey (born 24 March 1987 in Auckland) is a New Zealand former racing cyclist.[1] He competed for New Zealand at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. In April 2016 Northey announced his retirement from competition due to heart damage he suffered after contracting a virus.[2] After his retirement he remained with his final team Madison Genesis, initially in the role of Assistant Team Manager[3] before being promoted to Team Manager.[4] He left the team in 2017 in order to move back to New Zealand with his family.[5]