Michael Northey

Michael Northey
Personal information

Full name	Michael James Northey
Born	(1987-03-24) 24 March 1987 (age 37) Auckland, New Zealand
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]

Palmares

2010

1st Stage 5 Tour of Southland

2011

1st

National Criterium Championships

2012

1st Overall Tour of Southland

1st Stage 2

1st Stage 1 Tour du Loir-et-Cher

2013

1st

National Criterium Championships

2014

1st Beverley Grand Prix^[6]

2015

1st

National Criterium Championships

References

^ "Michael Northey". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
^ "Prominent NZ rider Northey retires". Cycling New Zealand. 29 April 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
^ "Mike Northey Becomes Assistant Team Manager: Northey Starts New Chapter With Madison Genesis". Madison Genesis. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
^ "Mike Northey Appointed as Madison Genesis Team Manager". Madison Genesis. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
^ Robertshaw, Henry; Pitt, Vern (9 October 2017). "Former world champion Colin Sturgess joins Madison-Genesis as team manager". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
^ Swarbrick, Guy (18 July 2017). "Mike Northey (Madison Genesis) wins latest round of the 2014 British Cycling Elite Circuit Series". British Cycling. Retrieved 25 May 2017.