Erick Rowsell

Erick Rowsell
Rowsell at the 2016 Tour of Britain
Personal information
Full nameErick Rowsell
Born (1990-07-29) 29 July 1990 (age 34)
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Amateur teams
2010100% ME
2011Team Corridori/Specialized
Professional teams
2012Endura Racing
2013–2014NetApp–Endura
2015–2019Madison Genesis

Erick Rowsell (born 29 July 1990) is a British former professional road racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2012 and 2019 for the Endura Racing,[1] NetApp–Endura,[2] and Madison Genesis teams. He now works as the Elite Road Racing Manager for British Cycling,[3] having previously been a member of their Olympic Development Programme as an endurance rider.[4]

Career

He won the junior race at the 2007 British National Time Trial Championships in an upset of world champion Peter Kennaugh.[5] The following year, he won the junior race at the British National Road Race Championships.[6]

Having won the prologue time trial of the Junior Tour of Wales in 2008, Rowsell won the three-day event – joining previous winners such as Charly Wegelius and Geraint Thomas – by eight seconds from Norwegian Johan Fredrik Ziesler of the Nymark team.[7]

In November 2014 Madison Genesis announced that Rowsell would be part of the team's line-up for the 2015 season.[8]

Personal life

His older sister Joanna Rowsell also competed professionally as a road and track cyclist.[9]

Major results

2007
National Junior Road Championships
1st Time trial
3rd Road race
2nd Overall Junior Tour of Wales
3rd Individual pursuit, National Junior Track Championships
2008
1st Road race, National Junior Road Championships
1st Overall Junior Tour of Wales
1st Stage 1
2nd Team pursuit, UEC European Junior Track Championships
2nd Overall Driedaagse van Axel
3rd Points race, National Junior Track Championships
3rd Overall Tour du Pays de Vaud Juniors
2009
2nd Team pursuit, UEC European Under-23 Track Championships
2010
3rd Madison, National Track Championships (with George Atkins)
2011
2nd Team pursuit, UEC European Under-23 Track Championships
3rd Team pursuit, 2010–11 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Beijing
3rd Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships
2012
2nd Overall Tour Doon Hame
1st Stage 1[10]
6th Overall Tour Alsace
7th Overall Tour de Normandie
1st Stage 5
7th Overall Tour de Bretagne
2014
5th Dwars door Drenthe
2015
1st Overall Tour of the Reservoir
1st Stage 1
8th Overall Tour de Yorkshire
2018
5th Rutland–Melton CiCLE Classic

References

  1. ^ "Endura Racing (EDR) – GBR". UCI Continental Circuits. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 4 February 2014. Retrieved 27 January 2012.
  2. ^ "Team NetApp-Endura (TNE) - GER". UCI Continental Circuits. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
  3. ^ "Erick Rowsell appointed as Elite Road Racing Manager". British Cycling. British Cycling Federation. 10 January 2020. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  4. ^ "Olympic Development Programme Riders". Archived from the original on 27 May 2008. Retrieved 28 August 2008.
  5. ^ "2007 Time Trial Championships". britishcycling.org.uk. 7 September 2007. Archived from the original on 16 May 2008. Retrieved 28 August 2008.
  6. ^ "Rowsell upgrades to the gold medal". cyclingnews.com. 11 August 2008. Retrieved 28 August 2008.
  7. ^ Larry Hickmott. "2008 Junior Tour of Wales". 23–25 August 2008. Archived from the original on 30 August 2008.
  8. ^ Clarke, Stuart (13 November 2014). "Martyn Irvine and Mark McNally headline new arrivals for Madison Genesis". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
  9. ^ Burrows, Josh (2 May 2015). "Joanna Rowsell laments missed chance for gender parity in Yorkshire dales". The Times. Times Newspapers. Retrieved 31 October 2021. Her brother, Erick, will have that chance [...]
  10. ^ "Tour Doon Hame". British Cycling. 8 April 2012. Retrieved 5 August 2015.


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