Dean "Deano" Downing is an English

England

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 bicycle racer

Bicycle racing

Bicycle racing is a competition sport in which various types of bicycles are used. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, track cycling, BMX, bike trials, and cycle speedway. Bicycle racing is recognised as an Olympic sport...

, specialising in road cycling

Road bicycle racing

Road bicycle racing is a bicycle racing sport held on roads, using racing bicycles. The term "road racing" is usually applied to events where competing riders start simultaneously with the winner being the first to the line at the end of the course .Historically, the most...

 who rides for Rapha Condor-Sharp. He rode for the DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed team in 2006 and is the older brother of the former British champion, Russell Downing

Russell Downing

Russell Downing is an English cycling road-racer for UCI ProTour team . He was the British national road race champion in 2005. He is the younger brother of fellow cyclist Dean Downing...

. In 2004, he represented Great Britain at the World Track Championships.

For the 2007 season, Downing rode for the original Rapha Condor

Rapha Condor

Rapha Condor-Sharp are a British UCI Continental cycling team.They were previously Rapha Condor recycling.co.uk following a merger between the recycling.co.uk Pro Cycling Team and the original RaphaCondor team at the end of 2007.-Profile:Rapha Condor is owned by Rapha, a cycling clothing company,...

 team and focussed on the British Premier Calendar

Premier Calendar

The British Cycling Premier Calendar Road Race Series is a season-long competition run by British Cycling. It comprises a series of road bicycle races for the country's top domestic road riders.-Organisation and events:...

. In 2008 the team became Rapha-Condor-Recycling.co.uk.

Career Achievements

2001

1st, Aalst kermesse, Belgium

1st, Third night Amateur 6 day Gent (track)

2nd, De Drie Zustersteden

2nd, Overall Amateur 6 day Gent (track)

2nd, British Criterium Championship

2nd, Boussu Criterium

2nd, Sinaai kermesse

2002

1st, British Criterium Championship

1st, Melsele kermesse

winner, mountains jersey, Ronde van Zuidoost Vlaanderen

2nd, Landskouter kermesse

2nd, Wondelgem kermesse

2nd, Sinaai Criterium

3rd, Kuurne Criterium

2003

1st, Schellebelle Criterium

1st, Landskouter kermesse

1st, Sinaai kermesse

1st, British Elite Madison Championship, Track

1st, Isle of Wight Stage 1

Winner Mountains Prize, Havant Grand Prix

Winner Mountains Jersey, Ronde van Zuidoost Vlaanderen.

2nd, British Elite Criterium Championship

3rd, Wolvertem kermesse

4th, G.P. Chamont–Gistoux

2004

1st, Metaltek Grand Prix road race

1st, Stage 1, Tour of Munster International

1st, British Elite Criterium Series, Bungay

1st, Don Despatch Road Race

1st, Presten Arena Criterium

1st, Mike Binks memorial road race

1st, Seacroft wheelers road race

1st, York Cycle Works road race

1st, British Elite Road Series

2nd, Scratch Race, UCI Track World Cup Sydney

2nd, British Elite Road Series

2nd, Bob Chicken Criterium, London.

2005 - Recycling.co.uk/MG-Xpower/Litespeed

Overall winner, British Cycling Criterium Series

1st, British Elite Criterium Series, Stoneleigh-UK

1st, British Elite Criterium Series, Milton Keynes-UK

1st, Tour of Reservoir road race

1st, Metaltek Grand Prix road race

1st, Stage 3, Bermuda GP

2nd place National Road Championship - Runnerup

2nd, British Elite Criterium Series, Glasgow-UK

2nd, Eddie Soens H/cap road race

2nd, Lincoln International

3rd, British Elite Criterium Series, Warwick-UK

3rd overall, Bermuda GP

2006 - DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed
2007 - Rapha Condor

1st, Tour of the Reservoir

1st, Lincoln Grand Prix

1st, Stage 4, Girvan Stage Race

4th, Overall Classification, Bikeline 2 Day

1st, Stage 2

1st, Stage 3

2008 - Rapha-Condor ReCycling.Co.Uk

1st, Stage 2, FBD Insurance Rás

2008 - Great Britain National Team

1st, Stage 2, Sachsen-Tour International

2010 - Rapha Condor-Sharp

Tour de Taiwan

3rd, Stage 3

1st, Stage 5

2nd, Stage 6

1st, Abstraction Lincoln Grand Prix

2011

1st. Stage 1, An Post Rás

External links

• Official Website
• Dean Downing interviewed by students