Ryan Cox
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Ryan Cox was a South Africa
n professional road racing cyclist. He had been cycling since 1987 but turned professional in 2000. He first joined Amore e Vita but changed, the following year to Team Cologne which was based in Germany. He had been a member of Team Barloworld since 2003. Cox died at Kempton Park
Hospital when the main artery in his left leg burst, three weeks after a vascular lesion operation in France for a knotted artery.
2003 – Barloworld
2004 – Barloworld
2005 – Barloworld
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
n professional road racing cyclist. He had been cycling since 1987 but turned professional in 2000. He first joined Amore e Vita but changed, the following year to Team Cologne which was based in Germany. He had been a member of Team Barloworld since 2003. Cox died at Kempton Park
Kempton Park, Gauteng
Kempton Park is a city on the East Rand in the Gauteng province, South Africa. Formerly an independent municipality in the Transvaal, Kempton Park no longer has its own municipal government, and has been part of the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality since 2000...
Hospital when the main artery in his left leg burst, three weeks after a vascular lesion operation in France for a knotted artery.
Major achievements
2002 – Team Cologne- 2nd – South African National Road Race Championships
- 3rd – South African National Time Trial Championships
2003 – Barloworld
- 1st, stage 1 – Circuit des Mines
2004 – Barloworld
- 1st overall – Tour of Qinghai LakeTour of Qinghai LakeTour of Qinghai Lake is an elite men's professional road bicycle racing event held annually near Qinghai Lake, China. The race is rated at the highest level for a multi-day stage race by the Union Cycliste Internationale and since 2005, has been part of the UCI Asia Tour.- Past results :...
- 1st, Stage 1
- 1st overall – South African National Road Race Championships
- 1st, Stage 4 – Giro del Capo hill-climb time trial
- 2nd overall – Tour de Langkawi
2005 – Barloworld
- 1st overall – Tour de Langkawi
- 1st, Stage 8
- 1st overall – South African National Road Race Championships
- 1st, Stage 6 – Tour of Qinghai Lake
- 2nd overall – Giro del Capo
- 2nd overall – UCI Africa Tour
- 2nd overall – UCI Asia Tour