Erick Rowsell facts for kids
Rowsell at the 2016 Tour of Britain
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| Personal information | |
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| Full name | Erick Rowsell |
| Born | 29 July 1990 |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
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, NetApp–Endura, and Madison Genesis teams. He now works as the Elite Road Racing Manager for British Cycling, having previously been a member of their Olympic Development Programme as an endurance rider.
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Career
He won the junior race at the 2007 British National Time Trial Championships in an upset of world champion Peter Kennaugh. The following year, he won the junior race at the British National Road Race Championships.
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.
In November 2014 Madison Genesis announced that Rowsell would be part of the team's line-up for the 2015 season.
Personal life
His older sister Joanna Rowsell also competed professionally as a road and track cyclist.
Major results
- 2007
- National Junior Road Championships
- 1st
Time trial - 3rd Road race
- 1st
- 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
- 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
See also
In Spanish: Erick Rowsell para niños
