Dean Windsor (born 9 September 1986 in

Bathurst, New South Wales Bathurst () is a city in the Central Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia. Bathurst is about 200 kilometres (120 mi) west-northwest of Sydney and is the seat of the Bathurst Region, Bathurst Regional Council. Founded in 1815, Bathurst is ...

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) is an Australian professional

racing cyclist Cycle sport is competitive physical activity using bicycles. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, track cycling, BMX, and cycle speedway. Non-racing cycling spo ...

who is known internationally as a

criterium A criterium, or crit, is a bike race consisting of several laps around a closed circuit, the length of each lap or circuit ranging from about 400 m to 10,000 m. Overview Race length can be determined by a number of laps or total time, ...

rider. Riding on the Track as a junior Dean Windsor won the Under19 Oceania Points Race Championship at Wanganui, NZ in 2004. Then focused on Road Racing winning the National U23 Criterium Championship, in 2007 at Brisbane. Then in 2010 was runner-up in the Australian Elite Criterium Championship at Ballarat. In 2011 he was runner-up in the British Elite Circuit Series behind then Rapha Condor-Sharp Team mate Dean Downing which included a win in the Stafford GP. Outside of racing, Windsor is a qualified primary school teacher having studied primary education at

Charles Sturt University Charles Sturt University is an Australian multi-campus public university located in New South Wales, Australian Capital Territory and Victoria, Australia, Victoria. Established in 1989, it was named in honour of Captain (British Army and Royal ...

Career highlights

;2006 :3rd Stage 4

Tour of Wellington The New Zealand Cycle Classic (previously known as the Tour of Wellington) was a road cycling race held in and around the Wairarapa near Wellington, New Zealand. The race was a men's competition over five stages and part of the UCI Oceania Tou ...

, Pahiatua (NZL) : 2nd Stage 1 Tour of Gippsland, Mallacoota (Aus) : 3rd Stage 5 Tour of Gippsland, Metung (Aus) : 2nd Stage 6 Tour of Gippsland, Bairnsdale (Aus) ;2007 : 1st Stage 4 Jayco Bay Cycling Classic, Geelong (Aus) : 2nd Stage 3

Tour de Taiwan The Tour de Taiwan is an annual professional road bicycle racing race stage, stage race held in Taiwan since 1978, and has been part of the UCI Asia Tour since 2005. It was classed a 2.1 category race for the first time in 2012. History The Tour ...

, Chiayi (TPE) : 3rd Stage 5

, Taichung (TPE) ;2008 : 1st Points Jersey Classification Jayco Bay Cycling Classic,(Aus) ;2009 : 2nd Stage 1 Jayco Bay Cycling Classic, Williamstown (Aus) : 2nd Stage 3 Jayco Bay Cycling Classic, Geelong (Aus) : 1st Points Jersey Classification Jayco Bay Cycling Classic,(Aus) : 2nd Stage 3

, Taichung City (TPE) : 3rd Stage 5

, Taichung (TPE) : 6th Melle GP (Bel) : 3rd Stage 3

Tour de Hokkaido The Tour de Hokkaido is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in Hokkaido, Japan since 1987 as part of the UCI Asia Tour. It is rated by the International Cycling Union (UCI) as a 2.2 category race. The event for 2018 was can ...

, Toyotomi (JPN) ;2010 : 2nd National Elite Criterium Championship, Ballarat (Aus) : 3rd Stage 7

, Taipei (TPE) : 1st Stage 4 Irish Sea Tour of the North, Ballymena (IRL) : 2nd

Shay Elliott Memorial Race The Shay Elliott Memorial race is a one-day road cycling race held in spring in Ireland. It is run in honour of Ireland's first professional cyclist, Seamus Shay Elliott and organised by Bray Wheelers. The race was previously known as the ''Ro ...

(IRL) : 3rd Elite Circuit Series (GBR) : 2nd

Newport Nocturne The Shropshire Star Newport Nocturne is Britain's first Floodlights (sport), flood lit road bicycle race and is biennially held in Newport, Shropshire. The race was first run in 1970 at a distance of . The race was first run as a night race under ...

;2011 : 2nd OCBC Singapore Criterium (SIN) : 3rd Stage 8

Tour of Ireland The Tour of Ireland ( Irish: Turas na hÉireann, known from 1985 to 1992 as the Nissan Classic) was a bicycle stage race held in August, which ran for 35 editions over a 56-year period. Irish rider Seán Kelly recorded the most wins, four. T ...

, Skerries (IRL) : 2nd Elite Circuit Series (GBR) ;2012 : 2nd Stage 3

Settimana internazionale di Coppi e Bartali The Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali (), also known as Coppi e Bartali, is an Italian cycle road race. It is run typically in late March over five days in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. History Between 1999 and 2000 it was cal ...

(ITA)

References

External links

Official Website

Current Team WebSite
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Windsor, Dean Australian male cyclists Living people 1986 births People from Bathurst, New Brunswick Sportsmen from New South Wales Charles Sturt University alumni 21st-century Australian sportsmen