Erick Rowsell (born 29 July 1990) is a British former professional

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cyclist, who rode professionally between 2012 and 2019 for the , , and teams. He now works as the Elite Road Racing Manager for

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, having previously been a member of their Olympic Development Programme as an endurance rider.

Career

He won the junior race at the 2007

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in an upset of world champion

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. The following year, he won the junior race at the

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. Having won the prologue time trial of the

Junior Tour of Wales The Junior Tour of Wales is an annual cycle race for junior male riders, held around Brynmawr, Blaenau Gwent, Wales. First held in 1981, the race is the final round of the British Cycling Junior Road Series – and as such attracts the best junio ...

in 2008, Rowsell won the three-day event – joining previous winners such as Charly Wegelius and

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– by eight seconds from Norwegian Johan Fredrik Ziesler of the Nymark team. In November 2014 announced that Rowsell would be part of the team's line-up for the 2015 season.

Personal life

His older sister

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also competed professionally as a road and track cyclist.

Major results

;2007 : National Junior Road Championships ::1st MaillotReinoUnido

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::3rd Road race : 2nd Overall

: 3rd Individual pursuit, National Junior Track Championships ;2008 : 1st MaillotReinoUnido

Road race, National Junior Road Championships : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall

::1st Stage 1 : 2nd Silver medal europe

Team pursuit, UEC European Junior Track Championships : 2nd Overall

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: 3rd Points race, National Junior Track Championships : 3rd Overall Tour du Pays de Vaud Juniors ;2009 : 2nd Silver medal europe

Team pursuit, UEC European Under-23 Track Championships ;2010 : 3rd Madison,

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(with George Atkins) ;2011 : 2nd Silver medal europe

Team pursuit, UEC European Under-23 Track Championships : 3rd Bronze medal blank

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

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: 7th Overall

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::1st Stage 5 : 7th Overall

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;2014 : 5th

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;2015 : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall

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::1st Stage 1 : 8th Overall

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;2018 : 5th

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References

External links

* English male cyclists British male cyclists 1990 births Living people Cyclists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games People from Cheam Cyclists from the London Borough of Sutton Commonwealth Games cyclists for England 21st-century English sportsmen {{England-cycling-bio-stub