Erick Rowsell (born 29 July 1990) is a British former professional
road racing
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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
British Cycling, having previously been a member of their Olympic Development Programme as an endurance rider.
Career
He won the junior race at the 2007
British National Time Trial Championships
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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 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
: 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
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(with
George Atkins)
;2011
: 2nd

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

Team pursuit,
2010–11 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics
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, 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
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;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
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References
External links
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English male cyclists
1990 births
Living people
Cyclists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
People from Cheam
Sportspeople from the London Borough of Sutton
Commonwealth Games competitors for England
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