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Stuart Dangerfield (born 17 September 1971, and from
British National Hill Climb Championships
;1993
: 1st British National Hill Climb Championships
;1994
: 1st North Road Hardriders Time Trial
: 2nd British National Hill Climb Championships
: 7th Commonwealth Games
;1995
: 1st British National Hill Climb Championships
;1996
: 1st British National Hill Climb Championships
: 2nd Bol Isle of Man
;1997
: 1st British National Hill Climb Championships
: 2nd
Willenhall
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in Staffordshire
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, now the West Midlands) is an English retired racing cyclist
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who was prominent in British
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individual time trial
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events during the 1990s and early 21st century. He was the British national time trial champion six times, jointly holding the record for most wins with Alex Dowsett
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.
Dangerfield won his first RTTC
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Time trialling
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national time trial championship in 1992 in the hill-climb event - a victory he repeated in 1993, 1995, 1996 and 1997. In 1997, he was also a time trial champion; he also won the event four consecutive times from 2000 to 2003. He won his first national championship in 2001, with repeat victories in 2003 and 2004. In 2001 he broke competition record with a time of 18'19" (32.76 mph), knocking eight seconds off the previous record, set by Graeme Obree
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in 1993.
At world championship level, he has represented Great Britain
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in the individual time trial event at Holland 1998, Brittany
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2000, Portugal
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2001 and Belgium
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2002. He also represented England at the Commonwealth Games
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in Canada
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1994, Malaysia
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1998 and Manchester
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2002.
Dangerfield was little known outside club cycling circles in Britain, having grown up in the shadow of firstly Chris Boardman
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and then David Millar
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. However, Millar's admission to using the illegal drug EPO and consequent expulsion from the Great Britain squad for the 2004 Summer Olympics
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meant that Dangerfield was called up into the Olympic squad to race the time trial. An injury to GB cyclist Jeremy Hunt
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also saw Dangerfield entered into the men's road race. Dangerfield finished 30th in the time trial, but did not finish the road race.
At the Commonwealth Games in 2002 Dangerfield was disqualified for riding in the slipstream of a rider who had caught and passed him.
Dangerfield retired from time trialling competition in 2009.
Palmares
;1990 : 3rd British National Hill Climb Championships ;1991 : 3rd British National Hill Climb Championships ;1992 : 1st British National Hill Climb Championships
;1993
: 1st British National Hill Climb Championships
;1994
: 1st North Road Hardriders Time Trial
: 2nd British National Hill Climb Championships
: 7th Commonwealth Games
;1995
: 1st British National Time Trial Championships
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: 1st British National Hill Climb Championships
;1996
: 1st British National Time Trial Championships
The British National Time Trial Championships for cycling are held annually. The winners of each event are awarded with a symbolic white cycling jersey featuring blue and red stripes, which can be worn by the rider at other time trial events in ...
: 1st British National Hill Climb Championships
: 2nd Bol Isle of Man
;1997
: 1st British National Hill Climb Championships
: 2nd British National Time Trial Championships
The British National Time Trial Championships for cycling are held annually. The winners of each event are awarded with a symbolic white cycling jersey featuring blue and red stripes, which can be worn by the rider at other time trial events in ...
;1998
: 1st British National Time Trial Championships
The British National Time Trial Championships for cycling are held annually. The winners of each event are awarded with a symbolic white cycling jersey featuring blue and red stripes, which can be worn by the rider at other time trial events in ...
: 6th Commonwealth Games
;1999
: 1st Stage 4 Tour de Saudi Arabia
: 3rd British National Time Trial Championships
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;2000
: 1st Isle of Man Mountain Time Trial
: 1st Joseph Sunde Memorial
;2001
: 1st British National Time Trial Championships
The British National Time Trial Championships for cycling are held annually. The winners of each event are awarded with a symbolic white cycling jersey featuring blue and red stripes, which can be worn by the rider at other time trial events in ...
: 1st Isle of Man Mountain Time Trial
;2002
: 3rd British National Time Trial Championships
The British National Time Trial Championships for cycling are held annually. The winners of each event are awarded with a symbolic white cycling jersey featuring blue and red stripes, which can be worn by the rider at other time trial events in ...
;2003
: 1st British National Time Trial Championships
The British National Time Trial Championships for cycling are held annually. The winners of each event are awarded with a symbolic white cycling jersey featuring blue and red stripes, which can be worn by the rider at other time trial events in ...
: 2nd Bol Isle of Man
;2005
: 1st British National Time Trial Championships
The British National Time Trial Championships for cycling are held annually. The winners of each event are awarded with a symbolic white cycling jersey featuring blue and red stripes, which can be worn by the rider at other time trial events in ...
: 2nd Joseph Sunde Memorial
;2006
: 4th British National Time Trial Championships
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: 6th Commonwealth Games
References
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