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Philip Deignan
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| Personal information |
| Date of birth |
September 7, 1983 (1983-09-07) (age 24) |
| Country |
 Ireland |
| Height |
1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) |
| Weight |
63 kg (140 lb) |
| Team information |
| Current team |
Ag2r-La Mondiale |
| Discipline |
Road |
| Role |
Rider |
| Rider type |
All-rounder |
| Professional team(s) |
| 2005– |
Ag2r-La Mondiale |
| Major wins |
| Tour du Doubs (2005) |
| Infobox last updated on: |
| December 24, 2007 |
Philip Deignan (born 7 September 1983, Letterkenny, County Donegal) is an Irish professional road racing cyclist for UCI ProTeam Ag2r-La Mondiale. He has been professional since 2005. Before that he was riding for amateur club VC la Pomme where he performed well as an amateur. In the Baby Giro (Giro d'Italia for amateurs) of 2004 after recovering from an earlier crash, he performed well on the mountainous stages.[1] [2] His first professional road race win was in the Tour du Doubs when he attacked a breakaway group that contained his fellow Irishman and teammate at the time Mark Scanlon.[3] Other notable performances were ninth place in the UCI world championships under 23 road race [4] as well as a second place on a mountainous stage of the 2006 Tour de l'Avenir stage race.[5] After an injury plagued early season, Deignan entered and finished his first grand tour with the 2007 Vuelta a Espana, there he finished prominently with 10th, 12th and 16th in several mountain stages.[6]
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