Erick Rowsell

Erick Rowsell

Rowsell at the 2014 Four Days of Dunkirk
Personal information
Full name Erick Rowsell
Born (1990-07-29) 29 July 1990
Team information
Current team Madison Genesis
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Amateur team(s)
2010 100% ME
2011 Team Corridori/Specialized
Professional team(s)
2012 Endura Racing
2013–2014 NetApp–Endura
2015– Madison Genesis
Major wins
Junior National Road Race Championships (2008)
Junior National Time Trial Championships (2007)
Infobox last updated on
27 February 2015

Erick Rowsell (born 29 July 1990) is a British road racing cyclist who rides for Madison Genesis. He formerly rode for NetApp–Endura.[1] He turned professional in 2012 with Endura Racing.[2]

He was the 2008 British men's junior road racing champion.[3] He is a brother of British world pursuit champion Joanna Rowsell. He also won the junior division at the 2007 British national time trial in an upset of world champion Peter Kennaugh.[4] Rowsell is a member of British Cycling's Olympic Development Programme as an endurance rider,[5] his victory in the Junior British National Road Race Championships should help his chances of moving to the Olympic Academy at the end of the year.[3]

Having won the prologue time trial of the Junior Tour of Wales in 2008, Rowsell won the three-day event by eight seconds from Norwegian Johan Fredrik Ziesler of the Nymark team.[6] Past winners of the event have included, Charlie Wegelius, and Geraint Thomas.[6]

In November 2014 Madison Genesis announced that Rowsell would be part of the team's line-up for the 2015 season. [7]

Palmarès

2007
1st Junior National Time Trial Championships
3rd Junior National Road Race Championships
3rd Junior National Individual Pursuit Championships
2008
1st Junior National Road Race Championships
1st Overall Junior Tour of Wales
1st Stage 1
1st Driedaagse van Axel Juniors
3rd Tour du Pays de Vaud Juniors
2012
1st Stage 5 Tour de Normandie
2nd Overall Tour Doon Hame
1st Stage 1[8]
2014
5th Dwars door Drenthe
2015
1st Overall Tour of the Reservoir
1st Stage 1[9]
1st Mountains classification RideLondon–Surrey Classic[10]
5th Ryedale Grand Prix[11]
6th Leicester Castle Classic[12]
8th Overall Tour de Yorkshire

References

  1. "Team NetApp-Endura (TNE) - GER". UCI Continental Circuits. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
  2. "Endura Racing (EDR) – GBR". UCI Continental Circuits. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 27 January 2012.
  3. 1 2 "Rowsell upgrades to the gold medal". cyclingnews.com. 2008-08-11. Retrieved 2008-08-28.
  4. "2007 Time Trial Championships". britishcycling.org.uk. 2007-09-07. Archived from the original on May 16, 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-28.
  5. "Olympic Development Programme Riders". Archived from the original on 2008-05-27. Retrieved 2008-08-28.
  6. 1 2 Larry Hickmott. "2008 Junior Tour of Wales". 23–25 August 2008.
  7. Clarke, Stuart (13 November 2014). "Martyn Irvine and Mark McNally headline new arrivals for Madison Genesis". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
  8. "Tour Doon Hame". British Cycling. 8 April 2012. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
  9. "Marcin Bialoblocki wins final stage, Erick Rowsell wins Tour of the Reservoir". British Cycling. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  10. "Ben Swift places third as Jean Pierre Drucker wins RideLondon-Surrey Classic". Cycling Weekly. 2 August 2015. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  11. "Ian Bibby (NFTO) takes victory in Ryedale Grand Prix". British Cycling. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  12. "Leicester Castle Classic 2015". British Cycling. 16 August 2015. Retrieved 28 August 2015.

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