Julian Dean
 Julian Dean at the Critérium du Dauphiné 2011. |
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| Full name | Julian Dean | ||||||||||||
| Nickname | Kiwi Guy | ||||||||||||
| Born | January 28, 1975  New Zealand |
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| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||
| Weight | 72 kg (160 lb) | ||||||||||||
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| Current team | GreenEDGE | ||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road | ||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||
| Rider type | Sprinter/Leadout Specialist | ||||||||||||
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| 1999–2001 2002–2003 2004–2007 2008–2011 2012– |
US Postal CSC-Tiscali Crédit Agricole Slipstream-Chipotle GreenEDGE |
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| Infobox last updated on 1 January 2012 |
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Julian Dean (born 28 January 1975 in Waihi, New Zealand) is a road racing cyclist who rides for GreenEDGE.[1] His main achievements include winning the 2007 and 2008 New Zealand National Road Race Championships, and finishing 9th in the 2005 World Road Championships in Madrid. This is one better than his 10th place finish in 2002 in Zolder.
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[edit] Youth
Dean is the son of Waimata dairy farmers Peter and Valerie Dean. "Grasshopper", as he was locally known, started cycling when he was just a child, beginning at the local BMX club in Waihi, where he had success with two 3rd place finishes in the New Zealand Championships. Dean tried his hand at many sports before moving onto triathlon, which he enjoyed. From triathlon Dean soon fell in love with cycling, where he represented New Zealand in road and track. In 1997 Dean got his chance to race in the U.S. with the Shaklee team and the Mercury cycling team in 1998.
[edit] Career
[edit] US Postal
In 1999, Dean signed to the now defunct US Postal Service Pro Cycling Team, whom he rode for until 2001, gaining experience from racing in Europe. After having ridden in a team based around Lance Armstrong Dean went looking for new opportunities. He got them by joining CSC-Tiscali in 2002. However, his joy was short-lived when Dean broke his leg in March 2002 and was out for three months. He took his first win in Europe with a stage win in the Tour de Wallonie.
[edit] Credit Agricole
In 2004 he signed to Crédit Agricole as a lead out man for sprinter Thor Hushovd. He finished 8th behind stage winner Tom Boonen in Stage 6 of the Tour de France. He missed the 2005 edition of the Tour due to an injury incurred in the 2005 Giro d'Italia. He later returned for the 2006 edition.
The 2007 cycling season started well with Dean winning the New Zealand Road Racing Champion title. This win entitled Dean to represent and wear the black and white New Zealand national cycling jersey whilst racing in all international road-racing events throughout the 2007 season. He continued to ride for the French based team Crédit Agricole.
During the 2007 Tour de France Dean was known for his role of leadout for Thor Hushovd. Hushovd later said in interviews that Dean was "the best leadout man in the world." [2] Dean's last public appearance wearing the Crédit Agricole jersey was the 2007 Mt Maunganui criterium race, held on 27 December 2007. He won the elite category.
[edit] Slipstream-Chipotle
From 2008 to 2011, Dean rode for Jonathan Vaughters' team Slipstream-Chipotle. He once again started the year by winning the New Zealand national Road Racing Championship, held in January.[3] He recorded six top-ten finishes in the 2008 Tour de France, with a best performance of fourth in stage 14. His overall classification was 110th, and 9th in the points competition.[4]
In 2009, during the 13th stage of the Tour de France from Vittel to Colmar he, along with Óscar Freire of Rabobank got shot by an air rifle. He got shot in the thumb but was fine and finished in 112th on the stage.
In 2009 Dean became the only rider to start and finish all three grand tours during the season.[5]
[edit] GreenEDGE
In October 2011 Dean confirmed his move to the new Australian professional cycling team, GreenEDGE.[1][6] Dean believed "It [is] a hugely exciting development for cycling, especially in Australia and New Zealand" and that "With the quality of the team named, [he is] confident we'll get World Tour status straight away"[7] which was subsequently achieved. [8]. Australian riders already signed to GreenEDGE include 2011 Milan – San Remo winner, Matthew Goss, Australian National Road Race Champion, Jack Bobridge, Australian National Time Trial Champion and 2011 Tour Down Under winner, Cameron Meyer, four time Tour de France runner up, Stuart O'Grady and three time Tour de France Green Jersey winner, Robbie McEwen. Julian had a training injury [9] at the first GreenEdge camp.
[edit] Grand Tour Results
[edit] Tour de France
[edit] Giro d'Italia
- 2005 : Abandoned - Stage 6
- 2007 : 93
- 2008 : Did not start - Stage 19
- 2009 : 136
- 2010 : Did not start - Stage 19
[edit] Vuelta a España
[edit] Palmares
- 1993
- 3rd
World U19 Team Pursuit Championship - 1994
- 3rd Team Pursuit, Victoria, Commonwealth Games
- 1995
- 1st
Kilometer Champion - Best All-Around Performance, New Zealand Track Championship
- 1996
- 1st Individual Pursuit champion
- 1st Points Race Champion
- 1st Tour of Somerville
- 1st stage Tour of Ohio
- 1st Red Rose Rocket Criterium
- 1st stage, Tour of Wellington
- 1997
- 1st Visalia Criterium
- 1st Santa Rosa Criterium
- 1998
- 1st Outdoor Life Network GP
- 1st Overall, U.S. National Point Series
- 1st Visalia Criterium
- 1st stage, Tour LeFleur
- 1st sprint competition Redlands Classic
- 1999
- 1st
Overall Tour of Wellington
- 1st Stage 11
- 1st Stage 2 Tour of Britain
- 1st Stage 7 Tour of Britain
- 2001
- 1st Philadelphia International Championship
- 1st Stage 4 Vuelta a Castilla y León
- 2003
- 1st Overall Tour de Wallonie
- 1st Stage 4
- 1st Stage 5
- 1st Philadelphia International Championship
- 1st Stage 2 Circuit Franco-Belge
- 2004
- 2nd Overall Tour of Britain
- 1st
Points Classification
- 1st
- 2005
- 9th Road Race World Championships
- 2007
- 1st National Road Race Champion
- 1st New Zealand Criterium champion
- 2008
- 1st National Road Race Champion
- 1st Stage 1 TTT Giro d'Italia
- 3rd Overall Tour of Ireland
- 4th Stage 14 Tour de France
- 6th Stage 21 Tour de France
- 2010
- 3rd 2010 National Cycling Championships
- 2nd Stage 18 Giro d'Italia
- 2nd Stage 4 Tour de France
- 2nd Stage 18 Tour de France
- 3rd Stage 20 Tour de France
- 3rd Stage 10 Giro d'Italia
- 2011
- 9th Stage 3 Ster ZLM Toer
- 1st Stage 2 TTT Tour de France
- 7th Stage 3 Tour de France
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Julian Dean confirmed for GreenEdge". VeloNews (Competitor Group, Inc.). 4 October 2011. http://velonews.competitor.com/2011/10/news/julian-dean-confirmed-for-greenedge_194313. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ^ Youtube video of stage http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdpldghEof8
- ^ "Dean defends cycling title". Television New Zealand. 13 January 2008. http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/411749/1542722. Retrieved 8 October 2011.
- ^ Tour de France official website 193 - DEAN Julian (NZL) (French)
- ^ Alejandro Valverde wins his first grand tour, as Greipel wins the final stage in Madrid
- ^ Woodcock, Fred (4 October 2011). "Dean signs up with new Australian cycling team". Stuff.co.nz. http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/other-sports/5727831/Dean-signs-up-with-new-Australian-cycling-team. Retrieved 8 October 2011.
- ^ Julian Dean joins Australian cycling team, GreenEDGE
- ^ Guiness, Rupert (07 Dec, 2011 04:00 AM). "Dean an early GreenEDGE training casualty". Canberra Times. http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/news/33885/dean-an-early-greenedge-training-casualty. Retrieved 2011-12-11.
- ^ Guiness, Rupert (Mon 05 Dec 2011, 6pm). "Great news on GreenEDGE, but many questions still to be answered". SBS - Cycling Central. http://www.canberratimes.com.au/news/national/national/sport/great-news-on-greenedge-but-many-questions-still-to-be-answered/2384363.aspx. Retrieved 2011-12-11.
