Philip Deignan
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| Nickname | Philly, Deigy, Lippy, Nando, Tony, Andrew | ||
| Born | September 7, 1983  Ireland |
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| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Weight | 65 kg (140 lb) | ||
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| Current team | UnitedHealthcare | ||
| Discipline | Road | ||
| Role | Rider | ||
| Rider type | Climbing Domestique | ||
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| 2004 | VC La Pomme Marseille | ||
| Professional team(s) | |||
| 2005–2008 2009–2010 2011 2012– |
AG2R Prévoyance Cervélo TestTeam Team RadioShack UnitedHealthcare |
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| Infobox last updated on 4 January 2012 |
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Philip Deignan (Irish: Pilib Ó Duígeannáin; born 7 September 1983, Letterkenny, County Donegal) is an Irish Olympian and professional road racing cyclist for UCI Professional Continental Team UnitedHealthcare.[1] He was educated at St Eunan's College.
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[edit] Career
He first set foot on a bike in 1997 during a charity cycling event organised by Paddy Delap in Letterkenny.[2] 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.[3][4] He won the final stage & overall classification of the 2004 Ronde de l’Isard as an amateur. 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.[5] Other notable performances were ninth place in the UCI World Championships Under 23 road race,[6] fifth place in European championship under 23 road race, and second place on a mountainous stage of the 2006 Tour de l'Avenir stage race.[7]
After an injury plagued early season, Deignan entered and finished his first grand tour with the 2007 Vuelta a España, there he finished prominently with 10th, 12th and 16th in several mountain stages. Deignan along with Nicolas Roche and Roger Aiken made up the Irish team for the 2008 World Championships in Varese on 28 September. None of the three finished the demanding 260 km race.[8]
For the 2009 season Deignan rode with the Cervélo TestTeam. He raced the Giro D'Italia, achieving a top ten finish in one stage and featuring prominently in others, with his team winning 4 stages in total. On 17 September 2009 he achieved his first grand tour stage victory, in stage 18 of the Vuelta a España into Avila, after a 2-man battle with the Czech Roman Kreuziger of Liquigas. By finishing 10 minutes clear of the peloton he climbed to 9th in the general classification.[9] He became the first Irishman to win a stage on a Grand Tour since Stephen Roche's last-stage success at the Tour de France in 1992.[10][11] Deignan was selected to ride for Ireland in the 2009 World Elite Road Race Championship in Mendrisio, Switzerland (23–27 September) alongside Nicolas Roche and Daniel Martin.[12] After his Vuelta performance, Deignan reached a personal high 2009 world ranking of 71st. Deignan was the best Irish finisher when placing 40th at the 2009 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race in Mendrisio. He ended the 2009 season UCI ranked 75th, with 61 points,[13] which helped Ireland to 16th in the team rankings. It was announced after illness ruined his 2010 season, Deignan signed for Team RadioShack for 2011.[14][15] After one season with RadioShack, he signed on with UnitedHealthcare for the 2012 season.[1]
[edit] 2008 Summer Olympics
He qualified to represent Ireland at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.[16][17] He finished in 81st place (15 minutes and 53 seconds behind winner Samuel Sánchez and five minutes behind team mate Nicholas Roche) in the 150.2 mile road race on 9 August.
[edit] Achievements
[edit] Professional Victories (2)
- 2005 – Tour du Doubs (1.1)
- 2009 – Vuelta a España, Stage 18 (GT)
[edit] Grand Tour record
- 2007: Vuelta a España: 71st overall; 1 top 10 stage finish
- 2008: Giro d'Italia: 79th overall; 14th Youth class
- 2009: Giro d'Italia: 56th overall; 1 top 10 stage finish
- 2009: Vuelta a España: 9th overall; won Stage 18.[18]
- 2010: Vuelta a España: DNF (abdn stage 11)
- 2011: Giro d'Italia: 47th overall
[edit] Grand Tour General Classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
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 Giro |
- | 79 | 56 | - | 47 |
 Tour |
- | - | - | - | - |
 Vuelta |
71 | - | 9 | DNF | - |
[edit] Yearly Progression
- 2011 Team RadioShack
- 29th overall, Tour of Utah (2.1)
- 24th, Stage 1
- 25th, Stage 5
- 31st overall, Tour of Beijing (UWT)
- 2nd, Stage 3 (4 UCI pts)
- 36th, GP de Québec (UWT)
- 40th overall, USA Pro Cycling Challenge (2.1)
- 47th overall, Giro d'Italia (UWT)
- 14th, Stage 18
- 14th, Stage 15
- 23rd, Stage 21 (ITT)
- 2010 Cervélo TestTeam
- 25th overall, Vuelta Ciclista a la region de Murcia (2.1)
- 16th, Stage 3
- 33rd overall, Circuit de la Sarthe (2.1)
- 10th, Stage 4
- 12th, Stage 2a
- 2009 Cervélo TestTeam
- 7th overall, Vuelta a Castilla y León (2.1)
- 5th, Stage 4
- 8th, Giro del Mendrisiotto (1.2)
- 9th overall, Vuelta a España (UPT) (44 UCI pts)
- 1st, Stage 18 (16 UCI pts)
- 10th overall, Vuelta a Burgos (2.HC)
- 11th overall, Tour de Langkawi (2.HC)
- 12th, Stage 5
- 12th overall, Tour of Ireland (2.1)
- 4th, Stage 1
- 16th, Stage 3
- 40th, World Elite Road Race Championship (CM)
- 40th, Giro di Lombardia (1.HC)
- 56th overall, Giro d’Italia (GrandTour)
- 5th, Stage 14 (1 UCI pt)
- 2008 Ag2r-La Mondiale
- 25th overall, Deutschland Tour
- 81st, Beijing Olympics Road Race
- 2007 AG2R Prévoyance
- 71st overall, Vuelta a España
- Completed his first Grand Tour
- 10th, Stage 15
- 12th, Stage 10
- 16th, Stage 9
- 2006 AG2R Prévoyance
- 22nd overall, Tour de l'Avenir (2.1)
- 2nd, Stage 8
- 10th, Stage 10
- 2005 AG2R Prévoyance
- 1st, Tour du Doubs (1.1)
- 5th, European U23 Road Race Championships
- 9th, World U23 Road Race Championships (CM)
- 2004 VC La Pomme Marseille
- 2nd, Irish National U23 Road Race Championship
- 4th, Irish National Road Race Championship
- 14th overall, Tour de Langkawi (2.2)
- 18th overall, Tour of Britain (riding as part of Ireland national team)
- 29th overall, U26 Giro d’Italia ('Baby Giro')
- 3rd, Stage 5
- 3rd, Stage 9
- 2003 Totalcycling.com
- 7th, Irish National Road Race Championship
- 25th, U23 Liège-Bastogne-Liège (1.7.1) riding for Team Ireland
- 47th, World U23 Road Race Championship (CM)
- 47th, U23 Tour of Flanders (1.7.1) riding for Team Ireland
[edit] References
- ^ a b Frattini, Kirsten (23 September 2011). "McCartney and Deignan join UnitedHealthcare in 2012". Cycling News (Future Publishing Limited). http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/mccartney-and-deignan-join-unitedhealthcare-in-2012. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
- ^ Deignan's first taste of cycling
- ^ "Deignan third on penultimage stage of Baby Giro". irishcycling.com. http://www.irishcycling.com/publish/exec/view.cgi?archive=1&num=506. Retrieved 2007-07-22.
- ^ "Deignan shines in mountain stage in Baby Giro". irishcycling.com. http://www.irishcycling.com/publish/exec/view.cgi?archive=1&num=485. Retrieved 2007-07-22.
- ^ "First pro win for Deignan". Irishcycling.com. http://www.irishcycling.com/publish/exec/view.cgi?archive=6&num=1186. Retrieved 2007-07-22.
- ^ "Deignan ninth in World Championships under 23 road race". cyclingnews.com. http://www.irishcycling.com/publish/exec/view.cgi?archive=6&num=1364. Retrieved 2007-07-22.
- ^ "Irish squad announced for worlds". irishcycling.com. http://www.irishcycling.com/publish/exec/view.cgi?archive=8&num=2041. Retrieved 2007-07-22.
- ^ "Menchov wins Tour of Spain, Deignan 71st overall". Irishcycling.com. http://www.irishcycling.com/publish/news/art_2646.shtml. Retrieved 2007-09-24.
- ^ "Deignan claims grand tour stage". Irish Times. 2009-09-18. http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sport/2009/0918/1224254801736.html. Retrieved 2009-09-20.
- ^ Deignan on course for top 10, RTÉ News, 18 September 2009
- ^ Historic win for Deignan in Spain, RTÉ News, 17 September 2009
- ^ Irish team for 2009 World Championships, Cycling Ireland, 10 September 2009
- ^ 2009 Final UCI World Rankings , UCI website, 19 October 2009
- ^ Philip Deignan signs for RadioShack, cyclingnews website, 12 October 2010
- ^ "Cycling: Relieved Deignan joins Armstrong's Radioshack team". Irish Independent. 2010-10-12. http://www.independent.ie/sport/other-sports/cycling-relieved-deignan-joins-armstrongs-radioshack-team-2374797.html. Retrieved 2010-10-12.
- ^ http://www.rte.ie/sport/olympics2008/deignanp.html RTÉ Sport: Irish Olympic Team – Philip Deignan
- ^ BBC Sport: Beijing biker
- ^ "Deignan wins Tour of Spain stage" (BBC), retrieved 17 September 2009
[edit] External links
Media related to Philip Deignan at Wikimedia Commons
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