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Alex Dowsett
	Dowsett at the 2015 Tour de France
Personal information
Full name	Alex Edward Albert Dowsett
Born	3 October 1988 (age 36); Maldon, Essex, England
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	75 kg (165 lb; 11.8 st)
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Discipline	Road and track
Role	Rider
Rider type	Time trialist
Amateur team
2009	100% Me
Professional teams
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Major wins
	Grand Tours Giro d'Italia 1 individual stage (2013) Stage races Bayern-Rundfahrt (2015) One-day races and Classics National Time Trial Championships (2011, 2012, 2013, 2015); European Under-23 Time Trial Championships World Hour record 2 May 2015, 52.937 km
Medal record
Representing England
Road bicycle racing
Commonwealth Games
World Championships
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Alex Edward Albert Dowsett (born 3 October 1988) is a British professional road racing cyclist who rides for UCI ProTeam You have called {{Contentious topics}}. You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:

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In 2015, he broke track cycling's world hour record by 446 m, with a distance of 52.937 km.

Early life

The son of former British Touring Car Championship driver Phil Dowsett,^[2] Dowsett was educated at Elm Green Preparatory School in Little Baddow, followed by King Edward VI Grammar School in Chelmsford. He initially took up swimming as a sport before starting cycling on a mountain bike along with his father.^[3]

Career

Early career

Dowsett began his career at the Maldon and District Cycling Club in the City of Chelmsford.^[4] soon recognised his talent, and Alex became part of the British Olympic Academy development team. He won the under-23 version of the British Time Trial Championships in 2008 and 2009. In 2010 he rode for American Trek-LiveStrong and won the under-23 European time trial championship.^[5] He also won a silver medal in the Time Trial at the 2010 Commonwealth Games.

Team Sky (2011–12)

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In March 2012, Dowsett suffered a broken elbow in the Three Days of De Panne and as a result missed the classics season. Dowsett recovered to finish second in the National Road Race Championships, and later retained his National Time Trial Champion title. Later in September, Dowsett competed at the UCI World Road Race Championships in all three men's elite events, with a best placing of eighth in the individual time trial.

In October 2012, he expressed an opinion on the Lance Armstrong-USADA doping affair by stating to the BBC: "I don't think it matters. He is still a legend of the sport. A guy who had cancer came back and won the Tour de France. I think it's not really important and I really don't think it matters."^[6] He clarified later that day saying he was too vague and his comments were in reference to the fact the sport was different back then compared to now and also to the charity work seen in the form of Livestrong. He said "I do think what Lance has done is completely unacceptable."^[7]

Moviestar (2013–present)

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In May 2014 Dowsett set a new British 10-mile time trial record in Cambridgeshire, clocking in at 17 minutes 20 seconds and beating Michael Hutchinson's previous record by 25 seconds.^[11]

Competing for England at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, Dowsett won gold in the Individual Time Trial.^[12] After a long breakaway, Dowsett took the lead of the Tour of Britain on the sixth stage^[13] but lost it before the end of the stage race to Dylan van Baarle and finished eighth overall.^[14] His team announced that Dowsett had signed a three year contract extension with them in September.^[15]

In December 2014, Dowsett announced he would attempt to break the UCI Hour Record at the Lee Valley VeloPark on 27 February 2015.^[16] However, he was forced to postpone the attempt after breaking his collarbone in a training accident.^[17] The attempt instead took place at the Manchester Velodrome on 2 May 2015^[18] where Dowsett set a new world record of 52.937 kilometres, beating Rohan Dennis' previous record by almost half a kilometre.^[19] Two weeks later, Dowsett won his first ever stage race, the 2015 Bayern-Rundfahrt, where he claimed the overall victory a day after winning the Stage 4 individual time-trial. In June 2015 Dowsett clinched his fourth national time trial title, equalling the record of Stuart Dangerfield.^[20]

He was named in the start list for the 2015 Tour de France.^[21]

Personal life

Dowsett suffers from haemophilia.^[22] Speaking on ITV's Cycle Show in July 2013, Dowsett cited this medical condition as being a key factor in his choosing competitive cycling in his youth, above other sports, because contact games such as football and rugby were considered too risky. He is believed to be the only able-bodied elite sportsman or woman with the condition.^[3] As a result he has a special exemption from the Union Cycliste Internationale's no needles policy, introduced in 2011,^[23] to inject himself with the clotting protein Factor VIII every 48 hours. Dowsett runs the charitable foundation Little Bleeders to raise awareness of haemophilia.^[3]

Palmares

2006

1st National Junior Road Race Championships

National Junior Time Trial Championships

1st 10-mile

1st 25-mile

1st Tour of Switzerland 7.7 km Time Trial

1st European Junior Team Pursuit Championships

2007

1st Perfs Pedal Road Race

1st Overall British Premier Calendar Under-23 Champion

1st Rudy Project Time Trial Series

National Time Trial Championships

3rd 10-mile

4th 25-mile

2008

1st Team Time Trial Tour d'Alsace

1st

National Under-23 Time Trial Championships

3rd Abergavenny International Criterium

3rd National 10-mile Time Trial Championships

4th National Under-23 Road Race Championships

2009

1st Richmond Grand Prix

1st

National Under-23 Time Trial Championships

7th World Under-23 Time Trial Championships

2010

1st

European Under-23 Time Trial Championships

1st Stage 5 Cascade Cycling Classic

1st Chrono des Nations U23

8th Tour of the Battenkill

2nd

Commonwealth Games Time Trial

2011

1st

National Time Trial Championships

1st Stage 8a (ITT) Tour of Britain

1st London Nocturne

2nd Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes

1st Stage 5

3rd Chrono des Nations

5th Overall Danmark Rundt

6th Overall Ster ZLM Toer

2012

1st

National Time Trial Championships

1st Vita Cycles Ten Minutes of Hell Time Trial Mersey Tunnel Time Trial

2nd National Road Race Championships

2nd Duo Normand (with Luke Rowe)

8th UCI World Time Trial Championships

2013

1st

National Time Trial Championships

1st Stage 8 (ITT) Giro d'Italia

2nd London Nocturne

2014

1st

Commonwealth Games Time Trial

1st Stage 3 (ITT) Circuit de la Sarthe

2nd National Madison Championships (with Joe Holt)^[24]

3rd National Time Trial Championships^[25]

7th Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes^[26]

8th Overall Tour of Britain

2015

World Hour record: 52.937 km

1st

Overall Bayern-Rundfahrt

1st Stage 4 (ITT)

1st

National Time Trial Championships

3rd

World Team Time Trial Championships

References

^ "Alex Dowsett Biography". Team Sky. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
^ "A family affair for Airwaves Racing at Dunton shakedown". Airwaves Racing. Motorbase Performance. 29 September 2011. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Alex Dowsett: Haemophilia no barrier to cyclist's hour record bid". bbc.co.uk. 30 April 2015. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
^ [1] Archived 2010-11-23 at the Wayback Machine
^ Lionel Birnie (6 November 2009). "Dowsett signs with Trek-LiveStrong". Cycling Weekly. IPC Media Sports & Leisure network. Retrieved 12 October 2012.
^ Shane Stokes (11 October 2012). "Armstrong case: Yates insists he saw nothing suspicious as rider or directeur sportif". VeloNation. VeloNation LLC. Retrieved 12 October 2012.
^ Shane Stokes (11 October 2012). "Alex Dowsett clarifies earlier comments about Armstrong". VeloNation. VeloNation LLC. Retrieved 12 October 2012.
^ Wynn, Nigel (30 October 2012). "Dowsett signs to Movistar team for 2013". Cycling Weekly. IPC Media Limited. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
^ Wynn, Nigel; Brown, Gregor (11 May 2013). "Alex Dowsett wins Giro d'Italia stage eight time trial". Cycling Weekly. IPC Media. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
^ "Dowsett claims third straight British time trial title". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 20 June 2013. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
^ Wynn, Nigel (31 May 2014). "Alex Dowsett sets new British 10-mile time trial record". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
^ "Alex Dowsett wins men's time trial gold". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
^ "Brändle claims second successive win at Tour of Britain". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 12 September 2014. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
^ "Dylan van Baarle wins 2014 Tour of Britain". VeloNews. Competitor Group, Inc. 14 September 2014. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
^ "Great Britain's Alex Dowsett signs new three-year contract with Movistar". The Guardian. 2014 Guardian News and Media Limited. 22 September 2014. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
^ http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest-news/alex-dowsett-announces-hour-record-attempt-february-27-150124
^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cycling/30946525
^ Clarke, Stuart (27 April 2015). "Storey shares Hour Record advice as Dowsett's attempt draws near". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
^ "Alex Dowsett sets new Hour Record of 52.937km". cyclingnews.com. 2 May 2015. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
^ Allen, Eddie (25 June 2015). "Dowsett, Simmonds and Davies take British time trial titles". British Cycling. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
^ "2015 Tour de France start list". Velo News. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
^ Ellis Bacon (22 March 2010). "Dowsett delivers for Trek-Livestrong". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. Retrieved 12 October 2012.
^ Farrand, Stephen (2 February 2015). "UCI approves no needle policy". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
^ "Tennant and Wood win British Madison title at Revolution Series in London". British Cycling. 25 October 2014. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
^ Griffiths, Gareth (27 June 2014). "National Championships 2014: Sir Bradley Wiggins wins British time trial title at Celtic Manor ahead of Team Sky colleague Geraint Thomas". WalesOnline. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
^ "Chavanel wins Tour du Poitou-Charentes". cyclingnews.com. 29 August 2014. Retrieved 30 August 2014.

External links

Official website
Alex Dowsett at Cycling Archives (archived)
Alex Dowsett in Conversation with Cycling Shorts.

Records
Preceded by Rohan Dennis	UCI hour record (52.937 km) 2 May 2015 – 7 June 2015	Succeeded by Bradley Wiggins

[1] "Alex Dowsett Biography". Team Sky. Retrieved 30 August 2012.

[2] "A family affair for Airwaves Racing at Dunton shakedown". Airwaves Racing. Motorbase Performance. 29 September 2011. Retrieved 2 September 2012.

[beeb-3] "Alex Dowsett: Haemophilia no barrier to cyclist's hour record bid". bbc.co.uk. 30 April 2015. Retrieved 1 May 2015.

[4] [1] Archived 2010-11-23 at the Wayback Machine

[5] Lionel Birnie (6 November 2009). "Dowsett signs with Trek-LiveStrong". Cycling Weekly. IPC Media Sports & Leisure network. Retrieved 12 October 2012.

[6] Shane Stokes (11 October 2012). "Armstrong case: Yates insists he saw nothing suspicious as rider or directeur sportif". VeloNation. VeloNation LLC. Retrieved 12 October 2012.

[7] Shane Stokes (11 October 2012). "Alex Dowsett clarifies earlier comments about Armstrong". VeloNation. VeloNation LLC. Retrieved 12 October 2012.

[Movistar-8] Wynn, Nigel (30 October 2012). "Dowsett signs to Movistar team for 2013". Cycling Weekly. IPC Media Limited. Retrieved 30 October 2012.

[9] Wynn, Nigel; Brown, Gregor (11 May 2013). "Alex Dowsett wins Giro d'Italia stage eight time trial". Cycling Weekly. IPC Media. Retrieved 13 May 2013.

[10] "Dowsett claims third straight British time trial title". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 20 June 2013. Retrieved 20 June 2013.

[11] Wynn, Nigel (31 May 2014). "Alex Dowsett sets new British 10-mile time trial record". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 3 June 2014.

[12] "Alex Dowsett wins men's time trial gold". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 31 July 2014.

[13] "Brändle claims second successive win at Tour of Britain". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 12 September 2014. Retrieved 12 September 2014.

[14] "Dylan van Baarle wins 2014 Tour of Britain". VeloNews. Competitor Group, Inc. 14 September 2014. Retrieved 23 September 2014.

[15] "Great Britain's Alex Dowsett signs new three-year contract with Movistar". The Guardian. 2014 Guardian News and Media Limited. 22 September 2014. Retrieved 23 September 2014.

[16] ttp://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest-news/alex-dowsett-announces-hour-record-attempt-february-27-150124

[17] ttp://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cycling/30946525

[18] Clarke, Stuart (27 April 2015). "Storey shares Hour Record advice as Dowsett's attempt draws near". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 2 May 2015.

[19] "Alex Dowsett sets new Hour Record of 52.937km". cyclingnews.com. 2 May 2015. Retrieved 2 May 2015.

[20] Allen, Eddie (25 June 2015). "Dowsett, Simmonds and Davies take British time trial titles". British Cycling. Retrieved 25 June 2015.

[2015Tour-21] "2015 Tour de France start list". Velo News. Retrieved 2 July 2015.

[22] Ellis Bacon (22 March 2010). "Dowsett delivers for Trek-Livestrong". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. Retrieved 12 October 2012.

[23] Farrand, Stephen (2 February 2015). "UCI approves no needle policy". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 1 May 2015.

[24] "Tennant and Wood win British Madison title at Revolution Series in London". British Cycling. 25 October 2014. Retrieved 27 October 2014.

[25] Griffiths, Gareth (27 June 2014). "National Championships 2014: Sir Bradley Wiggins wins British time trial title at Celtic Manor ahead of Team Sky colleague Geraint Thomas". WalesOnline. Retrieved 27 June 2014.

[26] "Chavanel wins Tour du Poitou-Charentes". cyclingnews.com. 29 August 2014. Retrieved 30 August 2014.

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 ===Early career===
-Dowsett began his career at the Maldon and District Cycling Club in the City of Chelmsford.<ref>[http://www.chelmercc.org.uk/committee.htm ]{{dead link|date=July 2014}}</ref> soon recognised his talent, and Alex became part of the British Olympic Academy development team. He won the under-23 version of the British Time Trial Championships in 2008 and 2009. In 2010 he rode for American Trek-LiveStrong and won the under-23 European time trial championship.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest/429846/dowsett-signs-with-trek-livestrong.html|title=Dowsett signs with Trek-LiveStrong|work=Cycling Weekly|publisher=IPC Media Sports & Leisure network|date=6 November 2009|accessdate=12 October 2012|author=Lionel Birnie}}</ref> He also won a silver medal in the Time Trial at the [[Cycling at the 2010 Commonwealth Games&nbsp;– Men's road time trial|2010 Commonwealth Games]].
+Dowsett began his career at the Maldon and District Cycling Club in the City of Chelmsford.<ref>[http://www.chelmercc.org.uk/committee.htm ] {{wayback|url=http://www.chelmercc.org.uk/committee.htm |date=20101123024200 |df=y }}</ref> soon recognised his talent, and Alex became part of the British Olympic Academy development team. He won the under-23 version of the British Time Trial Championships in 2008 and 2009. In 2010 he rode for American Trek-LiveStrong and won the under-23 European time trial championship.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest/429846/dowsett-signs-with-trek-livestrong.html|title=Dowsett signs with Trek-LiveStrong|work=Cycling Weekly|publisher=IPC Media Sports & Leisure network|date=6 November 2009|accessdate=12 October 2012|author=Lionel Birnie}}</ref> He also won a silver medal in the Time Trial at the [[Cycling at the 2010 Commonwealth Games&nbsp;– Men's road time trial|2010 Commonwealth Games]].
 ===Team Sky (2011–12)===