Gee Atherton

Gee Ragdoll Atherton
Personal information
Full name	George David Atherton
Nickname	Gee, GeeMan
Born	26 February 1985 (age 39); Salisbury, England, United Kingdom
Height	190 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	85 kg (187 lb)
Team information
Current team	Atherton Bikes
Discipline	DH MTB
Role	Explorer
Rider type	DH & 4X
Professional teams
2001	Animal
2002–2003	Animal/Muddy Fox
2004	Muddy Fox
2007–2011	Animal Commençal
2011–2015	GT Bicycles
2015–2019	Trek Factory Racing
2019-	Atherton Racing
Major wins
	GBR DH National Champion (1 Wins); EUR DH European Champion (1 Wins); UCI DH World Champion (2 Wins); UCI DH World Cup (7 Wins); UCI 4X World Cup (1 Wins); UCI DH World Cup Overall Champion (1 Wins);
Medal record
Representing Great Britain
Men's mountain bike racing
World Championships

George David Atherton, known as Gee Atherton (born 26 February 1985, near Salisbury, England) is a British professional racing cyclist specializing in downhill and four cross mountain bike racing, and is a multiple national champion, multiple World Cup winner, and 2008 & 2014 Downhill World Champion. He is also a rally driver and competed in his first International event in 2017 at Wales Rally GB.

Career

From 2007 to 2011, Gee was one third of the Animal Commençal racing team, alongside brother Dan Atherton and sister Rachel Atherton. In 2012 the Athertons started riding for team GT Factory Racing, along with Marc Beaumont.

Gee, along with Rachel and Dan, is the star of the web series "The Atherton Project" a series which follows their day-to-day lives. In 2012 Gee was racing for GT racing.

On the 25th of January 2019, Gee launched Atherton Bikes along with Rachel Atherton and Dan Atherton and renowned suspension designer Dave Weagle, utilising the latest additive manufacturing technology to create the range of bikes they have always wanted to ride.

In the 2012 season, Gee finished 3rd overall to Greg Minnaar and American world cup winner Aaron Gwin. At the world championships in Leogang Austria Gee finished 2nd by 0.58 of a second to Greg Minnaar.

He was pre-qualified for the world-renowned 2012 Red Bull Rampage in Utah but after a major crash in practice was unable to compete.

Gee appeared on the BBC's Top Gear (series 7), racing a Renault Clio down the streets of Lisbon and winning.^[1]

Palmarès

2000: 3rd DH, British National Mountain Biking Championships - Youth

2001: 1st DH, British National Mountain Biking Championships - Youth

2002: 1st DH, British National Mountain Biking Championships - Junior

2003: 1st DH, British National Mountain Biking Championships - Junior

2004: 1st DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Round 3, Schladming, Austria; 1st DH, British National Mountain Biking Championships; 2nd FR, Red Bull Rampage

2007: 1st DH, European Mountain Bike Championships; 3rd DH, UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships, Fort William; 1st 4X, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Round 1, Vigo, Spain; 6th DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Round 1, Vigo, Spain; 2nd DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Round 4, Schladming; 2nd DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Round 5, Maribor; 4th NPS DH, Round 3, Moelfre; 1st NPS DH, Round 4, Caersws; 1st NPS DH, Round 5, Innerleithen; 1st Fat Face Night Race; 1st Red Bull Metro Ride; 1st Red Bull Goldmine; 2nd Urban Pro, Paris

2008: 1st DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Round 2, Vallnord, Andorra; 1st Maxxis Cup, Gouveia, Portugal; 1st Alpine Bikes Winter Series, Scotland; 1st DH, Monster Energy Garbanzo Downhill, Kokanee Crankworx, Whistler, Canada; 1st NPS round 1 Ae (Scotland); 1st DH, UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships, Trentino, Italy