Bob Downs
 Bob Downs riding for Great Britain in the Milk Race | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | 24 July 1955 Basildon, Essex, United Kingdom | ||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Road | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||
| Rider type | Time Trialist | ||||||||||||||
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| - | GS Strada | ||||||||||||||
| - | Manchester Wheelers' Club | ||||||||||||||
| Professional team | |||||||||||||||
| 1984-89 | Percy Bilton | ||||||||||||||
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| Sealink International | |||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Robert Downs (born 24 July 1955) is a former English professional cyclist from Basildon, Essex.
Cycling career
He won the Sealink International in 1980 and competed at the 1980 Moscow Olympics in the Men's 100 kilometres Team Time Trial.[1]
He represented England in the road race, at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.[2] Four years later he represented England and won a gold medal in the team time trial, at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.[3][4]
He rode for Manchester Wheelers' Club and was a professional between 1984-1989 ending his career with Percy Bilton.
Palmarès
- 1974
- 1st Tour of Ireland
- 19876
- 3rd in Premier Calendar
- 1977
- 1st in Gran Premio della Liberazione
- 3rd in Stage 3 Milk Race, Sheffield (GBR)
- 1978
- 3rd in General Classification Milk Race
- 11th Commonwealth Games, Road race
- 1979
- 1st in Premier Calendar
- 1980
- 1st Overall, Sealink International
- 9th Olympic Games, Team Time Trial (100 km)
- 1981
- 4th Overall, Milk Race
- 1st in Premier Calendar
- 1982
- 6th Overall, Sealink International
5th British National Road Race Championships (Amateur)- 4th Overall, Milk Race
- 3rd in Stage 8 Milk Race, Skegness
- 1982 Commonwealth Games
Gold, Team Time Trial (with Malcolm Elliott, Joe Waugh and Steve Lawrence)- 10th Brisbane-Sydney
- 1984
- 2nd in Milton Keynes
- 1986
- 56th Nissan Classic
- 1987
- 14th Kellogg's Tour of Britain
- 3rd in Dublin
- 1st in Porthcawl
- 1988
- 2nd in Stage 3 Milk Race, Plymouth
- 3rd in South Shields
- 2nd in Worksop
References
- ^ "Bob Downs Olympic Results". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
- ^ "1978 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "1982 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
External links
- Bob Downs at Cycling Archives (archive)
- Bob DOWNS profile in CycleBase
- Official website of Manchester Wheelers' Club
Categories:
- 1954 births
- Living people
- English male cyclists
- Olympic cyclists of Great Britain
- Cyclists at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England
- Cyclists at the 1978 Commonwealth Games
- Cyclists at the 1982 Commonwealth Games
- Sportspeople from Basildon
- Commonwealth Games medallists in cycling