Alex Dowsett

Alex Dowsett
Dowsett in 2019
Personal information
Full nameAlex Edward Albert Dowsett
NicknameThe Tiger
Born (1988-10-03) 3 October 1988 (age 35)
Maldon, Essex, England[1]
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Weight73 kg (161 lb)[2]
Team information
Disciplines
  • Road
  • Track
RoleRider
Rider typeTime trialist
Amateur team
2009100% Me
Professional teams
2010Trek–Livestrong
2011–2012Team Sky
2013–2017Movistar Team
2018–2019Team Katusha–Alpecin[3][4]
2020–2022Israel Start-Up Nation[5]
Major wins
Grand Tours
Giro d'Italia
2 individual stages (2013, 2020)

Stage races

Bayern Rundfahrt (2015)

One-day races and Classics

National Time Trial Championships
(2011–2013, 2015, 2016, 2019)

World Hour record

2 May 2015, 52.937 km
Medal record
Representing  Great Britain
European Road Championships
Gold medal – first place 2010 Ankara Under-23 time trial
Representing  England
Men's road bicycle racing
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Glasgow Time trial
Silver medal – second place 2010 Delhi Time trial
World Championships
Representing Movistar Team
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Richmond Team time trial

Alex Edward Albert Dowsett (born 3 October 1988) is a British former professional road racing cyclist, who last rode for UCI WorldTeam Israel–Premier Tech.[6] He was a time trial specialist, and in 2015, he broke track cycling's world hour record by 446 metres (1,463 feet), with a distance of 52.937 kilometres (32.894 miles).

  1. ^ "Alex Dowsett Biography". Team Sky. Archived from the original on 10 September 2012. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
  2. ^ a b "Alex Dowsett – Team KATUSHA ALPECIN". Archived from the original on 8 July 2019. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
  3. ^ "Britain's Alex Dowsett to leave Movistar for Katusha-Alpecin". BBC Sport. 21 August 2017. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  4. ^ "Katusha-Alpecin announce reduced 24-rider roster for 2019". Cyclingnews.com. 20 November 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  5. ^ Ostanek, Daniel (11 December 2019). "Israel Cycling Academy become Israel Start-Up Nation as WorldTour beckons". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  6. ^ "Israel Start-Up Nation". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.