Rohan Dennis
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Rohan Dennis (born 28 May 1990)[1] is an Australian professional racing cyclist who rides for UCI ProTeam BMC Racing Team.[2] Dennis was born, raised, and resides in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.[3]
Professional career
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Dennis on his way to winning Stage 1 of the 2015 Tour de France
Dennis began his career by focusing on the track, and was part of the Australian team that took the silver medals in the team pursuit at the 2012 Olympic Games.[4]
He joined Garmin-Sharp-Barracuda for the 2013 season, and made his debut Tour de France, pulling out of the race before Stage 9.[5]
In 2014, Dennis finished second overall behind Bradley Wiggins at the Tour of California, after placing second to Wiggins in the time trial. He also placed second in the Commonwealth Games time trial behind Alex Dowsett.[6] In August 2014 Dennis made a rare mid-season transfer to the BMC Racing Team.[7] He went on to win the World team time trial championships with his new team.
On 8 February 2015, he set a new hour record of 52.491 km, beating Matthias Brändle's record by over 600 metres.[8] The record stood until 2 May 2015, when it was broken by British rider Alex Dowsett.[9] Dennis was selected to ride the 2015 Tour de France as part of the BMC Racing Team squad supporting Tejay van Garderen.[10] He won stage one's individual time trial, clocking an average speed of 55.446 km/h (34.5 mph) and became the first yellow jersey wearer of the Tour.[11] With this performance, he established a new record average speed for an individual time trial at the Tour de France.[12]
Palmarès
The list of races won (palmarès) by Dennis.
- 2010
- 1st
National Under-23 Time Trial Championships - 1st UCI World Team Pursuit Championships
- 3rd Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23
- 4th Overall Olympia's Tour
- 5th UCI World Under-23 Time Trial Championships
- 6th Commonwealth Games Time Trial
- 10th National Road Race Championships
- 10th Ringerike GP
- 2011
- 1st UCI World Team Pursuit Championships
- 4th National Road Race Championships
- 7th National Time Trial Championships
- 2012
- 1st Chrono Champenois
- 1st National Under-23 Road Race Championships[15]
- 1st National Under-23 Time Trial Championships[16]
- 1st Overall
Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23
- 1st Stage 5 (ITT)
- 2nd Olympic Team Pursuit
- 2nd UCI World Team Pursuit Championships
- 2nd UCI World Under-23 Time Trial Championships
- 4th Overall Olympia's Tour
- 1st Stage 5 (ITT)
- 5th Overall Tour Down Under
- 1st
Mountains classification - 1st
Young rider classification
- 1st
- 2013
- 1st Overall Tour of Alberta
- 1st Young rider classification
- 1st Stage 3
- 1st
- 2nd National Time Trial Championships
- 8th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné
- 1st Young rider classification
- 1st
- 2014
- 1st
World Team Time Trial Championships - 2nd Overall Tour of California
- 1st Stage 3
- 2nd Overall Circuit de la Sarthe
- 1st Young rider classification
- 1st
- 2nd Commonwealth Games Time Trial
- 2015
- World Hour record: 52.491 km
- 1st World Team Time Trial Championships
- 1st
Overall Tour Down Under
- 1st Young rider classification
- 1st Stage 3
- 1st
- Tour de France
- 1st Overall USA Pro Cycling Challenge
- 1st Stages 4 & 5 (ITT)
- 1st
Mountains classification
- 2nd National Time Trial Championships
- 2016
- 1st National Time Trial Championships
References
- ↑ "RIDER PROFILES ROHAN DENNIS". Cycling Australia. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
- ↑ http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/dennis-to-ride-vuelta-a-espana-for-bmc-after-leaving-garmin
- 1 2 "Rohan Dennis at Garmin-Sharp". Garmin–Sharp (Boulder, Colorado: Slipstream Sports LLC). 28 December 2012. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
- ↑ http://www.foxsports.com.au/olympic-games/events/rohan-dennis-signs-new-cycling-deal-after-winning-silver-medal/story-fnd7zhks-1226442911999
- ↑ "Rohan Dennis pulls out of debut Tour de France a day earlier than planned". Velonation. 7 July 2013. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
- ↑ http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/bittersweet-silver-for-dennis-in-the-commonwealth-games
- ↑ http://www1.skysports.com/cycling/news/12040/9403963/rohan-dennis-to-join-bmc-racing-from-garmin-sharp-in-rare-mid-season-transfer
- ↑ "Rohan Dennis sets new Hour Record". cyclingnews.com. 8 February 2015. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
- ↑ "Alex Dowsett sets new Hour Record of 52.937km". cyclingnews.com. 2 May 2015. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
- ↑ "Tour de France: BMC Racing announce team to support van Garderen". cyclingnews.com. 24 June 2015. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
- ↑ Wynn, Nigel (4 July 2015). "Rohan Dennis beats Boardman’s Tour de France time trial speed record". Cycling Weekly (Time Inc. UK). Retrieved 4 July 2015.
- ↑ Zeb, Woodpower (4 July 2015). "Tour de France: Dennis sets record speed to claim first maillot jaune in Utrecht". Cyclingnews.com (Immediate Media Company). Retrieved 4 July 2015.
- ↑ "Rohan Dennis at Cycling Base". Cycling Base. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
- ↑ "Rohan Dennis at Cycling Archives". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
- ↑ Hinds, Alex (7 January 2012). "Dennis starts his 2012 Olympic bid with under 23 gold in Buninyong". Cyclingnews.com (Bath, England: Future plc). Retrieved 7 January 2012.
- ↑ Hinds, Alex (10 January 2012). "Dennis doubles up with dominant ride against the clock". Cyclingnews.com (Bath, England: Future plc). Retrieved 10 January 2012.
External links
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- Rohan Dennis profile at ProCyclingStats
- Rohan Dennis profile at Cycling Archives
- Cycling Base: Rohan Dennis
- Cycling Quotient: Rohan Dennis
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| Preceded by Matthias Brändle |
UCI hour record (52.491 km) 8 February 2015 – 2 May 2015 |
Succeeded by Alex Dowsett |
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