Ryan Cox
Ryan Cox in 2005 | |
Personal information | |
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Full name | Ryan Rodney Cox |
Born | (1979-04-09)9 April 1979 South Africa |
Died | 1 August 2007(2007-08-01) (aged 28) |
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) |
Weight | 62 kg (137 lb) |
Team information | |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Rider type | Climbing specialist |
Professional teams | |
2000 | Amore & Vita–Giubileo 2000–Beretta |
2001–2002 | Team Cologne |
2003–2007 | Barloworld |
Major wins | |
Stage races
One-day races and Classics | |
Ryan Rodney Cox (9 April 1979 – 1 August 2007) was a South African professional road racing cyclist. He had been cycling since 1987 and turned professional in 2000. He first joined Amore & Vita–Giubileo 2000–Beretta but changed the following year to Team Cologne which was based in Germany. He had been a member of Team Barloworld since 2003. In 2004 and 2005 he won the South African National Road Race Championships.[1]
Cox died at Kempton Park Hospital when the main artery in his left leg burst, three weeks after a vascular lesion operation in France for a knotted artery.[2]
Major achievements
- 2000
- 4th Road race, National Road Championships
- 2001
- 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 2002
- National Road Championships
- 2nd Road race
- 3rd Time trial
- 2003
- 1st Stage 1 Circuit des Mines
- 5th Tour du Doubs
- 10th Overall Giro del Friuli Venezia Giulia
- 10th Tour du Jura
- 2004
- National Road Championships
- 1st Road race
- 4th Time trial
- 1st Overall Tour of Qinghai Lake
- 1st Stage 1
- 2nd Overall Tour de Langkawi
- 9th Overall Giro del Capo
- 1st Stage 4 (ITT)
- 2005
- National Road Championships
- 1st Road race
- 2nd Time trial
- 1st Overall Tour de Langkawi
- 1st Mountains classification
- 1st Stage 8
- 2nd Overall UCI Africa Tour
- 2nd Overall UCI Asia Tour
- 2nd Overall Giro del Capo
- 1st Mountains classification
- 6th Subida al Naranco
- 10th Overall Tour of Qinghai Lake
- 1st Stage 6
- 2006
- 3rd Overall Giro del Capo
- 2007
- 5th Overall Giro del Capo
References
External links
- SA cyclist Ryan Cox dies
- Profile on Ryan Cox's Official Site
- Thank you Ryan, we will never forget you
- SA cyclist Cox loses fight for his life
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