Dean Downing, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Dean Downing

English racing cyclist

Date of Birth: 24-Jan-1975

Place of Birth: Rotherham, England, United Kingdom

Profession: sporting director, sport cyclist

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius


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About Dean Downing

  • Dean "Deano" Downing (born 24 January 1975) is an English retired bicycle racer, specialising in road cycling who last rode for NFTO Pro Cycling.
  • Downing was educated at Wales High School and Sheffield Hallam University, where he graduated in 1998 with a degree in Construction Management.
  • He rode for the DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed team in 2006 and is the older brother of former British champion Russell Downing.
  • In 2004, he represented Great Britain at the World Track Championships. For the 2007 season, Downing rode for the original Rapha Condor team and focussed on the British Premier Calendar.
  • In 2008 the team became Rapha-Condor-Recycling.co.uk.
  • After spending six years with the Rapha Condor squad Downing moved to the new Madison-Genesis team for 2013.
  • In September 2013 it was announced that Russell and Dean Downing would join the new NFTO cycling team for 2014.
  • Downing retired from racing after competing at the 2014 Sheffield Grand Prix, near his hometown of Rotherham.
  • After retiring he became directeur sportif for the Polypipe Cycling Team in 2015.
  • After the team disbanded at the end of the year Downing took up a DS role with his former team JLT-Condor for 2016.
  • In January 2018 Downing was announced as DS and performance coach for the newly revived Holdsworth team.

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