Ryan Cox

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Ryan Cox
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Ryan Cox in 2005
Personal information
Full nameRyan Rodney Cox
Born(1979-04-09)9 April 1979
File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
Died1 August 2007(2007-08-01) (aged 28)
Height1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight62 kg (137 lb)
Team information
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeClimbing specialist
Professional teams
2000Amore & Vita–Giubileo 2000–Beretta
2001–2002Team Cologne
2003–2007Barloworld
Major wins
Stage races
Tour of Qinghai Lake (2004)
Tour de Langkawi (2005)

One-day races and Classics

National Road Race Championships
(2004, 2005)

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 File:MaillotSudáfrica.PNG Road race
4th Time trial
1st File:Jersey yellow.svg 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 File:MaillotSudáfrica.PNG Road race
2nd Time trial
1st File:Jersey yellow.svg Overall Tour de Langkawi
1st File:Jersey red.svg 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

  1. "National Championship, Road, Elite, South Africa (Men)". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
  2. Westemeyer, Susan & Stokes, Shane (1 August 2007). "Tragedy in South Africa as Ryan Cox passes away". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 1 August 2007.

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