Stuart Dangerfield
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Stuart Dangerfield |
| Nickname | Dangermouse |
| Born | 17 September 1971 Willenhall, England |
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) |
| Weight | 64 kg (141 lb; 10.1 st) |
| Team information | |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Time triallist |
| Amateur teams | |
| 1984- | Wolverhampton Wheelers |
| 1992-1995 | Leo RC |
| 1996 | Parker International RT |
| Professional teams | |
| 1997 | Wheelbase CC |
| 1998 | Fastrack RT |
| 1999 | Bio RT-MDT |
| 2000-2003 | Camel Valley CC |
| 2004-2006 | scienceinsport.com |
| Major wins | |
| British National Time Trial Champion (1995, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2003, 2005) British National Hill Climb Champion (1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997) | |
Stuart Dangerfield (born 17 September 1971, and from Willenhall in Staffordshire, now the West Midlands) is an English retired racing cyclist who was prominent in British individual time trial events during the 1990s and early 21st century. He was the British national time trial champion six times, jointly holding the record for most wins with Alex Dowsett.[1]
Dangerfield won his first RTTC national time trial championship in 1992 in the hill-climb event - a victory he repeated in 1993, 1995, 1996 and 1997. In 1997, he was also a 25-mile (40 km) time trial champion; he also won the event four consecutive times from 2000 to 2003. He won his first national 10-mile (16 km) championship in 2001, with repeat victories in 2003 and 2004. In 2001 he broke 10 miles (16 km) competition record with a time of 18'19" (32.76 mph), knocking eight seconds off the previous record, set by Graeme Obree in 1993.
At world championship level, he has represented Great Britain in the individual time trial event at Holland 1998, Brittany 2000, Portugal 2001 and Belgium 2002. He also represented England at the Commonwealth Games in Canada 1994, Malaysia 1998 and Manchester 2002.
Dangerfield was little known outside club cycling circles in Britain, having grown up in the shadow of firstly Chris Boardman and then David Millar. However, Millar's admission to using the illegal drug EPO and consequent expulsion from the Great Britain squad for the 2004 Summer Olympics meant that Dangerfield was called up into the Olympic squad to race the time trial. An injury to GB cyclist Jeremy Hunt also saw Dangerfield entered into the men's road race. Dangerfield finished 30th in the time trial, but did not finish the road race.[2]
At the Commonwealth Games in 2002 Dangerfield was disqualified for riding in the slipstream of a rider who had caught and passed him.[3]
Dangerfield retired from time trialling competition in 2009.[4]
Palmares
[edit]- 1990
- 3rd British National Hill Climb Championships
- 1991
- 3rd British National Hill Climb Championships
- 1992
- 1st
British National Hill Climb Championships - 1993
- 1st British National Hill Climb Championships
- 1994
- 1st North Road Hardriders Time Trial
- 2nd British National Hill Climb Championships
- 7th Commonwealth Games[5]
- 1995
- 1st British National Time Trial Championships
- 1st British National Hill Climb Championships
- 1996
- 1st British National Time Trial Championships
- 1st British National Hill Climb Championships
- 2nd Bol Isle of Man[6]
- 1997
- 1st British National Hill Climb Championships
- 2nd British National Time Trial Championships
- 1998
- 1st British National Time Trial Championships
- 6th Commonwealth Games[7]
- 1999
- 1st Stage 4 Tour de Saudi Arabia
- 3rd British National Time Trial Championships
- 2000
- 1st Isle of Man Mountain Time Trial
- 1st Joseph Sunde Memorial[6]
- 2001
- 1st British National Time Trial Championships
- 1st Isle of Man Mountain Time Trial
- 2002
- 3rd British National Time Trial Championships
- 2003
- 1st British National Time Trial Championships
- 2nd Bol Isle of Man[6]
- 2005
- 1st British National Time Trial Championships
- 2nd Joseph Sunde Memorial[6]
- 2006
- 4th British National Time Trial Championships
- 6th Commonwealth Games[8]
References
[edit]- ^ Allen, Eddie (25 June 2015). "Dowsett, Simmonds and Davies take British time trial titles". British Cycling. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
- ^ "Stuart Dangerfield Biography and Statistics - Olympics at Sports-Reference.com". Sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 6 November 2008.
- ^ "BBC SPORT | Commonwealth Games 2002 | Cycling | Australia ride to magnificent treble". News.bbc.co.uk. 27 July 2002. Retrieved 6 November 2008.
- ^ Jones, Andy (13 November 2013). "Ten years in time trialling: How they've changed". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
- ^ "M2006 > Athletes > Display". Melbourne2006.com.au. Retrieved 6 November 2008.
- ^ a b c d "Stuart Dangerfield". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
- ^ "York Press - Wegelius edged out of the medals". Archive.yorkpress.co.uk. Retrieved 6 November 2008.
- ^ "Sports 123: Road Cycling: Commonwealth Games 2006: Men: Time Trial". Sports123.com. Archived from the original on 19 July 2008. Retrieved 6 November 2008.
- 1971 births
- Cyclists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- English male cyclists
- British male cyclists
- People from Willenhall
- Sportspeople from the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall
- Olympic cyclists for Great Britain
- Living people
- Cyclists at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
- Cyclists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
- Cyclists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games competitors for England