# Gee Atherton

George David Atherton, known as Gee Atherton (born 26 February 1985, near Salisbury, England) is a British professional racing cyclist specializing in downhill and four cross mountain bike racing, and is a multiple national champion, multiple World Cup winner, and 2008 & 2014 Downhill World Champion. He is also a rally driver and competed in his first International event in 2017 at Wales Rally GB.

## Career

Gee made his debut at Red Bull Rampage in 2003 at the age of 18, following his silver medal win at the Junior World Championships earlier that year.
From 2007 to 2011, Gee was one third of the Animal Commençal racing team, alongside brother Dan Atherton and sister Rachel Atherton. In 2012 the Athertons started riding for team GT Factory Racing, along with Marc Beaumont.
Gee, along with Rachel and Dan, is the star of the web series "The Atherton Project" a series which follows their day-to-day lives. In 2012 Gee was racing for GT racing.
On the 25th of January 2019, Gee launched Atherton Bikes along with Rachel and Dan and renowned suspension designer Dave Weagle, utilising the latest additive manufacturing technology to create the range of bikes they have always wanted to ride.
In the 2012 season, Gee finished 3rd overall to Greg Minnaar and American world cup winner Aaron Gwin. At the world championships in Leogang Austria Gee finished 2nd by 0.58 of a second to Greg Minnaar.
He was pre-qualified for the world-renowned 2012 Red Bull Rampage in Utah but after a major crash in practice, he was unable to compete.
Gee appeared on the BBC's Top Gear (series 7), racing a Renault Clio down the streets of Lisbon and winning.

## Palmarès
### 2000

    3rd DH, British National Mountain Biking Championships - Youth

### 2001

    1st DH, British National Mountain Biking Championships - Youth

### 2002

    1st DH, British National Mountain Biking Championships - Junior

### 2003

    1st DH, British National Mountain Biking Championships - Junior

### 2004

    1st DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Round 3, Schladming, Austria
    1st DH, British National Mountain Biking Championships
    2nd FR, Red Bull Rampage

### 2007

    1st DH, European Mountain Bike Championships
    3rd DH, UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships, Fort William
    1st 4X, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Round 1, Vigo, Spain
    6th DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Round 1, Vigo, Spain
    2nd DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Round 4, Schladming
    2nd DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Round 5, Maribor
    4th NPS DH, Round 3, Moelfre
    1st NPS DH, Round 4, Caersws
    1st NPS DH, Round 5, Innerleithen
    1st Fat Face Night Race
    1st Red Bull Metro Ride
    1st Red Bull Goldmine
    2nd Urban Pro, Paris

### 2008

    1st DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Round 2, Vallnord, Andorra
    1st Maxxis Cup, Gouveia, Portugal
    1st Alpine Bikes Winter Series, Scotland
    1st DH, Monster Energy Garbanzo Downhill, Kokanee Crankworx, Whistler, Canada
    1st NPS round 1 Ae (Scotland)
    1st DH, UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships, Trentino, Italy

### 2009

    1st UK National Champs DH Innerleithen, Scotland

### 2010

    2nd DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Round 1, Maribor, Slovenia
    1st DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Round 2, Fort William, Scotland
    2nd DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Round 3, Leogang, Austria
    1st DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Round 4, Champery, Switzerland
    3rd DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Round 5, Val di Sole, Italy
    1st DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Round 6, Windham, United States
    1st DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Overall
    2nd FR, Redbull Rampage

### 2011

    3rd DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Round 1, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
    4th DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Round 2, Fort William, Scotland
    2nd DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Round 3, Leogang, Austria
    2nd DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Round 6, La Bresse, France
    5th DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Overall

### 2012

    4th DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Round 1, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
    2nd DH, 2012 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships, Leogang-Saalfelden, Austria

### 2013

    1st DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Round 1, Fort William, Scotland
    1st DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Round 2, Val Di Sole, Italy
    2nd DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Overall

### 2014

    1st DH, 2014 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships, Hafjell, Norway