# 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.

## Major results
### 2001

    1st, Aalst kermesse, Belgium
    1st, Third night Amateur 6 day Gent (track)
    2nd, De Drie Zustersteden
    2nd, Overall Amateur 6 day Gent (track)
    2nd, British Criterium Championship
    2nd, Boussu Criterium
    2nd, Sinaai kermesse

### 2002

    1st, British Criterium Championship
    1st, Melsele kermesse
    winner, mountains jersey, Ronde van Zuidoost Vlaanderen
    2nd, Landskouter kermesse
    2nd, Wondelgem kermesse
    2nd, Sinaai Criterium
    3rd, Kuurne Criterium

### 2003

    1st, Schellebelle Criterium
    1st, Landskouter kermesse
    1st, Sinaai kermesse
    1st, British Elite Madison Championship, Track
    1st, Isle of Wight Stage 1
    Winner Mountains Prize, Havant Grand Prix
    Winner Mountains Jersey, Ronde van Zuidoost Vlaanderen.
    2nd, British Elite Criterium Championship
    3rd, Wolvertem kermesse
    4th, G.P. Chamont–Gistoux

### 2004

    1st, Metaltek Grand Prix road race
    1st, British Elite Criterium Series, Bungay
    1st, Don Despatch Road Race
    1st, Presten Arena Criterium
    1st, Mike Binks memorial road race
    1st, Seacroft wheelers road race
    1st, York Cycle Works road race
    1st, Neil Gardner Memorial Trophy Road Race
    1st, British Elite Road Series
    2nd, Scratch Race, UCI Track World Cup Sydney
    2nd, British Elite Road Series
    2nd, Havant International Grand Prix
    2nd, Bob Chicken Criterium, London.
    2nd, Stan Robson Trophy
    2nd, Warwick Town Centre Circuit Race
    3rd, Tour of Munster
       1st, Stage 1
    4th Colne Grand Prix
    4th East Yorkshire Classic

### 2005 – Recycling.co.uk–MG X-Power

    Overall winner, British Cycling Criterium Series
    1st, British Elite Criterium Series, Stoneleigh-UK
    1st, British Elite Criterium Series, Milton Keynes-UK
    1st, Tour of the Reservoir road race
    1st, Metaltek Grand Prix road race
    1st, Stage 3, Bermuda GP
    2nd place National Road Championship – Runner-up
    2nd, Points Race, British National Track Championships
    2nd, British Elite Criterium Series, Glasgow-UK
    2nd, Eddie Soens H/cap road race
    2nd, Lincoln International
    3rd, British Elite Criterium Series, Warwick-UK
    3rd overall, Bermuda GP
    4th, Crawley Criterium
    5th, Clitheroe Town Centre Grand Prix

### 2006 – DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed

    1st Trofee Van Haspengouw
    1st Neerlineder Kermesse

### 2007 – Recycling.co.uk

    2nd Crawley Town Centre Criterium
    4th Overall Premier Calendar
       1st, Tour of the Reservoir
       1st, Lincoln Grand Prix
       1st, Stage 4, Girvan Stage Race
       4th, Overall Classification, Bikeline 2 Day
          1st, Stage 2
          1st, Stage 3

### 2008 – Rapha Condor–Recycling.co.uk

    1st British National Circuit Race Championships
    2nd Eddy Soens Memorial
    2nd Clayton Velo Spring Classic
    2nd Overall Premier Calendar
       1st Overall Bikeline 2 Day
       2nd Lincoln Grand Prix
       2nd Richmond Grand Prix
       3rd East Yorkshire Classic
       4th Overall Tour of the Reservoir
       5th Overall Girvan Stage Race
    3rd British National Road Race Championships
    3rd British Cycling Elite Circuit Race Series
       1st Brentwood Town Centre Race
       3rd Circuit de Stone
       4th Blackpool Grand Prix Circuit Race
    7th Overall, FBD Insurance Rás
       1st, Stage 2

### 2008 – Great Britain National Team

    1st, Stage 2, Sachsen-Tour International

### 2009

    1st British Cycling Elite Circuit Series
       1st Blackburn Grand Prix
       1st Brighouse Circuit Race
       3rd Colne Grand Prix
       3rd Warwick Town Centre Race
       4th Preston Grand Prix
       4th East Yorkshire Classic Circuit Race
    1st Round 2 - Exeter, Tour Series
    1st Round 3 - Woking, Tour Series
    2nd Overall Tour of the North
       1st Stage 2
       1st Stage 4
    2nd Blackpool Nocturne
    2nd Newcastle Leazes Criterium
    4th Shay Elliott Memorial Race
    4th Lincoln Grand Prix
    5th Overall Tour of the Reservoir
    5th Smithfield Nocturne
    5th Rochdale Grand Prix Circuit Race

### 2010 – Rapha Condor-Sharp

    6th Overall Tour de Taiwan
       3rd, Stage 3
       1st, Stage 5
       2nd, Stage 6
    1st Round 4 - Exeter, Tour Series
    1st Round 7 - Peterborough, Tour Series
    1st, Dumfries Bike Fest Grand Prix
    1st Blackpool Nocturne
    2nd British Cycling Elite Circuit Race Series
       1st Colne Grand Prix
       2nd Dumfries Bike Fest Circuit Race
       3rd Blackburn Grand Prix
       3rd York Cycling City Centre Race

### 2011

    1st. Stage 1, An Post Rás
    1st British Cycling Elite Circuit Race Series
       1st Abergavenny Grand Prix
       2nd Otley Criterium
       2nd Stafford GP
       2nd Colne Grand Prix
    1st Round 4 - Colchester, Tour Series
    1st Clayton Velo Classic
    3rd Tour of the Reservoir
    5th Smithfield Nocturne

### 2012

    3rd British Cycling Elite Circuit Race Series
       2nd Brighouse Circuit Race
       3rd Colne Grand Prix

### 2013

    1st, Beaumont Trophy
    3rd, London Nocturne
    5th British Cycling Elite Circuit Race Series
       1st Sheffield Grand Prix
       2nd Colne Grand Prix
       5th Wales Open Criterium

### 2014

    2nd, Cycle Wiltshire Grand Prix
    2nd Colne Grand Prix
    3rd Stockton Festival of Cycling Criterium
    4th Legstretchers Memorial to Betty Pharoah Road Race
    5th British National Circuit Race Championships
    5th Beverley Grand Prix