Philip Deignan

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Philip Deignan
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Deignan
Personal information
Full name Philip Deignan
Nickname Philly, Deigy, Lippy, Nando, Tony, Andrew
Born (1983-09-07) 7 September 1983 (age 40)
Letterkenny, County Donegal, Republic of Ireland
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Weight 67 kg (148 lb)
Team information
Current team Team Sky
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Rider type Climbing domestique
Amateur team(s)
2004 Vélo-Club La Pomme Marseille
Professional team(s)
2005–2008 AG2R Prévoyance
2009–2010 Cervélo TestTeam
2011 Team RadioShack
2012–2013 UnitedHealthcare[1]
2014– Team Sky
Major wins
Grand Tours
Vuelta a España
1 individual stage (2009)

Stage races

Tour of the Gila (2013)
Infobox last updated on
4 January 2015

Philip Deignan (Irish: Pilib Ó Duígeannáin; born 7 September 1983) is an Irish Olympian and professional road racing cyclist for UCI ProTeam Team Sky.[2] He was educated at Saint Eunan's College.

Career

Early career

Born in Letterkenny, County Donegal, Deignan first set foot on a bike in 1997 during the annual Sligo to Letterkenny charity cycle organised by Paddy Delap.[3][4] He has been professional since 2005. Before that he was riding for amateur club Vélo-Club La Pomme Marseille where he performed well. In the Baby Giro (Giro d'Italia for amateurs) of 2004 after recovering from an earlier crash, he performed well on the mountainous stages.[5][6] He won the final stage & overall classification of the 2004 Ronde de l'Isard as an amateur. His first professional road race win was in the Tour du Doubs when he attacked a breakaway group that contained his fellow Irishman and teammate at the time Mark Scanlon.[7] Other notable performances were ninth place in the UCI World Championships Under 23 road race,[8] fifth place in European championship under 23 road race, and second place on a mountainous stage of the 2006 Tour de l'Avenir stage race.[9]

After an injury plagued early season, Deignan entered and finished his first grand tour with the 2007 Vuelta a España, there he finished prominently with 10th, 12th and 16th in several mountain stages.

He qualified to represent Ireland at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.[10][11] He finished in 81st place (15 minutes and 53 seconds behind winner Samuel Sánchez and five minutes behind team mate Nicholas Roche) in the 150.2-mile road race on 9 August. Deignan along with Roche and Roger Aiken made up the Irish team for the 2008 World Championships in Varese on 28 September. None of the three finished the demanding 260 km race.[12]

Cervelo Test Team (2009–2011)

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Deignan riding for Cervelo in 2010

For the 2009 season Deignan rode with the Cervélo TestTeam. He raced the Giro d'Italia, achieving a top ten finish in one stage and featuring prominently in others, with his team winning 4 stages in total. On 17 September 2009 he achieved his first grand tour stage victory, in stage 18 of the Vuelta a España into Avila, after a 2-man battle with the Czech Roman Kreuziger of Liquigas. By finishing 10 minutes clear of the peloton he climbed to 9th in the general classification.[13] He became the first Irishman to win a stage on a Grand Tour since Stephen Roche's last-stage success at the Tour de France in 1992.[14][15] Deignan was selected to ride for Ireland in the 2009 World Elite Road Race Championship in Mendrisio, Switzerland (23–27 September) alongside Nicolas Roche and Dan Martin.[16] After his Vuelta performance, Deignan reached a personal high 2009 world ranking of 71st. Deignan was the best Irish finisher when placing 40th at the 2009 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race in Mendrisio. He ended the 2009 season UCI ranked 75th, with 61 points,[17] which helped Ireland to 16th in the team rankings.

RadioShack (2011)

It was announced after illness ruined his 2010 season, Deignan signed for Team RadioShack for 2011.[18][19]

United Healthcare (2012–2013)

After one season with RadioShack, he signed on with UnitedHealthcare for the 2012 season.[1] Deignan was able to rebuild his career with the US-based squad, winning the Tour of the Gila in 2013, and recording top ten overall finishes in the three biggest US stage races, the Tour of Utah (6th), the Tour of California (9th) and the USA Pro Cycling Challenge (10th).

Team Sky (2013–)

Subsequently Deignan announced he was returning to the UCI World Tour in 2014 by joining Team Sky.[2] He rode the Giro d'Italia which began in Belfast and travelled to Dublin in the opening stages. Deignan led Sky at the Tour de Pologne, finishing seventh overall. He also rode the Vuelta a Espana, where he helped Chris Froome to second overall.

Major results

Professional victories (3)

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Grand Tour General Classification results timeline

Grand Tour 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Pink jersey Giro – 79 56 – 47 – – 43 –
Yellow jersey Tour – – – – – – – – –
golden jersey Vuelta 71 – 9 WD – – – 39

Palmarès

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2003
7th National Road Race Championships
2004
2nd National Under-23 Road Race Championships
4th National Road Race Championships
2005
1st Tour du Doubs
5th European Under-23 Road Race Championships
7th Overall Tour de Wallonie
9th World Under-23 Road Race Championships
2009
7th Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León
8th Giro del Mendrisiotto
9th Overall Vuelta a España
1st Stage 18
10th Overall Vuelta a Burgos
2013
1st Jersey red.svg Overall Tour of the Gila
1st Jersey polkadot.svg Mountains classification
2nd Overall Tour de Beauce
6th Overall Tour of Utah
9th Overall Tour of California
10th Overall USA Pro Cycling Challenge
2014
7th Overall Tour de Pologne
2015
5th Overall Tour de Yorkshire

References

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  3. ↑ Deignan's first taste of cycling
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  10. ↑ http://www.rte.ie/sport/olympics2008/deignanp.html RTÉ Sport: Irish Olympic Team – Philip Deignan
  11. ↑ BBC Sport: Beijing biker
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  14. ↑ Deignan on course for top 10, RTÉ News, 18 September 2009
  15. ↑ Historic win for Deignan in Spain, RTÉ News, 17 September 2009
  16. ↑ Irish team for 2009 World Championships, Cycling Ireland, 10 September 2009
  17. ↑ 2009 Final UCI World Rankings , UCI website, 19 October 2009
  18. ↑ Philip Deignan signs for RadioShack, cyclingnews website, 12 October 2010
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