Julian Dean
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Julian Dean at the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré 2011 | |
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Full name | Julian Carl Bush Dean |
Nickname | Kiwi Guy |
Date of birth | January 28, 1975 |
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discipline | Street |
Driver type | Sprinter / start-up |
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1999–2001 2002–2003 2004–2007 2008–2011 2012 |
US Postal Service Team CSC Crédit Agricole Garmin Orica GreenEdge |
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Last updated: March 24, 2016 |
Julian Carl Bush Dean (born January 28, 1975 in Hamilton ) is a former New Zealand cyclist .
Athletic career
Julian Dean began his career in 1996 with the US team Shaklee . In 1999 he joined the US Postal Service Pro Cycling Team . At the side of Lance Armstrong he won the overall ranking of the Tour of Wellington in 1999 , a stage of the Vuelta a Castilla y León and the First Union Classic in 2001 . He then moved to the Danish team CSC .
First Dean was able to repeat his victory at the First Union Classic , then he won two stages in the Tour de la Region Wallonne and the overall standings. He also won a stage of the Circuit Franco-Belge in the autumn . From 2004 to 2007 Dean drove for the French ProTeam Crédit Agricole , from 2008 for Garmin-Slipstream .
Dean competed seven times in the Tour de France , in 2004 for the first time. With none of the participation he reached a place in the top hundred. On the 13th stage of the Tour de France 2009 , Dean and Óscar Freire were shot at with an air rifle in a descent. However, neither of them suffered any serious injuries and were able to continue the race. In 2011 he and his team won both the team time trial in the Tour de France and the team championship .
As a driver of Garmin Transitions , he took part in each of the three major country tours to which the team was invited. He formed a successful team with the American Tyler Farrar , for whom he acted as a driver in mass sprints. In 2009 Dean was the only cyclist to finish all three major tours.
Julius Dean took part in the Olympic Games four times - in 1996 , 2000 , 2004 and 2008 . He achieved his best placement in Atlanta in 1996 when he finished eighth on the track with the New Zealand track four ( Greg Henderson , Brendon Cameron and Tim Carswell ) .
After the New Zealand Championship in January 2013, in which he finished fourth, he ended his career.
successes
- 1999
- Overall standings and a stage Tour of Wellington
- 2001
- 2003
- First Union Classic
- Overall ranking and two stages of the Tour de la Région Wallonne
- one stage Circuit Franco-Belge
- 2007
- 2008
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New Zealand road master
- Giro d'Italia team time trial
- 2011
- Tour de France team time trial
Grand Tour overall ranking
Grand Tour | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
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- | DNF | - | 93 | DNF | 136 | DNF | - |
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127 | - | 127 | 107 | 110 | 121 | 157 | 145 |
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- | DNF | - | - | - | 132 | DNF | - |
Teams
- 1996-1998 Shaklee
- 1999-2001 US Postal Service
- 2002 Team CSC-Tiscali
- 2003 Team CSC
- 2004–2007 Crédit Agricole
- 2008 Garmin Chipotle
- 2009 Garmin Slipstream
- 2010 Garmin transitions
- 2011 Team Garmin-Cervélo
- 2012 Orica GreenEdge
Web links
- Julian Dean in the Radsportseiten.net database
- Julian Dean in the ProCyclingStats.com database
- Julian Dean in the Tour de France database(French / English )
- Official website
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tour rider shot at with air rifle. In: bz-berlin.de. July 18, 2009, accessed March 24, 2016 .
- ↑ Interview with Julian Dean, Farrar's top lead-out man. In: VeloNews.com. March 25, 2010, accessed March 24, 2016 .
- ↑ Alejandro Valverde wins his first grand tour, as Greipel wins the final stage in Madrid. In: VeloNews.com. September 21, 2009, accessed March 24, 2016 .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Dean, Julian |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Dean, Julian Carl Bush |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | New Zealand cyclist |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 28, 1975 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamilton |