Julian Dean

Julian Dean
	Julian Dean at the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré 2011
To person
Full name	Julian Carl Bush Dean
Nickname	Kiwi Guy
Date of birth	January 28, 1975
nation	New Zealand
discipline	Street
Driver type	Sprinter / start-up
Team (s)
1999–2001 ; 2002–2003 ; 2004–2007 ; 2008–2011 ; 2012	US Postal Service ; Team CSC ; Crédit Agricole ; Garmin ; Orica GreenEdge
Most important successes
	New Zealand road champion 2007, 2008 Tour de la Région Wallonne 2003 ;
	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 ) .