Ryan Gibbons
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Nickname | Gibbo |
Date of birth | August 13, 1994 |
nation | South Africa |
discipline | Street |
Driver type | Sprinter / time trial |
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Current team | NTT Pro Cycling |
Most important successes | |
Last updated: August 30, 2020 |
Ryan Gibbons (born August 13, 1994 in Johannesburg ) is a South African racing cyclist .
Athletic career
Ryan Gibbons got into cycling through his parents, both active cyclists. At first he rode a mountain bike and competed in Gran Fondo races, often together with his parents, but shorter distances than these.
In 2012 Ryan Gibbons finished eleventh in the junior individual time trial at the African Championships; the following year he finished third in the elite time trial. For 2017 he received a contract with the Dimension Data team , after having driven there as a stagiaire the year before . In the same year he won the Tour de Langkawi . Gibbons finished fifth in a stage three times at the Giro d'Italia in 2017, 2018 and 2019.
In 2019 Gibbons was third in the individual time trial of the African Championships and fourth in the road race. He also finished fourth in the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race . At the Tour Down Under he was eleventh and also South African runner-up in road racing behind Daryl Impey . At the Africa Games in Morocco in 2019 , he won the individual time trial and, together with the South African team, the team time trial; in the road race he came second. In 2020 he became national road champion.
successes
- 2013
- African Championship - Team Time Trial
- 2017
- Overall and points evaluation and a stage Tour de Langkawi
- 2019
- African Championship - Individual Time Trial
- African game winners - individual time trial, team time trial
- African Games - street races
- 2020
Grand Tour placements
Grand Tour | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
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Giro d'Italia | DNF | 84 | 91 |
Tour de France | - | - | - |
Vuelta a España | - | 82 | - |
Teams
- 2016 Team Dimension Data (stagiaire from July 29th)
- 2017 Team Dimension Data
- 2018 Team Dimension Data
- 2019 Team Dimension Data
- 2020 NTT Pro Cycling Team
Web links
- Ryan Gibbons in the ProCyclingStats.com database
- Ryan Gibbons in the Radsportseiten.net database
Individual evidence
- ↑ Zeb Wood Power: Ryan Gibbons - The making of a winner. In: cyclingnews.com. Accessed August 31, 2019 .
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SURNAME | Gibbons, Ryan |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | South African racing cyclist |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 13, 1994 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Johannesburg |