William Walker (cyclist)

William Walker

William Walker (2009)
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Date of birth	October 31, 1985
nation	Australia
discipline	Street
End of career	2009/2014
Last updated: July 14, 2018

William Walker (born October 31, 1985 in Subiaco , Australia ) is a retired Australian cyclist .

Athletic career

William Walker joined the Rabobank Continental Team in 2005 . Before that he was able to win a stage in the Herald Sun Tour at the age of 18 . In the 2005 season he was second overall in the UCI Oceania Tour behind Robert McLachlan .

At the 2005 road cycling world championships in Madrid , Walker won the silver medal in the U23 race. At the beginning of the 2006 season he won the race for the Australian road cycling championship, but only received the championship title of the U23 class because he was still too young. After a fourth place in the following Tour Down Under , he secured first place in the overall ranking of the UCI Oceania Tour 2006 . From this vote but was taken out later, because to the ProTeam of Rabobank moved.

Due to a heart condition, he had to end his career on April 30, 2009 after having survived five operations. In 2012 he started a comeback. In January 2014 competed in the national cycling championship in January and felt during the race as if he was "going to die". He then ended his cycling career for good and took a job at a medical research institute in Melbourne .

successes

2003

• Giro di Basilicata (Juniors)
• one stage of the Bay Cycling Classic

2004

• Melbourne to Warrnambool Cycling Classic
• one stage Herald Sun Tour
• Circuito Montañés

2005

• U23 World Championship - Road Race

2006

• Australian Champion - Road Race (U23)

2007

• Mountain classification Saxony Tour

Teams

• 2005 Rabobank Continental
• 2006 Rabobank Continental (until June 30)
• 2006 Rabobank (from July 1st)
• 2007 Rabobank
• 2008 Rabobank
• 2009 Fuji-Servetto (until April 30th)
• 2012 Drapac Cycling (from February 1st)
• 2013 Drapac Cycling
• 2014 Synergy Baku Cycling Project (until February 18)

Web links

Commons : William Walker  - Collection of Pictures, Videos and Audio Files

• William Walker in the Radsportseiten.net database
• William Walker (cyclist) in the ProCyclingStats.com database

Individual evidence

1. ^ Ron Reed: Cyclist Will Walker was to be the next Cadel Evans, until he nearly died halfway through a race. In: Herald Sun. July 13, 2000, accessed July 14, 2018 .