Ryan Gibbons (cyclist)
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Full name | Ryan Gibbons | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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13 August 1994 Johannesburg, South Africa |
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Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Lidl–Trek | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Rider type | Sprinter | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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2013 | MTN–Qhubeka WCC | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2014–2015 | Team Europcar SA | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2016 | Team Dimension Data (stagiaire) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Professional teams | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2016 | Dimension Data for Qhubeka | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2017–2020 | Team Dimension Data | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2021–2023 | UAE Team Emirates | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2024– | Lidl–Trek | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ryan Gibbons (born 13 August 1994) is a South African cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Lidl–Trek.
Career
Prior to starting his road racing career at junior level, Johannesburg-born Gibbons competed in mountain bike racing. He was named in the start list for the 2017 Giro d'Italia. Gibbons won the first stage of the first-ever Virtual Tour de France on 4 July 2020. The following month, he was named in the startlist for the Tour de France.
In October 2020, Gibbons signed a two-year contract with UAE Team Emirates, from the 2021 season.
He qualified to represent South Africa at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Major results
- 2013
- 3rd Team time trial, African Road Championships
- 2015
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KZN Autumn Series
- 4th Mayday Classic
- 4th Hibiscus Cycle Classic
- 7th PMB Road Classic
- 6th 94.7 Cycle Challenge
- 2016
- 4th Time trial, National Road Championships
- 7th Coppa Bernocchi
- 2017
- 1st Overall Tour de Langkawi
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stage 5
- 4th Road race, National Road Championships
- 2018
- 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 2019
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African Games
- 1st Time trial
- 1st Team time trial
- 2nd Road race
- 2nd Road race, National Road Championships
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African Road Championships
- 3rd Time trial
- 4th Road race
- 4th Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
- 2020
- 1st Road race, National Road Championships
- 2021
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African Road Championships
- 1st Road race
- 1st Time trial
- 1st Team time trial
- 1st Mixed team relay
- 1st Time trial, National Road Championships
- 1st Trofeo Calvia
- 5th Vuelta a Murcia
- Combativity award Stage 20 Vuelta a España
- 2022
- 2nd Trofeo Alcúdia – Port d'Alcúdia
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Grand Tour | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
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Giro d'Italia | DNF | 84 | 91 | — | — | — | 68 |
Tour de France | — | — | — | 121 | — | — | |
Vuelta a España | — | 82 | — | — | 36 | — |
— | Did not compete |
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DNF | Did not finish |