Daniel Bigham

Bigham won his first national track cycling titles in 2017, in the team pursuit, individual pursuit and kilometre time trial disciplines, also helping Great Britain to UCI World Cup victories in the team pursuit in 2017 and 2018. He won further track medals at the national level in 2019 and 2020, and in 2021 broke the UK men's hour record (see below). Also in 2021 and again in 2022, he took silver on the road in the men's individual time trial. At the 2022 British National Track Championships in Newport, Wales he won another British title, winning the individual pursuit.{{cite web |url=https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/events/details/256228/2022-National-Track-Championships|title=2022 National Track Championships|website=British Cycling|access-date=29 March 2022}}

Bigham rode for UCI Continental team {{UCI team code|RWC}} from 2018 until 2021.{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15318/2003321/276|title=Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling|work=UCI.org|publisher=Union Cycliste Internationale|access-date=23 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210223141819/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15318/2003321/276|archive-date=23 February 2021}} He then gained national attention being the figurehead of the Huub-Wattbike trade team. Despite their lack of budget and operating outside the British Cycling set-up, they achieved great success on the track, winning UCI World Cup events and bringing a variety of technical and strategic innovations to the team pursuit,{{Cite web |url=https://www.eurosport.com/geoblocking.shtml |access-date=2024-01-12 |website=www.eurosport.com |title=TNT Sports is not available in your region }} before changes were made to trade team eligibility rules.

Since 2022, he has worked for Ineos Grenadiers as a performance engineer, helping the team's riders improve their aerodynamic performance.{{cite web |last1=Benson |first1=Daniel |title=Dan Bigham joins technical staff at Ineos Grenadiers |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/dan-bigham-joins-technical-staff-at-ineos-grenadiers/ |website=Cyclingnews.com |date=3 January 2022 |access-date=14 January 2022}}{{cite web |title=Dan Bigham |url=https://www.ineosgrenadiers.com/staff/dan-bigham |website=Ineos Grenadiers.com |access-date=14 January 2022}}

Alongside Charlie Tanfield, Ethan Vernon and Oliver Wood, Bigham won silver in the team pursuit at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.{{cite web |title=Men's 4000m Team Pursuit - Finals - Gold |url=https://results.birmingham2022.com/#/athletic-result/CTR/T/M/PURTEAM4----------/FNL-/000100-- |website=Birmingham 2022 Detailed Results |access-date=31 July 2022}} Following success in the team pursuit, Bigham has also competed in the individual pursuit at several international championships, winning silvers at the 2023 UCI Track Cycling World Championships and 2023 UEC European Track Championships, and then a gold at the 2024 UEC Championships,{{cite news |title=Emma Finucane and Dan Bigham win gold at track European Championships |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/67964328 |access-date=15 January 2024 |work=BBC Sport |date=13 January 2023}} where, with Ethan Hayter, Vernon and Tanfield, he also won a team pursuit gold.{{cite news |title=Great Britain's men win team pursuit gold at European Championships |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/67953370 |access-date=16 January 2024 |work=BBC Sport |date=12 January 2024}}

He has regularly raced against his Ineos Grenadiers team-mate Fillipo Ganna, most notably during their hour record attempts and at the 2023 UCI Track World Championships.

In early August, Bigham shared that he would be leaving Ineos Grenadiers once the Olympics were over, having reportedly become disillusioned with the team's setup under new management.{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/cycling/2024/08/02/team-gb-dan-bigham-leaving-ineos-grenadiers/ |title=Team GB star to leave Ineos Grenadiers: 'They should be doing things better' |publisher=The Telegraph |last=Cary |first=Tom |date=2 August 2024 |access-date=7 October 2024}} In September, it was announced that he would be retiring from competitive cycling to focus on a new role as Head of Engineering at {{UCI team code|RBH}}.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3ejgqk39xxo |title=Olympian retires to take up cycling team role |website=BBC |date=12 September 2024 |access-date=7 October 2024 |last=Price |first=Richard}}{{cite web |url=https://www.cyclingweekly.com/racing/dan-bigham-becomes-head-of-engineering-at-red-bull-bora-hansgrohe-after-leaving-ineos-grenadiers |title=Dan Bigham becomes Head of Engineering at Red Bull-Bora Hansgrohe after leaving Ineos Grenadiers |website=Cycling Weekly |last=Thewlis |first=Tom |date=4 September 2024 |access-date=7 October 2024}}

His last event racing for Great Britain was the 2024 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in October, held in Denmark.{{cite web |url=https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/gbcyclingteam/article/20241004-gb-cyclingteam-news-11-Olympic-medallists-to-represent-Great-Britain-at-Tissot-UCI-Track-World-Championships-0 |title=11 Olympic medallists to represent Great Britain at Tissot UCI Track World Championships |website=British Cycling |date=7 October 2024 |access-date=8 October 2024}} He took bronze in the individual pursuit, where he raced against long-time teammate and competitor Charlie Tanfield.{{cite web |url=https://www.cyclingweekly.com/racing/hopefully-i-can-be-an-inspiration-dan-bigham-retires-from-great-britain-cycling-squad |title='Hopefully I can be an inspiration' - Dan Bigham retires from Great Britain cycling squad |last=Davidson |first=Tom |date=19 October 2024 |access-date=19 May 2025 |publisher=Cycling Weekly}}

On 1 October 2021, Bigham rode {{convert|54.723|km|mi|abbr=on}} at the Tissot Velodrome in Grenchen, Switzerland to break Bradley Wiggins's British national hour record.{{Cite web |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/dan-bigham-breaks-bradley-wiggins-british-hour-record/ |title=Dan Bigham breaks Bradley Wiggins' British Hour Record |access-date=1 October 2021 |website=cyclingnews.com|date=October 2021 }} He was ineligible to attempt the UCI record because he was not enrolled in the UCI's Registered Testing Pool anti-doping system, including a biological passport.{{cite web|url=https://uci.ch/inside-uci/clean-sport/anti-doping/whereabouts-programme | title=Inside UCI|access-date=30 September 2021}} While all World Tour riders and ProTeam riders are in the testing pool, Bigham estimated it would cost him £8,000 to join as an individual.{{cite web|url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/dowsett-its-desperately-unfair-that-bigham-cant-go-for-official-hour-record/ |title=Dowsett: It's desperately unfair that Bigham can't go for official Hour Record |date=28 September 2021 |access-date=30 September 2021}}

On 19 August 2022, Bigham broke the hour record with a distance of 55.548 km at the Velodrome Suisse in Grenchen.{{Cite web |url=https://www.velonews.com/news/road/dan-bigham-sets-new-uci-hour-record-of-55-548km/ |title=Dan Bigham sets new UCI Hour Record of 55.548km |website=VeloNews.com |date=19 August 2022}} Bigham held the record for just shy of two months; Filippo Ganna registered 56.792 km in October 2022, surpassing Bigham's mark by more than 1 km.{{cite news |title=Filippo Ganna smashes cycling's hour world record |work=BBC Sport |date=8 October 2022 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/63188718 |access-date=9 October 2022}} Bigham was a central part of the team in Ganna's attempt,{{cite web |last1=Fletcher |first1=Patrick |title=Project Ganna – Dan Bigham the mastermind of plot to take down his own Hour Record |date=5 October 2022 |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/project-ganna-dan-bigham-the-mastermind-of-plot-to-take-down-his-own-hour-record/ |publisher=Cycling News |access-date=14 October 2022}} using the engineering knowledge he had developed in his own record to aid Ganna.

Ganna and Bigham met in the final of the individual pursuit at the 2023 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, with Ganna edging Bigham for gold by a fraction of a second.

Bigham studied motorsport engineering at Oxford Brookes University.{{Cite web |last=Witts |first=James |date=2022-02-14 |title=Speed dating: Joss Lowden and Dan Bigham profile |url=https://www.cyclist.co.uk/in-depth/joss-lowden-dan-bigham-cyclist-profile |access-date=2024-09-16 |website=Cyclist |language=en}} Bigham is married to fellow cyclist Joss Lowden, former holder of the women's hour record.{{cite web|url=https://www.velouk.net/2021/09/30/news-joss-lowden-breaks-womens-hour-record/|title=News: Joss Lowden Breaks Women's Hour Record|date=30 September 2021 |access-date=30 September 2021}} In 2023, they welcomed their first child. As of 2024, they reside in Andorra.{{cite web |url=https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/gbcyclingteam/bio/Dan_Bigham |title=Dan Bigham |website=British Cycling |access-date=7 October 2024}}

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;2016

: 3rd Beaumont Trophy

;2019

: 3rd 15px Team relay, UCI World Championships

: 4th Beaumont Trophy

: 5th Time trial, National Championships

;2021

: 2nd Time trial, National Championships

;2022

: 2nd Time trial, National Championships

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;2017

: National Championships

::1st 20px Individual pursuit

::1st 20px Kilo

::1st 20px Team pursuit

: 1st Team pursuit, UCI World Cup, Minsk

;2018

: 1st Team pursuit, UCI World Cup, London

: 2nd Individual pursuit, National Championships

;2019

: National Championships

::1st 20px Team pursuit

::2nd Individual pursuit

;2020

: National Championships

::1st 20px Team pursuit

::2nd Kilo

::3rd Individual pursuit

;2021

: British hour record: 54.723 km

;2022

: Hour record: 15px 55.548 km

: 1st 20px Team pursuit, UCI World Championships

: 1st 20px Individual pursuit, National Championships

: 2nd 15px Team pursuit, Commonwealth Games

;2023

: 1st Team pursuit, UCI Nations Cup, Milton

: UEC European Championships

::2nd 15px Individual pursuit

::2nd 15px Team pursuit

: 2nd 15px Individual pursuit, UCI World Championships

;2024

: UEC European Championships

::1st 20px Individual pursuit

::1st 20px Team pursuit

: 1st Team pursuit, UCI Nations Cup, Milton

: 2nd File:Silver medal olympic.svg Team pursuit, Olympic Games

: 3rd 15px Individual pursuit, UCI World Championships

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