Dean Windsor

{{short description|Australian professional racing cyclist (born 1986)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2015}}

{{Use Australian English|date=May 2015}}

{{BLP sources|date=July 2012}}

{{Infobox cyclist

| name = Dean Windsor

| image = Dean Windsor Tour de Taiwan.jpg

| caption = Windsor in Leaders Yellow Jersey Tour de Taiwan

| fullname = Dean Windsor

| nickname = The Duke

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|09|09|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia

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| currentteam = Endura Racing

| discipline = Road Racing

| role = Professional Rider

| ridertype = Criterium & Road

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| proyears1 = 2006-2009

| proteam1 = {{UCI team code|DPC|2006}}

| proyears2 = 2010-2011

| proteam2 = {{UCI team code|RCJ|2010}}

| proyears3 = 2012

| proteam3 = {{UCI team code|EDR|2010}}

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Dean Windsor (born 9 September 1986 in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia) is an Australian professional racing cyclist who is known internationally as a criterium rider.Ride cycling review, [http://www.ridemedia.com.au/?p=2733 "What Does it take to become a good Criterium Racer"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131011180321/http://www.ridemedia.com.au/?p=2733 |date=11 October 2013 }}, ‘‘RIDE Magazine’‘, 24 February 2011

Riding on the Track as a junior Dean Windsor won the Under19 Oceania Points Race ChampionshipOceania Cycling, [http://www.cycling.org.au/site/cycling/national/downloads/SourceCollections/2004_Oceania_Results.pdf "2004 Oceania Track Championships Results"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120801042900/http://www.cycling.org.au/site/cycling/national/downloads/SourceCollections/2004_Oceania_Results.pdf |date=1 August 2012 }}, Cycling Australia Website, 23 February 2004 at Wanganui, NZ in 2004. Then focused on Road Racing winning the National U23 Criterium Championship, in 2007 at Brisbane. Then in 2010 was runner-up in the Australian Elite Criterium ChampionshipCycling Australia, [http://www.cycling.org.au/?ID=36073 "Official 2010 Elite Men Criterium Results "] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130322004527/http://cycling.org.au/?ID=36073 |date=22 March 2013 }}, Cycling Australia Website, January 2010 at Ballarat. In 2011 he was runner-up in the British Elite Circuit SeriesBritish Cycling, [http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/zuvvi/media/bc_files/road/2011_Elite_Circuit_Series_Overall_-_FINAL.pdf "Elite Circuit Series Results"], British Cycling Website, 9 August 2011 behind then Rapha Condor-Sharp Team mate Dean Downing which included a win in the Stafford GP.

Outside of racing, Windsor is a qualified primary school teacher{{cite web |url=http://www.enduraracing.com/Profile.aspx?dept_id=1&user_id=422 |title=Dean Windsor |author= |website=Endura Racing|accessdate=6 September 2014}} having studied primary education at Charles Sturt University.{{cite web |url=http://news.csu.edu.au/local-news/bathurst/csus-champion-cyclist |title=CSU's champion cyclist |author= |date=1 January 2003 |website=Charles Sturt University |accessdate=6 September 2014}}