Erick Rowsell

{{Infobox cyclist

| name = Erick Rowsell

| image = Erick Rowsell.jpg

| caption = Rowsell at the 2016 Tour of Britain

| fullname = Erick Rowsell

| nickname =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1990|7|29|df=y}}

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| currentteam = Retired

| discipline = Road

| role = Rider

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| amateuryears1 = 2010

| amateurteam1 = 100% ME

| amateuryears2 = 2011

| amateurteam2 = Team Corridori/Specialized

| proyears1 = 2012

| proteam1 = {{UCI team code|EDR|2012}}

| proyears2 = 2013–2014

| proteam2 = {{UCI team code|TNE|2013}}

| proyears3 = 2015–2019

| proteam3 = {{UCI team code|MGT|2015}}

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Erick Rowsell (born 29 July 1990) is a British former professional road racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2012 and 2019 for the {{UCI team code|EDR|2012}},{{cite web|url=http://62.50.72.82/ucinet/default.asp?page=UCITeamsdetail&discipline=ROA&continent=ALL&teamscategory=CTM&teamstype=CTM&year=2012&teamnameid=3380&npage=3&search=&l=ENG|title=Endura Racing (EDR) – GBR|accessdate=27 January 2012|work=UCI Continental Circuits|publisher=Union Cycliste Internationale|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140204002248/http://62.50.72.82/ucinet/default.asp?page=UCITeamsdetail&discipline=ROA&continent=ALL&teamscategory=CTM&teamstype=CTM&year=2012&teamnameid=3380&npage=3&search=&l=ENG|archive-date=4 February 2014|url-status=dead}} {{UCI team code|TNE|2014}},{{cite web|url=http://62.50.72.82/UCIBWS/(S(qn1meewgfwzheesu13hn5llx))/Teams/detail/en/ROA/3023|title=Team NetApp-Endura (TNE) - GER|accessdate=2 February 2014|work=UCI Continental Circuits|publisher=Union Cycliste Internationale|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140201231859/http://62.50.72.82/UCIBWS/(S(qn1meewgfwzheesu13hn5llx))/Teams/detail/en/ROA/3023|archive-date=1 February 2014|url-status=dead}} and {{UCI team code|MGT|2019}} teams. He now works as the Elite Road Racing Manager for British Cycling,{{cite news|url=https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/article/20200110-Home-Page-Erick-Rowsell-appointed-as-Elite-Road-Racing-Manager-0|title=Erick Rowsell appointed as Elite Road Racing Manager|work=British Cycling|publisher=British Cycling Federation|date=10 January 2020|accessdate=31 October 2021}} having previously been a member of their Olympic Development Programme as an endurance rider.{{cite web |url=http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/web/site/BC/gbr/GBRiderInfo/00_Olympic_Development.asp |title=Olympic Development Programme Riders |accessdate=2008-08-28 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080527081330/http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/web/site/BC/gbr/GBRiderInfo/00_Olympic_Development.asp |archivedate = 2008-05-27}}

Career

He won the junior race at the 2007 British National Time Trial Championships in an upset of world champion Peter Kennaugh.{{cite web|url=http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/web/site/BC/roa/EventReports2007/20070902_TT_CHamps.asp |title=2007 Time Trial Championships |publisher=britishcycling.org.uk |accessdate=2008-08-28 |date=2007-09-07 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516034923/http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/web/site/BC/roa/EventReports2007/20070902_TT_CHamps.asp |archivedate=16 May 2008 }} The following year, he won the junior race at the British National Road Race Championships.{{cite web |url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road.php?id=road/2008/aug08/britishjunior08 |title=Rowsell upgrades to the gold medal | publisher=cyclingnews.com|accessdate=2008-08-28 |date=2008-08-11}}

Having won the prologue time trial of the Junior Tour of Wales in 2008, Rowsell won the three-day event – joining previous winners such as Charly Wegelius and Geraint Thomas – by eight seconds from Norwegian Johan Fredrik Ziesler of the Nymark team.{{cite web |url=http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/web/site/BC/roa/EventReports2008/20080823_Tour_Of_Wales.asp |title=2008 Junior Tour of Wales |author=Larry Hickmott |publisher=23–25 August 2008 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080830031134/http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/web/site/BC/roa/EventReports2008/20080823_Tour_Of_Wales.asp |archivedate=30 August 2008 |df=dmy }}

In November 2014 {{UCI team code|MGT|2015}} announced that Rowsell would be part of the team's line-up for the 2015 season.{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest-news/martyn-irvine-mark-mcnally-headline-new-arrivals-madison-genesis-144474 |title=Martyn Irvine and Mark McNally headline new arrivals for Madison Genesis |last1=Clarke |first1=Stuart |date=13 November 2014 |website=Cycling Weekly |accessdate=25 November 2014}}

Personal life

His older sister Joanna Rowsell also competed professionally as a road and track cyclist.{{cite news|first=Josh|last=Burrows|url=https://www.thetimes.com/sport/olympics/article/joanna-rowsell-laments-missed-chance-for-gender-parity-in-yorkshire-dales-vvkgs7mp550|title=Joanna Rowsell laments missed chance for gender parity in Yorkshire dales|work=The Times|publisher=Times Newspapers|date=2 May 2015|access-date=31 October 2021|quote=Her brother, Erick, will have that chance [...]}}

Major results

;2007

: National Junior Road Championships

::1st 20px Time trial

::3rd Road race

: 2nd Overall Junior Tour of Wales

: 3rd Individual pursuit, National Junior Track Championships

;2008

: 1st 20px Road race, National Junior Road Championships

: 1st 20px Overall Junior Tour of Wales

::1st Stage 1

: 2nd 15px Team pursuit, UEC European Junior Track Championships

: 2nd Overall Driedaagse van Axel

: 3rd Points race, National Junior Track Championships

: 3rd Overall Tour du Pays de Vaud Juniors

;2009

: 2nd 15px Team pursuit, UEC European Under-23 Track Championships

;2010

: 3rd Madison, National Track Championships (with George Atkins)

;2011

: 2nd 15px Team pursuit, UEC European Under-23 Track Championships

: 3rd 15px Team pursuit, 2010–11 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Beijing

: 3rd Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships

;2012

: 2nd Overall Tour Doon Hame

::1st Stage 1{{cite web |url=https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/events/details/77501/Tour-Doon-Hame |title=Tour Doon Hame|date=8 April 2012 |website=British Cycling |access-date=5 August 2015}}

: 6th Overall Tour Alsace

: 7th Overall Tour de Normandie

::1st Stage 5

: 7th Overall Tour de Bretagne

;2014

: 5th Dwars door Drenthe

;2015

: 1st 20px Overall Tour of the Reservoir

::1st Stage 1

: 8th Overall Tour de Yorkshire

;2018

: 5th Rutland–Melton CiCLE Classic