John-Lee Augustyn (born 10 August 1986) is a South African former professional road bicycle racer. His former teams include

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, Barloworld and . Following a hip resurfacing operation in 2011, he moved to the

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team , but continued to suffer problems, indicating the hip implant was not coping with the rigours of professional racing. Following medical advice announced in May 2012 that he was taking an indefinite break from professional cycling, Augustyn returned to the professional peloton in 2014 with the team.

Tour de France 2008

During Stage 16 of the 2008 Tour in his second professional year, John-Lee crested

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in first place before shortly and spectacularly overshooting a hairpin bend on the descent. He was thrown from his bike, sliding 30 metres down the shale mountainside before recovering to complete the stage.

Retirement

Following a comeback with the newly formed , Augustyn was forced to retire from professional cycling in May 2014 due to a persistent hip problem which originated in a crash at the 2007

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, which caused

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of the

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. On his retirement John-Lee vowed to give something back to the sport that he loved. Quickly gaining his UCI coaching acrreditions he was approached by a number of teams to help assist with coaching and mentoring younger neo pros. He spent the summer of 2015 in Europe working at some of the biggest races on the calendar. He now lives on Lago d'Iseo in Italy with his wife. He is often seen riding hi

bike, a brand he has been an ambassador for since 2015 for along with SAKO7 socks and cycling apparel.

Major results

;2005 : 1st Belgotex Classic Hill climb time trial : 1st Karoo2005 : 2nd National Criterium Championships :10th

Flèche Ardennaise The Flèche Ardennaise is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in June in the province of Liège, Belgium. Since 2010, the race is organized as a 1.2 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle ...

;2006 :1st Tour of Lesotho :1st Tshwabec Classic :1st SA National U-23 Road Championships :2nd Overall

Tour of Japan The Tour of Japan is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in Japan since 1996 as part of the UCI Asia Tour. It is sanctioned by the International Cycling Union (UCI) as a 2.1 category race. History Tour of Japan was form ...

::1st

Mountains classification ::1st Stage 4 ;2007 :1st Mountains classification Volta ao Alentejo :3rd Overall

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:6th Overall Clásica Internacional de Alcobendas :7th

Giro d'Oro The Giro d'Oro was an early season road bicycle race held annually in Trentino, Italy. The race was organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introdu ...

;2008 :8th Subida al Naranco

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Augustyn, John Lee South African male cyclists 1986 births Living people Sportspeople from Kimberley, Northern Cape Cyclists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists for South Africa White South African people 20th-century South African people 21st-century South African people