Ryan Gibbons (born 13 August 1994) is a South African cyclist, who currently rides for
UCI WorldTeam
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Career
Prior to starting his road racing career at junior level,
Johannesburg
Johannesburg ( , , ; Zulu and xh, eGoli ), colloquially known as Jozi, Joburg, or "The City of Gold", is the largest city in South Africa, classified as a megacity, and is one of the 100 largest urban areas in the world. According to Dem ...
-born Gibbons competed in mountain bike racing. He was named in the start list for the
2017 Giro d'Italia
The 2017 Giro d'Italia was the 100th edition of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tour races. The race started on 5 May in Alghero on the island of Sardinia, and ended on 28 May in Milan. The race was won by Tom Dumoulin, who became ...
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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
The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage bicycle race primarily held in France, while also occasionally passing through nearby countries. Like the other Grand Tours (the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España), it consists ...
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In October 2020, Gibbons signed a two-year contract with , from the 2021 season.
He qualified to represent South Africa at the
2020 Summer Olympics
The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July.
Tokyo was selected as the host city during the 1 ...
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Major results
;2013
: 3rd
Team time trial,
African Road Championships
The African Continental Cycling Championships are a series of cycling races held annually in Africa where the African cyclists decide who will be the champion for the year to come. They have been held since 2001.
Editions
Men Road Race ...
;2015
:
KZN Autumn Series
::4th Mayday Classic
::4th Hibiscus Cycle Classic
::7th
PMB Road Classic
: 6th
94.7 Cycle Challenge
;2016
: 4th
Time trial In many racing sports, an athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athlete or team sets off at ...
, National Road Championships
: 7th
Coppa Bernocchi
The Coppa Bernocchi is a European bicycle race held in Legnano, Italy. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour.
In 1919 the business magnate Antonio Bernocchi founded the Coppa Bernocchi (or Bernocchi Cup ...
;2017
: 1st
Overall
Tour de Langkawi
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::1st
Points classification
::1st Stage 5
: 4th
Road race, National Road Championships
;2018
: 2nd
Time trial In many racing sports, an athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athlete or team sets off at ...
, National Road Championships
;2019
:
African Games
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::1st
Time trial
::1st
Team time trial
::2nd
Road race
: 2nd
Road race, National Road Championships
:
African Road Championships
The African Continental Cycling Championships are a series of cycling races held annually in Africa where the African cyclists decide who will be the champion for the year to come. They have been held since 2001.
Editions
Men Road Race ...
::3rd
Time trial
::4th Road race
: 4th
Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
The Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race also known as Great Ocean Road Race or Cadel Road Race is an annual professional one-day road bicycle racing for both men and women starting and finishing in Geelong, Victoria, Australia, and routed along th ...
;2020
: 1st
Road race, National Road Championships
;2021
:
African Road Championships
The African Continental Cycling Championships are a series of cycling races held annually in Africa where the African cyclists decide who will be the champion for the year to come. They have been held since 2001.
Editions
Men Road Race ...
::1st
Road race
::1st
Time trial
::1st
Team time trial
::1st
Mixed team relay
: 1st
Time trial In many racing sports, an athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athlete or team sets off at ...
, National Road Championships
: 1st
Trofeo Calvia
: 5th
Vuelta a Murcia
The Vuelta Ciclista a Murcia ( en, Tour of Murcia) is a road bicycle race held in and around Murcia, Spain. The first four editions were reserved to amateurs. Originally the race was held in early March and consisted of five stages. However, d ...
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Combativity award Stage 20
Vuelta a España
The Vuelta a España (; en, Tour of Spain) is an annual multi-stage bicycle race primarily held in Spain, while also occasionally making passes through nearby countries. Inspired by the success of the Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia, the ...
;2022
: 2nd
Trofeo Alcúdia – Port d'Alcúdia
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
References
External links
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Gibbons Biography Statisticsat InTheBunch
Ryan Gibbons at Tour de Lankawiat CyclingNews
Ryan Gibbons takes maiden victory at South African Elite Road Raceat InTheBunch
1994 births
Living people
South African male cyclists
Competitors at the 2019 African Games
African Games medalists in cycling
African Games gold medalists for South Africa
African Games silver medalists for South Africa
White South African people
Olympic cyclists of South Africa
Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Cyclists from Johannesburg
20th-century South African people
21st-century South African people
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