Rohan Dennis

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Rohan Dennis
Rohan Dennis 2018 UCI World ITT Champion.jpg
Dennis in 2018
Personal information
Full nameRohan Dennis
Born (1990-05-28) 28 May 1990 (age 31)
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Height1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)[1]
Weight72 kg (159 lb; 11 st 5 lb)[2]
Team information
Current teamIneos Grenadiers
Disciplines
  • Road
  • Track
RoleRider
Rider typeAll-rounder
Amateur teams
2009–2010Australia Institute of Sport
2011Rabobank Continental Team
2012Team Jayco-AIS
Professional teams
2013–2014Garmin–Sharp
2014–2018BMC Racing Team[3]
2019Bahrain–Merida
2020–Team Ineos[4]
Major wins
Grand Tours
Tour de France
1 individual stage (2015)
1 TTT stage (2015)
Giro d'Italia
1 individual stage (2018)
Vuelta a España
2 individual stages (2018)
1 TTT stage (2017)

Stage races

USA Pro Cycling Challenge (2015)
Tour Down Under (2015)

One-day races and Classics

World Time Trial Championships (2018, 2019)
National Time Trial Championships
(2016, 2017, 2018)

World Hour record

8 February 2015, 52.491 km
Medal record
Representing  Australia
Men's track cycling
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2012 London Team pursuit
UCI Track Cycling World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2010 Ballerup Team pursuit
Gold medal – first place 2011 Apeldoorn Team pursuit
Silver medal – second place 2009 Pruszków Team pursuit
Silver medal – second place 2012 Melbourne Team pursuit
Men's road bicycle racing
Representing  Australia
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo Time trial
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Innsbruck Time trial
Gold medal – first place 2019 Yorkshire Time trial
Silver medal – second place 2012 Valkenburg Under-23 time trial
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 2014 Glasgow Time trial
Representing BMC Racing Team
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Ponferrada Team Time Trial
Gold medal – first place 2015 Richmond Team Time Trial
Silver medal – second place 2016 Doha Team Time Trial
Silver medal – second place 2017 Bergen Team Time Trial
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Innsbruck Team Time Trial

Rohan Dennis (born 28 May 1990)[5] is an Australian professional road racing cyclist who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Ineos Grenadiers.[6] Dennis was born, raised, and resides in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.[7] He won back to back UCI men's individual time trial world championships in 2018 and 2019.[8]

Career[]

Early career[]

Dennis on his way to winning stage one of the 2015 Tour de France

Dennis began his career by focusing on the track, and was part of the Australian team that took the silver medals in the team pursuit at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[9]

Garmin–Sharp (2013–14)[]

He joined Garmin–Sharp for the 2013 season, and made his debut Tour de France, pulling out of the race before Stage 9.[10]

In 2014, Dennis finished second overall behind Bradley Wiggins at the Tour of California, after placing second to Wiggins in the time trial. He also placed second in the Commonwealth Games time trial behind England's Alex Dowsett.[11]

BMC Racing Team (2014–18)[]

In August 2014, Dennis made a rare mid-season transfer to the BMC Racing Team.[12] He went on to win the World team time trial championships with his new team.

On 8 February 2015, he set a new hour record of 52.491 kilometres (32.616 miles), beating Matthias Brändle's record by over 600 metres.[13] The record stood until 2 May 2015, when it was broken by Dowsett.[14] Dennis was selected to ride the Tour de France as part of the BMC Racing Team squad supporting Tejay van Garderen.[15] He won stage one's individual time trial, clocking an average speed of 55.446 km/h (34.5 mph) and became the first yellow jersey wearer of the Tour.[16] With this performance, he established a new record average speed for an individual time trial at the Tour de France.[17] He won the Sir Hubert Opperman medal and trophy for Australia's best all-round cyclist in 2015.[18]

He was named in the start list for the 2017 Giro d'Italia,[19] however he abandoned the race on the 4th stage after injuries due to a crash on stage 2.[20] Subsequently, at the 2017 Vuelta a España, Dennis crossed the line first as part of the BMC squad that won the race's opening team time trial, taking the race leader's red jersey and becoming the first Australian to lead the race since Michael Matthews in 2014.[21]

At the 2018 Giro d'Italia, Dennis was narrowly defeated in the opening time trial by Tom Dumoulin. However, he took the pink jersey on the second stage by picking up a time bonus in an intermediate sprint. In doing so, he became the first Australian to lead the Giro since Simon Clarke in 2015, and the third Australian to wear the leader's jersey in all three Grand Tours, after Bradley McGee and Cadel Evans.[20] He went on to win the stage 16 time trial and finished the race in 16th place overall, 56 minutes and 7 seconds down on winner Chris Froome.[22]

When he won the first stage at the 2018 Vuelta a España he became the 95th rider in history to have won at least one stage in all three Grand Tours, and the 15th rider to have won an individual time trial at each Grand Tour.[23] He went on to win the stage 16 time trial, and left the Vuelta immediately after to prepare for the World Championships in Innsbruck, winning the individual time trial title by over a minute ahead of defending champion Tom Dumoulin of the Netherlands.[24] He also helped his BMC team win the bronze medal in the team time trial event.

At the end of 2018, he won two major Australian awards: Australian Institute of Sport Performance Awards – Male Athlete of the Year and Cycling Australia's Sir Hubert Opperman Medal, which he had previously won in 2015.[25]

Bahrain–Merida (2019)[]

In August 2018, it was announced that Dennis would join Bahrain–Merida in 2019 on a two-year deal, making the move from BMC alongside team-mates Damiano Caruso and Dylan Teuns.[26]

On 18 July 2019, he abandoned the Tour de France during Stage 12. No reason was immediately given,[27] but later reports indicated that his abandonment was the result over frustration with equipment provided by the team.[28] In an interview he subsequently gave in January 2020, Dennis stated that he left the Tour as his mental health was suffering due to difficulties with the team, and he feared that this would have a knock-on effect on his marriage.[29]

On 25 September 2019, Dennis raced for the first time since abandoning the Tour de France, winning gold in the men's individual time trial at the Road World Championships in Yorkshire.[30] Dennis rode an unmarked BMC bicycle during the World Championship time trial, rather than his trade Mérida machine. Several days later, his former team Bahrain–Merida confirmed that they had parted ways with Dennis on 13 September.[28]

Team Ineos (2020–)[]

On 9 December 2019, it was announced that Dennis would be joining Team Ineos for the 2020 season.[31] The following month Dennis stated that he had abandoned his attempts to become a contender for the general classification in Grand Tours; instead, he would focus on smaller stage races and working as a domestique in the three-week races.[29] In the 2020 Giro d'Italia, Dennis contributed greatly to his teammate Tao Geoghegan Hart's overall victory with impressive pulls on Stage 18 (Stelvio) and 20 (Sestriere). On the former stage, Dennis won the Cima Coppi award by being the first to reach the summit of the highest climb in the race, that being the Stelvio.

Personal life[]

In May 2017 Dennis' partner, fellow racing cyclist Melissa Hoskins, announced the couple's engagement as well as her retirement from competition.[32] They married in February 2018.[33] Hoskins gave birth to their first child, a son, later that year, two and a half weeks after Dennis won his first World Time Trial Championship.[34] The family split their time between Girona, La Massana and Adelaide.[32]

Major results[]

2007
9th Time trial, UCI Juniors World Championships
2010
1st Jersey rainbow.svg Team pursuit, UCI Track World Championships
1st MaillotAustralia.PNG Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
3rd Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23
1st Stage 1 (TTT)
4th Overall Olympia's Tour
5th Time trial, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships
6th Time trial, Commonwealth Games
10th Overall Ringerike GP
2011
1st Jersey rainbow.svg Team pursuit, UCI Track World Championships
4th Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships
2012
National Under-23 Road Championships
1st MaillotAustralia.PNG Road race
1st MaillotAustralia.PNG Time trial
1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23
1st Stage 5 (ITT)
1st Memorial Davide Fardelli
1st Chrono Champenois
2nd Silver medal olympic.svg Team pursuit, Olympic Games
2nd Silver medal blank.svg Team pursuit, UCI Track World Championships
2nd Silver medal blank.svg Time trial, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships
2nd Trofeo Alcide Degasperi
4th Overall Olympia's Tour
1st Stage 5 (ITT)
5th Overall Tour Down Under
1st Jersey white.svg Mountains classification
1st Jersey black.svg Young rider classification
5th Trofeo Città di San Vendemiano
2013
1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Tour of Alberta
1st Jersey white.svg Young rider classification
1st Stage 3
2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
8th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné
1st Jersey white.svg Young rider classification
2014
UCI Road World Championships
1st Gold medal blank.svg Team time trial
5th Time trial
2nd Silver medal blank.svg Time trial, Commonwealth Games
2nd Overall Tour of California
1st Stage 3
2nd Overall Circuit de la Sarthe
1st Jersey white.svg Young rider classification
2015
World Hour record: 52.491 km
UCI Road World Championships
1st Gold medal blank.svg Team time trial
6th Time trial
1st Jersey orange.svg Overall Tour Down Under
1st Jersey white.svg Young rider classification
1st Stage 3
1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall USA Pro Cycling Challenge
1st Jersey red.svg Mountains classification
1st Stages 4 & 5 (ITT)
Tour de France
1st Stages 1 (ITT) & 9 (TTT)
Held Jersey yellow.svg, Jersey green.svg & Jersey white.svg after Stage 1
1st Stage 3 (TTT) Critérium du Dauphiné
2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
2016
1st MaillotAustralia.PNG Time trial, National Road Championships
Eneco Tour
1st Stages 2 (ITT) & 5 (TTT)
UCI Road World Championships
2nd Silver medal blank.svg Team time trial
6th Time trial
2nd Overall Tour of California
1st Stage 6 (ITT)
2nd Overall Tour of Britain
1st Stage 7b
5th Time trial, Olympic Games
2017
1st MaillotAustralia.PNG Time trial, National Road Championships
1st Jersey blue.svg Overall Tour La Provence
1st Jersey green.svg Points classification
Vuelta a España
1st Stage 1 (TTT)
Held Jersey red.svg after Stage 1
Tour de Suisse
1st Stages 1 (ITT) & 9 (ITT)
1st Stage 2 Tour of the Alps
1st Stage 2 (TTT) Volta a Catalunya
UCI Road World Championships
2nd Silver medal blank.svg Team time trial
8th Time trial
2nd Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
1st Stages 1 (TTT) & 7 (ITT)
6th Overall Tour Down Under
2018
UCI Road World Championships
1st Jersey rainbow chrono.svg Time trial
3rd Bronze medal blank.svg Team time trial
1st MaillotAustralia.PNG Time trial, National Road Championships
Vuelta a España
1st Stages 1 (ITT) & 16 (ITT)
Held Jersey red.svg, Jersey green.svg & Jersey white.svg after Stage 1
Giro d'Italia
1st Stage 16 (ITT)
Held Jersey pink.svg after Stages 2–5
Tirreno–Adriatico
1st Stages 1 (TTT) & 7 (ITT)
7th Overall Tour de Romandie
9th Overall Abu Dhabi Tour
1st Stage 4 (ITT)
2019
1st Jersey rainbow chrono.svg Time trial, UCI Road World Championships
2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
2nd Overall Tour de Suisse
1st Stage 1 (ITT)
5th Overall Tour Down Under
2020
2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
4th Overall Tour Down Under
5th Time trial, UCI Road World Championships
2021
1st Prologue Tour de Romandie
1st Stage 2 (ITT) Volta a Catalunya
3rd Bronze medal olympic.svg Time trial, Olympic Games
6th Overall Tour of Britain
1st Stage 3 (TTT)

Grand Tour general classification results timeline[]

Grand Tour 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia — — — — DNF 16 — 35 —
A yellow jersey Tour de France DNF — 101 DNF — — DNF — —
A red jersey Vuelta a España — 84 — — DNF DNF — — —
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References[]

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  2. ^ "Rohan Dennis". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  3. ^ "Dennis to ride Vuelta a España for BMC after leaving Garmin - Cyclingnews.com". August 2014.
  4. ^ "Team Ineos". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 January 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  5. ^ "RIDER PROFILES ROHAN DENNIS". Cycling Australia. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
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  12. ^ Rohan Dennis to join BMC Racing from Garmin-Sharp in rare mid-season transfer | Cycling News | Sky Sports
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  14. ^ "Alex Dowsett sets new Hour Record of 52.937km". cyclingnews.com. 2 May 2015. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
  15. ^ "Tour de France: BMC Racing announce team to support van Garderen". cyclingnews.com. 24 June 2015. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
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External links[]

Records
Preceded by UCI hour record (52.491 km)
8 February 2015 – 2 May 2015 		Succeeded by
Alex Dowsett
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