Julian Dean

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Julian Dean

Personal information
Full name	Julian Dean
Date of birth	January 28, 1975 (1975-01-28) (age 33)
Country	New Zealand
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	72 kg (160 lb)
Team information
Current team	Slipstream-Chipotle
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Sprinter/leadout specialist
Professional team(s)
1999–2001 2002–2003 2004–2007 2008–	US Postal CSC-Tiscali Crédit Agricole Slipstream-Chipotle
Major wins
US Pro Criterium Championship overall (1998) Tour of Britain: Points jersey (2004)  New Zealand National Champion (2007, 2008)
Infobox last updated on:
January 16, 2008

Julian Dean (born 28 January 1975 in Rotorua, New Zealand) is a road racing cyclist who rides for Team Slipstream. Dean rode in the 2007 Tour de France, 2006 Tour de France and the 2004 Tour de France, finishing all three times. His other main achievements include winning the 2007 and 2008 New Zealand National Road Race Championships, and finishing 9th in the 2005 World Road Championships in Madrid. This is one better than his 10th place finish in 2002 in Zolder.

Dean started cycling when he was just a child, at the local BMX club in Waihi, where he had success with two 3rd place finishes in the New Zealand Championships. Dean tried his hand at many sports before moving onto triathlon, which he enjoyed. From triathlon Dean fell in love with cycling, where he represented New Zealand in road and track. In 1997 Dean got his chance to race in the U.S. with the Shaklee team and the Mercury cycling team in 1998.

Contents 1 US Postal and beyond 2 Palmares 3 References 4 External links

[edit] US Postal and beyond

In 1999, Dean signed to the now defunct US Postal Service Pro Cycling Team, whom he rode for until 2001, gaining experience from racing in Europe. After having ridden in a team based around Lance Armstrong Dean went looking for new opportunities. He got them by joining Team CSC in 2002. However, his joy was shortlived when Dean broke his leg in March 2002 and was out for three months. He took his first win in Europe with a stage win in the Tour de Wallonie.

In 2004 he signed to Crédit Agricole as a lead out man for sprinter Thor Hushovd. He finished 8th behind stage winner Tom Boonen in Stage 6 of the Tour de France. He missed the 2005 edition of the Tour due to an injury incurred in the 2005 Giro d'Italia. He later returned for the 2006 edition.

The 2007 cycling season started well with Dean winning the New Zealand Road Racing Champion title. This win entitled Dean to represent and wear the black and white New Zealand national cycling jersey whilst racing in all international road-racing events throughout the 2007 season. He continued to ride for the French based team Crédit Agricole.

During the 2007 Tour de France Dean was known for his role of leadout for Thor Hushovd. Hushovd later said in interviews that Dean was "the best leadout man in the world." ^[1] Dean's last public appearance wearing the Crédit Agricole jersey was the 2007 Mt Maunganui criterium race, held on 27 December 2007. He won the elite category.

In 2008 Dean will ride for Jonathan Vaughters' Team Slipstream-Chipotle. He once again started the year by winning the New Zealand national Road Racing Championship, held in January. ^[2]

[edit] Palmares

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official site
• Cyclingnews.com 2007 NZ Road Championships

v • d • e Riders on Slipstream Chipotle presented by H30 Magnus Bäckstedt | Steven Cozza | Tom Danielson | Julian Dean | Jason Donald | Timmy Duggan | Huub Duyn | Lucas Euser | Tyler Farrar | Michael Friedman | Will Frishkorn | Ryder Hesjedal | Christophe Laurent | Trent Lowe | Pat McCarty | Martijn Maaskant | Daniel Martin | David Millar | Danny Pate | Kilian Patour | Tom Peterson | Chris Sutton | Christian Vande Velde | David Zabriskie | Manager: Jonathan Vaughters

Persondata
NAME	Dean, Julian
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Road bicycle racer
DATE OF BIRTH	1975-1-28
PLACE OF BIRTH	Rotorua, New Zealand
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH