Steve Cummings
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| Personal information | |
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| Full name | Steve Cummings |
| Date of birth | March 11, 1981 |
| Country |  England United Kingdom |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Barloworld |
| Discipline | Road & Track |
| Role | Rider |
| Amateur team(s) | |
| Birkenhead North End CC | |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 2005–2006 2007 2008– |
Landbouwkrediet-Colnago Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team Barloworld |
| Major wins | |
 World Champion Olympic Games Commonwealth Games |
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| Infobox last updated on: | |
| February 12, 2008 | |
Steve Cummings (born 19 March 1981 in Wirral, Merseyside) is a British racing cyclist for Barloworld on track and road. In 2006 he rode for Landbouwkrediet-Colnago and came second in the Trofeo Laigueglia to Alessandro Ballan of Lampre-Fondital. In 2007 he switched to Discovery Channel before moving to Barloworld in 2008.
Cummings won the team pursuit at the 2005 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Los Angeles and at the 2006 Commonwealth Games. He also took bronze in the individual pursuit. At the 2004 Olympics in Athens Cummings and the Great Britain team achieved a time of 3-59.
In 1999, riding for Birkenhead North End CC as a junior, aged 17, Cummings won the Eddie Soens Memorial Road Race, a handicap race open to all categories. It remains the only time in 46 years that a junior has won. He went on to take the British national road race championships that year.
His first professional win was in 2008, stage 2 of the Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria.
[edit] Major Results
- 1999
- 1st Eddie Soens Memorial Road Race
- 1st British National Road Race Championships - Junior
- 2001
- 1st Team Pursuit, British National Track Championships
- 2004
- 2nd Team Pursuit, Olympic Games, Athens
- 2005
- 1st Team Pursuit, Track World Championships, Los Angeles
- 1st Team Pursuit, British National Track Championships
- 2nd British National Road Race Championships
- 2006
- 1st Team Pursuit, Commonwealth Games, Melbourne
- 1st Team Pursuit, British National Track Championships
- 3rd Pursuit, Commonwealth Games, Melbourne
- 2008
- 1st Stage 2, Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria
- 4th Stage 19, 2008 Giro d'Italia
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| NAME | Cummings, Steve |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Racing cyclist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1981-03-19 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, United Kingdom |
| DATE OF DEATH | |
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