Summary
Jonathan Cantwell (8 January 1982 – 6 November 2018) was an Australian professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2008 and 2014 for the Jittery Joe's, V Australia, Saxo–Tinkoff and Drapac Professional Cycling teams.[1][2]
 Cantwell at the 2012 Critérium du Dauphiné | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Jonathan Cantwell |
| Nickname | Jonny |
| Born | 8 January 1982 |
| Died | 7 November 2018 (aged 36) |
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Weight | 69 kg (152 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type |
|
| Amateur teams | |
| 2004–2005 | Permac Brisot Bibanese |
| 2007 | Kahala La Grange |
| 2015 | Swift Carbon Melbourne Cycling League |
| Professional teams | |
| 2008 | Jittery Joe's |
| 2009–2011 | Fly V Australia |
| 2012–2013 | Team Saxo Bank |
| 2014 | Drapac Professional Cycling |
During his career, Cantwell won a stage of the Herald Sun Tour, and two stages of the Tour de Taiwan.[3][4] In 2011, he won the Australian National Criterium Championships.[5][6]
Career edit
Cantwell joined Team Saxo Bank for the 2012 season.[1] Cantwell made his Grand Tour début at the 2012 Tour de France, where he was earmarked as a lead-out man for the team's sprinter, Juan José Haedo; Cantwell took his first top ten placing on stage 4, when he finished sixth on the stage.[7] He finished 137th overall in the Tour.[3]
Cantwell left Saxo–Tinkoff at the end of the 2013 season,[8] and joined Drapac Professional Cycling for the 2014 season.[2]
At the end of the 2014 season, Cantwell retired from professional cycling, in order to take up duathlon and triathlon.[3][5] He competed at the 2017 ITU World Triathlon Series.[5]
Illness and death edit
In 2017, Cantwell revealed that he had undergone an operation for testicular cancer.[5] He died on 7 November 2018 at the age of 36; the cause was suicide (mental illness-related suicide had also claimed the lives of his father and brother).[5][6][9][10] Cantwell had two children.[3]
Major results edit
Source:[11]
- 2007
- Tour of Virginia
- 1st Stages 4 & 5
- 3rd Overall International Cycling Classic
- 2008
- 1st Overall Tour of Murrieta
- 1st Stage 1
- 1st Overall International Cycling Classic
- 2009
- 1st Overall Tour of the Murray River
- 1st Stages 1, 3 & 7
- 1st Overall Tour of Atlanta
- 1st Stages 1, 2 & 3
- Tour of Tasmania
- 1st Stages 1, 3 & 10
- 1st Stage 3 Tour of Elk Grove
- 1st Stage 3 San Dimas Stage Race
- 2nd Overall Tour of Murrieta
- 1st Stage 2
- 2nd Overall Tulsa Tough
- 2nd Goulburn–Sydney
- 3rd Overall Herald Sun Tour
- 1st Stage 6[5]
- 3rd Overall International Cycling Classic
- 1st Stage 17
- 5th Overall Tour of Geelong
- 1st Stage 1
- 2010
- 1st Overall International Cycling Classic
- 1st Stages 7, 10, 12, 15, 16 & 17
- 1st Overall Tour of Elk Grove
- 1st Stages 2 & 3
- 1st Goulburn to Sydney Classic[12]
- 1st Stage 3 Joe Martin Stage Race
- 2nd Overall USA Cycling National Racing Calendar
- 2nd Overall Tour of Murrieta
- 1st Stage 2
- 2nd Overall Tulsa Tough
- 3rd Overall 2009–10 UCI Oceania Tour
- 9th Tour of the Battenkill
- 2011
- 1st
National Criterium Championships[5] - Tour of the Murray River
- 1st Stages 1, 9 & 10
- 3rd Overall Tulsa Tough
- 1st Stage 1
- 4th Overall USA Cycling National Racing Calendar
- 5th Overall Tour of America's Dairyland
- 1st Stage 5
- 10th Overall Tour of Elk Grove
- 2012
- Tour de Taiwan
- 1st Stages 4 & 7[5]
- 5th Grand Prix de Fourmies
- 7th Trofeo Migjorn
- 8th Overall World Ports Classic
- 2013
- 2nd Overall World Ports Classic
- 4th Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen
- 2014
- 6th Overall Herald Sun Tour
- 2015
- 10th Overall Bay Classic Series
References edit
- ^ a b "Cantwell joins Saxo Bank". Yahoo! Eurosport. TF1 Group. 8 November 2011. Retrieved 4 July 2012.
- ^ a b "Drapac Cycling announce new signings for 2014". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 2 October 2013. Retrieved 5 November 2013.
- ^ a b c d "L'ancien cycliste professionnel australien Jonathan Cantwell est décédé à l'âge de 36 ans". Le Soir (in French). 7 November 2018. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
- ^ "Den tidligere Saxo Bank-rytter Jonathan Cantwell er død". TV2 (in Danish). 7 November 2018. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Ballinge, Alex (7 November 2018). "Australian former pro Jonathan Cantwell dies at 36". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
- ^ a b "Cycling news - Australian champion Jonathan Cantwell dies at age of 36". Eurosport. 7 November 2018. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
- ^ Benson, Daniel (4 July 2012). "Greipel wins Tour de France stage in Rouen". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 4 July 2012.
- ^ "Team Saxo-Tinkoff (TST) – DEN". UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 6 January 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
- ^ Fundraiser for family set up after death of Jonathan Cantwell
- ^ "Former national cycling champion dies". NewsComAu. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
- ^ "Jonathan Cantwell". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
- ^ "2010 Cantwell lands Fly V an Australian win". Cyclingnews.com.
External links edit
Media related to Jonathan Cantwell at Wikimedia Commons
- Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank profile
- Jonathan Cantwell at Cycling Archives