.jpg) Cantwell at the 2012 Critérium du Dauphiné | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Jonathan Cantwell |
| Nickname | Jonny |
| Born | (1982-01-08)8 January 1982 |
| Died | 7 November 2018(2018-11-07) (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 |
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.
During his career, Cantwell won a stage of the Herald Sun Tour, and two stages of the Tour de Taiwan. In 2011, he won the Australian National Criterium Championships.
Career
Cantwell joined Team Saxo Bank for the 2012 season. 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. He finished 137th overall in the Tour.
Cantwell left Saxo–Tinkoff at the end of the 2013 season, and joined Drapac Professional Cycling for the 2014 season.
At the end of the 2014 season, Cantwell retired from professional cycling, in order to take up duathlon and triathlon. He competed at the 2017 ITU World Triathlon Series.
Illness and death
In 2017, Cantwell revealed that he had undergone an operation for testicular cancer. 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). Cantwell had two children.
Major results
Source:
- 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
- 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
- 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 - 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
- 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
- ^ "Cantwell joins Saxo Bank". Yahoo! Eurosport. TF1 Group. 8 November 2011. Retrieved 4 July 2012.
- ^ "Drapac Cycling announce new signings for 2014". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 2 October 2013. Retrieved 5 November 2013.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Ballinge, Alex (7 November 2018). "Australian former pro Jonathan Cantwell dies at 36". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
- ^ "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
Media related to Jonathan Cantwell at Wikimedia Commons
- Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank profile
- Jonathan Cantwell at Cycling Archives (archived)