Jonathan Cantwell Explained

Jonathan Cantwell
Fullname:Jonathan Cantwell
Nickname:Jonny
Birth Date:1982 1, df=yes
Height:1.75m (05.74feet)
Weight:69kg (152lb)
Discipline:Road
Role:Rider
Amateuryears1:2004–2005
Amateurteam1:Permac Brisot Bibanese
Amateuryears2:2007
Amateurteam2:Kahala La Grange
Amateuryears3:2015
Amateurteam3:Swift Carbon Melbourne Cycling League
Proyears1:2008
Proteam1:Jittery Joe's
Proyears2:2009–2011
Proyears3:2012–2013
Proyears4:2014

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,, and teams.[1] [2]

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]

Career

Cantwell joined 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.[6] He finished 137th overall in the Tour.[3]

Cantwell left at the end of the 2013 season,[7] and joined 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] [8] He competed at the 2017 ITU World Triathlon Series.[8]

Illness and death

In 2017, Cantwell revealed that he had undergone an operation for testicular cancer.[8] 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).[8] [5] [9] [10] Cantwell had two children.[3]

Major results

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[8]
  • 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[8]
  • 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[8]
  • 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

    External links

    Notes and References

    1. News: Cantwell joins Saxo Bank. 8 November 2011. 4 July 2012. Yahoo! Eurosport. TF1 Group.
    2. News: Drapac Cycling announce new signings for 2014. Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 2 October 2013. 5 November 2013.
    3. News: L'ancien cycliste professionnel australien Jonathan Cantwell est décédé à l'âge de 36 ans. fr. Le Soir. 7 November 2018. 7 November 2018.
    4. News: Den tidligere Saxo Bank-rytter Jonathan Cantwell er død. da. TV2. 7 November 2018. 7 November 2018.
    5. Web site: Cycling news - Australian champion Jonathan Cantwell dies at age of 36. Eurosport. 7 November 2018. 7 November 2018.
    6. News: Greipel wins Tour de France stage in Rouen. Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 4 July 2012. 4 July 2012. Daniel. Benson.
    7. Web site: Team Saxo-Tinkoff (TST) – DEN. 12 January 2013. UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. 6 January 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140106041107/http://www.uciworldtour.com/Modules/SUCI/TEAMS/TeamDetails.asp?id=Mw&RefDate=12.01.2013&MenuId=MTYzMDE&LangId=1&BackLink=%2Ftemplates%2FUCI%2FUCI2%2Flayout%2Easp%3FMenuId%3DMTYzMDE%26LangId%3D1. dead.
    8. Web site: Australian former pro Jonathan Cantwell dies at 36. Ballinge. Alex. Cycling Weekly. 7 November 2018. 7 November 2018.
    9. http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/fundraiser-for-family-set-up-after-death-of-jonathan-cantwell Fundraiser for family set up after death of Jonathan Cantwell
    10. News: Former national cycling champion dies . 7 November 2018 . NewsComAu.
    11. Web site: Jonathan Cantwell. Pro Cycling Stats. 7 November 2018.
    12. Web site: 2010 Cantwell lands Fly V an Australian win . Cyclingnews.com.

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