Lewis Askey Explained

Lewis Askey
Birth Date:4 May 2001
Birth Place:Cannock, England
Height:1.87 m
Weight:75 kg
Discipline:Road
Cyclo-cross
Role:Rider
Proyears1:2020–2021
Proteam1:[1]
Proyears2:2022–
Proteam2:[2]

Lewis Askey (born 4 May 2001) is a British cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam .[3]

Personal life

His younger brother Ben Askey is also a professional cyclist.[4] [5]

Major results

Cyclo-cross

2017–2018
  • Junior National Trophy Series
  • 2nd Derby
  • 2nd Abergavenny
    2018–2019
  • UCI Junior World Cup
  • 2nd Heusden-Zolder
  • Junior Brico Cross
  • 2nd Essen
  • 2nd National Junior Championships
  • Junior DVV Trophy
  • 3rd Loenhout
  • 3rd Hasselt
    2021–2022
  • National Trophy Series
  • 1st Derby
    2023–2024
  • 3rd National Championships

    Mountain bike

    2023
  • National XCO Series
  • 1st Cannock Chase
    2024
  • Shimano Super Cup
  • 1st La Rabassa

    Road

    2018
  • 1st Paris–Roubaix Juniors
  • 2nd Road race, National Junior Championships
  • 2nd La Philippe Gilbert Juniors
  • 5th E3 Harelbeke Junioren
    2019
  • 1st Overall Junior Tour of Wales
  • 1st Overall Isle of Man Youth Tour
  • 1st Stage 1
  • 2nd Gent–Wevelgem Junioren
  • 3rd Trofee van Vlaanderen
  • 4th Guido Reybrouck Classic
  • 5th Overall
  • 6th Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne Juniors
  • 6th La Philippe Gilbert Juniors
  • 8th Paris–Roubaix Juniors
    2020
  • 10th Paris–Tours Espoirs
    2021
  • 1st Stage 2 Ronde de l'Isard
  • 2nd Gran Premio di Poggiana
  • National Under-23 Championships
  • 2nd Road race
  • 4th Time trial
  • National Championships
  • 3rd Circuit race
  • 5th Road race
  • 5th Road race, UCI World Under-23 Championships
  • 8th Overall Kreiz Breizh Elites
    2022
  • 2nd Road race, National Under-23 Championships
  • 2nd Classic Loire Atlantique
    2023
  • 2nd Paris–Tours
  • 5th Nokere Koerse
    2024
  • National Championships
  • 1st Circuit race
  • 2nd Road race
  • 9th Clásica de Almería

    Grand Tour general classification results timeline

    Grand Tour20232024
    Giro d'Italia93
    Tour de France
    Vuelta a España105
    Legend
    Did not compete
    DNFDid not finish

    Track

    2019
  • 1st Madison, National Junior Championships (with Alfie George)

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Groupama - FDJ. UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 1 April 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200401185216/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/14081/2003302/257. 1 April 2020.
    2. Web site: Groupama - FDJ. UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 13 February 2021. https://archive.today/20210213145407/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15314/2003302/276. 13 February 2021.
    3. Web site: 2022 Team Preview: Groupama-FDJ. Barry. Ryan. CyclingNews. Future plc. 7 January 2022. 23 January 2022.
    4. Web site: 'When there are 10 guys coming into the finish, I want to be one of them' - Lewis Askey on WorldTour life. Cycling Weekly. 7 April 2024. Adam. Beckett. 15 November 2022.
    5. Web site: Lewis Askey hopes to reach world top level as quickly as possible: "I really surprised myself in 2023". idlprocycling.com. 7 April 2024. Bram . van der Ploeg. 16 January 2024.