Darryl Webster
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born |
7 May 1962 Leicester, England |
| Team information | |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Amateur team(s) | |
| Manchester Wheelers' Club[1] | |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 1988 | P.M.S. Dawes |
| 1989 | Teka |
| Major wins | |
| Nissan Classic, 1 stage | |
Darryl James Webster (born 7 May 1962) is a former English professional cyclist from Walsall. He rode for Great Britain at the Olympic Games[2] and won twenty three national championship titles.[3] He also famously won a stage in the 1988 Nissan Classic from a 101 mile solo break.[4] Webster has always claimed to be strongly against the use of drugs in sport, but in April 2013 he was caught growing cannabis worth £24,000.[5]
Palmarès
- 1978
- 1st GHS Schoolboy National TT 10 miles championship
- 1980
- 3rd Junior World Championships, Track, Team Pursuit
- 1981
3rd British National Hill Climb Championships- 1982
- 3rd Commonwealth Games,Track, Team Pursuit
- 1983
- 5th Tour of the Cotswolds
- 1st British National Hill Climb Championships
- 1984
- 4th Overall, Sealink International
- 2nd Overall, Circuit des Mines
- 1st British National Hill Climb Championships
- DNF Olympic Games, Road race
- 8th Olympic Games, 100 kilometres Team Time Trial
- 1985
- 1st British National Hill Climb Championships
- 4th British National Road Race Championships (Amateur)
- 1st Lincoln GP
- 1986
- 1st British National Hill Climb Championships
- 3rd Lincoln GP
- 1987
- 2nd Archer Grand Prix
- 1st Manx Trophy
- 2nd Lincoln GP
- 2nd Overall, Premier Calendar
- 1988
- 8th Overall, Tour of Britain
- 21st Grand Prix des Nations
- 1st Gwent
- 1st Windermere
- 26th British National Road Race Championships (Professional)
- 31st Overall, Nissan Classic
- 1st Stage 3, Nissan Classic
- 1989
- 8th GP Wales
- 29th British National Road Race Championships (Professional)
References
- ↑ "A History of Manchester Wheelers' Club" (PDF). Retrieved June 2012. Check date values in:
|access-date=(help) - ↑ "Darryl Webster statistics". Olympic Sport. Sports Reference. Retrieved June 2012. Check date values in:
|access-date=(help) - ↑ "The tale of Darryl Webster". Pezcycling. Retrieved June 2012. Check date values in:
|access-date=(help) - ↑ "Darryl Webster Interview". Planet X. Retrieved June 2012. Check date values in:
|access-date=(help) - ↑ "Darryl Webster caught with Drugs". Express. Retrieved April 2013. Check date values in:
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External links
- Darryl Webster profile at Cycling Archives
- "Cycle Base".
- wielrennen.hour.be
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