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Alex Dowsett (Alex Edward Albert Dowsett) was born on 3 October, 1988 in Maldon, Essex, England, is a British racing cyclist. Discover Alex Dowsett's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 35 years old?
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Alex Edward Albert Dowsett |
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Age |
35 years old |
Zodiac Sign |
Libra |
Born |
3 October, 1988 |
Birthday |
3 October |
Birthplace |
Maldon, Essex, England |
Nationality |
United Kingdom
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He is a member of famous Cyclist with the age 35 years old group.
Alex Dowsett Height, Weight & Measurements
At 35 years old, Alex Dowsett height is 1.82 m and Weight 73 kg.
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Height |
1.82 m |
Weight |
73 kg |
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Dating & Relationship status
He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.
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Alex Dowsett Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Alex Dowsett worth at the age of 35 years old? Alex Dowsett’s income source is mostly from being a successful Cyclist. He is from United Kingdom. We have estimated Alex Dowsett's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
Net Worth in 2024 |
$1 Million - $5 Million |
Salary in 2024 |
Under Review |
Net Worth in 2023 |
Pending |
Salary in 2023 |
Under Review |
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Cyclist |
Alex Dowsett Social Network
Timeline
Alex Edward Albert Dowsett (born 3 October 1988) is a British former professional road racing cyclist, who last rode for UCI WorldTeam.
He won the under-23 version of the British Time Trial Championships in 2008 and 2009.
In 2010, he rode for American team and won the under-23 European time trial championship.
He also won a silver medal in the Time Trial at the 2010 Commonwealth Games.
Dowsett signed for British-based as a neo-pro for the 2011 season.
His first victory for Sky came in the London Nocturne event.
Dowsett finished fifth overall in the Danmark Rundt, helping teammate Simon Gerrans to overall victory.
He won the fifth stage of the Tour du Poitou-Charentes to finish second overall.
In September, he won the British National Time Trial Championships.
Dowsett won the Stage 8a time trial of the Tour of Britain.
In March 2012, Dowsett broke his elbow in the Three Days of De Panne and as a result missed the classics season.
Dowsett recovered to finish second in the National Road Race Championships, and later retained his National Time Trial Championships title.
Later in September, Dowsett competed at the UCI World Road Race Championships in all three men's elite events, with a best placing of eighth in the individual time trial.
On 30 October 2012, Dowsett signed with the Spanish for the 2013 season hoping to gain a ride at a Grand Tour.
After competing in the Classics season for, Dowsett was selected to ride the Giro d'Italia, his first Grand Tour appearance.
Dowsett helped take second place in the team time trial on stage two.
On stage eight, a 54.8 km individual time trial, Dowsett set the fastest time to record his biggest career victory to date, setting a time ten seconds faster than the second placed Bradley Wiggins.
In June, Dowsett won the British National Time Trial Championships for the third year in a row despite crashing early on in the course.
In May 2014 Dowsett set a new British 10-mile time trial record in Cambridgeshire, clocking in at 17 minutes 20 seconds and beating Michael Hutchinson's previous record by 25 seconds.
Competing for England at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, Dowsett won gold in the Individual Time Trial.
After a long breakaway, Dowsett took the lead of the Tour of Britain on the sixth stage but lost it before the end of the race to Dylan van Baarle and finished eighth overall.
His team announced that Dowsett had signed a three-year contract extension with them in September.
He was a time trial specialist, and in 2015, he broke track cycling's world hour record by 446 m, with a distance of 52.937 km.
The son of former British Touring Car Championship driver Phil Dowsett, Dowsett was educated at Elm Green Preparatory School in Little Baddow, followed by King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford.
He initially took up swimming as a sport, swimming up to five days a week, before starting cycling on a mountain bike along with his father.
Dowsett began his career at the Maldon and District Cycling Club in the City of Chelmsford.
His talent was soon recognised and Dowsett became part of the British Olympic Academy development team.
In December 2014, Dowsett announced he would attempt to break the UCI Hour Record at the Lee Valley VeloPark on 27 February 2015.
However, he was forced to postpone the attempt after breaking his collarbone in a training accident.
The attempt instead took place at the Manchester Velodrome on 2 May 2015 where Dowsett set a new world record of 52.937 km, beating Rohan Dennis' previous record by almost half a kilometre.
Two weeks later, Dowsett won his first ever stage race, the Bayern Rundfahrt, where he claimed the overall victory a day after winning the Stage 4 individual time-trial.
In June 2015 Dowsett clinched his fourth national time trial title.
He was selected for the 2015 Tour de France but was forced abandon the race half way round due to an injury.
In August 2017, it was announced that Dowsett would join for the 2018 season.
Following the last minute break up of the team in 2019, he initially thought he would rest from professional cycling in 2020 and return to his local Maldon club, to focus on the Olympics and regaining the hour record.
Instead of his initial sabbatical from professional cycling, Dowsett was part of the merger with, which became the new team for 2020.
He placed fourth in the time trial at the European Road Championships, and ninth in the time trial at the UCI Road World Championships.
Following this, Dowsett contested the Giro d'Italia and won the eighth stage from a six-rider breakaway, soloing to victory from 18 km remaining.
In November, he extended his contract with for a further two years.