William Walker (cyclist)
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Full name | William Walker | |||||||||||||
Born |
Subiaco, Western Australia, Australia | 31 October 1985|||||||||||||
Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||
Weight | 60 kg (130 lb) | |||||||||||||
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Current team | Synergy Baku Cycling Project | |||||||||||||
Discipline | Road | |||||||||||||
Role | Rider | |||||||||||||
Professional team(s) | ||||||||||||||
2006–2008 | Rabobank | |||||||||||||
2009 | Fuji–Servetto | |||||||||||||
2012–2013 | Drapac Cycling | |||||||||||||
2014 | Synergy Baku Cycling Project | |||||||||||||
Major wins | ||||||||||||||
Under-23 National Road Race Championships (2006) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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William Walker (born 31 October 1985 in Subiaco, Western Australia) is a retired Australian professional road racing cyclist who rode for the Synergy Baku Cycling Project.[1]
Walker did not ride for Fuji-Servetto in 2010 due to health issues. He returned to racing in 2012, making a successful return winning the 2012 Tour Of Gippsland.[2]
Walker moved to the Synergy Baku Cycling Project for the 2014 season.[1] Walker was riding in the Australian National Road Race Championships in January 2014 when he suffered from ventricular tachycardia and he retired from the race and from professional cycling.[2]
Palmares
- 2003
- 1st Stage 4 Bay Classic Series
- 2004
- 1st Melbourne-Warnambool
- 1st Stage 13 Herald Sun Tour
- 2nd National Under-23 Road Race Championships
- 3rd National Under-23 Time Trial Championships
- 2005
- 1st Stage 2 Circuito Montañés
- 2nd
World Under-23 Road Race Championships - 2nd National Under-23 Road Race Championships
- 2nd UCI Oceania Tour
- 2006
- 1st
National Under-23 Road Race Championships - 1st Youth Classification Tour Down Under
- 2008
- 10th Overall Herald Sun Tour
- 2009
- 1st Stage 3 Geelong Bay Classic Series
- 2012
- 1st Overall Tour of Gippsland
- 1st Stage 8
- 1st Stage 6 Tour of Tasmania
- 2013
- 1st Stage 1 Tour of Toowoomba
- 2nd Overall Tour of Thailand
- 3rd Overall New Zealand Cycle Classic
- 4th Tour de Okinawa
- 5th Overall Tour of Hainan
References
- 1 2 Lovelock, Jono (13 November 2013). "Will Walker: "Ready for a new challenge"". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
- 1 2 "I thought I was going to die — Will Walker retires from pro cycling". cyclingtips.com. Archived from the original on 11 January 2017.
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