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, V Australia, Saxo–Tinkoff and Drapac Professional Cycling teams.[1][2]
Personal information | |
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Full name | Jonathan Cantwell |
Nickname | Jonny |
Born | 8 January 1982 |
Died | 7 November 2018 | (aged 36)
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
Weight | 69 kg (152 lb) |
Team information | |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Rider type |
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Amateur teams | |
2004–2005 | Permac Brisot Bibanese |
2007 | Kahala La Grange |
2015 | Swift Carbon Melbourne Cycling League |
Professional teams | |
2008 | Jittery Joe's |
2009–2011 | Fly V Australia |
2012–2013 | Team Saxo Bank |
2014 | Drapac Professional Cycling |
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][6]
Cantwell joined Team Saxo Bank 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.[7] He finished 137th overall in the Tour.[3]
Cantwell left Saxo–Tinkoff at the end of the 2013 season,[8] and joined Drapac Professional Cycling 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][5] He competed at the 2017 ITU World Triathlon Series.[5]
In 2017, Cantwell revealed that he had undergone an operation for testicular cancer.[5] 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).[5][6][9][10] Cantwell had two children.[3]
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