Dean Downing

Who is Dean Downing?

Dean "Deano" Downing is an English bicycle racer, specialising in road cycling who rides for Madison-Genesis. He rode for the DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed team in 2006 and is the older brother of the former British champion, Russell Downing. In 2004, he represented Great Britain at the World Track Championships.

For the 2007 season, Downing rode for the original Recycling.co.uk team and focussed on the British Premier Calendar. In 2008 the team became Rapha-Condor-Recycling.co.uk. After spending six years with the Rapha Condor squad Downing moved to the new Madison-Genesis team for 2013.In September 2013 it was announced that Russell and Dean Downing would join the new NFTO cycling team for 2014.