Ryan Cox

Ryan Rodney Cox (9 April 1979 1 August 2007) was a South African professional road racing cyclist. He had been cycling since 1987 and turned professional in 2000. He first joined but changed the following year to Team Cologne which was based in Germany. He had been a member of Team Barloworld since 2003. In 2004 and 2005 he won the South African National Road Race Championships.

Cox died at a Kempton Park hospital when the main artery in his left leg burst, three weeks after a vascular lesion operation in France for a knotted artery.

Major achievements

2000 4th Road race, National Road Championships 2001 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships 2002 National Road Championships 2nd Road race 3rd Time trial 2003 1st Stage 1 Circuit des Mines 5th Tour du Doubs 10th Overall Giro del Friuli Venezia Giulia 10th Tour du Jura 2004 National Road Championships

4th Time trial 1st Overall Tour of Qinghai Lake 1st Stage 1 2nd Overall Tour de Langkawi 9th Overall Giro del Capo 1st Stage 4 (ITT) 2005 National Road Championships

2nd Time trial 1st Overall Tour de Langkawi 1st Mountains classification 1st Stage 8 2nd Overall UCI Africa Tour 2nd Overall UCI Asia Tour 2nd Overall Giro del Capo 1st Mountains classification 6th Subida al Naranco 10th Overall Tour of Qinghai Lake 1st Stage 6 2006 3rd Overall Giro del Capo 2007 5th Overall Giro del Capo