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Daniel Bigham
Daniel John Bigham (born 2 October 1991) is a British aerodynamics engineer and former racing cyclist, who has predominantly competed successfully in individual and team endurance track events, winning gold medals at national, European and world championships.
Bigham won his first national track cycling titles in 2017, in the team pursuit, individual pursuit and kilometre time trial disciplines, also helping Great Britain to UCI World Cup victories in the team pursuit in 2017 and 2018. He won further track medals at the national level in 2019 and 2020, and in 2021 broke the UK men's hour record (see below). Also in 2021 and again in 2022, he took silver on the road in the men's individual time trial. At the 2022 British National Track Championships in Newport, Wales he won another British title, winning the individual pursuit.
Bigham rode for UCI Continental team Ribble Weldtite from 2018 until 2021. He then gained national attention being the figurehead of the Huub-Wattbike trade team. Despite their lack of budget and operating outside the British Cycling set-up, they achieved great success on the track, winning UCI World Cup events and bringing a variety of technical and strategic innovations to the team pursuit, before changes were made to trade team eligibility rules.
Since 2022, he has worked for Ineos Grenadiers as a performance engineer, helping the team's riders improve their aerodynamic performance.
Alongside Charlie Tanfield, Ethan Vernon and Oliver Wood, Bigham won silver in the team pursuit at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. Following success in the team pursuit, Bigham has also competed in the individual pursuit at several international championships, winning silvers at the 2023 UCI Track Cycling World Championships and 2023 UEC European Track Championships, and then a gold at the 2024 UEC Championships, where, with Ethan Hayter, Vernon and Tanfield, he also won a team pursuit gold.
He has regularly raced against his Ineos Grenadiers team-mate Fillipo Ganna, most notably during their hour record attempts and at the 2023 UCI Track World Championships.
In early August, Bigham shared that he would be leaving Ineos Grenadiers once the Olympics were over, having reportedly become disillusioned with the team's setup under new management. In September, it was announced that he would be retiring from competitive cycling to focus on a new role as Head of Engineering at Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe.
His last event racing for Great Britain was the 2024 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in October, held in Denmark. He took bronze in the individual pursuit, where he raced against long-time teammate and competitor Charlie Tanfield.
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Daniel Bigham
Daniel John Bigham (born 2 October 1991) is a British aerodynamics engineer and former racing cyclist, who has predominantly competed successfully in individual and team endurance track events, winning gold medals at national, European and world championships.
Bigham won his first national track cycling titles in 2017, in the team pursuit, individual pursuit and kilometre time trial disciplines, also helping Great Britain to UCI World Cup victories in the team pursuit in 2017 and 2018. He won further track medals at the national level in 2019 and 2020, and in 2021 broke the UK men's hour record (see below). Also in 2021 and again in 2022, he took silver on the road in the men's individual time trial. At the 2022 British National Track Championships in Newport, Wales he won another British title, winning the individual pursuit.
Bigham rode for UCI Continental team Ribble Weldtite from 2018 until 2021. He then gained national attention being the figurehead of the Huub-Wattbike trade team. Despite their lack of budget and operating outside the British Cycling set-up, they achieved great success on the track, winning UCI World Cup events and bringing a variety of technical and strategic innovations to the team pursuit, before changes were made to trade team eligibility rules.
Since 2022, he has worked for Ineos Grenadiers as a performance engineer, helping the team's riders improve their aerodynamic performance.
Alongside Charlie Tanfield, Ethan Vernon and Oliver Wood, Bigham won silver in the team pursuit at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. Following success in the team pursuit, Bigham has also competed in the individual pursuit at several international championships, winning silvers at the 2023 UCI Track Cycling World Championships and 2023 UEC European Track Championships, and then a gold at the 2024 UEC Championships, where, with Ethan Hayter, Vernon and Tanfield, he also won a team pursuit gold.
He has regularly raced against his Ineos Grenadiers team-mate Fillipo Ganna, most notably during their hour record attempts and at the 2023 UCI Track World Championships.
In early August, Bigham shared that he would be leaving Ineos Grenadiers once the Olympics were over, having reportedly become disillusioned with the team's setup under new management. In September, it was announced that he would be retiring from competitive cycling to focus on a new role as Head of Engineering at Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe.
His last event racing for Great Britain was the 2024 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in October, held in Denmark. He took bronze in the individual pursuit, where he raced against long-time teammate and competitor Charlie Tanfield.
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