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”’Ryan Rodney Cox”’ (9 April 1979 {{endash}} 1 August 2007) was a [[South Africa]]n professional [[road racing cyclist]]. He had been cycling since 1987 and turned professional in 2000. He first joined {{UCI team code|AMO|2000}} but changed the following year to [[Team Cologne]] which was based in Germany. He had been a member of Team [[Barloworld (cycling team)|Barloworld]] since 2003. In 2004 and 2005 he won the [[South African National Road Race Championships]].<ref name=”Men”>{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingarchives.com/wedstrijdfiche.php?wedstrijdid=2640 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20160225010932/http://www.cyclingarchives.com/wedstrijdfiche.php?wedstrijdid=2640 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=25 February 2016 |title=National Championship, Road, Elite, South Africa (Men) |accessdate=13 February 2016 |work=Cycling Archives}}</ref> |
”’Ryan Rodney Cox”’ (9 April 1979 {{endash}} 1 August 2007) was a [[South Africa]]n professional [[road racing cyclist]]. He had been cycling since 1987 and turned professional in 2000. He first joined {{UCI team code|AMO|2000}} but changed the following year to [[Team Cologne]] which was based in Germany. He had been a member of Team [[Barloworld (cycling team)|Barloworld]] since 2003. In 2004 and 2005 he won the [[South African National Road Race Championships]].<ref name=”Men”>{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingarchives.com/wedstrijdfiche.php?wedstrijdid=2640 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20160225010932/http://www.cyclingarchives.com/wedstrijdfiche.php?wedstrijdid=2640 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=25 February 2016 |title=National Championship, Road, Elite, South Africa (Men) |accessdate=13 February 2016 |work=Cycling Archives}}</ref> |
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Cox died at [[Kempton Park |
Cox died at [[Kempton Park ]] when the main artery in his left leg burst, three weeks after a vascular lesion operation in France for a knotted artery.<ref>{{cite news| title=Tragedy in South Africa as Ryan Cox passes away |url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2007/aug07/aug01news2 |date=1 August 2007 |accessdate=1 August 2007 |author1=Westemeyer, Susan |author2=Stokes, Shane |name-list-style=amp |work=Cyclingnews.com}}</ref> |
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== Major achievements == |
== Major achievements == |
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Latest revision as of 19:14, 19 December 2025
South African cyclist (1979–2007)
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 Amore & Vita–Giubileo 2000–Beretta 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.[1]
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.[2]
