Stuart Dangerfield

Infobox Cyclist
ridername = Stuart Dangerfield


fullname = Stuart Dangerfield
nickname = Dangermouse
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1971|9|17
country = flagicon|ENG
flagicon|GBR
height = height|m=1.73
weight = convert|64|kg|lb st|abbr=on
currentteam =
discipline = Road
role = Rider
ridertype = Time Triallist
amateuryears = 1984-
1992-1995
1996
amateurteams = Wolverhampton Wheelers
Leo RC
Parker International RT
proyears = 1997
1998
1999
2000-2003
2004-
proteams = Wheelbase CC
Fastrack RT
Bio RT-MDT
Camel Valley CC
scienceinsport.com
majorwins =
updated = 06 July 2008

Stuart Dangerfield (born 17 September 1971, and from Willenhall in the West Midlands) is a leading English racing cyclist who has dominated British short-distance individual time trial events during the 1990s and early 21st century.

Dangerfield won his first RTTC national time trial championship in 1992 in the hill-climb event - a victory he repeated in 1993, 1995, 1996 and 1997. In 1997, he was also convert|25|mi|km|sing=on time trial champion; he also won the event four consecutive times from 2000 to 2003. He won his first national convert|10|mi|km|sing=on champtionship in 2001, with repeat victories in 2003 and 2004. In 2001 he broke convert|10|mi|km competition record with a time of 18'19" (32.76 mph), knocking eight seconds off the previous record, set by Graeme Obree in 1993.

At world championship level, he has represented Great Britain in the individual time trial event at Holland 1998, Brittany 2000, Portugal 2001 and Belgium 2002. He also represented England at the Commonwealth Games in Canada 1994, Malaysia 1998 and Manchester 2002.

Dangerfield was little known outside club cycling circles in Britain, having grown up in the shadow of firstly Chris Boardman and then David Millar. However, Millar's admission to using the illegal drug EPO and consequent expulsion from the Great Britain squad for the 2004 Summer Olympics meant that Dangerfield was called up into the Olympic squad to race the time trial. An injury to GB cyclist Jeremy Hunt also saw Dangerfield entered into the men's road race.
Stuart finished 30th in the Time Trial, and did not finish the Road Race [http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/da/stuart-dangerfield-1.html]

Stuart was infamous for his excuses for every sub-par performance, and his complaints about not being selected for international honours by the British Cycling Federation. However, when he was selected, his performances were inevitably far below those he claimed he would do.

At the Commonwealth Games in 2002 Dangerfield was disqualified for riding in the slipstream of a rider who had caught and passed him. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport3/commonwealthgames2002/low/cycling/newsid_2156000/2156121.stm]

Commonwealth Games results:
Victoria 1994....7th place [http://www.melbourne2006.com.au/Participants/Participants?ID=104144]
Kuala Lumpur 1998.... 6th place [http://archive.yorkpress.co.uk/2002/7/29/282862.html]
Manchester 2002.... disqualified for slip-streaming behind another rider [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport3/commonwealthgames2002/low/cycling/newsid_2156000/2156121.stm]
Melbourne 2006 .... 6th place [http://sports123.com/rcy/results/mco-tt-2006.html]

Dangerfield was often referred to amongst his peers as a "plonker"