Jonathan Cantwell
Cantwell at the 2012 Critérium du Dauphiné
Personal information
Full nameJonathan Cantwell
NicknameJonny
Born(1982-01-08)8 January 1982
Died7 November 2018(2018-11-07) (aged 36)
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight69 kg (152 lb)
Team information
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider type
  • Sprinter
  • Lead-out man
Amateur teams
2004–2005Permac Brisot Bibanese
2007Kahala La Grange
2015Swift Carbon Melbourne Cycling League
Professional teams
2008Jittery Joe's
2009–2011Fly V Australia
2012–2013Team Saxo Bank
2014Drapac Professional Cycling

Jonathan Cantwell (8 January 1982 – 6 November 2018) was an Australian professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2008 and 2014 for the Jittery Joe's, V Australia, Saxo–Tinkoff and Drapac Professional Cycling teams.[1][2]

During his career, Cantwell won a stage of the Herald Sun Tour, and two stages of the Tour de Taiwan.[3][4] In 2011, he won the Australian National Criterium Championships.[5][6]

Career

Cantwell joined Team Saxo Bank for the 2012 season.[1] Cantwell made his Grand Tour début at the 2012 Tour de France, where he was earmarked as a lead-out man for the team's sprinter, Juan José Haedo; Cantwell took his first top ten placing on stage 4, when he finished sixth on the stage.[7] He finished 137th overall in the Tour.[3]

Cantwell left Saxo–Tinkoff at the end of the 2013 season,[8] and joined Drapac Professional Cycling for the 2014 season.[2]

At the end of the 2014 season, Cantwell retired from professional cycling, in order to take up duathlon and triathlon.[3][5] He competed at the 2017 ITU World Triathlon Series.[5]

Illness and death

In 2017, Cantwell revealed that he had undergone an operation for testicular cancer.[5] He died on 7 November 2018 at the age of 36; the cause was suicide (mental illness-related suicide had also claimed the lives of his father and brother).[5][6][9][10] Cantwell had two children.[3]

Major results

Source:[11]

2007
Tour of Virginia
1st Stages 4 & 5
3rd Overall International Cycling Classic
2008
1st Overall Tour of Murrieta
1st Stage 1
1st Overall International Cycling Classic
2009
1st Overall Tour of the Murray River
1st Stages 1, 3 & 7
1st Overall Tour of Atlanta
1st Stages 1, 2 & 3
Tour of Tasmania
1st Stages 1, 3 & 10
1st Stage 3 Tour of Elk Grove
1st Stage 3 San Dimas Stage Race
2nd Overall Tour of Murrieta
1st Stage 2
2nd Overall Tulsa Tough
2nd Goulburn–Sydney
3rd Overall Herald Sun Tour
1st Stage 6[5]
3rd Overall International Cycling Classic
1st Stage 17
5th Overall Tour of Geelong
1st Stage 1
2010
1st Overall International Cycling Classic
1st Stages 7, 10, 12, 15, 16 & 17
1st Overall Tour of Elk Grove
1st Stages 2 & 3
1st Goulburn to Sydney Classic[12]
1st Stage 3 Joe Martin Stage Race
2nd Overall USA Cycling National Racing Calendar
2nd Overall Tour of Murrieta
1st Stage 2
2nd Overall Tulsa Tough
3rd Overall 2009–10 UCI Oceania Tour
9th Tour of the Battenkill
2011
1st National Criterium Championships[5]
Tour of the Murray River
1st Stages 1, 9 & 10
3rd Overall Tulsa Tough
1st Stage 1
4th Overall USA Cycling National Racing Calendar
5th Overall Tour of America's Dairyland
1st Stage 5
10th Overall Tour of Elk Grove
2012
Tour de Taiwan
1st Stages 4 & 7[5]
5th Grand Prix de Fourmies
7th Trofeo Migjorn
8th Overall World Ports Classic
2013
2nd Overall World Ports Classic
4th Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen
2014
6th Overall Herald Sun Tour
2015
10th Overall Bay Classic Series

References

  1. 1 2 "Cantwell joins Saxo Bank". Yahoo! Eurosport. TF1 Group. 8 November 2011. Retrieved 4 July 2012.
  2. 1 2 "Drapac Cycling announce new signings for 2014". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 2 October 2013. Retrieved 5 November 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "L'ancien cycliste professionnel australien Jonathan Cantwell est décédé à l'âge de 36 ans". Le Soir (in French). 7 November 2018. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
  4. ↑ "Den tidligere Saxo Bank-rytter Jonathan Cantwell er død". TV2 (in Danish). 7 November 2018. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Ballinge, Alex (7 November 2018). "Australian former pro Jonathan Cantwell dies at 36". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
  6. 1 2 "Cycling news - Australian champion Jonathan Cantwell dies at age of 36". Eurosport. 7 November 2018. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
  7. ↑ Benson, Daniel (4 July 2012). "Greipel wins Tour de France stage in Rouen". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 4 July 2012.
  8. ↑ "Team Saxo-Tinkoff (TST) – DEN". UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 6 January 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
  9. ↑ Fundraiser for family set up after death of Jonathan Cantwell
  10. ↑ "Former national cycling champion dies". NewsComAu. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
  11. ↑ "Jonathan Cantwell". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
  12. ↑ "2010 Cantwell lands Fly V an Australian win". Cyclingnews.com.

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