He now works as the Elite Road Racing Manager for British Cycling,[3] having previously been a member of their Olympic Development Programme as an endurance rider.

[4] He won the junior race at the 2007 British National Time Trial Championships in an upset of world champion Peter Kennaugh.

[6] Having won the prologue time trial of the Junior Tour of Wales in 2008, Rowsell won the three-day event – joining previous winners such as Charly Wegelius and Geraint Thomas – by eight seconds from Norwegian Johan Fredrik Ziesler of the Nymark team.

[7] In November 2014 Madison Genesis announced that Rowsell would be part of the team's line-up for the 2015 season.

[8] His older sister Joanna Rowsell also competed professionally as a road and track cyclist.