Philip Deignan

Stage races Philip Deignan (Irish: Pilib Ó Duígeannáin; born 7 September 1983) is an Irish former professional road racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2005 and 2018 for the Ag2r–La Mondiale, Cervélo TestTeam, Team RadioShack, UnitedHealthcare and Team Sky squads.

[2] A former Olympian, Deignan won a stage in the 2009 Vuelta a España, and finished in the top ten in the general classification.

His first professional road race win was in the Tour du Doubs when he attacked a breakaway group that contained his fellow Irishman and teammate at the time Mark Scanlon.

Deignan along with Roche and Roger Aiken made up the Irish team for the 2008 World Championships in Varese on 28 September.

[15][16] Deignan was selected to ride for Ireland in the 2009 World Elite Road Race Championship in Mendrisio, Switzerland (23–27 September) alongside Nicolas Roche and Dan Martin.

[2] Deignan married fellow professional road racing cyclist Lizzie Armitstead in Otley on 17 September 2016.