{{short description|South African bicycle racer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox cyclist | name = Brandon Downes | image = 13TH_AFRICAN_GAMES_21.jpg | image_size = | caption = Downes in 2024 | full_name = | nickname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|3|12|df=y}} | birth_place = Johannesburg, South Africa | height = | weight = | currentteam = Melon Mobile RealPay Pro Cycling | discipline = Road | role = Rider | ridertype = | amateuryears1 = 2017 | amateurteam1 = Luso Pro Cycling | amateuryears2 = 2017 | amateurteam2 = Karan Beef | amateuryears3 = 2018 | amateurteam3 = Team BCX | amateuryears4 = 2018 | amateurteam4 = Team Martigues SC–Drag Bicycles | amateuryears5 = 2020–2024 | amateurteam5 = {{UCI team code|TEG|2019}}<ref>{{cite web | url=https://firstcycling.com/rider.php?r=62485 | title=Brandon Downes | work=firstcycling.com | accessdate=1 September 2025}}</ref> | amateuryears6 = 2025– | amateurteam6 = Melon Mobile RealPay Pro Cycling | proyears1 = 2019 | proteam1 = {{UCI team code|TEG|2019}} | proyears2 = | proteam2 = | majorwins = | medaltemplates = | show-medals = }} '''Brandon Downes''' (born 12 March 1991) is a South African cyclist, who currently rides for club team Melon Mobile RealPay Pro Cycling.
Before pursuing cycling, Downes studied at the University of the Witwatersrand, where he earned a degree in architecture while playing amateur hockey.<ref name="R2">{{cite web|date=25 May 2020 |language=en |title=The architect who won Joburg’s biggest cycling race |url=https://inthebunch.co.za/2020/05/brandon-downes-947-ride-joburg/ |website=inthebunch.co.za}}<!-- auto-translated from French by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>
==Major results== {{div col}} ;2018 : 1st 947 Cycle Challenge ;2019 : 4th GP Al Massira, Les Challenges de la Marche Verte ;2020 : 2nd Tour of Good Hope : 5th Time trial, National Road Championships ;2021 : 1st Overall {{ill|Mpumalanga Tour|fr}} ::1st Stage 2 : 1st Overall Tour du Cap ;2022 : 1st Overall Tour du Cap ::1st Stage 2 : 2nd Overall Tour de Windhoek : 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships : 3rd Overall {{ill|Mpumalanga Tour|fr}} ;2023 : 2nd Overall Tour du Cap ::1st Stage 1 : 3rd Overall Tour de Windhoek ::1st Prologue & Stages 1 & 4 ;2024 : African Road Championships ::2nd 15px Time trial ::5th Road race : African Games ::2nd 15px Mixed relay ::2nd 15px Team time trial ::3rd 15px Time trial : 2nd Overall Tour de Windhoek ::1st Stage 2 (ITT) : 2nd Overall Panorama Tour ::1st Stages 1 & 4 ;2025 : 1st Tour de Limpopo : 2nd Overall Tour du Cap ::1st Stage 2 : 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships {{div col end}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Downes, Brandon}} Category:1991 births Category:Living people Category:South African male cyclists Category:Cyclists from Johannesburg Category:21st-century South African sportsmen Category:Cyclists at the 2023 African Games Category:African Games silver medalists for South Africa Category:African Games silver medalists in cycling Category:African Games bronze medalists for South Africa Category:African Games bronze medalists in cycling Category:Medalists at the 2023 African Games
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