{{Short description|British cyclist (born 1991)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}} {{Infobox cyclist | name = Daniel Bigham | image = 2018 2019 UCI Track World Cup Berlin 078.jpg | caption = Bigham in 2018 | fullname = Daniel John Bigham | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|10|2|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Newcastle-under-Lyme]], England | height = | weight = | currentteam = | disciplines = {{ubl|Track|Road}} | role = Rider | ridertype = [[Time trialist]] (road), Pursuitist (track) | amateuryears1 = 2016 | amateurteam1 = Planet X–Northside | amateuryears2 = 2017 | amateurteam2 = Brother DriverPlan NRG | amateuryears3 = 2018 | amateurteam3 = {{UCI team code|RWC|2018}} | proyears1 = 2019–2021 | proteam1 = {{UCI team code|RWC|2019}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/14120/2003321/257|title=Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling|work=UCI.org|publisher=[[Union Cycliste Internationale]]|access-date=27 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200426225625/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/14120/2003321/257|archive-date=26 April 2020}}</ref> | majorwins = ;''Track'' : '''[[UCI Track Cycling World Championships|World Championships]]''' ::[[UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's team pursuit|Team pursuit]] ([[2022 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's team pursuit|2022]]) :[[Hour record]] 55.548 km (19 August 2022) | show-medals = no | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{GBR2}}}} {{MedalSport|Men's [[track cycling]]}} {{MedalOlympic}} {{MedalSilver|[[2024 Summer Olympics|2024 Paris]]|[[Cycling at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's team pursuit|Team pursuit]]}} {{MedalComp|[[UCI Track World Championships|World Championships]]}} {{MedalGold|[[2022 UCI Track Cycling World Championships|{{nowrap|2022 Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines}}]]|[[2022 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's team pursuit|Team pursuit]]}} {{MedalSilver|[[2023 UCI Track Cycling World Championships|2023 Glasgow]]|[[2023 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's individual pursuit|{{nowrap|Individual pursuit}}]]}} {{MedalBronze|[[2024 UCI Track Cycling World Championships|2024 Ballerup]]|[[2024 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's individual pursuit|Individual pursuit]]}} {{MedalComp|[[UEC European Track Championships|European Championships]]}} {{Medal|Gold|[[2024 UEC European Track Championships|2024 Apeldoorn]]|[[2024 UEC European Track Championships – Men's individual pursuit|{{nowrap|Individual pursuit}}]]}} {{Medal|Gold|2024 Apeldoorn|[[2024 UEC European Track Championships – Men's team pursuit|Team pursuit]]}} {{MedalSilver|[[2023 UEC European Track Championships|2023 Grenchen]]|[[2023 UEC European Track Championships – Men's individual pursuit|Individual pursuit]]}} {{MedalSilver|2023 Grenchen|[[2023 UEC European Track Championships – Men's team pursuit|Team pursuit]]}} {{MedalSport|Men's [[road bicycle racing]]}} {{MedalComp|[[UCI Road World Championships|World Championships]]}} {{MedalBronze|[[2019 UCI Road World Championships|2019 Yorkshire]]|{{nowrap|Team relay}}}} {{MedalCountry|{{ENG}}}} {{MedalSport|Men's [[track cycling]]}} {{MedalComp|[[Commonwealth Games]]}} {{MedalSilver|[[2022 Commonwealth Games|2022 Birmingham]]|[[Cycling at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Men's team pursuit|Team pursuit]]}} }} '''Daniel John Bigham''' (born 2 October 1991) is a British [[Aerodynamics|aerodynamics engineer]] and former [[bicycle racing|racing cyclist]],<ref name="CA">{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=124771 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180303050357/http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=124771 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=3 March 2018 |title=Daniel Bigham |access-date=2 March 2018 |work=Cycling Archives }}</ref> who has predominantly competed successfully in individual and team endurance track events, winning gold medals at national, European and world championships.
==Racing career== Bigham won his first national track cycling titles in 2017, in the team pursuit, individual pursuit and kilometre time trial disciplines, also helping Great Britain to [[UCI World Cup]] victories in the team pursuit in 2017 and 2018. He won further track medals at the national level in 2019 and 2020, and in 2021 broke the UK men's [[hour record]] (see below). Also in 2021 and again in 2022, he took silver on the road in the men's individual time trial. At the [[2022 British National Track Championships]] in [[Geraint Thomas National Velodrome|Newport]], Wales he won another British title, winning the [[British National Individual Pursuit Championships|individual pursuit]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/events/details/256228/2022-National-Track-Championships|title=2022 National Track Championships|website=British Cycling|access-date=29 March 2022}}</ref>
Bigham rode for [[UCI Continental team]] {{UCI team code|RWC}} from 2018 until 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15318/2003321/276|title=Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling|work=UCI.org|publisher=[[Union Cycliste Internationale]]|access-date=23 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210223141819/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15318/2003321/276|archive-date=23 February 2021}}</ref> He then gained national attention being the figurehead of the Huub-Wattbike trade team. Despite their lack of budget and operating outside the [[British Cycling]] set-up, they achieved great success on the track, winning [[UCI World Cups|UCI World Cup]] events and bringing a variety of technical and strategic innovations to the [[team pursuit]],<ref name="eurosport.com">{{Cite web |url=https://www.eurosport.com/geoblocking.shtml |access-date=2024-01-12 |website=www.eurosport.com |title=TNT Sports is not available in your region }}</ref> before changes were made to trade team eligibility rules.
Since 2022, he has worked for [[Ineos Grenadiers]] as a performance engineer, helping the team's riders improve their aerodynamic performance.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Benson |first1=Daniel |title=Dan Bigham joins technical staff at Ineos Grenadiers |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/dan-bigham-joins-technical-staff-at-ineos-grenadiers/ |website=[[Cyclingnews.com]] |date=3 January 2022 |access-date=14 January 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Dan Bigham |url=https://www.ineosgrenadiers.com/staff/dan-bigham |website=[[Ineos Grenadiers]].com |access-date=14 January 2022 }}{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
Alongside [[Charlie Tanfield]], [[Ethan Vernon]] and [[Oliver Wood (cyclist)|Oliver Wood]], Bigham won silver in the [[Cycling at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Men's team pursuit|team pursuit]] at the [[2022 Commonwealth Games]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Men's 4000m Team Pursuit - Finals - Gold |url=https://results.birmingham2022.com/#/athletic-result/CTR/T/M/PURTEAM4----------/FNL-/000100-- |website=Birmingham 2022 Detailed Results |access-date=31 July 2022}}</ref> Following success in the team pursuit, Bigham has also competed in the [[individual pursuit]] at several international championships, winning silvers at the [[2023 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's individual pursuit|2023 UCI Track Cycling World Championships]] and [[2023 UEC European Track Championships]], and then a gold at the [[2024 UEC European Track Championships|2024 UEC Championships]],<ref name="BBC-13Jan2023">{{cite news |title=Emma Finucane and Dan Bigham win gold at track European Championships |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/67964328 |access-date=15 January 2024 |work=BBC Sport |date=13 January 2023}}</ref> where, with [[Ethan Hayter]], Vernon and Tanfield, he also won a team pursuit gold.<ref name="BBC-12Jan2024">{{cite news |title=Great Britain's men win team pursuit gold at European Championships |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/67953370 |access-date=16 January 2024 |work=BBC Sport |date=12 January 2024}}</ref>
He has regularly raced against his [[Ineos Grenadiers]] team-mate [[Filippo Ganna|Fillipo Ganna]], most notably during their [[hour record]] attempts and at the [[2023 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's individual pursuit|2023 UCI Track World Championships]].<ref name="eurosport.com"/>
In early August, Bigham shared that he would be leaving Ineos Grenadiers once the [[2024 Summer Olympics|Olympics]] were over, having reportedly become disillusioned with the team's setup under new management.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/cycling/2024/08/02/team-gb-dan-bigham-leaving-ineos-grenadiers/ |title=Team GB star to leave Ineos Grenadiers: 'They should be doing things better' |publisher=The Telegraph |last=Cary |first=Tom |date=2 August 2024 |access-date=7 October 2024}}</ref> In September, it was announced that he would be retiring from competitive cycling to focus on a new role as Head of Engineering at {{UCI team code|RBH}}.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3ejgqk39xxo |title=Olympian retires to take up cycling team role |website=BBC |date=12 September 2024 |access-date=7 October 2024 |last=Price |first=Richard}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cyclingweekly.com/racing/dan-bigham-becomes-head-of-engineering-at-red-bull-bora-hansgrohe-after-leaving-ineos-grenadiers |title=Dan Bigham becomes Head of Engineering at Red Bull-Bora Hansgrohe after leaving Ineos Grenadiers |website=Cycling Weekly |last=Thewlis |first=Tom |date=4 September 2024 |access-date=7 October 2024}}</ref>
His last event racing for Great Britain was the [[2024 UCI Track Cycling World Championships]] in October, held in [[Denmark]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/gbcyclingteam/article/20241004-gb-cyclingteam-news-11-Olympic-medallists-to-represent-Great-Britain-at-Tissot-UCI-Track-World-Championships-0 |title=11 Olympic medallists to represent Great Britain at Tissot UCI Track World Championships |website=British Cycling |date=7 October 2024 |access-date=8 October 2024}}</ref> He took bronze in the [[2024 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's individual pursuit|individual pursuit]], where he raced against long-time teammate and competitor [[Charlie Tanfield]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cyclingweekly.com/racing/hopefully-i-can-be-an-inspiration-dan-bigham-retires-from-great-britain-cycling-squad |title='Hopefully I can be an inspiration' - Dan Bigham retires from Great Britain cycling squad |last=Davidson |first=Tom |date=19 October 2024 |access-date=19 May 2025 |publisher=[[Cycling Weekly]]}}</ref>
===Hour record=== On 1 October 2021, Bigham rode {{convert|54.723|km|mi|abbr=on}} at the [[velodrome Suisse|Tissot Velodrome]] in [[Grenchen]], Switzerland to break [[Bradley Wiggins]]'s British national [[hour record]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/dan-bigham-breaks-bradley-wiggins-british-hour-record/ |title=Dan Bigham breaks Bradley Wiggins' British Hour Record |access-date=1 October 2021 |website=cyclingnews.com|date=October 2021 }}</ref> He was ineligible to attempt the UCI record because he was not enrolled in the UCI's Registered Testing Pool anti-doping system, including a [[biological passport]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://uci.ch/inside-uci/clean-sport/anti-doping/whereabouts-programme | title=Inside UCI|access-date=30 September 2021}}</ref> While all [[UCI World Tour|World Tour]] riders and ProTeam riders are in the testing pool, Bigham estimated it would cost him £8,000 to join as an individual.<ref name="unfair">{{cite web|url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/dowsett-its-desperately-unfair-that-bigham-cant-go-for-official-hour-record/ |title=Dowsett: It's desperately unfair that Bigham can't go for official Hour Record |date=28 September 2021 |access-date=30 September 2021}}</ref>
On 19 August 2022, Bigham broke the [[hour record]] with a distance of 55.548 km at the [[Velodrome Suisse]] in Grenchen.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.velonews.com/news/road/dan-bigham-sets-new-uci-hour-record-of-55-548km/ |title=Dan Bigham sets new UCI Hour Record of 55.548km |website=VeloNews.com |date=19 August 2022}}</ref> Bigham held the record for just shy of two months; [[Filippo Ganna]] registered 56.792 km in October 2022, surpassing Bigham's mark by more than 1 km.<ref>{{cite news |title=Filippo Ganna smashes cycling's hour world record |work=BBC Sport |date=8 October 2022 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/63188718 |access-date=9 October 2022}}</ref> Bigham was a central part of the team in Ganna's attempt,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Fletcher |first1=Patrick |title=Project Ganna – Dan Bigham the mastermind of plot to take down his own Hour Record |date=5 October 2022 |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/project-ganna-dan-bigham-the-mastermind-of-plot-to-take-down-his-own-hour-record/ |publisher=Cycling News |access-date=14 October 2022}}</ref> using the engineering knowledge he had developed in his own record to aid Ganna.
Ganna and Bigham met in the final of the individual pursuit at the [[2023 UCI Track Cycling World Championships]], with Ganna edging Bigham for gold by a fraction of a second.
==Personal life== Bigham studied motorsport engineering at [[Oxford Brookes University]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Witts |first=James |date=2022-02-14 |title=Speed dating: Joss Lowden and Dan Bigham profile |url=https://www.cyclist.co.uk/in-depth/joss-lowden-dan-bigham-cyclist-profile |access-date=2024-09-16 |website=Cyclist |language=en}}</ref> Bigham is married to fellow cyclist [[Joss Lowden]], former holder of the women's hour record.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.velouk.net/2021/09/30/news-joss-lowden-breaks-womens-hour-record/|title=News: Joss Lowden Breaks Women's Hour Record|date=30 September 2021 |access-date=30 September 2021}}</ref><ref name="unfair" /> In 2023, they welcomed their first child. As of 2024, they reside in Andorra.<ref name="BritishCyclingBio">{{cite web |url=https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/gbcyclingteam/bio/Dan_Bigham |title=Dan Bigham |website=British Cycling |access-date=7 October 2024}}</ref>
==Major results== ===Road=== {{div col|colwidth=30em}} ;2016 : 3rd [[Beaumont Trophy]] ;2019 : 3rd [[File:Bronze medal uci.svg|15px]] [[2019 UCI Road World Championships – Mixed team relay|Team relay]], [[2019 UCI Road World Championships|UCI World Championships]] : 4th [[Beaumont Trophy]] : 5th [[British National Time Trial Championships|Time trial]], National Championships ;2021 : 2nd [[British National Time Trial Championships|Time trial]], National Championships ;2022 : 2nd [[British National Time Trial Championships|Time trial]], National Championships {{div col end}}
===Track=== {{div col|colwidth=30em}} ;2017 : [[British National Track Championships|National Championships]] ::1st [[File:MaillotReinoUnido.PNG|20px]] [[British National Individual Pursuit Championships|Individual pursuit]] ::1st [[File:MaillotReinoUnido.PNG|20px]] [[British National Individual Time Trial Championships|Kilo]] ::1st [[File:MaillotReinoUnido.PNG|20px]] [[British National Team Pursuit Championships|Team pursuit]] : 1st Team pursuit, [[2017–18 UCI Track Cycling World Cup|UCI World Cup]], [[Minsk]] ;2018 : 1st Team pursuit, [[2017–18 UCI Track Cycling World Cup|UCI World Cup]], [[London]] : 2nd [[British National Individual Pursuit Championships|Individual pursuit]], [[2018 British National Track Championships|National Championships]] ;2019 : [[2019 British National Track Championships|National Championships]] ::1st [[File:MaillotReinoUnido.PNG|20px]] [[British National Team Pursuit Championships|Team pursuit]] ::2nd [[British National Individual Pursuit Championships|Individual pursuit]] ;2020 : [[2020 British National Track Championships|National Championships]] ::1st [[File:MaillotReinoUnido.PNG|20px]] [[British National Team Pursuit Championships|Team pursuit]] ::2nd Kilo ::3rd [[British National Individual Pursuit Championships|Individual pursuit]] ;2021 : British [[hour record]]: 54.723 km ;2022 : [[Hour record]]: [[File:Sport records icon WR.svg|15px]] 55.548 km : 1st [[File:Jersey rainbow.svg|20px]] [[2022 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's team pursuit|Team pursuit]], [[2022 UCI Track Cycling World Championships|UCI World Championships]] : 1st [[File:MaillotReinoUnido.PNG|20px]] [[British National Individual Pursuit Championships|Individual pursuit]], [[2022 British National Track Championships|National Championships]] : 2nd [[File:Silver medal blank.svg|15px]] [[Cycling at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Men's team pursuit|Team pursuit]], [[2022 Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]] ;2023 : 1st Team pursuit, [[2023 UCI Track Cycling Nations Cup|UCI Nations Cup]], [[Milton, Ontario|Milton]] : [[2023 UEC European Track Championships|UEC European Championships]] ::2nd [[File:Silver medal europe.svg|15px]] [[2023 UEC European Track Championships – Men's individual pursuit|Individual pursuit]] ::2nd [[File:Silver medal europe.svg|15px]] [[2023 UEC European Track Championships – Men's team pursuit|Team pursuit]] : 2nd [[File:Silver medal uci.svg|15px]] [[2023 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's individual pursuit|Individual pursuit]], [[2023 UCI Track Cycling World Championships|UCI World Championships]] ;2024 : [[2024 UEC European Track Championships|UEC European Championships]] ::1st [[File:European champion jersey 2016.svg|20px]] [[2024 UEC European Track Championships – Men's individual pursuit|Individual pursuit]] ::1st [[File:European champion jersey 2016.svg|20px]] [[2024 UEC European Track Championships – Men's team pursuit|Team pursuit]] : 1st Team pursuit, [[2024 UCI Track Cycling Nations Cup|UCI Nations Cup]], [[Milton, Ontario|Milton]] : 2nd [[File:Silver medal olympic.svg|15px|link=Silver medal]] [[Cycling at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's team pursuit|Team pursuit]], [[Cycling at the 2024 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]] : 3rd [[File:bronze medal uci.svg|15px]] [[2024 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's individual pursuit|Individual pursuit]], [[2024 UCI Track Cycling World Championships|UCI World Championships]] {{div col end}}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== {{commons}} * {{sports links}} * {{Team England|daniel-bigham|Daniel Bigham}} * {{2022 Commonwealth Games profile|56740|Dan Bigham}} * [https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/gbcyclingteam/bio/Dan_Bigham Dan Bigham] at [[British Cycling]]
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