1. Philip Deignan attended St Eunan's College for his secondary education.
13 Facts About Philip Deignan
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Philip Deignan won the final stage and the general classification of the 2004 Ronde de l'Isard as an amateur.
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Philip Deignan raced the Giro d'Italia, achieving a top ten finish in one stage and featuring prominently in others, with his team winning 4 stages in total.
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Philip Deignan became the first Irishman to win a stage on a Grand Tour since Stephen Roche's last-stage success at the Tour de France in 1992.
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Philip Deignan was selected to ride for Ireland in the 2009 World Elite Road Race Championship in Mendrisio, Switzerland alongside Nicolas Roche and Dan Martin.
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Philip Deignan ended the 2009 season UCI ranked 75th, with 61 points, which helped Ireland to 16th in the team rankings.
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Philip Deignan was able to rebuild his career with the US-based squad, winning the Tour of the Gila in 2013, and recording top ten overall finishes in the three biggest US stage races, the Tour of Utah, the Tour of California and the USA Pro Cycling Challenge.
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Subsequently, Philip Deignan announced he was returning to the UCI World Tour in 2014 by joining Team Sky.
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Philip Deignan rode the Giro d'Italia which began in Belfast and travelled to Dublin in the opening stages.
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Philip Deignan led Sky at the Tour de Pologne, finishing seventh overall.
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Philip Deignan rode the Vuelta a Espana, where he helped Chris Froome to second overall.
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In November 2018, Philip Deignan announced his retirement from professional cycling.
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Philip Deignan married fellow professional road racing cyclist Lizzie Armitstead in Otley on 17 September 2016.