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| Nickname | Baxter | ||||||||||||||
| Born | (1965-12-30)30 December 1965 (age 59) England United Kingdom | ||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Retired | ||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Cyclo-cross & MTB | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||
| Rider type | Cyclo-cross, XC MTB | ||||||||||||||
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| Ace Racing Team | |||||||||||||||
| Norton Wheelers | |||||||||||||||
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| 1987-1990 | Ace RT Peugeot Cycles | ||||||||||||||
| 1991-1994 | Team Raleigh | ||||||||||||||
| 1995-1998 | GT Bicycles | ||||||||||||||
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David Baker (born 30 December 1965) is an English former professional cyclist, who competed incyclo-cross andmountain bike racing.
Baker, fromDronfield,Derbyshire, began ridingcyclo-cross with Norton Wheelers. He moved to Ace Racing Team where he and teammateTim Gould dominated cyclo-cross for years. In the late 1980s, Baker and Gould tried smallmountain bike races, progressing to Mountain Bike Club events which were then a national series. The British Mountain Bike Federation began in the early 1990s; Baker won the national series on numerous occasions, along with national championships. In 1993, he won the UK round of the Grundig Mountain Bike World Cup atNewnham Park, nearPlymouth. He came 15th forBritain at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.[1] Two years later he retired withheart problems.
In 2009, he was inducted into theBritish Cycling Hall of Fame.
National XC Championships
UCI World XC ChampionshipsNational XC ChampionshipsNational XC Championships