| Intro | South African racing cyclist |
| Was |
Athlete Sport cyclist |
| From | South Africa |
| Type | Sports |
| Gender | male |
| Birth | 9 April 1979, Johannesburg |
| Death |
1 August 2007, Johannesburg (aged 28 years) |
Ryan Cox (9 April 1979 – 1 August 2007) was a South African professional road racing cyclist. He had been cycling since 1987 and turned professional in 2000. He first joined Amore e Vita but changed, the following year to Team Cologne which was based in Germany. He had been a member of Team Barloworld since 2003. In 2004 and 2005 he won the South African National Road Race Championships.
Cox died at Kempton Park Hospital when the main artery in his left leg burst, three weeks after a vascular lesion operation in France for a knotted artery.
Major achievements
- 2002 – Team Cologne
- 2nd – South African National Road Race Championships
- 3rd – South African National Time Trial Championships
- 2003 – Barloworld
- 1st, stage 1 – Circuit des Mines
- 2004 – Barloworld
- 1st overall – Tour of Qinghai Lake
- 1st, Stage 1
- 1st overall – South African National Road Race Championships
- 1st, Stage 4 – Giro del Capo hill-climb time trial
- 2nd overall – Tour de Langkawi
- 2005 – Barloworld
- 1st overall – Tour de Langkawi
- 1st, Stage 8
- 1st overall – South African National Road Race Championships
- 1st, Stage 6 – Tour of Qinghai Lake
- 2nd overall – Giro del Capo
- 2nd overall – UCI Africa Tour
- 2nd overall – UCI Asia Tour