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Dave Akam
David J. Akam (born 2/11/1960, Camberwell, London) is a retired track and road cyclist. He was active professionally between 1984 and 1987.
==Early life==
David Akam was a track and road cyclist. He was a time-trial specialist of some repute. He was introduced to cycling by his P.E. teacher at Forest Hill school, South London - the legendary British lanterne rouge John Clarey. Akam's early successes in cycling included three British National Track Championships and the Junior Individual Time Trial Road Championship. In 1978 Akram was selected for the English track team in the Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Canada competing in the 4000m Individual Pursuit. Having trained for months with the 1980 Olympic pursuit team squad, Akam fractured his hip in a kermesse crash, putting him out of contention. Akam later said he was "incensed" to not even be named as a reserve. However, that July the 19-year-old Akam broke the British 10-mile time trial record becoming the first ever rider to clock in at under 20 minutes (the record has since been held by Graeme Obree, Bradley Wiggins and Alex Dowsett). The same year he also won the Goodwood Classic individual time trial in a time of 1 hour 2 minutes and 39 seconds - a time that has never been beaten.
Over the next three years, from 1981 to 1983, Akam lived and raced abroad, first in the Netherlands for the Jan Van Erp team, and then France, building a reputation as an aggressive rider with a talent for time trialling. In his second year, Akam won 13 races including the Grand Prix de France, a time trial won by such luminaries as Jacques Anquetil, Stephen Roche and Chris Boardman.
In 1983, Akam moved his racing base to France, joining the famous ACBB team, a Parisian amateur team which had helped the likes of Sean Yates and Stephen Roche to the professional ranks. Of this time Akam remembers "I started the season like a maniac, winning five of the eight training races we rode in the South of France. I then rode three Classics and won the three-day Tour de l'Essone stage race". During that year's Tour of Norway, Akam caught the eye of Mercier, Peugeot and Italian legend Francesco Moser, according to Akam, "I must have impressed him for he said if I did a ride in the GP de Nations he would give me a place in his Gis team as a pro". Akam subsequently won the Chrono des Nations and Moser kept his side of the bargain.
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