title: Darryl Webster
text: # Darryl Webster
  
  Darryl James Webster (born 7 May 1962) is a former English professional cyclist from Walsall.
  
  ## Cycling career
  
  He rode for Great Britain at the Olympic Games and won twenty three national championship titles. He also famously won a stage in the 1988 Nissan Classic from a 101-mile solo break. Webster has always claimed to be strongly against the use of drugs in sport, but in April 2013 he was caught growing cannabis worth £24,000.
  
  He represented England and competed in the 4,000 metres individual pursuit and won a bronze medal in the 4,000 metres team pursuit, at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
  
  ## Palmarès
  
  ### 1978
  
      1st GHS Schoolboy National TT 10 miles championship
  
  ### 1980
  
      1st Overall National Junior Road Series
      3rd Junior World Championships, Track, Team Pursuit
  
  ### 1981
  
      3rd British National Hill Climb Championships
  
  ### 1982
  
      3rd Commonwealth Games, Track, Team Pursuit
  
  ### 1983
  
      5th Tour of the Cotswolds
      1st British National Hill Climb Championships
  
  ### 1984
  
      4th Overall, Sealink International
      2nd Overall, Circuit des Mines
      1st British National Hill Climb Championships
      DNF Olympic Games, Road race
      8th Olympic Games, 100 kilometres Team Time Trial
  
  ### 1985
  
      1st British National Hill Climb Championships
      4th British National Road Race Championships (Amateur)
      1st Lincoln GP
  
  ### 1986
  
      1st British National Hill Climb Championships
      3rd Lincoln GP
  
  ### 1987
  
      2nd Archer Grand Prix
      1st Manx Trophy
      2nd Lincoln GP
      2nd Overall, Premier Calendar
  
  ### 1988
  
      8th Overall, Tour of Britain
      21st Grand Prix des Nations
      1st Gwent
      1st Windermere
      26th British National Road Race Championships (Professional)
      31st Overall, Nissan Classic
         1st Stage 3, Nissan Classic
  
  ### 1989
  
      8th GP Wales
      29th British National Road Race Championships (Professional)
  