Career
On Australia Day 1985 he was awarded the Order of Australia medal for service to cycling. He was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder. Critics did not give them much chance.
The team was coached by Charlie Walsh and dubbed Charlie"s Angels.
In the final the Australians defeated the United States of America by 3.86 seconds, even though the Australians were riding conventional bikes while the Americans had high-tech machines. Woods told The Border Mail in 2004, "Expectations weren"t high for us from the press, but we thought we would do pretty well.
We had a close team"
In the 4000m individual pursuit Woods was beaten for bronze by Leonard Nitz (United States of America). In the Melbourne to Warrnambool Classic Woods set the record of 5h 12m in 1990.
Woods established and worked at a bicycle shop, Dean Woods Direct, at Wangaratta but has since sold lieutenant