Allan Davis
 Davis in the 2009 Tour Down Under |
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| Full name | Allan Davis | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 27 July 1980 Ipswich, Queensland, Australia |
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| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 73 kg (160 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | GreenEDGE | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Rider type | Sprinter | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2001–2002 2003–2006 2007 2008 2008–2009 2010–2011 2012– |
Mapei-Quick Step ONCE-Eroski Discovery Channel Mitsubishi-Jartazi Quick Step Astana GreenEDGE |
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| Infobox last updated on 23 January 2012 |
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Allan Howard Davis (born 27 July 1980 in Ipswich, Queensland) is an Australian professional road racing cyclist for UCI ProTour team GreenEDGE.[1] Born in Ipswich, Queensland, Davis resides in Bundaberg, Queensland and in Spain. Known for his sprinting ability, he started competitive cycling at the age of 10, and turned professional in 2002. He is also the brother of fellow cyclist, Scott Davis, and was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.[2]
In 2004 and 2005 he participated in the Tour de France, coming fifth in the points classification for the green jersey at the 2005 Tour de France behind the winner, Thor Hushovd of Norway, and fellow Australians Stuart O'Grady (2nd) and Robbie McEwen (3rd), and Kazakh champion Alexander Vinokourov (4th).
In 2006, Davis was one of five riders of the Astana-Würth team implicated in the Operación Puerto doping case. However, on 26 July 2006, Davis was cleared by Spanish officials.[3]
He made his debut with Quick Step on 3 September 2008 in the Memorial Rik Van Steenbergen – Aartselaar race after reaching an agreement with Patrick Lefevere for the following two seasons and obtained a definitive free pass from his former team, Mitsubishi-Jartazi.
His 2009 season got off to an excellent start with three stages and the overall of the 2009 Tour Down Under.
Davis moved with brother Scott to Astana for the 2010 season.[4] He remained with the team until the end of 2011, when he moved to the new GreenEDGE team.[1]
Davis won Gold in the Road Race in the 2010 Commonwealth Games.
[edit] Cycling career
- 1998
- Australian Junior Men's Road Cyclist of the Year award
- 2000
- 7th U-23 Road Race World Championships
- 9th National Road Race Championship
- 2001
- 6th U-23 Road Race World Championships
- 2002
- 1st Stage 1 Giro del Capo (Cape Argus Cycle Tour)
- 2nd GP Istria
- 3rd National U-23 Road Race Championship
- 2003
- 1st Trofeo Manacor
- 1st Stage 4 Circuit Cycliste de la Sarthe
- 2nd National Road Race Championship
- 2004
- 1st Stage 5 Deutschland Tour
- 1st Stage 3 Tour de Pologne
- 1st Giro del Piemonte
- 1st Trofeo Alcudia
- 1st Trofeo Manacor
- 98th Overall, Tour de France
- 2005
- 1st Stage 3 Eneco Tour
- 1st
Points Classification,
- 1st
- 1st Stage 5 Vuelta a Aragón
- 1st Points Classification,
- 1st
- 1st Stage 1 Vuelta a Murcia
- 1st Stage 3 Vuelta a Murcia
- 1st Stage 5 Vuelta a Murcia
- 2nd Overall, Tour Down Under
- 3rd Paris–Tours
- 3rd HEW Cyclassics
- 84th Overall Tour de France
- 2006
- 1st Stage 2 Tour Down Under
- 1st Stage 5 Tour Down Under
- 3rd
Commonwealth Games Road Race - 2007
- 1st Stage 3 Volta a Catalunya
- 1st Stage 1 Tour of Qinghai Lake
- 1st Stage 3 Tour of Qinghai Lake
- 1st Stage 5 Tour of Qinghai Lake
- 1st Stage 6 Tour of Qinghai Lake
- 1st Stage 9 Tour of Qinghai Lake
- 1st Points classification
- 1st
- 2nd Milan – San Remo
- 2008
- 2nd Overall, Tour Down Under
- 1st Stage 3
- 2nd Overall, Geelong Bay Classic Series
- 1st Stage 4
- 4th Overall, Tour de Pologne
- 1st Stage 2
- 1st Points classification
- 3rd Vattenfall Cyclassics
- 2009
- 1st
Overall, Tour Down Under
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stage 2
- 1st Stage 4
- 1st Stage 5
- 1st
- 2nd Paris–Brussels
- 2nd GP de Wallonie
- 4th Milan – San Remo
- 4th Vattenfall Cyclassics
- 2010
- 1st
Commonwealth Games Road Race - 1st Points Classification
Tour de Pologne
- Held Maillot Jaune
from Stages 3 - 4
- Held Maillot Jaune
- 3rd World Championships Road Race
- 5th Vattenfall Cyclassics
- 2012
- 1st Overall Geelong Bay Classic Series
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Davis joins GreenEdge, with London Games in sights". VeloNews. Agence France-Presse (Competitor Group, Inc.). 20 September 2011. http://velonews.competitor.com/2011/09/news/davis-joins-greenedge-with-london-games-in-sights_192988. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ^ AIS Athletes at 2010 Commonwealth Games
- ^ VeloNews | Wednesday's EuroFile: Astana 5’ cleared by Spanish courts; Landis sets post-Tour schedule | The Journal of Competitive Cycling
- ^ http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/davis-brothers-sign-with-astana
[edit] External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Allan Davis |
- Cycling Australia profile
- Allan Davis profile at Cycling Archives
- Palmares at Cycling Base
- 1980 births
- Living people
- Australian cyclists
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia
- Cyclists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
- Cyclists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- People from Ipswich, Queensland
- Sportspeople from Queensland
- Australian Institute of Sport alumni
