Tom Danielson
 Danielson at the 2007 Tour of California |
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Tom Danielson | ||
| Born | March 13, 1978  United States |
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| Current team | Garmin-Barracuda | ||
| Discipline | Road | ||
| Role | Rider | ||
| Rider type | All-Rounder | ||
| Professional team(s) | |||
| 1999–2001 2002 2003 2004 2005–2007 2008– |
SoBe/Headshok Mercury Saturn Fassa Bortolo Discovery Channel Slipstream-Chipotle |
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| Infobox last updated on January 11, 2012 |
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Tom Danielson (born March 13, 1978 in East Lyme, Connecticut, U.S.) is a professional road racing cyclist. Previously riding for the Saturn Team on the U.S. Pro Circuit, and for Fassa Bortolo in Europe, Danielson is currently a member of Garmin-Barracuda, but rode for the Discovery Channel team between 2005 and 2007.
Danielson currently holds the record for the fastest ascent of Mt. Washington, New Hampshire, in the Race to the Clouds competition. The previous record holder was another American cyclist, Tyler Hamilton. He also holds the record time for the Mt. Evans Hill Climb in Colorado, which traverses the highest paved road in North America, and of Lookout Mountain, also in Colorado.
Danielson had a very uneventful stint on the Division 1 Italian team Fassa Bortolo, missing the early spring campaign due to visa issues. Subsequently, he raced for the Discovery Channel team, with whom he won the 2005 Tour de Georgia.
Tom Danielson was to lead the Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team in the 2.HC rated UCI 2007 Tour of Qinghai Lake, a very difficult multi-stage race set on the high-steppes of the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau, but pulled out of the "world highest bicycle race" at the last moment. Nonetheless, his teammates Allan Davis and Fuyu Li went on to capture the 1st and 16th place positions in the opening stage 1 on July 14, 2007.
After multiple impressive performances in the Vuelta a Espana race, Danielson made his debut at the Tour de France in 2011, riding well and finishing as the highest placed American in 9th place.
[edit] Palmares
- 2001
- 1st
Collegiate Mountain Bike Championships - 2002
- 1st
Overall, Tour of Qinghai Lake
- 1st Stage 5
- 1st Stage 8
- 1st Overall Tour de Los Alamos
- 1st Collegiate Mountain Bike Championships
- 1st Mount Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb
- 2003
- 1st Overall Tour de Langkawi
- 1st Overall Redlands Bicycle Classic
- 1st Pomona Valley Stage Race
- 1st Iron Horse Bicycle Classic
- 1st Stage 2 Nature Valley Grand Prix
- 1st Cascade Cycling Classic
- 1st International Tour de Toona
- 1st Mount Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb and course record.
- 2004
- 1st Mount Evans Hill Climb
- 2005
- 1st Overall Tour de Georgia
- 1st Stage 5
- 7th Overall, Vuelta a España
- 2006
- 1st Overall, Tour of Austria
- 2nd Overall Tour de Georgia
- 1st Stage 5
- 6th Overall Vuelta a España
- 1st Stage 17
- 2007
- 1st Mount Evans Hill Climb
- 2008
- 1st Stage 4 TTT Tour of Georgia
- 5th Overall Tour of Missouri
- 2009
- 1st Mount Evans Hill Climb
- 3rd Overall, Tour de Burgos
- 1st Stage 4 ITT
- 9th Overall Tour of California
- 2010
- 9th Overall Vuelta a España
- 9th Overall Tour de Pologne
- 2011
- 3rd Overall Tour of California
- 8th Overall 2011 Tour de France
- 1st Stage 2 (TTT)
[edit] Grand Tour General Classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
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 Giro |
DNF | DNF | - | - | 78 | - | - |
 Tour |
- | - | - | - | - | - | 9 |
 Vuelta |
7 | 6 | DNF | - | DNF | 9 | - |
[edit] External links
- VELOBIOS Rider Profile
- official site
- Mt. Washington record breaking race results
- CyclingNews.com 2005 interview
- SI article
- Tom Danielson at Trap-Friis.dk
