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{{Short description|Scottish cyclist (born 1977)}}
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{{Infobox cyclist
| name          = David Millar
| image         = David millar london 2014.JPG
| caption       = Millar at the [[2014 Tour de France]]
| fullname      = 
| nickname      = Millar-Time, Le Dandy<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2014/oct/10/david-millar-cycling|title=David Millar: 'The irony is, I no longer fit in. Cycling has become robotic'|last=Fotheringham|first=William|author-link=William Fotheringham |date=10 October 2014|website=theguardian.com}}</ref>
| birth_date    = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1977|1|4}}
| birth_place   = [[Mtarfa]], Malta 
| height        = {{height|m=1.92|precision=0}}
| weight        = {{convert|76|kg|lb st|abbr=on}}
| currentteam   = 
| discipline    = Road
| role          = Rider
| ridertype     = Time-trialist
| amateuryears1 = 1996
| amateurteam1  = High Wycombe CC
| amateuryears2 = 1996
| amateurteam2  = VC St-Quentin
| proyears1     = 1997–2004
| proteam1      = {{UCI team code|COF|1997}}
| proyears2     = 2006–2007
| proteam2      = {{UCI team code|FUJ|2006}}
| proyears3     = 2008–2014
| proteam3      = {{UCI team code|GRM|2013}}
| majorwins     = '''[[Grand Tour (cycling)|Grand Tours]]'''
:'''[[Tour de France]]'''
::4 individual stages ([[2000 Tour de France|2000]], [[2002 Tour de France|2002]], [[2003 Tour de France|2003]], [[2012 Tour de France|2012]])
::1 TTT stage ([[2011 Tour de France|2011]])
:'''[[Giro d'Italia]]'''
::1 individual stage ([[2011 Giro d'Italia|2011]])
::1 TTT stage ([[2008 Giro d'Italia|2008]])
:'''[[Vuelta a España]]'''
::5 individual stages ([[2001 Vuelta a España|2001]], [[2003 Vuelta a España|2003]], [[2006 Vuelta a España|2006]], [[2009 Vuelta a España|2009]])
'''[[Race stage|Stage races]]'''
:[[Danmark Rundt]] (2001)
:[[Three Days of De Panne]] (2010)
'''[[Classic cycle races|One-day races and Classics]]'''
:{{nowrap|[[British National Road Race Championships|National Road Race Championships]] (2007)}}
:[[British National Time Trial Championships|National Time Trial Championships]] (2007)
| medaltemplates =
{{Medal|Country| {{MLT}} }}
{{Medal|Sport|Men's [[road bicycle racing]]}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Games of the Small States of Europe]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2001 Games of the Small States of Europe|2001 San Marino]]|[[Cycling at the 2001 Games of the Small States of Europe|Road race]]}}
{{Medal|Country| {{flagu|Great Britain}} }}
{{Medal|Sport|Men's [[road bicycle racing]]}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[UCI Road World Championships|World Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[2001 UCI Road World Championships|2001 Lisbon]]|[[2001 UCI Road World Championships – Men's time trial|Time trial]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[2010 UCI Road World Championships|2010 Melbourne]]|[[2010 UCI Road World Championships – Men's time trial|Time trial]]}}
{{Medal|Disqualified|[[2003 UCI Road World Championships|2003 Hamilton]]|[[2003 UCI Road World Championships – Men's time trial|Time trial]]}}
{{Medal|Country| {{SCO}} }}
{{Medal|Sport|Men's [[road bicycle racing]]}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Commonwealth Games]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2010 Commonwealth Games|2010 Delhi]]|[[Cycling at the 2010 Commonwealth Games|Time trial]]}}
{{Medal|Bronze|[[2010 Commonwealth Games|2010 Delhi]]|[[Cycling at the 2010 Commonwealth Games|Road race]]}}
}}

'''David Millar''' (born 4 January 1977<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.siteducyclisme.net/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=6052|title=David Millar profile|publisher=Siteducyclisme.net|access-date=13 July 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.les-sports.info/cyclisme-millar-david-resultats-identite-s2-c2-b4-o11-w733.html|title=Cyclisme&nbsp;– David Millar (Ecosse): tous les résultats de la saison|publisher=Les-sports.info|access-date=13 July 2012|language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Cyclisme/CyclismeFicheCoureur164.html|title=David Millar profile|publisher=Lequipe.fr|date=30 June 2008|language=fr}}</ref>) is a Scottish retired professional [[road racing cyclist]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.slipstreamsports.com/2012/12/28/team-garmin-sharp-barracuda-unveils-2013-roster|title=Team Garmin-Sharp-Barracuda Unveils 2013 Roster|date=28 December 2012|work={{UCI team code|GRS|2012b}}|publisher=Slipstream Sports LLC|location=[[Boulder, Colorado]]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130102153419/http://www.slipstreamsports.com/2012/12/28/team-garmin-sharp-barracuda-unveils-2013-roster|archive-date=2 January 2013}}</ref> He rode for [[Cofidis (cycling team)|Cofidis]] from 1997 to 2004 and [[Garmin–Sharp]] from 2008 to 2014. He has won four stages of the [[Tour de France]], five of the [[Vuelta a España]] and one stage of the [[Giro d'Italia]]. He was the [[British National Road Race Championships|British national road champion]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Millar takes the British crown|url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/?id=2007/aug07/greatbritain07/greatbritain071|work=Cyclingnews.com|date=5 August 2007}}</ref> and the national time trial champion,<ref>{{cite news|title=Millar takes the British Time Trial crown|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/cycling/6976970.stm|publisher=BBC News|date=3 September 2007}}</ref> both in 2007.

Millar was banned for two years in 2004 after he admitted to taking banned performance-enhancing drugs.<ref name="L'Équipe, France, 29 July 2007">L'Équipe, France, 29 July 2007</ref><ref name="cyclismag.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclismag.com/article.php?sid=1839 |title=David Millar, chronique d'un retour annoncé |publisher=Cyclismag.com |date=28 January 2006|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141019002155/http://www.cyclismag.com/article.php?sid=1839 |archive-date=19 October 2014}}</ref> Upon his return from his ban, Millar became an anti-doping campaigner, a stance which eventually resulted in journalist [[Alasdair Fotheringham]] describing him as an '[[wikt:elder_statesman|elder statesman]]' of cycling.<ref>{{cite news|title=David Millar: From peloton outcast to elder statesman|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/others/david-millar-from-peloton-outcast-to-elder-statesman-2303265.html|newspaper=The Independent|access-date=14 October 2014}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
Millar is the son of Gordon and Avril Millar, both Scots. His father was a pilot in the [[Royal Air Force]] and Millar was born in [[Mtarfa]], Malta, while his father was based there for a three-year tour of duty. His mother worked as a teacher.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/16/opinion/sunday/how-to-get-away-with-doping.html |title=How to Get Away With Doping |last1=Millar |first1=David |date=14 October 2016 |website=[[nytimes.com]]}}</ref> He has a sister, Frances (Fran) who also works in cycling, currently as the chief executive officer of [[Team Ineos]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/cycling/2019/06/27/exclusive-fran-millar-appointed-new-boss-team-ineos/|title=Exclusive: Fran Millar appointed CEO of Team Ineos|last=Cary|first=Tom|date=2019-06-27|work=The Telegraph|access-date=2019-07-10|issn=0307-1235}}</ref> The family returned to the United Kingdom, and lived at RAF Kinloss in Scotland before moving to Aylesbury, 60&nbsp;km north-west of London. His father and mother divorced when Millar was 11 and his father moved to Hong Kong, when he joined the airline [[Cathay Pacific]], which is based there.  Millar considers Hong Kong as his home.<ref>L'Équipe, France, 3 July 2000</ref> Millar moved to Hong Kong to join his father when he was 13. He rode in [[BMX bike]] races in Hong Kong "and did pretty well."<ref name="Cycle Sport, UK, May 2000">Cycle Sport, UK, May 2000</ref> He bought a road bike in 1992 and raced at 6.30 in the morning before the roads began filling with traffic.

At [[King George V School (Hong Kong)|King George V School]] he chose mathematics, economics and geography as his [[A-level]], pre-university, examination subjects, then switched to art, graphics and sports studies at his father's suggestion. He completed his A-levels and, having moved back to England to be with his mother in [[Maidenhead]], enrolled at an arts college. He started cycling with a club in [[High Wycombe]], Buckinghamshire. His mother, Avril, took him there so that he would make new friends<ref name="Sunday Times, UK, 27 June 2004">Sunday Times, UK, 27 June 2004</ref> and have something to do.<ref name="Cycle Sport, UK, May 2000"/> At age 18, a week before he was due to start at the arts college, he went to race in France. He joined a club at [[Saint-Quentin, Aisne|St-Quentin]], in the [[Picardy (region)|Picardy]] region, and won eight races.<ref name="L'Équipe, France, 20 July 2004">L'Équipe, France, 20 July 2004</ref> Five professional teams{{efn|{{UCI team code|GCE|1997}}, {{UCI team code|C.A|1997}}, {{UCI team code|ALM|1997}}, {{UCI team code|FES|1997}}, {{UCI team code|FDJ|1997}} and {{UCI team code|COF|1997}} offered Millar his first professional contract}} offered him a contract. He signed with [[Cyrille Guimard]] because his team, Cofidis, was based in the area<ref name="L'Équipe, France, 20 July 2004" /> and he knew of Guimard's skill in recognising young talent.<ref name="Cycle Sport, UK, May 2000"/>

==Early career==

===2000–2003: early years===
In his first professional season, Millar won the prologue of the [[Tour de l'Avenir]] and the competition for the best young rider in the Mi-Août Breton. He profited from his background in 10-mile time-trials in Britain to win the first stage of the 2000 Tour de France,<ref>Finish-line interview with Jean-Paul Ollivier, France 2 television</ref> a 16&nbsp;km time-trial at [[Futuroscope]]. He held the yellow jersey as leader of the [[General classification in the Tour de France|general classification]] for a few days. He failed to repeat his feat at [[Dunkirk]] in 2001 after puncturing in a bend and crashing. He finished fifth in the prologue in 2002 on a rolling course at [[Luxembourg]]. His attempt to win the prologue in central Paris in the centenary Tour of 2003 ended when his chain dropped off 500&nbsp;m before the finish. He lost by 0.14&nbsp;s to [[Brad McGee]]. Millar had ridden a bike without a front [[derailleur]] to save weight.{{efn|Riders rarely need more than one chain-ring in a time trial but the cage of a front gear, which wraps round the chain, makes the chain less likely to lift off in high and low gears.}} He blamed his [[directeur sportif]], [[Alain Bondue]]. "It wasn't a problem with my chainring; it was a problem with my team", he told journalists at the finish. He said Bondue had tried to save a few grams by removing the derailleur. Bondue said he had told Millar to use a front derailleur after other riders had similar problems.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.velonews.com/tour2003/news/articles/4402.0.html|title=Millar, manager squabble over mechanical|date=6 July 2003|work=VeloNews |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070804004921/http://velonews.com/tour2003/news/articles/4402.0.html|archive-date=4 August 2007}}</ref><ref name="Procycling, UK, July 2006">Procycling, UK, July 2006</ref> Bondue was demoted to logistics manager.<ref name="Procycling, UK, July 2006"/>
[[File:MILLAR 20020715.jpg|thumb|left|Millar at the [[2002 Tour de France]]]]
Hopes of winning the [[Tour de France]] were fuelled by his stage win in the 2001 [[Vuelta a España]], when he was in a breakaway with [[Santiago Botero]] on a mountain stage. Millar won a gold medal for [[Malta]] in the 2001 [[Games of the Small States of Europe]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nocmalta.org/page.asp?p=7667&l=1 |title=Malta Olympic Committee&nbsp;– Kumitat Olimpiku Malti |publisher=Nocmalta.org |access-date=13 July 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120718220836/http://www.nocmalta.org/page.asp?p=7667&l=1 |archive-date=18 July 2012}}</ref> held in [[San Marino]]. Millar was selected for the Scotland team for the [[2002 Commonwealth Games]], but withdrew to compete for Cofidis instead.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport3/commonwealthgames2002/hi/cycling/newsid_2150000/2150925.stm Millar confirms Games withdrawal], bbc.co.uk, 25 July 2002.</ref>

In the [[2002 Vuelta a España]], stage 15 included the ascent of the [[Alto de l'Angliru]] in rain. Team cars stalled on the steepest part, some unable to restart because their tires slipped on messages painted by fans.<ref name="Procycling, UK, November 2003">Procycling, UK, November 2003</ref> Riders were caught behind them and others had to ride with flat tires because mechanics could not reach them.  Millar crashed three times,<ref>Procycling, UK, November 2002</ref> and protested by handing in his race number a metre from the line, effectively abandoning from the race. The judges ruled he had not finished the stage and he was not reinstated, having already left for his home in Biarritz.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/cycling/2274936.stm No way back for Millar]</ref><ref>[http://www.elmundo.es/2002/09/23/deportes/1233484.html Epica y polémica {{in lang|es}}]</ref> He regretted his temper—he had been ninth—and later apologised to his team.<ref name="Procycling, UK, November 2003" />

==Doping==
Millar was dining in a restaurant with [[Dave Brailsford]]<ref name="Telegraph 20 July 2012">{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/cycling/tour-de-france/9414553/Arise-Sir-Dave-Brailsfords-influence-over-British-cycling-cannot-be-underestimated.html|title=Arise Sir Dave? Brailsford's influence over British cycling cannot be underestimated|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=20 July 2012|location=London, UK|first=Jeremy|last=Wilson}}</ref> in [[Bidart]], near [[Biarritz]], on 23 June 2004 when he was approached by three plainclothes policemen of the Paris drug squad at 8.25pm.<ref name="Sunday Times, UK, 27 June 2004"/><ref>{{cite news |last1=McGowan |first1=Tom |last2=Davies |first2=Amanda |title=David Millar: Blocking out doping's 'white noise' |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2013/07/09/sport/david-millar-tour-de-france-doping-cycling/index.html|publisher=[[CNN]] |date=9 July 2013}}</ref> They detained Millar and took his watch, shoelaces, jewellery, keys and phone.<ref name="Procycling, UK, September 2004">Procycling, UK, September 2004</ref> After searching his home for two and a half hours they found empty phials of [[Erythropoiesis-stimulating agents|Eprex]], a brand of the blood-boosting drug [[erythropoietin]] (EPO), and two used [[syringe]]s.<ref name="Sunday Times, UK, 27 June 2004"/>{{efn|Some reports of the police search on 23 June 2004 say the syringes were on a book, others that they were in a hollowed-out book.}} Millar claimed he had been given them as a gift at the Tour of Spain, and that he had taken them to [[Manchester]] and used them there. After that he had kept them as a souvenir. The detectives took Millar into custody.<ref name="Procycling, UK, September 2004"/>

The raid followed the arrest at the start of 2004 of Bogdan Madejak, a Cofidis [[soigneur]].<ref name="Guardian 23 Jan 2004">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2004/jan/23/cycling.cycling|title=New fears over blooddoping|newspaper=The Guardian|date=23 January 2004|location=London, UK|first=William|last=Fotheringham}}</ref> Police, looking to find out more about the drugs found on Madejak, turned their attention to another rider on the team, [[Philippe Gaumont]], as he arrived at [[Orly]] airport on 20 January 2004.<ref name="L'Équipe, France, 20 July 2004"/><ref name="Guardian 23 Jan 2004"/> On 22 January 2004 the magazine, ''Le Point'', published transcripts of police phone taps.<ref name="Guardian 23 Jan 2004"/>

Gaumont said he had given Millar the drugs and syringes the day before the Tour finished on the Champs-Élysées in 2003, when Millar won the time-trial. Gaumont said he didn't know what was in the syringe but that ''"ça m'avait bloqué'' (that blocked me; i.e. kept me from going well)." Millar denied the claim to the investigating judge, and said that team doctor Menuet was the best person he had ever met and that he was "like a father to me at races."<ref name="L'Équipe, France, 20 July 2004"/> He denied Gaumont's claims that Millar had taken drugs by mixing [[Zolpidem|Stilnox]], a [[Hypnotic|sleeping powder]], with [[ephedrine]], a [[stimulant]].<ref name="L'Équipe, France, 20 July 2004"/> He called Gaumont a lunatic and said he was talking "absolute crap."<ref name="Procycling, UK, July 2004">Procycling, UK, July 2004</ref> But Millar's phone calls had been tapped for four months<ref name="L'Équipe, France, 20 July 2004"/> and Millar eventually confessed to police on 24 June 2004.<ref name="L'Équipe 91924">[https://web.archive.org/web/20130526023706/http://www2.lequipe.fr/redirect-v6/homes/Cyclisme/breves2004/20040625_091924Dev.html L'Equipe 91924 25 June 2004 Cyclisme&nbsp;– Dopage&nbsp;– Millar dans la tourmente], lequipe.fr; accessed 15 March 2016.{{in lang|fr}}</ref>

Millar admitted using EPO in 2001 and 2003. He blamed it on stress, in particular losing the prologue in the 2003 Tour and being beaten by [[Jan Ullrich]] in the 2001 [[UCI Road World Championships – Men's time trial|world time trial championship]]. Under cycling rules a confession equates to a positive test.<ref name="L'Équipe 91924"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2004/jun04/jun25news3|title=Millar confesses|publisher=cyclingnews.com|date=25 June 2004}}</ref>

[[British Cycling]] suspended him for two years in August 2004. He was disqualified as 2003 world time trial champion, fined [[Swiss franc|CHF]]2,000 (approx. [[Euro|€]]1250), and disqualified from the 2003 [[Critérium du Dauphiné|Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré]] and [[2001 Vuelta a España]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Millar suspended, stripped of title|url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2004/aug04/aug04news3|last=Henry|first=Chris|work=Cyclingnews.com|date=4 August 2004}}</ref> Cofidis fired Millar and withdrew from racing while it carried out an internal investigation. Several Cofidis riders and assistants were fired. Alain Bondue, the team's director, and Menuet, the doctor, left the team.<ref name="Procycling, UK, July 2004"/> Vasseur was forbidden to start the [[2004 Tour de France]] but later cleared.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2004/SPORT/10/22/cycling.vasseur/|title=Vasseur cleared of doping charges|publisher=CNN.com|date=22 October 2004}}</ref>

Millar failed in an appeal to the [[Court of Arbitration for Sport]] to reduce his ban, but the court did backdate his suspension to the day he confessed, 24 June 2004.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/cycling/3646322.stm|title=Millar clinches Le Tour reprieve|date=17 February 2005|publisher=BBC Sport}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2005/feb05/feb18news2|title=British federation supports Millar's CAS decision|publisher=cyclingnews.com|date=18 February 2005}}</ref>

Millar was prosecuted in a French court in [[Nanterre]] in 2006 with nine other defendants, mostly from Cofidis. The court decided it was not clear he had taken drugs in France and that charges could not be pursued.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/cycling/6279247.stm|title=Millar doping charges dismissed|date=19 January 2007|publisher=BBC News}}</ref> The doctor he had consulted lived in Spain, south of Biarritz and across the Pyrenees. Millar's statement to the judge stated that he had succumbed to the pressure of racing, the expectations placed on him by British fans, and an inability to make close friends. Winning the prologue of the Tour de France made things worse; he had worn the ''maillot jaune'' of leadership&nbsp;– his "dream", he said&nbsp;– and when it was all over he was back in his apartment with no friends and just a television for company.<ref name="L'Équipe, France, 20 July 2004"/>

Millar has claimed that doping gained him 25 seconds in the 2003 world time-trial championship.<ref name="The Guardian, UK, 17 January 2006">{{cite news|first=William|last=Fotheringham|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2006/jan/17/cycling.comment|title=Millar the maverick seeks redemption and a yellow jersey with a clean regime|newspaper=The Guardian|date=17 January 2006|location=London, UK}}</ref> He toasted his championship in the Bellagio Casino in [[Las Vegas]].<ref name="Procycling, UK, January 2006">Procycling, UK, January 2006</ref> But the suspension cost Millar his job, his income and his house. Millar then began abusing alcohol for much of a year.<ref name="L'Équipe, France, 29 July 2007"/><ref name="Procycling, UK, January 2006"/> He said he had scraped by with the help of family and friends.{{citation needed|date=March 2016}}

==Later career==

===2005–2007: post-suspension===
[[File:David Millar2.jpg|thumb|upright|Millar at the [[2007 Tour de France]]]]
Millar moved to Hayfield, on the edge of the [[Peak District]] of northern England,<ref name="The Guardian, UK, 17 January 2006" /><ref name="Procycling, UK, January 2006"/> to be close to the [[Manchester Velodrome]] where British cycling has its headquarters. He joined a Spanish team, {{UCI team code|FUJ|2006}}. Its manager, Mauro Gianetti, had contacted him nine months into his suspension.<ref name="Procycling, UK, January 2006"/>

Millar's suspension ended a week before the [[2006 Tour de France]] and he rode with {{UCI team code|FUJ|2006|nolink=yes}}. He finished 17th in the prologue and 11th on the penultimate, time-trial stage. He finished 59th of 139 finishers, more than 2 hours behind the winner, [[Óscar Pereiro]].{{efn|Floyd Landis was later disqualified from the 2006 Tour de France for taking drugs and the win was given to [[Óscar Pereiro]], who finished 57 seconds behind him.}} In the [[2006 Vuelta a España]], Millar won in [[2006 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 21|stage 14]], a [[time trial]] around the city of [[Cuenca, Spain|Cuenca]]. On 3 October, he won the British 4,000m [[individual pursuit]] championship in 4m 22.32s at Manchester.

He left {{UCI team code|FUJ|2007|nolink=yes}}{{efn|{{UCI team code|FUJ|2007|nolink=yes}}'s leading rider, [[Riccardo Riccò]], was disqualified for doping during the Tour de France of 2008. Millar told ''Le Journal du Dimanche'' on 20 July 2008: "I didn't see anything [doping] organised even if, at the time, there were suspicions about riders who were having exceptional performances. But there is no anti-doping culture in the team. I like the manager, Mauro Gianetti, a lot, but he is naive. He trusts people who don't deserve it. A positive dope test doesn't stop with the rider. It has ramifications. If Saunier Duval doesn't know that a rider is working with another doctor, outside the team, it's because it hasn't done what needs to be done."}} to join an American team, {{UCI team code|GRM|2008a}}<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.velonews.com/race/dom/articles/12086.0.html|title=Leipheimer wins Lookout Mountain ITT; Brajkovic takes lead in Georgia|first=Jason|last=Sumner|date=19 April 2007|work=VeloNews|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070522225823/http://www.velonews.com/race/dom/articles/12086.0.html|archive-date=22 May 2007|quote=Scottish time-trial specialist David Millar}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090710215421/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news%2F2007%2Fjul07%2Fjul30news2|archive-date=10 July 2009|title=Vaughters confirms Millar, Vande Velde, and Zabriskie|url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2007/jul07/jul30news2|work=Cyclingnews.com|date=30 July 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Madden |first=Steve |title=2007 Tour Podcast: Millar, Slipstream and the Future |journal=[[Bicycling (magazine)|Bicycling]] |date=29 July 2007 |url=http://www.bicycling.com/images/cma/Podcast_Madden.mp3 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927023726/http://www.bicycling.com/images/cma/Podcast_Madden.mp3 |archive-date=27 September 2007}}</ref> run by [[Jonathan Vaughters]], a former rider. Vaughters stressed the team's stance against doping.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2007/jul/31/cycling.tourdefrance2|title=Millar changes gear to sign for anti-doping team Slipstream|newspaper=The Guardian|date=31 July 2007|location=London, UK|first=William|last=Fotheringham}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.boston.com/sports/other_sports/cycling/articles/2007/07/30/contador_the_winner_of_an_unsightly_tour/?page=2 |title=Contador the winner of an unsightly Tour|work=The Boston Globe|date=30 July 2007|first=Bonnie|last=DeSimone}}</ref> In the 2007 season, Millar won both the British road and time trial championships and came second in the [[2007 Eneco Tour of Benelux|Eneco Tour]], 11 seconds behind José Iván Gutiérrez. His other victory of the year came in the [[2007 Paris–Nice|Paris–Nice]], during which he won the prologue.<ref>{{cite web|author=ProCyclingUK|url=http://www.procyclinguk.com/all-time-cyclists-3-david-millar/|title=All Time Cyclist – 3 – David Millar|publisher=ProCyclingUK|date=3 February 2014}}</ref>

===2008–2014: career with Garmin===
[[File:David Millar - 2008 Giro d'Italia.jpg|thumb|left|Millar at the [[2008 Giro d'Italia]]]]
For the start of the 2008 season, Slipstream became known as Garmin Slipstream, and Millar took on part ownership of the team, in order to foster their anti-doping stance.<ref>{{cite magazine|author=Cycling Weekly|url=http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest/345933/david-millar-rider-profile.html|title=David Millar profile|magazine=Cycling Weekly|date=22 December 2010}}</ref> He helped orchestrate {{UCI team code|GRM|2008a|nolink=yes}}'s victory in the Giro d'Italia opening [[team time trial]]. Millar was part of a five-man winning break on stage five of the [[2008 Giro d'Italia]] when his chain broke in the last kilometre{{citation needed|date=April 2019}} and he flung his bike to the roadside.

In the [[2008 Tour de France]], Millar came third in the time trial on stage four, 18 seconds behind the winner. Overall he finished 68th, 1h 59m 39s behind [[Carlos Sastre]]{{citation needed|date=April 2019}}. His best results of the season came in the [[2008 Tour of California]] in which he finished second overall.<ref>{{cite web|author=AMGEN Tour of California|url=http://www.amgentourofcalifornia.com/archives/2008-mens-archive|title=2008 Men's Archive|access-date=6 July 2017}}</ref>

Millar rode the [[2009 Giro d'Italia]] and then the [[2009 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré]], finishing ninth overall. He competed in both the [[2009 Tour de France|Tour de France]] and the [[2009 Vuelta a España|Vuelta a España]]. His best performance in a stage was winning the [[2009 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 21|stage 20 time trial]] at the Vuelta. The race was Millar's first win for two years, and his fifth at the Vuelta.<ref>{{cite web|author=procyclingstats.com|title=David Millar – wins|url=http://www.procyclingstats.com/rider.php?id=140761&c=3&code=rider-wins|access-date=6 July 2017}}</ref>

[[File:2010 World Championships - Time Trial Medallists - David Millar, Fabian Cancellara, Tony Martin, jjron, 30.09.10.jpg|thumb|right|[[2010 UCI Road World Championships – Men's time trial|Elite Men's Time trial medallists]]: Millar, [[Fabian Cancellara]] and [[Tony Martin (cyclist)|Tony Martin]]]]
2010 saw Millar continue his strong time-trial form, with stage wins at the [[Critérium International]] and the [[Three Days of De Panne]]. De Panne also saw Millar gain his first multi-stage race victory since the 2001 [[Circuit de la Sarthe (cycling)|Circuit de la Sarthe]]. Millar had a number of high placings in major time trials earlier in the season&nbsp;– he finished third in the prologue of the [[2010 Tour de France]] and second in stage three of the [[2010 Critérium du Dauphiné|Critérium du Dauphiné]].{{citation needed|date=March 2016}} An injury in the Tour de France hampered the rest of his season, though he finished all three grand tours. Millar then matched his best clean{{clarify|date=April 2019}} placing at the [[2010 UCI Road World Championships – Men's time trial|Men's World Time-Trial Championships]], finishing second behind [[Fabian Cancellara]]. Shortly after, at the [[2010 Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]], he won a gold medal in the time trial<ref>{{Cite web |title=2010 Commonwealth Games 2010: Men's Time Trial Results {{!}} Cyclingnews.com |work=[[Cyclingnews.com]] |date=13 October 2010 |access-date=29 June 2022 |url= https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/2010-commonwealth-games-jr/mens-time-trial/results/ }}</ref> and a bronze in the road race.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2010 Commonwealth Games 2010: Men's Road Race Results {{!}} Cyclingnews.com |work=[[Cyclingnews.com]] |date=10 October 2010 |access-date=29 June 2022 |url= https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/2010-commonwealth-games-jr/mens-road-race/results/ }}</ref>
[[File:DavidMillarRosaGiro2011.jpg|thumb|left|Millar (centre) wearing the [[Maglia rosa]] at the [[2011 Giro d'Italia]]]]
2011 saw Millar suffer from illness {{clarify|date=March 2016}} early in the season,<ref>{{cite magazine|author=Cycling Weekly|url=http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest/520129/millar-to-miss-classics-due-to-illness.html|title=David Millar to miss Classics due to illness|magazine=Cycling Weekly|date=24 March 2011}}</ref> missing many of the [[classics (cycling)|classics]]. His best performance was a 3rd-place finish in the overall of the [[Circuit de la Sarthe (cycling)|Circuit de la Sarthe]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Standings Circuit de la Sarthe 2011 - Cycling |work=Eurosport |access-date=29 June 2022 |url= https://www.eurosport.com/cycling/circuit-de-la-sarthe/2011/standing.shtml }}</ref> He recovered in time for the [[2011 Giro d'Italia|Giro d'Italia]], finishing second on stage 3 to take the pink jersey as leader of the [[General classification in the Giro d'Italia|general classification]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Giro d'Italia 2011: Stage 3 Results {{!}} Cyclingnews.com |work=[[Cyclingnews.com]] |date=9 May 2011 |access-date=29 June 2022 |url= https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/giro-ditalia-2011/stage-3/results/ }}</ref> Millar's lead, however, was overshadowed by the death of [[Wouter Weylandt]] in the Giro on the same day; in the role of race leader, Millar helped organise the tributes to Weylandt's during the subsequent day's neutralised stage.<ref>{{cite magazine|author=Gregor Brown in Genova|url=http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest/525107/millar-organises-tribute-to-weylandt-farrar-heads-home-from-giro.html|title=David Millar organises tribute to Weylandt, Farrar heads home from Giro|magazine=Cycling Weekly|date=10 May 2011}}</ref>

He later won the time-trial [[2011 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21|stage 21]] of the Giro, meaning that he became only the third British rider&nbsp;– after [[Robert Millar]] and [[Mark Cavendish]]&nbsp;– to achieve victories in all three Grand Tours during his career. In June he published his autobiography titled ''Racing Through the Dark'', which [[Richard Williams (journalist)|Richard Williams]] in ''[[The Guardian]]'' wrote was "one of the great first-person accounts of sporting experience".<ref>{{cite news|author=Richard Williams|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/jun/17/racing-dark-david-millar-review|title=Racing Through the Dark by David Millar|newspaper=The Guardian|date=17 June 2011|location=London, UK}}</ref> Millar was team captain of the Great Britain team that helped Cavendish win the [[2011 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race|2011 UCI World Championships road race]].<ref>{{cite news|title=David Millar compares Mark Cavendish win to 1966 World Cup|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cycling/15054454.stm|publisher=BBC Sport|date=25 September 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Whittell|first=Ian|title=Mark Cavendish the Champion but David Millar the Unsung Hero|url=http://www.fanhouse.co.uk/2011/09/26/cycling-mark-cavendish-the-champion-but-david-millar-the-unsung/|publisher=FanHouse UK|date=26 September 2011}}</ref>

[[File:Team GB Olympics Mens Road Race 2012.jpg|thumb|right|upright|Millar on the front of the peloton during the [[Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's road race|2012 Olympic Road Race]]]]
Millar fractured his collarbone in a crash in the [[2012 E3 Harelbeke]] one-day race in Belgium on 23 March.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest/532236/millar-s-classics-campaign-halted-by-collarbone-fracture.html|title=Millar's classics campaign halted by collarbone fracture|date=23 March 2012|first=Gregor |last=Brown| newspaper=[[Cycling Weekly]]}}</ref> He returned to competition at the [[2012 Bayern Rundfahrt|Tour of Bavaria]] and the [[2012 Critérium du Dauphiné|Critérium du Dauphiné]], where his best result was a 9th place on stage 4. Despite his injuries earlier in the season, Millar was selected to ride his 11th [[Tour de France]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Millar : "Un sport redevenu sain"|url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Cyclisme-sur-route/Actualites/Millar-un-sport-redevenu-sain/294894|work=L'Équipe|access-date=30 June 2012|language=fr}}</ref> He won [[2012 Tour de France, Stage 11 to Stage 20#Stage 12|stage 12]] by escaping with four other riders, arriving {{convert|5|km|mi|spell=in}} from the finish line in [[Annonay]]–[[Davézieux]] with more than ten minutes of an advantage over the bunch. He took the win after much cat-and-mouse-play with [[Jean-Christophe Péraud]] of {{UCI team code|ALM|2012}}.<ref>{{cite web|title=David Millar wins stage as Bradley Wiggins leads|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cycling/18834827|publisher=BBC Sport |date=13 July 2012}}</ref> He was the fourth British rider to win a stage in a tour, as [[Bradley Wiggins]] became the second British rider to win the event ([[Nicole Cooke]] won the women's Tour in 2006). Millar was selected to race on the British Road Race Team for the London Olympics.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/millar-selected-for-team-gb-olympic-road-race-team|title=Millar selected for Team GB Olympic road race team|date=4 July 2012|publisher=cyclingnews.com}}</ref> He reprised his role of team captain from the 2011 World Championships, again aiming to steer Mark Cavendish to victory. Millar and GB teammates [[Bradley Wiggins]], [[Ian Stannard]] and [[Chris Froome]] were forced{{citation needed|date=April 2019}} to set the tempo for the majority of the race, with little help from the other nations{{citation needed|date=April 2019}}, and were eventually unable to reel back a thirty-man breakaway that had gone clear on the final climb of the Box Hill circuit, leaving Cavendish to come in forty seconds behind the winner, [[Alexander Vinokourov]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/london-2012/cycling-road/individual-road-race-men|title=London 2012 Individual Road Race Men results|publisher=olympic.org|access-date=6 July 2017}}</ref>

Millar was not selected to make the [[2014 Tour de France]] team, a decision that left him 'devastated and shocked'.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2014/jun/30/david-millar-tour-de-france-withdrawn-garmin-sharp|title=David Millar withdrawn from 2014 Tour de France by Garmin-Sharp|work=[[The Guardian]]|publisher=2014 Guardian News and Media Limited|date=30 June 2014|author=William Fotheringham}}</ref> Millar retired from professional cycling after the 2014 season<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest/540835/david-millar-to-retire-at-the-end-of-2014-season.html|title=David Millar to retire at the end of 2014 season|first=Sophie|last=Smith|author-link=Sophie Smith (journalist)|work=[[Cycling Weekly]]|date=14 October 2013}}</ref> with his last competitive start being at the Bec CC Hill Climb in October.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/racing/british-racing/david-millar-close-career-bec-cc-hill-climb-135786|title=David Millar to close career at Bec CC Hill Climb|last1=Wynn|first1=Nigel|date=11 September 2014|website=[[Cycling Weekly]]}}</ref> The final year of Millar's career was captured by documentary maker [[Finlay Pretsell]] for the film ''[[Time Trial (film)|Time Trial]]''. Intended as an insight into the world of professional cycling, the film took on themes of aging and retirement as it traced Millar's growing realisation that he was unable to perform at his previous levels.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclist.co.uk/news/4940/film-review-david-millar-rages-against-the-dying-of-the-light-in-time-trial|title=Film Review: David Millar rages against the dying of the light in 'Time Trial'|work=[[Cyclist (magazine)|Cyclist]]|first=Joseph|last=Delves|date=28 June 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Bradshaw |first1=Peter |title=Time Trial review – the loneliness of the long-distance cyclist |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/jun/29/time-trial-review-david-millar-documentary |newspaper=The Guardian |access-date=19 July 2018}}</ref> ''Time Trial'' was released to cinemas in the UK on 29 June 2018.<ref>{{cite web |title=UK Screenings Announced |url=https://www.timetrialfilm.com/uk_screenings_announced |publisher=Time Trial |access-date=19 July 2018}}</ref>

===Post-racing career===
In March 2015 Millar revealed he was coaching former teammate [[Ryder Hesjedal]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/david-millar-to-represent-riders-in-extreme-weather-protocol-talks |title=David Millar to represent riders in Extreme Weather Protocol talks|last1=Farrand|first1=Stephen|date=6 March 2015|website=cyclingnews.com}}</ref> and he has taken a mentoring role with the Great Britain under-23 cycling squad.<ref name="RCUK 16">{{cite web |title=Interview: David Millar on extreme weather, mentoring the next generation, and Wiggins and Cavendish |url=https://roadcyclinguk.com/racing/interviews/interview-david-millar-extreme-weather-mentoring-next-generation-wiggins-cavendish/ |publisher=Road Cycling UK |access-date=19 July 2018}}</ref> He represented the professional cyclists' body Cyclistes Professionnels Associes (CPA) on the UCI's working group to establish an Extreme Weather Protocol to provide clear guidance on procedures in the event of severe weather affecting a race; the protocol was first used at the [[2016 Paris–Nice]].<ref name="RCUK 16" /> In 2018, he announced that he would challenge incumbent CPA president [[Gianni Bugno]] for the leadership of the organisation, running on a manifesto which advocated democratic reforms to the union's voting system, a financial audit of its finances, and improving communication with riders.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://rouleur.cc/editorial/interview-why-david-millar-wants-to-empower-the-peloton/ |title=Interview: why David Millar wants to empower the peloton |last=Gladstone |first=Hugo |date=13 September 2018 |website=[[Rouleur (magazine)|Rouleur]]}}</ref> This was the first contested election in the CPA's history: Millar was defeated by Bugno, winning 96 votes to the latter's 379.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://rouleur.cc/editorial/union-city-blues-david-millar-loses-bid-for-cpa-presidency/?mc_cid=d52b7d200a&mc_eid=84d881b4f6 |title=Union City Blues: David Millar loses bid for CPA presidency |last=Cleverly |first=Ian |date=28 September 2018 |website=[[Rouleur (magazine)|Rouleur]] |access-date=3 October 2018 |archive-date=4 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181004062522/https://rouleur.cc/editorial/union-city-blues-david-millar-loses-bid-for-cpa-presidency/?mc_cid=d52b7d200a&mc_eid=84d881b4f6 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Millar launched his 'Chpt3' brand in 2015, collaborating with various partners to produce a range of cycling-related products, including bikes and clothing.<ref name="RCUK 16" /><ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Norman |first1=Paul |title=David Millar's Chpt3 launches everyday performance Girona range |url=https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/product-news/david-millars-chpt3-launches-everyday-performance-girona-range-384935 |magazine=Cycling Weekly |access-date=19 July 2018}}</ref> He works as a cycling journalist and pundit, and since 2016 has been the co-commentator on [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]]'s coverage of the Tour de France and Vuelta a España.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Arthurs-Brennan |first1=Michael |title=Who are the commentators at the Tour de France 2018? |url=https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/racing/tour-de-france/phil-liggett-paul-sherwen-itvs-tour-de-france-coverage-249523 |magazine=Cycling Weekly |access-date=19 July 2018}}</ref> Millar also co-hosts Never Strays Far, a "cycling-adjacent" podcast, with fellow ITV commentator [[Ned Boulting]] and former pro [[Peter Kennaugh]].

==Personal life==
On 9 September 2011, Millar's wife, Nicole, gave birth to their son, Archibald Millar,<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Brown|first=Gregor|title=Wiggins and Millar tipped for success in time trial|url=http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest/530183/wiggins-and-millar-tipped-for-success-in-time-trial.html|magazine=Cycling Weekly|date=20 September 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Swarbrick|first=Susan|title=Cyclist David Millar tells of his battle with drugs|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/life-style/cyclist-david-millar-tells-of-his-battle-with-drugs-1.1123335|publisher=Herald & Times Group|date=13 September 2011}}</ref> their second son, Harvey Millar, was born on 2 May 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/millarmind/status/329869518094618624|title=Phewf, that was close! 3.4&nbsp;kg Harvey was born this morning 24hrs before I head to the Giro. My wife once again proved she is hard as nails.|first=David|last=Millar|date=2 May 2013}}</ref> Their daughter Maxine Millar was born on 31 December 2015.

In 2013, while giving consultation to the production of the film ''[[The Program (2015 film)|The Program]]'', Millar hit his head on a low-hanging beam while walking through a hotel. The accident left him without a sense of smell.<ref>{{Cite web |author1=Cycling Weekly |date=2019-11-29 |title=Nine most bizarre non-cycling injuries sustained by professional cyclists |url=https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/latest-news/seven-most-bizarre-non-cycling-injuries-sustained-by-pro-cyclists-345818 |access-date=2023-07-07 |website=cyclingweekly.com |language=en}}</ref>

Millar's sister, Fran, was appointed CEO of the cycling team [[Team Ineos]] in June 2019.<ref>{{cite web|title=Fran Millar appointed CEO of Team Ineos|url=https://www.ineos.com/news/ineos-group/fran-millar-appointed-ceo-of-team-ineos|publisher=INEOS Group|date=28 June 2019}}</ref>

He is not related to Robert Millar, now living as [[Philippa York]], a fellow road cyclist from the west of Scotland whose main success came in the mid-1980s.<ref>[https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/15398552.scots-cyclist-david-millar-publishes-open-letter-philippa-york Scots cyclist David Millar publishes open letter to Philippa York], The Herald, 8 July 2017</ref>

==Major results==

Sources:<ref name="slipstreamsports1">{{cite news|url=http://www.slipstreamsports.com/garmin-slipstream-pro-team/david-millar|title=David Miller at Garmin–Sharp|date=28 December 2012|work={{UCI team code|GRS|2012b}}|publisher=Slipstream Sports LLC|location=[[Boulder, Colorado]]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120417155910/http://www.slipstreamsports.com/garmin-slipstream-pro-team/david-millar|archive-date=17 April 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingbase.com/David-Millar.html|title=David Millar at Cycling Base|access-date=6 January 2013|work=Cycling Base|publisher=Cycling Base LLC|location=[[California]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=6052|title=David Millar at Cycling Archives|date=28 December 2012|work=Cycling Archives|location=California}}</ref>

{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
;1994
: 2nd Overall [[Junior Tour of Wales]]
;1996
: 2nd Paris–Évreux
;1997
: 1st Prologue [[Tour de l'Avenir]]
;1998
: [[Tour de l'Avenir]]
::1st Prologue & 6 ([[Individual time trial|ITT]])
: 1st Stage 3b ([[Individual time trial|ITT]]) [[1998 Three Days of De Panne|Three Days of De Panne]]
: 2nd [[British National Time Trial Championships|Time trial]], National Road Championships
: 2nd Overall [[Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine|Tour du Poitou-Charentes]]
;1999
: 1st [[Manx Trophy|Manx International]]
: 2nd [[British National Time Trial Championships|Time trial]], National Road Championships
: 2nd Overall [[Critérium International]]
: 3rd [[Tour de Vendée]]
: 3rd [[Gran Premio di Chiasso]]
: 4th Overall [[Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana]]
::1st [[File:Jersey red.svg|20px]] Mountains classification
: 4th Overall [[Étoile de Bessèges]]
;2000
: [[2000 Tour de France|Tour de France]]
::1st Stage 1 ([[Individual time trial|ITT]])
::Held [[File:Jersey yellow.svg|20px|link=General classification in the Tour de France]] after Stages 1–3
::Held [[File:Jersey green.svg|20px|link=Points classification in the Tour de France]] after Stage 1
::Held [[File:Jersey white.svg|20px|link=Young rider classification in the Tour de France]] after Stages 1–3
: 3rd [[British National Road Race Championships|Road race]], National Road Championships
: 4th Overall [[Circuit de la Sarthe (cycling)|Circuit de la Sarthe]]
::1st [[File:Jersey white.svg|20px]] Young rider classification
: 9th Overall [[Route d'Occitanie|Route du Sud]]
::1st Stage 1b ([[Individual time trial|ITT]])
;2001
: 1st [[File:Jersey yellow.svg|20px]] Overall [[Circuit de la Sarthe (cycling)|Circuit de la Sarthe]]
::1st [[File:Jersey white.svg|20px]] Young rider classification
::1st Stages 4 ([[Individual time trial|ITT]]) & 5
: 1st [[File:Jersey yellow.svg|20px]] Overall [[Danmark Rundt]]
::1st [[File:Jersey white.svg|20px]] Young rider classification
::1st Stage 4 ([[Individual time trial|ITT]])
: [[2001 Vuelta a España|Vuelta a España]]
::1st Stages 1 ([[Individual time trial|ITT]]) & 6
::Held [[File:Jersey gold.svg|20px|link=General classification in the Vuelta a España]] after Stages 1–3
: 1st Stage 4b ([[Individual time trial|ITT]]) [[Euskal Bizikleta]]
: 1st [[File:Gold medal blank.svg|15px]] Time trial, [[2001 Games of the Small States of Europe|Games of the Small States of Europe]]
: 2nd [[File:Silver medal uci.svg|15px]] [[2001 UCI Road World Championships – Men's time trial|Time trial]], [[2001 UCI Road World Championships|UCI Road World Championships]]
: 2nd [[Paris–Camembert]]
: 3rd Overall [[Tour de Wallonie]]
: 4th Overall [[Tour de Picardie]]
: 7th Overall [[Four Days of Dunkirk]]
;2002
: 1st Stage 13 [[2002 Tour de France|Tour de France]]
: 2nd Overall [[Clásica Internacional de Alcobendas]]
: 6th [[2002 UCI Road World Championships – Men's time trial|Time trial]], [[2002 UCI Road World Championships|UCI Road World Championships]]
: 10th [[Milano–Torino]]
;2003
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: <del>1st [[File:Jersey rainbow chrono.svg|20px|link=Rainbow jersey]] [[2003 UCI Road World Championships – Men's time trial|Time trial]], [[2003 UCI Road World Championships|UCI Road World Championships]]</del>
: <del>1st Stage 19 ([[Individual time trial|ITT]]) [[2003 Tour de France|Tour de France]]</del>{{efn|Millar's victory on Stage 19 of the 2003 Tour de France was removed from his record at his own request due to doping}}<ref name="Sport.scotsman.com">{{cite web|url=http://sport.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=918&id=1063892006|title=Frustrated Millar vows to fight to the finish|publisher=Sport.scotsman.com|date=22 July 2006}}</ref>
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: 1st [[File:Jersey yellow.svg|20px]] Overall [[Tour de Picardie]]
: 1st Stage 17 [[2003 Vuelta a España|Vuelta a España]]
: 1st Prologue [[Dwars door West-Vlaanderen|Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen]]
: 1st Stage 4 ([[Individual time trial|ITT]]) [[Vuelta a Burgos]]
: 3rd Overall [[2003 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré|Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré]]
: 3rd [[Classique des Alpes]]
: 4th Overall [[Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana]]
;2006
: 1st [[File:MaillotReinoUnido.PNG|20px]] Individual pursuit, [[British National Track Championships#Senior (1996–)|National Track Championships]]
: 1st Stage 14 ([[Individual time trial|ITT]]) [[2006 Vuelta a España|Vuelta a España]]
;2007
: National Road Championships
::1st [[File:MaillotReinoUnido.PNG|20px]] [[British National Road Race Championships|Road race]]
::1st [[File:MaillotReinoUnido.PNG|20px]] [[British National Time Trial Championships|Time trial]]
: 1st Prologue [[2007 Paris–Nice|Paris–Nice]]
: 2nd Overall [[2007 Eneco Tour|Eneco Tour]]
: [[2007 Tour de France|Tour de France]]
::Held [[File:Jersey polkadot.svg|20px|link=Mountains classification in the Tour de France]] after Stages 1–2
;2008
: 1st Stage 1 ([[Team time trial|TTT]]) [[2008 Giro d'Italia|Giro d'Italia]]
: 2nd Overall [[2008 Tour of California|Tour of California]]
: 3rd [[British National Time Trial Championships|Time trial]], National Road Championships
: 9th [[2008 UCI Road World Championships – Men's time trial|Time trial]], [[2008 UCI Road World Championships|UCI Road World Championships]]
;2009
: 1st Stage 20 ([[Individual time trial|ITT]]) [[2009 Vuelta a España|Vuelta a España]]
: 9th Overall [[2009 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré|Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré]]
: 10th Overall [[Volta ao Algarve]]
: [[File:Jersey red number.svg|20px]] [[Combativity award in the Tour de France|Combativity award]] Stage 6 [[2009 Tour de France|Tour de France]]
;2010
: [[2010 Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]]
::1st [[File:Gold medal blank.svg|15px]] [[Cycling at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Men's road time trial|Time trial]]
::3rd [[File:Bronze medal blank.svg|15px]] [[Cycling at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Men's road race|Road race]]
: 1st [[File:Jersey white.svg|20px]] Overall [[2010 Three Days of De Panne|Three Days of De Panne]]
::1st Stage 3b ([[Individual time trial|ITT]])
: 1st [[2010 Chrono des Nations|Chrono des Nations]]
: 2nd [[File:Silver medal uci.svg|15px]] [[2010 UCI Road World Championships – Men's time trial|Time trial]], [[2010 UCI Road World Championships|UCI Road World Championships]]
: 5th Overall [[Critérium International]]
::1st Stage 3 ([[Individual time trial|ITT]])
;2011
: [[2011 Giro d'Italia|Giro d'Italia]]
::1st Stage 21 ([[Individual time trial|ITT]])
::Held [[File:Jersey pink.svg|20px|link=General classification in the Giro d'Italia]] after Stage 2
: 1st Stage 2 ([[Team time trial|TTT]]) [[2011 Tour de France|Tour de France]]
: 2nd Overall [[2011 Tour of Beijing|Tour of Beijing]]
: 3rd Overall [[Circuit de la Sarthe (cycling)|Circuit de la Sarthe]]
: 3rd Overall [[2011 Eneco Tour|Eneco Tour]]
: 5th [[2011 Chrono des Nations|Chrono des Nations]]
: 7th [[2011 UCI Road World Championships – Men's time trial|Time trial]], [[2011 UCI Road World Championships|UCI Road World Championships]]
: 10th Overall [[2011 Tour de Romandie|Tour de Romandie]]
;2012
: 1st Stage 12 [[2012 Tour de France|Tour de France]]
: 5th [[2012 Chrono des Nations|Chrono des Nations]]
;2013
: 3rd [[British National Road Race Championships|Road race]], National Road Championships
;2014
: 8th [[Cycling at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Men's road time trial|Time trial]], [[2014 Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]]
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! scope="col" | 2008
! scope="col" | 2009
! scope="col" | 2010
! scope="col" | 2011
! scope="col" | 2012
! scope="col" | 2013
! scope="col" | 2014
|- style="text-align:center;"
| style="text-align:left; background:#efefef;"|[[File:Jersey pink.svg|20px|link=General classification in the Giro d'Italia|alt=Pink jersey]] [[Giro d'Italia]]
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|[[2008 Giro d'Italia|94]]
|[[2009 Giro d'Italia|DNF]]
|[[2010 Giro d'Italia|DNF]]
|[[2011 Giro d'Italia|99]]
|—
|[[2013 Giro d'Italia|DNF]]
|—
|- style="text-align:center;"
| style="text-align:left; background:#efefef;"|[[File:Jersey yellow.svg|20px|link=General classification in the Tour de France|alt=Yellow jersey]] [[Tour de France]]
|[[2000 Tour de France|62]]
|[[2001 Tour de France|DNF]]
|[[2002 Tour de France|68]]
|[[2003 Tour de France|55]]
|—
|—
|[[2006 Tour de France|56]]
|[[2007 Tour de France|68]]
|[[2008 Tour de France|67]]
|[[2009 Tour de France|82]]
|[[2010 Tour de France|157]]
|[[2011 Tour de France|76]]
|[[2012 Tour de France|106]]
|[[2013 Tour de France|113]]
|—
|- style="text-align:center;"
| style="text-align:left; background:#efefef;"|[[File:Jersey red.svg|20px|link=General classification in the Vuelta a España|alt=golden jersey]] [[Vuelta a España]]
|—
|[[2001 Vuelta a España|41]]
|[[2002 Vuelta a España|DNF]]
|[[2003 Vuelta a España|103]]
|—
|—
|[[2006 Vuelta a España|64]]
|—
|—
|[[2009 Vuelta a España|80]]
|[[2010 Vuelta a España|108]]
|—
|—
|—
|[[2014 Vuelta a España|144]]
|}

===Major championship results timeline===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
! scope="col" colspan=2| Event
! scope="col" | 1997
! scope="col" | 1998
! scope="col" | 1999
! scope="col" | 2000
! scope="col" | 2001
! scope="col" | 2002
! scope="col" | 2003
! scope="col" | 2004
! scope="col" | 2005
! scope="col" | 2006
! scope="col" | 2007
! scope="col" | 2008
! scope="col" | 2009
! scope="col" | 2010
! scope="col" | 2011
! scope="col" | 2012
! scope="col" | 2013
! scope="col" | 2014
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" rowspan=2| [[File:Gold medal olympic.svg|15px|alt=|link=Gold medal]] [[List of Olympic medalists in cycling (men)|Olympic Games]]
! scope="row" | Time trial
| style="color:#4d4d4d;" colspan=3 rowspan=2|Not held
| [[Cycling at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's road time trial|16]]
| style="color:#4d4d4d;" colspan=3 rowspan=2|Not held
| —
| style="color:#4d4d4d;" colspan=3 rowspan=2|Not held
| —
| style="color:#4d4d4d;" colspan=3 rowspan=2|Not held
| —
| style="color:#4d4d4d;" colspan=2 rowspan=2|Not held
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | Road race
| —
| —
| —
| [[Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's individual road race|108]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" rowspan=2| [[File:Jersey rainbow.svg|20px|alt=|link=Rainbow jersey]] [[UCI Road World Championships|World Championships]]
! scope="row"| [[UCI Road World Championships – Men's time trial|Time trial]]
| [[1997 UCI Road World Championships – Men's time trial|20]]
| —
| —
| —
!style="background:silver;"| [[2001 UCI Road World Championships – Men's time trial|2]]
|style="background:#ddddff;"| [[2002 UCI Road World Championships – Men's time trial|6]]
!style="background:gold;"| [[2003 UCI Road World Championships – Men's time trial|<s>1</s>]]
| —
| —
| [[2006 UCI Road World Championships – Men's time trial|15]]
| [[2007 UCI Road World Championships – Men's time trial|18]]
|style="background:#ddddff;"| [[2008 UCI Road World Championships – Men's time trial|9]]
| —
!style="background:silver;"| [[2010 UCI Road World Championships – Men's time trial|2]]
|style="background:#ddddff;"| [[2011 UCI Road World Championships – Men's time trial|7]]
| —
| —
| —
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row"| [[UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race|Road race]]
| —
| —
| —
| —
| [[2001 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race|DNF]]
| [[2002 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race|DNF]]
| [[2003 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race|86]]
| —
| —
| [[2006 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race|35]]
| [[2007 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race|54]]
| [[2008 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race|DNF]]
| [[2009 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race|DNF]]
| [[2010 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race|DNF]]
| [[2011 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race|114]]
| —
| —
| [[2014 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race|DNF]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" rowspan=2| [[File:Gold medal blank.svg|15px|alt=|link=Gold medal]] [[List of Commonwealth Games medallists in cycling|Commonwealth Games]]
! scope="row" | Time trial
| style="color:#4d4d4d;" rowspan=2|NH
| —
| style="color:#4d4d4d;" colspan=3 rowspan=2|Not held
| —
| style="color:#4d4d4d;" colspan=3 rowspan=2|Not held
| —
| style="color:#4d4d4d;" colspan=3 rowspan=2|Not held
!style="background:gold;"| [[Cycling at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Men's road time trial|1]]
| style="color:#4d4d4d;" colspan=3 rowspan=2|Not held
|style="background:#ddddff;"| [[Cycling at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Men's road time trial|8]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | Road race
| —
| —
| —
!style="background:#C9AE5D;"| [[Cycling at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Men's road race|3]]
| [[Cycling at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Men's road race|11]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" rowspan=2| [[File:MaillotReinoUnido.PNG|20px]] National Championships
! scope="row"| [[British National Time Trial Championships|Time trial]]
| —
!style="background:silver;"| 2
!style="background:silver;"| 2
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
!style="background:gold;"| 1
!style="background:#C9AE5D;"| 3
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row"| [[British National Road Race Championships|Road race]]
| —
| —
| —
!style="background:#C9AE5D;"| 3
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
!style="background:gold;"| 1
| 25
| —
| —
| —
| —
!style="background:#C9AE5D;"| 3
| DNF
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Legend
|-
! scope="row" | —
| Did not compete
|-
! scope="row" | [[Did not finish|DNF]]
| Did not finish
|}

==See also==
{{Portal|Biography|Sports}}
* [[List of British cyclists who have led the Tour de France general classification]]
* [[List of doping cases in cycling]]
* [[Yellow jersey statistics]]
* [[Time Trial (film)|''Time Trial'' (film)]]

==Notes==
{{notelist}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
* {{cite book | last1=Millar | last2=Whittle | first1=David | first2=Jeremy | title=Racing Through the Dark: The Fall and Rise of David Millar | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xBtE2mEaQusC| year=2011 | publisher=[[Orion Publishing Group|Orion Publishing]] | location=London | isbn=978-1-4091-1494-9 }}
* {{cite book|last1=Millar|first1=David|title=The Racer|date=1 October 2015|publisher=Yellow Jersey Press|location=London|isbn=978-0224100069|edition=first|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iO6-CQAAQBAJ&q=David%20Millar%20The%20Racer&pg=PP1}}
* {{cite book | last=Birnie | first=Lionel | title=In Pursuit of David Millar: On the Road with Britain's Best Cyclist | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mpweAAAACAAJ| year=2004 | publisher=[[Mainstream Publishing]] | location=Edinburgh | isbn=978-1-84018-838-7 }}

==External links==
{{Commons category|David Millar}}
*{{cycling archives|6052}}
*[http://www.cyclingbase.com/David-Millar.html Cycling Base: David Millar]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120417155910/http://www.slipstreamsports.com/garmin-slipstream-pro-team/david-millar Garmin-Sharp: David Millar]

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