![]() Howson at the 2013 Tour de l'Avenir | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nickname | Damo[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Adelaide, South Australia, Australia | 13 August 1992|||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 68 kg (150 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Team information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current team | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Discipline | Road | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Rider type | All-rounder[1] Domestique[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Amateur team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2011–2012 | Team Jayco–AIS | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Professional teams | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2013–2022 | Orica–GreenEDGE[3][4][5] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2023– | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Damien Howson (born 13 August 1992) is an Australian cyclist, who rides for UCI ProTeam Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team.[6]
Career
[edit]Howson started his athletic career in basketball, becoming a state champion aged 13. He moved to cycling when South Australian Sports Institute discovered his potential after physiological testing on the state junior basketball team.[7]
He won the world under-23 time trial in 2013, as well as the Oceania Cycling Championships under-23 time trial and road race.[8] He was named in the start list for the 2015 Vuelta a España[9] and the 2016 Giro d'Italia.[10] In 2017 he won the 64th edition of the Herald Sun Tour.[11] In June 2017, he was named to make his debut at the 2017 Tour de France. [12]
Personal life
[edit]In 2020 Howson married his high school friend, Georgie Russell at Longview Vineyard near Macclesfield in his home state of South Australia.[13] He is an old scholar of Pedare Christian College.[14]
Major results
[edit]- 2010
- 1st Trofeo San Rocco
- 3rd Overall GP Général Patton
- 4th Overall 3 Giorni Orobica
- 9th Overall Liège–La Gleize
- 2011
- Oceania Under-23 Road Championships
- 1st
Team pursuit, National Track Championships
- 4th Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
- 9th Time trial, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships
- 9th Chrono Champenois
- 9th Memorial Davide Fardelli
- 2012
- 1st
Time trial, Oceania Under-23 Road Championships
- 2nd Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
- 2nd Memorial Davide Fardelli
- 3rd
Time trial, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships
- 4th Chrono Champenois
- 7th Overall Tour Alsace
- 2013
- 1st
Time trial, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships
- 1st UCI Oceania Tour
- Oceania Under-23 Road Championships
- National Under-23 Road Championships
- 1st
Time trial
- 2nd Road race
- 1st
- 1st Trofeo Alcide Degasperi
- 2nd Chrono Champenois
- 3rd Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23
- 1st Prologue
- 3rd Trofeo Banca Popolare di Vicenza
- 5th Giro del Belvedere
- 7th Gran Premio Palio del Recioto
- 2014
- 2nd
Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships
- 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 2015
- 5th Time trial, National Road Championships
- 5th Overall Herald Sun Tour
- 2016
- 3rd Overall Herald Sun Tour
- 4th Time trial, National Road Championships
- 2017 (2 pro wins)
- 1st
Overall Herald Sun Tour
- 1st Stage 1
- 9th GP Miguel Induráin
- 9th Pro Ötztaler 5500
- 2018
- 3rd Overall Herald Sun Tour
- 4th Overall Colorado Classic
- 2019
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Tirreno–Adriatico
- 2nd Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
- 1st Stage 1b (TTT)
- 10th Overall Herald Sun Tour
- 2020 (2)
- 1st
Overall Czech Cycling Tour
- 1st Stages 1 (TTT) & 4
- 3rd Overall Herald Sun Tour
- 3rd Overall Tour de Hongrie
- 2021 (2)
- 1st
Overall Tour de Hongrie
- 1st Stage 4
- 2023 (1)
- 3rd Overall Tour of Britain
- 4th Overall Vuelta a Asturias
- 1st Stage 1
- 4th Overall Vuelta a Burgos
- 2024
- 8th Overall Tour de Hongrie
- 9th Overall Tour Down Under
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
[edit]Grand Tour | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
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— | 53 | — | — | — | DNF | — | 33 |
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— | — | 88 | DNF | — | — | — | — |
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147 | 45 | — | 70 | 49 | — | 95 | — |
— | Did not compete |
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DNF | Did not finish |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Damien Howson". Mitchelton-SCOTT GreenEDGE Cycling.
- ^ "Beyond the Giro: Howson thrilled to support Chaves as super domestique". Cycling.
- ^ "Mitchelton-Scott finalise 25-rider roster for 2019". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 15 November 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
- ^ "Wins from January to October: Mitchelton-Scott men confirm roster and goals for 2020". Mitchelton–Scott. New Global Cycling Services. 11 December 2019. Archived from the original on 2 January 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
- ^ "GreenEDGE Cycling". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ Long, Jonny (4 November 2022). "Doug Ryder's new Q36.5 team has announced its 23-man squad". CyclingTips. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
- ^ Homfray, Reece (30 June 2017). "Tour de France debut for South Aussie dynamo Damien Howson". Archived from the original on 7 July 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
- ^ Drape, Julian (24 September 2013). "Damien Howson wins under-23 time trial world championship". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
- ^ "Vuelta a España 2015". Cycling Fever. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
- ^ "99th Giro d'Italia Startlist". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
- ^ Woodpower, Zeb (5 February 2017). "Howson scrapes through another day of Sun Tour high drama". Retrieved 5 February 2017.
- ^ Woodpower, Zeb (27 June 2017). "Damien Howson ready for Tour de France debut". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
- ^ "Damien Howson + Georgie Russell". SA Life. 30 September 2020. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
- ^ Millard, Mike (7 July 2017). "Pedare Old Scholar's Debut Ride in the Tour de France". The Vine. Pedare Christian College. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
External links
[edit]- Damien Howson at UCI
- Damien Howson at Cycling Archives
- Damien Howson at ProCyclingStats
- Damien Howson at Cycling Quotient