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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nickname | Damo[1] |
| Born | 13 August 1992 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia |
| 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
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
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
- 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
Time trial - 4th Road race
- 1st
- 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
- 1st Road race
- 1st Time trial
- 1st
- 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
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia |
— | 53 | — | — | — | DNF | — | 33 |
| Tour de France |
— | — | 88 | DNF | — | — | — | — |
 Vuelta a España |
147 | 45 | — | 70 | 49 | — | 95 | — |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
References
- 1 2 "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
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Damien Howson.
- Damien Howson at UCI
- Damien Howson at Cycling Archives
- Damien Howson at ProCyclingStats
- Damien Howson at Cycling Quotient
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