Alex Stieda
| File:Alex Stieda at 1986 Tour de France.jpg Stieda at the 1986 Tour de France | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Alexander Nicholas Ernst Stieda |
| Born | 13 April 1961 Belleville, Ontario, Canada |
| Team information | |
| Discipline | Road, Track |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Rouleur |
| Amateur teams | |
| 1979–1985 | Canadian National Team |
| 1982–1985 | 7-Eleven Amateur Team |
| Professional teams | |
| 1986–1990 | 7-Eleven |
| 1991 | Evian–Miko |
| 1992 | Coors Light |
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Alexander Nicholas Ernst Stieda (born 13 April 1961) is a former professional road bicycle racer from Canada.[1] Stieda led five classifications of the Tour de France on the second day of the 1986 Tour de France: the general classification, the mountains classification, the combination classification, the intermediate sprints classification and the young rider classification, becoming the first North American to lead the Tour de France.[2] He finished in 120th place, in his only Tour de France, riding on the 7-Eleven – Hoonved Cycling Team. He also placed bronze in the 1982 Australian Commonwealth Games, and competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics for his native country. At the 1983 Summer Universiade he won the bronze medal in the men's individual pursuit.[3] He also competed in the individual pursuit and points race events at the 1984 Summer Olympics.[4] Alex is the co-founder of the Tour of Alberta professional cycling race.
Major results
[edit | edit source]- 1980
- 1st File:Jersey yellow.svg Overall Tour de l'Abitibi
- 1st Gastown Grand Prix
- 1982
- 3rd File:Bronze medal Commonwealth.svg Individual pursuit, Commonwealth Games
- 1983
- 1st Athens Twilight Criterium
- 3rd File:Bronze medal blank.svg Individual pursuit, Summer Universiade
- 1984
- 1st Gastown Grand Prix
- 1st Stage 3 Tour of Texas
- 1985
- 1st Stage 1 Coors Classic
- 1986
- Tour de France
- Held File:Jersey yellow.svg after Stage 1
- 1987
- 1st Stage 5 Tour of Texas
- 1988
- 1st Overall Tour of Texas
- 1st Stage 1
- 3rd Overall Coors Classic
- 1989
- 1st Overall Tour of Texas
- 1st Stage 3
- 1st Canadian Tire Series
- 7th Overall Tour de Trump
- 1990
- 1st Stage 17 International Cycling Classic
- 1991
- 1st Overall Montréal Tour
- 1st Stage 3
- 1st Stage 2 Tour de White Rock
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Official website
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- Official Tour de France results for Alex Stieda at the Wayback Machine (archived 2010-07-16)
- 1961 births
- Living people
- Cyclists from Vancouver
- Canadian male cyclists
- Cyclists from Ontario
- Olympic cyclists for Canada
- Cyclists at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Canada
- Cyclists at the 1982 Commonwealth Games
- Summer World University Games medalists in cycling
- FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Canada
- Medalists at the 1983 Summer Universiade
- Medallists at the 1982 Commonwealth Games
- 20th-century Canadian sportsmen
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in cycling
- Canadian cycling biography stubs