Damien Howson

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Damien Howson
File:Damien Howson TA 2013 (Cropping).jpg
Howson at the 2013 Tour de l'Avenir
Personal information
NicknameDamo[1]
Born (1992-08-13) 13 August 1992 (age 33)
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight68 kg (150 lb)
Team information
Current teamQ36.5 Pro Cycling Team
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeAll-rounder[1]
Domestique[2]
Amateur team
2011–2012Team Jayco–AIS
Professional teams
2013–2022Orica–GreenEDGE[3][4][5]
2023–Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team
Medal record
Representing File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
Gold medal – first place 2013 Florence Under-23 time trial
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Valkenburg Under-23 time trial
Representing Orica–GreenEDGE
Men's road bicycle racing
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2014 Ponferrada Team time trial

Damien Howson (born 13 August 1992) is an Australian cyclist, who rides for UCI ProTeam Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team.[6]

Career

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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

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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

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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 File:OceaniaChampionJersey.png Time trial
4th Road race
1st File:MaillotAustralia.PNG 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 File:OceaniaChampionJersey.png Time trial, Oceania Under-23 Road Championships
2nd Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
2nd Memorial Davide Fardelli
3rd File:Bronze medal uci.svg Time trial, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships
4th Chrono Champenois
7th Overall Tour Alsace
2013
1st File:Jersey rainbow chrono.svg Time trial, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships
1st UCI Oceania Tour
Oceania Under-23 Road Championships
1st File:OceaniaChampionJersey.png Road race
1st File:OceaniaChampionJersey.png Time trial
National Under-23 Road Championships
1st File:MaillotAustralia.PNG Time trial
2nd Road race
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 File:Silver medal uci.svg 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 File:Jersey yellow.svg 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 File:Jersey yellow.svg Overall Czech Cycling Tour
1st Stages 1 (TTT) & 4
3rd Overall Herald Sun Tour
3rd Overall Tour de Hongrie
2021 (2)
1st File:Jersey yellow.svg 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
2025
4th Overall Tour of Oman
10th Overall Giro d'Abruzzo

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

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Grand Tour 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia — 53 — — — DNF — 33
A yellow jersey Tour de France — — 88 DNF — — — —
A red jersey Vuelta a España 147 45 — 70 49 — 95 —
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

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