Jonathan Vaughters
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Jonathan Vaughters is an American former professional racing cyclist and current directeur sportif.
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[edit] Racing career
His first professional team in Europe was the Spanish team Santa Clara, which according to Vaughters was a very conservative team with hostile management who even made his bike "disappear" in order to discourage him from continuing.[citation needed] He then moved to the Comptel team, and later with the U.S. Postal Service cycling team where he helped Lance Armstrong win his first Tour de France in 1999. He then moved to the French team Crédit Agricole.
Vaughters was a specialist climber and was touted as a Stage race specialist. He won the Mont Ventoux stage of the Dauphiné Libéré in 1999 and 2000, and held the record for the fastest ascent until it was broken by Iban Mayo in 2004.
He joined Crédit Agricole at the time when Chris Boardman was riding for them, and became roommates. Despite his climbing prowess, he had bad luck in Tour de France and never finished the race. He was injured in a crash in 2000 and had to retire from the race due to a bee sting in 2001.
In 2002 he decided to retire, wanting to spend more time with his family and having decided that he had reached the zenith of his cycling career.
[edit] Major results
- 3rd overall, Tour Méditerranéen (2000)
- Team time trial, Tour de France (2001)
- 2 stage wins, Dauphiné Libéré (1999, 2000)
[edit] Coaching career
He is currently the CEO of Slipstream Sports and directeur sportif of the UCI Professional Continental team known as Team Slipstream and the former UCI Contintental squad Team TIAA-CREF.
