Tom Danielson

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Tom Danielson

Danielson at the 2007 Tour of California
Personal information
Date of birth	March 13, 1978 (1978-03-13) (age 30)
Country	United States
Team information
Current team	Team Slipstream
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Professional team(s)
1999-2001 2002 2003 2004 2005-2007 2008-	SoBe/Headshok Mercury Saturn Fassa Bortolo Discovery Channel Team Slipstream
Major wins
2006 Vuelta a España 1 stage 2006 Osterreich Rundfahrt 2002 Tour of Qinghai Lake
Infobox last updated on:
September 2, 2007

Tom Danielson (born March 13, 1978 in East Lyme, Connecticut, U.S.) is a professional road bicycle racer. Previously riding for the Saturn Team on the U.S. Pro Circuit, and for Fassa Bortolo in Europe, Danielson is currently a member of Team Slipstream, but rode for the Discovery Channel team between 2005 and 2007.

Danielson currently holds the record for the fastest ascent of Mt. Washington, New Hampshire, in the Race to the Clouds competition. The previous record holder was another American cyclist, Tyler Hamilton.

Danielson had a very uneventful stint on the Division 1 Italian team Fassa Bortolo, missing the early spring campaign due to visa issues. Subsequently, he raced for the Discovery Channel team, with whom he won the 2005 Tour de Georgia.

Tom Danielson was to lead the Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team in the 2.HC rated UCI 2007 Tour of Qinghai Lake, a very difficult multi-stage race set on the high-steppes of the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau, but pulled out of the "world highest bicycle race" at the last moment. Nonetheless, his teammates Allan Davis and Fuyu Li went on to capture the 1st and 16th place positions in the opening stage 1 on July 14th, 2007.

[edit] Palmares

[edit] External links

• VELOBIOS Rider Profile
• official site
• Mt. Washington record breaking race results
• CyclingNews.com 2005 interview
• SI article
• Palmarès at Trap-Friis.dk

v • d • e Riders on Slipstream Chipotle presented by H30 Magnus Bäckstedt | Steven Cozza | Tom Danielson | Julian Dean | Jason Donald | Timmy Duggan | Huub Duyn | Lucas Euser | Tyler Farrar | Michael Friedman | Will Frishkorn | Ryder Hesjedal | Christophe Laurent | Trent Lowe | Pat McCarty | Martijn Maaskant | Daniel Martin | David Millar | Danny Pate | Kilian Patour | Tom Peterson | Chris Sutton | Christian Vande Velde | David Zabriskie | Manager: Jonathan Vaughters

Persondata
NAME	Danielson, Tom
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Road bicycle racer
DATE OF BIRTH	1978-03-13
PLACE OF BIRTH	East Lyme, Connecticut, USA
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH