Danielson at the 2007 Tour of California |
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Tom Danielson | ||
| Born | March 13, 1978 United States |
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| Current team | Garmin-Cervélo | ||
| Discipline | Road | ||
| Role | Rider | ||
| Rider type | All-Rounder | ||
| Professional team(s) | |||
| 1999–2001 2002 2003 2004 2005–2007 2008– |
SoBe/Headshok Mercury Saturn Fassa Bortolo Discovery Channel Slipstream-Chipotle |
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| Infobox last updated on July 25, 2008 |
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Tom Danielson (born March 13, 1978 in East Lyme, Connecticut, U.S.) is a professional road racing cyclist. Previously riding for the Saturn Team on the U.S. Pro Circuit, and for Fassa Bortolo in Europe, Danielson is currently a member of Garmin-Cervélo, 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. He also holds the record time for the Mt. Evans Hill Climb in Colorado, which traverses the highest paved road in North America, and of Lookout Mountain, also in Colorado.
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 14, 2007.
After multiple impressive performances in the Vuelta a Espana race, Danielson made his debut at the Tour de France in 2011, riding well and finishing as the highest placed American in 9th place.
| Grand Tour | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
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| Giro | DNF | DNF | - | - | 78 | - | - |
| Tour | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 |
| Vuelta | 7 | 6 | DNF | - | DNF | 9 | - |