Jonathan Vaughters
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| Full name | Jonathan Vaughters |
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| Current team | Team Slipstream |
Jonathan Vaughters (born June 10, 1973 in Denver) is a former American professional racing cyclist and current directeur sportif.
Racing career
Jonathan Vaughters got involved in cycling in the 1980's, racing in the Red Zinger Mini Classics youth cycling series in Colorado. 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.
Vaughters also holds the Cycle To The Sun record time of 2:38 for climbing Haleakala volcano on Maui, Hawaii.[1]
He joined Crédit Agricole at the time when Chris Boardman was riding for them, and the two became roommates. Despite his climbing prowess, he had bad luck in the 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.
He retired from racing in 2002, citing a desire to spend more time with his family.[2]
Major results
United States National Time Trial Champion (1997)- 3rd overall, Tour Méditerranéen (2000)
- Team time trial, Tour de France (2001)
- 2 stage wins, Dauphiné Libéré (1999, 2000)
- 1st, Mt. Evans Hill Climb (1997, 1999, 2003)
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Coaching career
He is currently the CEO of Slipstream Sports and directeur sportif of the UCI Professional Continental Team Slipstream presented by Chipotle, formerly the UCI Contintental squad Team TIAA-CREF.