Chris Hamilton
To person | |
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Date of birth | 18th May 1995 (age 25) |
nation | Australia |
discipline | Street |
To the team | |
Current team | Sunweb |
function | driver |
Team (s) | |
2014 2016 2017– |
Avanti Racing Team Avanti Isowhey Sport Sunweb |
Last updated: July 26, 2018 |
Christopher "Chris" Hamilton (born May 18, 1995 in Bendigo ) is an Australian cyclist .
Athletic career
Chris Hamilton started out as a mountain biker before focusing on road cycling .
In 2016 he was the Australian U23 road racing champion, won the junior ranking and finished eighth in the overall ranking of the Herald Sun Tour , finished the Tour de Taiwan in seventh overall and the Tour Down Under in fourteen.
For the 2017 season he switched to the UCI WorldTeam Sunweb and competed in his first Grand Tour at the Vuelta a España , which he finished in 121st place. The following year he was sixth in the road race of the elite at the Australian Championships. At the Tour Down Under he was sixteenth overall and fifth in the junior ranking, and he finished the Tour of Slovenia in 12th place. His team also included him in the squad for the Giro d'Italia , which he placed 103rd could finish. Later in the season he was ninth overall in the Tour of Britain .
successes
2015
2016
- Australian Champion - Road Race (U23)
- Herald Sun Tour junior ranking
- 2019
- Young talent Tour Down Under
Grand Tour placements
Grand Tour | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
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Giro d'Italia | - | 103 | 34 |
Tour de France | - | - | |
Vuelta a España | 121 | - |
Teams
- 2014 Avanti Racing Team
- 2016 Avanti Isowhey Sport
- 2017 Team Sunweb
- 2018 Team Sunweb
- 2019 Team Sunweb
Web links
- Chris Hamilton in the ProCyclingStats.com database
- Chris Hamilton in the Radsportseiten.net database
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Hamilton, Chris |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hamilton, Christopher (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Australian cyclist |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 18, 1995 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Bendigo |