David Allan

David Allan

To person
Date of birth	January 1, 1951
date of death	June 6, 1989
nation	Australia
discipline	Road cycling, track cycling
Team (s)
1975-1976 1977-1979 1980 1984 1985-1986	Frisol Barnett-Edwards-Shimano Pony Mainline-Merckx Rare Spares
Most important successes
National track championships 1985: team pursuit 1980: points race Other cycling races 1980: Herald Sun Tour 1978, 1982: Melbourne-Warnambool

David Allan (born January 1, 1951 in Melbourne , † June 6, 1989 ibid) was an Australian cyclist .

Athletic career

In 1975 David Allan won the Belgian Ronde van de Kempen cycle race . Three years later he won in his home country Melbourne-Warrnambool , which he won again in 1982, and he was Australian runner-up in road racing . In 1980 he decided the Herald Sun Tour and the Midlands Tour for himself, which he won a second time in 1984.

In 1980 Allan was Australian championship points race and 1985 team pursuit . He also started at nine six-day races of which he 1976 together with Phil Sawyer that in Newcastle won.

Allan was killed in a car accident on June 6, 1989. He was the younger brother of racing driver Donald Allan and a cousin of Peter Besanko .

Honors

In 1976 David Allan was named Australia's “Cyclist of the Year” with the Sir Hubert Opperman Trophy .

Web links

• David Allan in the Radsportseiten.net database

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Where are they now? "Bulldog Besanko". Cycling Tips, October 12, 2012, accessed January 5, 2014 .