Davis Phinney
Davis Welsh Phinney (born July 10, 1959 in Boulder , Colorado ) is a retired American cyclist and national cycling champion . He is the first American to win a stage in the Tour de France .
Cycling career
1980 Davis Phinney was third in the US championship in cyclo-cross racing . In 1982 and 1983 he was able to win the national title in the team time trial. In this discipline he was also Pan American champion in 1983. In 1984 he started at the Olympic Games in Los Angeles . In the team time trial he won the bronze medal with Roy Knickman , Ron Kiefel and Andy Weaver , in the individual road race he finished fifth. Phinney turned pro right after the August games and had ten wins by the end of the season. He started four times in the Tour de France and won one stage each in 1986 and 1987 . In 1986 he won the Redlands Bicycle Classics . In 1991 he became the American road racing champion for professionals. In 1988 he won the “Tour of the Americas” and twice, in 1991 and 1993, the “ Fitchburg Longsjo Classic ” race. In the fall of 1993, he retired as a professional driver after winning nine races in his last season.
Professional and family
After retiring from active cycling that year, Davis Phinney worked as a journalist and sports commentator. He is married to former cyclist Connie Carpenter-Phinney and has two children. The son Taylor Phinney is also a successful cyclist.
illness
At the age of 40, Phinney was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease . In 2004 he founded the Davis Phinney Foundation to support people with Parkinson's disease.
Honors
In 2001, Davis Phinney was inducted into the United States Bicycling Hall of Fame .
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Pascal Sergent, Guy Crasset, Herve Dauchy: Wereld Encyclopedie Wielrennen . Eecloonaar, Eeklo 2001, p. 1465 .
- ↑ List of winners of the Fitchburg Longsjo Classic ( Memento of the original from March 20, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ davisphinneyfoundation.org
- ↑ usbhof.org ( Memento of the original from October 9, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Web links
- Davis Phinney in the Radsportseiten.net database
- Davis Phinney in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Davis Phinney in the Tour de France database(French / English )
1937 Charles Bergna | 1965 Michael Beckwith Hiltner | 1966 Bob Tetzlaff | 1968 John Howard Springfield | 1985 Eric Heiden | 1986 Thomas Prehn | 1987 Tom Schuler | 1988 Ron Kiefel | 1989 Greg Oravetz | 1990 Kurt Stockton | 1991 Davis Phinney | 1992, 1997 Bart Bowen | 1993 Lance Armstrong | 1994 Steve Hegg | 1995 Norman Alvis | 1996 Eddy Gragus | 1998, 2006, 2009 George Hincapie | 1999 Marty Jemison | 2000, 2001, 2004, 2013 Fred Rodriguez | 2002 Chann McRae | 2003 Mark McCormack | 2005 Chris Wherry | 2007 Levi Leipheimer | 2008 Tyler Hamilton | 2010 Ben King | 2011, 2015 Matthew Busche | 2012 Timothy Duggan | 2014 Eric Marcotte | 2016 Gregory Daniel | 2017 Lawrence Warbasse | 2018 Jonathan Brown | 2019 Alex Howes
The results are not exhaustive.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Phinney, Davis |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Phinney, Davis Welsh (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American cyclist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 10, 1959 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Boulder , Colorado |