Donald Allan
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Full name | Donald John Allan |
Date of birth | September 24, 1949 |
nation | Australia |
discipline | Road cycling , track cycling |
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1974–1977 1978 1979–1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1986 |
Frisol Barnett-Edwards-Shimano pony Zonca Kyoso Qantas Teka Peugeot-Michelin |
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Donald John Allan (born September 24, 1949 in Melbourne ) is a retired Australian cyclist .
Athletic career
In 1972 Donald Allan started at the Olympic Games in Munich and finished 58th in the road race , while he was 17th in the team time trial with the Australian team ( Jose Graeme , Clyde Sefton , John Trevorrow ). In 1973 he won one stage each of the Tour of Austria and the International Peace Tour . Until 1977 he started for the Dutch team Frisol , for which he also took part in the Tour de France twice.
Allan then focused on six-day races . Between 1976 and 1986 he contested 107 six-day races, of which he won 17. With 15 wins he teamed up with Danny Clark . In 1976 the two drivers also won a silver medal together at the European championship in two-man team driving .
His younger brother was David Allan , who was killed in a car accident in 1989; his cousin is the former cyclist Peter Besanko .
Web links
- Donald Allan in the Radsportseiten.net database
- Donald Allan in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Donald Allan in the Tour de France database(French / English )
- Donald Allan. The-Sports.org, accessed January 5, 2014 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ The European championships before the founding of the " European Cycling Union " (UEC) in 1995 are considered unofficial, since up to that point they were usually invitation races in which non-European riders could also take part.
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SURNAME | Allan, Donald |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Allan, Donald John |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Australian cyclist |
DATE OF BIRTH | September 24, 1949 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Melbourne , Australia |