Nathan Dahlberg
Nathan Dahlberg (born February 22, 1965 in Wangani ) is a New Zealand cyclist .
Career
Nathan Dahlberg began his professional career in 1988 with the American 7-Eleven team. In the following years he was with 7-Eleven-American Airlines-Wamasch (1989), 7-Eleven-Hoonved (1990), Motorola (1991), Spago (1992), Team Hohenfelder-Concorde (1999) and Marco Polo Cycling Team (2003) under contract.
With the Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia he drove two of the three big tours and was a teammate of the seven-time tour winner Lance Armstrong in the early 1990s .
After his professional career, Dahlberg started as a guest driver in international races for various elite teams, for example for Greenfield Fresh Milk at the Tour d'Indonesia and for Nordland-Hamburg at the Ringerike Grand Prix in Norway in 2005 and the Scandinavian Open in Sweden in 2004.
With races in 49 countries (as of 2005) he is one of the world's most famous racers in the peloton.
Successes (selection)
1988
- Win Crystal Palace
1989
- Grand Prix Antwerp (Bel) wins
- fourth stage Milk Race (UK)
1990
- first stage Tour de Suisse
1991
- ninth stage Tour de Mexico
1992
- fourth stage Madera County Tour (USA)
- third stage Tour of Willamette (USA)
- second stage Tour of Bisbee (USA)
- fourth stage Tour of Bisbee (USA)
- second stage Casper Classic (USA)
- seventh stage Casper Classic (USA)
1993
- first leg New Zealand Post Tour
2001
- fifth stage Tour du Maroc
- Overall winner Tour du Maroc
2002
- 1b. Stage Tour of Serbia
2004
- Overall winner of the Tour d'Indonesia
Teams
- 1988 7-Eleven
- 1989 7-Eleven-American Airlines-Wamasch
- 1990 7-Eleven-Hoonved
- 1991 Motorola
- 1992 Spago-Nutra Sweet
- 1993 Spago-Rossin
- 1997 Village Peddler
- 1998 Start to Finish Village
- 1999 Hohenfelder-Concorde team
- 2007 AltiPower Global Cycling
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dahlberg, Nathan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | New Zealand cyclist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 22, 1965 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wangani |