Phil Gaimon

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Phil Gaimon Road cycling
Phil Gaimon at the Tour de San Luis (2014)
Phil Gaimon at the Tour de San Luis (2014)
To person
Full name Phillip Gaimon
Nickname Phil the Thrill, Cookie Monster
Date of birth January 28, 1986
nation United StatesUnited States United States
discipline Road , rail
End of career 2016
Team (s)
2006
2009
2010–2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016 		VMG Racing
Jelly Belley
Kenda presented by Gear Grinder
Kenda-5-Hour Energy
Bissell Cycling
Garmin Sharp
Optum-Kelly Benefit Strategies
Cannondale Pro Cycling Team
Most important successes

a stage Tour de San Luis 2014

Phillip "Phil" Gaimon (born January 28, 1986 in Columbus , Ohio ) is a former American cyclist .

Athletic career

In 2004, Phil Gaimon started cycling to lose weight. In 2006 he had his first major success when he finished second in the overall ranking of the Eduard Soto Memorial . In 2008 and 2009 he won the Mount Washington Hill Climb , a 7.6 mile hill climb with a twelve percent gradient that is popular in the USA. In 2011 he became the US runner-up in the team pursuit , together with Zack Noonan , Roman Kilun and Daniel Harm .

In 2012 Gaimon won a stage and the overall classification of the Redlands Bicycle Classic and in 2013 also a stage and the overall classification of the McLane Pacific Classic . He suffered a serious fall during the San Dimas Stage Race , after which he was unconscious for minutes and had to be taken to the hospital by helicopter. At the US Road Championship in 2013, he attracted attention when he drove 25 kilometers ahead alone, but was then intercepted 500 meters from the finish and swallowed by the field; ultimately he was 17.

After years in UCI Continental teams , Gaimon moved to the UCI WorldTeam Garmin-Sharp for the 2014 season under team manager Jonathan Vaughters . In his first race for this team in January 2014, the Tour de San Luis , he won the first stage after a long breakaway attempt, was overall leader for four stages and finally finished second in the overall standings. As a result of the team's merger with the Cannondale team , Gaimon's contract was not renewed for 2015.

For the 2015 season, Gaimon switched to Optum-Kelly Benefit Strategies , for which he again won the Redland Classics with the help of Michael Woods . At the subsequent US road championships he was part of the leading group, but had to give up the race after a fall.

After a year, Gaimon got another contract with Vaughters Team, which was now called Cannondale Pro Cycling Team . According to his own statements, Vaughters informed him before signing the contract that he would primarily be used as a brand ambassador and accordingly received few appearances in races that suited him. Another merger with Drapac Professional Cycling resulted in a further reduction in the original roster. Gaimon's contract was not renewed, and as negotiations with the Dimension Data team fell apart and Gaimon no longer wanted to drive for lower-class teams, he ended his career as a cyclist.

Away from cycling

Gaimon blogs regularly for various cycling sites and has built a large fan base as a result. His book Pro Cycling on $ 10 a Day: From Fat Kid to Euro Pro (published in a first edition under the title Road Rash and Ramen Noodles: True Tales of Pro Cycling on $ 10 Dollars a Day ) received many critics for the writing style and the open handling of cycling problems. He also runs his own bike shop. He describes himself as a "cookie expert" who recommends the best cookie stores in the US on his Phil the Thrill website ; that is why he is also called the Cookie Monster , which he disguised as which he can be photographed. Gaimon is co-founder of Share the damn road , which promotes more safety for cyclists on public roads. He also wears a tattoo with the green words Clean , which indicates a vow never to use doping.

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Phil Gaimon Journal: Reports of my death are greatly exaggerate. In: Velo News. April 18, 2013, accessed January 28, 2014 .
  2. ^ Dan Wuori: Gaimon's nationals attack puts Bissell rider in the spotlight. In: Velo News. May 28, 2013, accessed January 28, 2014 .
  3. ↑ Phil Gaimon: Draft horses in bib shorts . Covadonga Verlag, Bielefeld 2017, ISBN 978-3-95726-031-4 , pp. 85-86 .
  4. ↑ Phil Gaimon: Draft horses in bib shorts . Covadonga Verlag, Bielefeld 2017, ISBN 978-3-95726-031-4 , pp. 222-227 .
  5. ↑ Phil Gaimon: Draft horses in bib shorts . Covadonga Verlag, Bielefeld 2017, ISBN 978-3-95726-031-4 , pp. 275-284 .
  6. ↑ Phil Gaimon: Draft horses in bib shorts . Covadonga Verlag, Bielefeld 2017, ISBN 978-3-95726-031-4 , pp. 302-304 .
  7. ↑ Phil Gaimon: Draft horses in bib shorts . Covadonga Verlag, Bielefeld 2017, ISBN 978-3-95726-031-4 , pp. 313 f., 353-358, 367 .
  8. ↑ Road Rash and Ramen Noodles: True Tales of Pro Cycling on $ 10 Dollars a Day. In: Good Reads. March 1, 2014, accessed November 11, 2014 .
  9. ↑ Douglas Ansel: Phil Gaimon: Getting to Know the Cookie Monster. In: Podium Cafe. June 6, 2013, accessed January 28, 2014 .
personal data
SURNAME Gaimon, Phil
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gaimon, Phillip (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH January 28, 1986
PLACE OF BIRTH Columbus