Allan Davis

Davis at the 2009 Tour Down Under
Personal information
Full name	Allan Davis
Born	(1980-07-27) 27 July 1980 (age 44) Ipswich, Queensland, Australia
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	73 kg (161 lb)
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Sprinter
Professional teams
2001–2002	Mapei–Quick-Step
2003–2006	ONCE–Eroski
2007	Discovery Channel
2008	Mitsubishi–Jartazi
2008–2009	Quick-Step
2010–2011	Astana
2012–2013	GreenEDGE
Major wins
Stage races Tour Down Under (2009)
Medal record Representing  Australia Men's road bicycle racing Commonwealth Games 2006 Melbourne Road Race 2010 New Delhi Road Race World Championships 2010 Melbourne Elite Men's Road Race

Allan Howard Davis (born 27 July 1980) is an Australian former professional road racing cyclist, who last rode for UCI ProTour team Orica–GreenEDGE.^[1] Born in Ipswich, Queensland, Davis resides in Bundaberg, Queensland and in Spain. Known for his sprinting ability, he started competitive cycling at the age of 10, and turned professional in 2002. He is also the brother of fellow cyclist, Scott Davis, and was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.^[2]

In 2004 and 2005 he participated in the Tour de France, coming fifth in the points classification at the 2005 Tour de France behind the winner, Thor Hushovd of Norway, and fellow Australians Stuart O'Grady (2nd) and Robbie McEwen (3rd), and Kazakh champion Alexander Vinokourov (4th).

In 2006, Davis was one of the riders of the Astana–Würth team implicated in the Operación Puerto doping case. However, on 26 July 2006, Davis was cleared by Spanish officials.^[3]

He made his debut with Quick Step on 3 September 2008 in the Memorial Rik Van Steenbergen – Aartselaar race after reaching an agreement with Patrick Lefevere for the following two seasons and obtained a definitive free pass from his former team, Mitsubishi–Jartazi.

His 2009 season got off to an excellent start with three stages and the overall of the 2009 Tour Down Under.

Davis moved with brother Scott to Astana for the 2010 season.^[4] He remained with the team until the end of 2011, when he moved to the new GreenEDGE team.^[1]

Davis won gold in the Road Race in the 2010 Commonwealth Games.

Orica–GreenEDGE opted not to renew Davis' contract for 2014. After attempting to find a new team, Davis announced his retirement from competition in February 2014.^[5]

In February 2018 Davis joined Wiggle High5 as the team's lead directeur sportif.^[6]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Allan Davis.

• Allan Davis at UCI
• Allan Davis at Cycling Archives (archived)
• Allan Davis at Commonwealth Games Australia
• Allan Davis at the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games (archived)
• Allan Davis at the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games (archived)
• Cycling Australia profile at the Wayback Machine (archived 15 March 2005)
• Palmares at Cycling Base