Damien Howson

Damien Howson
Howson at the 2013 Tour de l'Avenir
Personal information
NicknameDamo[1]
Born (1992-08-13) 13 August 1992 (age 32)
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight68 kg (150 lb)
Team information
Current teamQ36.5 Pro Cycling Team
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeAll-rounder[1]
Domestique[2]
Amateur team
2011–2012Team Jayco–AIS
Professional teams
2013–2022Orica–GreenEDGE[3][4][5]
2023–Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team
Medal record
Representing  Australia
Gold medal – first place 2013 Florence Under-23 time trial
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Valkenburg Under-23 time trial
Representing Orica–GreenEDGE
Men's road bicycle racing
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2014 Ponferrada Team time trial

Damien Howson (born 13 August 1992) is an Australian cyclist, who rides for UCI ProTeam Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team.[6]

Career

Howson started his athletic career in basketball, becoming a state champion aged 13. He moved to cycling when South Australian Sports Institute discovered his potential after physiological testing on the state junior basketball team.[7]

He won the world under-23 time trial in 2013, as well as the Oceania Cycling Championships under-23 time trial and road race.[8] He was named in the start list for the 2015 Vuelta a España[9] and the 2016 Giro d'Italia.[10] In 2017 he won the 64th edition of the Herald Sun Tour.[11] In June 2017, he was named to make his debut at the 2017 Tour de France. [12]

Personal life

In 2020 Howson married his high school friend, Georgie Russell at Longview Vineyard near Macclesfield in his home state of South Australia.[13] He is an old scholar of Pedare Christian College.[14]

Major results

2010
1st Trofeo San Rocco
3rd Overall GP Général Patton
4th Overall 3 Giorni Orobica
9th Overall Liège–La Gleize
2011
Oceania Under-23 Road Championships
1st Time trial
4th Road race
1st Team pursuit, National Track Championships
4th Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
9th Time trial, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships
9th Chrono Champenois
9th Memorial Davide Fardelli
2012
1st Time trial, Oceania Under-23 Road Championships
2nd Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
2nd Memorial Davide Fardelli
3rd Time trial, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships
4th Chrono Champenois
7th Overall Tour Alsace
2013
1st Time trial, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships
1st UCI Oceania Tour
Oceania Under-23 Road Championships
1st Road race
1st Time trial
National Under-23 Road Championships
1st Time trial
2nd Road race
1st Trofeo Alcide Degasperi
2nd Chrono Champenois
3rd Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23
1st Prologue
3rd Trofeo Banca Popolare di Vicenza
5th Giro del Belvedere
7th Gran Premio Palio del Recioto
2014
2nd Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships
3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
2015
5th Time trial, National Road Championships
5th Overall Herald Sun Tour
2016
3rd Overall Herald Sun Tour
4th Time trial, National Road Championships
2017 (2 pro wins)
1st Overall Herald Sun Tour
1st Stage 1
9th GP Miguel Induráin
9th Pro Ötztaler 5500
2018
3rd Overall Herald Sun Tour
4th Overall Colorado Classic
2019
1st Stage 1 (TTT) Tirreno–Adriatico
2nd Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
1st Stage 1b (TTT)
10th Overall Herald Sun Tour
2020 (2)
1st Overall Czech Cycling Tour
1st Stages 1 (TTT) & 4
3rd Overall Herald Sun Tour
3rd Overall Tour de Hongrie
2021 (2)
1st Overall Tour de Hongrie
1st Stage 4
2023 (1)
3rd Overall Tour of Britain
4th Overall Vuelta a Asturias
1st Stage 1
4th Overall Vuelta a Burgos
2024
8th Overall Tour de Hongrie
9th Overall Tour Down Under

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia — 53 — — — DNF — 33
A yellow jersey Tour de France — — 88 DNF — — — —
A red jersey Vuelta a España 147 45 — 70 49 — 95 —
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References

  1. ^ a b "Damien Howson". Mitchelton-SCOTT GreenEDGE Cycling.
  2. ^ "Beyond the Giro: Howson thrilled to support Chaves as super domestique". Cycling.
  3. ^ "Mitchelton-Scott finalise 25-rider roster for 2019". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 15 November 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
  4. ^ "Wins from January to October: Mitchelton-Scott men confirm roster and goals for 2020". Mitchelton–Scott. New Global Cycling Services. 11 December 2019. Archived from the original on 2 January 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  5. ^ "GreenEDGE Cycling". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  6. ^ Long, Jonny (4 November 2022). "Doug Ryder's new Q36.5 team has announced its 23-man squad". CyclingTips. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
  7. ^ Homfray, Reece (30 June 2017). "Tour de France debut for South Aussie dynamo Damien Howson". Archived from the original on 7 July 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  8. ^ Drape, Julian (24 September 2013). "Damien Howson wins under-23 time trial world championship". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
  9. ^ "Vuelta a España 2015". Cycling Fever. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  10. ^ "99th Giro d'Italia Startlist". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  11. ^ Woodpower, Zeb (5 February 2017). "Howson scrapes through another day of Sun Tour high drama". Retrieved 5 February 2017.
  12. ^ Woodpower, Zeb (27 June 2017). "Damien Howson ready for Tour de France debut". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  13. ^ "Damien Howson + Georgie Russell". SA Life. 30 September 2020. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
  14. ^ Millard, Mike (7 July 2017). "Pedare Old Scholar's Debut Ride in the Tour de France". The Vine. Pedare Christian College. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
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