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]
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| Full name | Allan Davis | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 27 July 1980 Ipswich, Queensland, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 73 kg (161 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Retired | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rider type | Sprinter | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Career
editIn 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]
Major results
edit- 2000
- 7th Road race, UCI Road World Under-23 Championships
- 2001
- 6th Road race, UCI Road World Under-23 Championships
- 2002
- 1st Stage 1 Giro del Capo
- 2nd GP Istria
- 3rd Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships
- 2003
- 1st Trofeo Manacor
- 1st Stage 4 Circuit Cycliste de la Sarthe
- 2nd Road race, National Road Championships
- 2004
- 1st Giro del Piemonte
- 1st Trofeo Alcudia
- 1st Trofeo Manacor
- 1st Stage 5 Deutschland Tour
- 5th Overall Tour de Pologne
- 1st Stage 3
- 2005
- Vuelta a Murcia
- 1st Stages 1, 3 & 5
- Eneco Tour
- 1st
Points classification - 1st Stage 3
- 1st
- Vuelta a Aragón
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stage 5
- 1st
- 2nd Overall Tour Down Under
- 3rd Paris–Tours
- 3rd HEW Cyclassics
- 2006
- Tour Down Under
- 1st Stages 2 & 5
- 3rd
Road race, Commonwealth Games - 2007
- Tour of Qinghai Lake
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stages 1, 3, 5, 6 & 9
- 1st
- 1st Stage 3 Volta a Catalunya
- 2nd Milan–San Remo
- 2008
- 2nd Overall Tour Down Under
- 1st Stage 3
- 2nd Overall Geelong Bay Classic Series
- 1st Stage 4
- 3rd Vattenfall Cyclassics
- 4th Overall Tour de Pologne
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stage 2
- 1st
- 2009
- 1st
Overall Tour Down Under
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stages 2, 4 & 5
- 1st
- 2nd Paris–Brussels
- 2nd Grand Prix de Wallonie
- 4th Milan–San Remo
- 4th Vattenfall Cyclassics
- 2010
- 1st
Road race, Commonwealth Games - 1st
Points classification Tour de Pologne - 3rd
Road race, UCI Road World Championships - 5th Vattenfall Cyclassics
- 2011
- 9th Overall Tour Down Under
- 10th Cancer Council Helpline Classic
- 2012
- 1st
Overall Geelong Bay Classic Series - 6th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
References
edit- ^ a b "Davis joins GreenEdge, with London Games in sights". VeloNews. Agence France-Presse. 20 September 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ^ "Australian Team for 2010 Commonwealth Games : Research : Australian Sports Commission". Ausport.gov.au. 18 October 2010. Archived from the original on 28 March 2012. Retrieved 17 November 2012.
- ^ [1] Archived 20 October 2006 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Davis Brothers Sign With Astana". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 17 November 2012.
- ^ "Davis retires from cycling". cyclingnews.com. 14 February 2014. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
- ^ Rogers, Owen (15 February 2018). "Wiggle High5 fire lead director Rae-Szalinski". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
External links
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- 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
