Allan Davis
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Allan Howard Davis is an Australia
n professional road racing cyclist for UCI ProTour
team . 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
.
In 2004 and 2005 he participated in the Tour de France
, coming fifth in the points classification for the green jersey 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 five riders of the team implicated in the Operación Puerto doping case
. However, on 26 July 2006, Davis was cleared by Spanish officials.
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 for the 2010 season.
Davis won Gold in the Road Race in the 2010 Commonwealth Games.
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Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n professional road racing cyclist for UCI ProTour
UCI ProTour
The UCI ProTour was a series of road bicycle races in Europe, Australia and Canada organised by the UCI . Created by Hein Verbruggen, former president of the UCI, it comprises a number of 'ProTour' cycling teams, each of whom are required to compete in every round of the series...
team . Born in Ipswich, Queensland
Ipswich, Queensland
Ipswich is a city in South-East Queensland, Australia. Situated along the Bremer River Valley approximately 40 kilometres away from the state's capital Brisbane. The suburb by the same name forms the city's Central Business District and administrative centre...
, Davis resides in Bundaberg, Queensland
Bundaberg, Queensland
Bundaberg is a city in Queensland, Australia. It is part of the Local Government Area of the Bundaberg Region and is a major centre within Queensland's broader Wide Bay-Burnett geographical region...
and in Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
. Known for his sprinting
Cycling sprinter
A cycling sprinter is a road bicycle racer or track racer who can finish a race very explosively by accelerating quickly to a high speed, often using the slipstream of another cyclist or group of cyclists tactically to conserve energy.-The road sprinter:...
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
Scott Davis (cyclist)
Scott Davis is an Australian former professional road bicycle racer, last for UCI Pro Tour Team .Born in Bundaberg, Queensland, he currently lives in Varese, Italy.He is the brother of fellow cyclist, Allan Davis.- Palmarès :...
.
In 2004 and 2005 he participated in the Tour de France
Tour de France
The Tour de France is an annual bicycle race held in France and nearby countries. First staged in 1903, the race covers more than and lasts three weeks. As the best known and most prestigious of cycling's three "Grand Tours", the Tour de France attracts riders and teams from around the world. The...
, coming fifth in the points classification for the green jersey at the 2005 Tour de France
2005 Tour de France
The 2005 Tour de France was the 92nd Tour de France, taking place from July 2 to July 24, 2005. It comprised 21 stages over 3592.5 km, the winner's average speed was 41.654 km/h. The first stages were held in the département of the Vendée, for the third time in 12 years. The 2005 Tour was...
behind the winner, Thor Hushovd
Thor Hushovd
Thor Hushovd is a Norwegian professional road bicycle racer riding . He has signed for from 2012 onwards. He is known for sprinting and time trialing and is the 2010 Norwegian and world road champion. He is the first Norwegian to lead the Tour de France, and first Scandinavian to win the road...
of Norway, and fellow Australians Stuart O'Grady
Stuart O'Grady
Stuart O'Grady OAM , nicknamed Stuey, is an Australian professional road bicycle racer on UCI ProTeam , who started as a track cyclist. He and Graeme Brown won a gold medal in Men's Madison at the 2004 Summer Olympics...
(2nd) and Robbie McEwen
Robbie McEwen
Robbie McEwen is an Australian professional road bicycle racer, for on the UCI ProTour, specializing in sprint finishes...
(3rd), and Kazakh champion Alexander Vinokourov
Alexander Vinokourov
Alexander Nikolaevich Vinokourov, also written Alexandre Vinokourov, is an ethnically Russian Kazakhstani professional road bicycle racer who currently competes with the UCI ProTeam Astana...
(4th).
In 2006, Davis was one of five riders of the team implicated in the Operación Puerto doping case
Operación Puerto doping case
Operación Puerto is the code name of a Spanish Police operation against the doping network of Doctor Eufemiano Fuentes, started in May 2006, which resulted in a scandal that involved several of the world most famous cyclists at the time.Media attention has focused on the small number of...
. However, on 26 July 2006, Davis was cleared by Spanish officials.
He made his debut with Quick Step on 3 September 2008 in the Memorial Rik Van Steenbergen
Rik Van Steenbergen
Rik Van Steenbergen was a Belgian racing cyclist, considered to be one of the best among the great number of successful Belgian cyclists.-Early life:...
– Aartselaar race after reaching an agreement with Patrick Lefevere
Patrick Lefévère
Patrick Lefevere is the Belgian cycling team manager of the Quick Step-Innergetic cycling team. He is from Flanders, the Dutch-speaking region of the north. He was a professional racer from 1976 to 1979, winning Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne and the fourth stage in the Vuelta a España, both in 1978...
for the following two seasons and obtained a definitive free pass from his former team, Mitsubishi-Jartazi
Mitsubishi-Jartazi
Jartazi was a professional cycling team based in Belgium from 2004 until 2007 and Estonia in 2008. It started as a Division III team in 2004, made the transition to UCI Continental in 2005 and became UCI Professional Continental in 2008. The team was managed by Patrick Stallaert...
.
His 2009 season got off to an excellent start with three stages and the overall of the 2009 Tour Down Under
2009 Tour Down Under
The 2009 Tour Down Under was the 11th edition of the Tour Down Under cycling stage race, taking place over 20 –25 January around Adelaide, Australia...
.
Davis moved with brother Scott to for the 2010 season.
Davis won Gold in the Road Race in the 2010 Commonwealth Games.
Cycling career
1998- Australian Junior Men's Road Cyclist of the Year award
2000
- 7th U-23 Road Race World Championships
- 9th National Road Race Championship
2001
- 6th U-23 Road Race World Championships
2002
- 1st Stage 1 Giro del Capo (Cape Argus Cycle Tour)
- 2nd GP Istria
- 3rd National U-23 Road Race Championship
2003
- 1st Trofeo Manacor
- 1st Stage 4 Circuit Cycliste de la Sarthe
- 2nd National Road Race Championship
2004
- 1st Stage 5 Deutschland TourDeutschland TourThe Deutschland Tour was the most important multi-stage road bicycle race in Germany. Initially the race was held in May/June. Since 2005 it is part of the UCI ProTour and has been moved to August...
- 1st Stage 3 Tour de PologneTour de PologneThe Tour de Pologne is a road bicycle racing stage race. It consists of seven or eight stages and is usually around 1,200 km in length. The race was first held in 1928. Until 1952 the race was held sporadically, but since then it has been an annual race...
- 1st Giro del PiemonteGiro del PiemonteThe Giro del Piemonte is a semi classic European bicycle race held in the Apennine Mountains, Italy. The race first took place in 1906. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.HC event on the UCI Europe Tour...
- 1st Trofeo Alcudia
- 1st Trofeo Manacor
- 98th Overall, Tour de France2004 Tour de FranceThe 2004 Tour de France was the 91st, taking place from July 3 to July 25, 2004. It consisted of 20 stages over 3391 km.Lance Armstrong became the first to win six Tours de France. Armstrong had been favored to win, his competitors seen as being German Jan Ullrich, Spaniards Roberto Heras and...
2005
- 1st Stage 3 Eneco Tour
- 1st
Points Classification,
- 1st
- 1st Stage 5 Vuelta a AragónVuelta a AragónVuelta a Aragón is a professional cycle road race held in Spain in April each year. The event was first run in 1939 but has not been held consistently, being cancelled in 2006 and 2007...
- 1st Points Classification,
- 1st
- 1st Stage 1 Vuelta a MurciaVuelta a MurciaThe Vuelta Ciclista a Murcia is a road bicycle race held in and around Murcia, Spain. The race consists of a men's competition over five stages and is part of the UCI Europe Tour as a 2.1 event. The first four editions were reserved to amateurs....
- 1st Stage 3 Vuelta a MurciaVuelta a MurciaThe Vuelta Ciclista a Murcia is a road bicycle race held in and around Murcia, Spain. The race consists of a men's competition over five stages and is part of the UCI Europe Tour as a 2.1 event. The first four editions were reserved to amateurs....
- 1st Stage 5 Vuelta a MurciaVuelta a MurciaThe Vuelta Ciclista a Murcia is a road bicycle race held in and around Murcia, Spain. The race consists of a men's competition over five stages and is part of the UCI Europe Tour as a 2.1 event. The first four editions were reserved to amateurs....
- 2nd Overall, Tour Down UnderTour Down UnderThe Tour Down Under is a cycling race in Adelaide, South Australia and surrounding area. The race starts on the third Tuesday of January each year and attracts riders from across Australia and the world. In 2005, the Tour Down Under was promoted by the Union Cycliste Internationale to the...
- 3rd Paris–Tours
- 3rd HEW Cyclassics
- 84th Overall Tour de France2005 Tour de FranceThe 2005 Tour de France was the 92nd Tour de France, taking place from July 2 to July 24, 2005. It comprised 21 stages over 3592.5 km, the winner's average speed was 41.654 km/h. The first stages were held in the département of the Vendée, for the third time in 12 years. The 2005 Tour was...
2006
- 1st Stage 2 Tour Down UnderTour Down UnderThe Tour Down Under is a cycling race in Adelaide, South Australia and surrounding area. The race starts on the third Tuesday of January each year and attracts riders from across Australia and the world. In 2005, the Tour Down Under was promoted by the Union Cycliste Internationale to the...
- 1st Stage 5 Tour Down UnderTour Down UnderThe Tour Down Under is a cycling race in Adelaide, South Australia and surrounding area. The race starts on the third Tuesday of January each year and attracts riders from across Australia and the world. In 2005, the Tour Down Under was promoted by the Union Cycliste Internationale to the...
- 3rd
Commonwealth Games Road Race2006 Commonwealth GamesThe 2006 Commonwealth Games were held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia between 15 March and 26 March 2006. It was the largest sporting event to be staged in Melbourne, eclipsing the 1956 Summer Olympics in terms of the number of teams competing, athletes competing, and events being held.The site...
2007
- 1st Stage 3 Volta a Catalunya2007 Volta a CatalunyaThe 2007 Volta a Catalunya road cycling race took place from May 21 to May 27, 2007, in Catalonia. It began in Salou with a team time trial and ends in Barcelona. The race was won by Russian Vladimir Karpets of the team, who won the race thanks to winning the team time trial, and second placings...
- 1st Stage 1 Tour of Qinghai LakeTour of Qinghai LakeTour of Qinghai Lake is an elite men's professional road bicycle racing event held annually near Qinghai Lake, China. The race is rated at the highest level for a multi-day stage race by the Union Cycliste Internationale and since 2005, has been part of the UCI Asia Tour.- Past results :...
- 1st Stage 3 Tour of Qinghai LakeTour of Qinghai LakeTour of Qinghai Lake is an elite men's professional road bicycle racing event held annually near Qinghai Lake, China. The race is rated at the highest level for a multi-day stage race by the Union Cycliste Internationale and since 2005, has been part of the UCI Asia Tour.- Past results :...
- 1st Stage 5 Tour of Qinghai LakeTour of Qinghai LakeTour of Qinghai Lake is an elite men's professional road bicycle racing event held annually near Qinghai Lake, China. The race is rated at the highest level for a multi-day stage race by the Union Cycliste Internationale and since 2005, has been part of the UCI Asia Tour.- Past results :...
- 1st Stage 6 Tour of Qinghai LakeTour of Qinghai LakeTour of Qinghai Lake is an elite men's professional road bicycle racing event held annually near Qinghai Lake, China. The race is rated at the highest level for a multi-day stage race by the Union Cycliste Internationale and since 2005, has been part of the UCI Asia Tour.- Past results :...
- 1st Stage 9 Tour of Qinghai LakeTour of Qinghai LakeTour of Qinghai Lake is an elite men's professional road bicycle racing event held annually near Qinghai Lake, China. The race is rated at the highest level for a multi-day stage race by the Union Cycliste Internationale and since 2005, has been part of the UCI Asia Tour.- Past results :...
- 1st Points classification
- 1st
- 2nd Milan – San Remo
2008
- 2nd Overall, Tour Down Under2008 Tour Down UnderThe 2008 Tour Down Under was the 10th edition of the Tour Down Under cycling stage race, taking place from 22 to 27 January around Adelaide, Australia. The Tour Down Under was the first race outside of Europe to be given ProTour status by the UCI....
- 1st Stage 3
- 2nd Overall, Geelong Bay Classic SeriesBay Classic SeriesThe Bay Classic Series is a road cycling race held in and around Port Phillip Bay in Victoria, Australia. The race consists of both a men's and a women's competition over five stages....
- 1st Stage 4
- 4th Overall, Tour de Pologne
- 1st Stage 2
- 1st Points classification
- 3rd Vattenfall CyclassicsVattenfall CyclassicsThe Vattenfall Cyclassics is an annual one-day pro and amateur cycling race in and around Hamburg. Although it is a race with a short history, it is nevertheless reckoned as a classic. It started as an unimportant race in 1996, but because of the fast growing popularity of cycling in Germany, it...
2009
- 1st Overall, Tour Down Under
2009 Tour Down UnderThe 2009 Tour Down Under was the 11th edition of the Tour Down Under cycling stage race, taking place over 20 –25 January around Adelaide, Australia...
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stage 2
- 1st Stage 4
- 1st Stage 5
- 1st
- 2nd Paris–Brussels
- 2nd GP de Wallonie
- 4th Milan – San Remo
- 4th Vattenfall CyclassicsVattenfall CyclassicsThe Vattenfall Cyclassics is an annual one-day pro and amateur cycling race in and around Hamburg. Although it is a race with a short history, it is nevertheless reckoned as a classic. It started as an unimportant race in 1996, but because of the fast growing popularity of cycling in Germany, it...
2010
- 1st
Commonwealth Games Road RaceCycling at the 2010 Commonwealth GamesThe cycling competition at the 2010 Commonwealth Games comprised two disciplines: road cycling and track cycling. The track events were held at the Indira Gandhi Arena. Track events were held from 5–8 October 2010.-Medal table:- Road:- Track:... - 1st Points Classification Tour de Pologne
Tour de PologneThe Tour de Pologne is a road bicycle racing stage race. It consists of seven or eight stages and is usually around 1,200 km in length. The race was first held in 1928. Until 1952 the race was held sporadically, but since then it has been an annual race...
- Held Maillot Jaune
from Stages 3 - 4
- Held Maillot Jaune
- 3rd World Championships Road Race2010 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road raceThe Men's Individual Road Race of the 2010 UCI Road World Championships cycling event took place on 3 October in Melbourne and concluded in Geelong, Australia. Thor Hushovd claimed the World Championship in a sprint finish, to become the first Norwegian to win the World Championship road...
- 5th Vattenfall Cyclassics2010 Vattenfall CyclassicsThe 2010 Vattenfall Cyclassics was a one day road race, which is part of the 2010 UCI ProTour, it took place on 15 August 2010. The race covered a total of and took place in Hamburg, Germany.-Teams:...