Tim Johnson (cyclist)
Encyclopedia
Timothy Johnson is an American
professional racing cyclist who has found success in cyclocross
and road bicycle racing
, and is the first rider from the United States to stand on a UCI Cyclocross World Championships
podium. Johnson has six career national championships - three Elite, two Espoir and one Junior - and a bronze medal from the UCI Cyclocross World Championships that he won in 1999 in Poprad, Slovakia. Johnson spent his 2009 road season riding for the Ouch presented by Maxxis team, of which he is the Road Captain. For 2010, Johnson rides for UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team presented by Maxxis. Johnson is married to fellow professional cyclist Lyne Bessette
.
in Bend, Oregon.
In 2009, Johnson was first in the North American Cyclocross Trophy overall standings and second in the US Gran Prix of Cyclocross
overall standings. Johnson missed the first five major UCI races of the season, including the first weekend of the US Gran Prix of Cyclocross, due to a separated shoulder he suffered at Star Crossed in Redmond, Washington.
Johnson finally won the coveted US Gran Prix of Cyclocross overall title in 2008, wearing the Cyclocross National Champion jersey, winning three of the series' six races. Johnson missed time late in the season due to a knee injury, but still managed to finish second in the North American Cyclocross Trophy overall standings, despite missing two of the series' eight races.
In 2007, Johnson captured his second U.S. national cyclocross championship repeating his 2000 success. Video production company DH Productions produced a documentary about Johnson's 2007-2008 season, following his success from early season success through his National Championships victory and his subsequent trip to the UCI World Championships in Treviso, Italy. The film was titled the 9 Ball Diaries, paying homage to the design of Johnson's Cannondale/Leer/Cyclocrossworld.com team jersey and Cannondale's Cyclocross bicycle.
In 2006, Johnson finished the season without landing outside the top-4 in any Cyclocross race entered. As a co-captain of the Health Net Professional Cycling Team he helped the team achieve its 3rd consecutive #1 NRC Ranking.
In 2005, Johnson edged two-time defending champion Mark McCormack
to win the New England Championship Cyclo-Cross Series title and finished second overall in the United States Gran Prix of Cyclocross series after leading the Overall.
In 2003, Johnson won two stages and the overall title at the Herald Sun Tour
, a road bicycle racing
stage race held in Australia. Johnson won the tour's ninth stage from Horsham to Mount William. Two days later, Johnson won the tour's twelfth stage, a criterium
in Echuca. The following day, Johnson finished second on the tour's thirteenth and final stage, taking a narrow 33 second victory over Australia's Luke Roberts
.
After winning the Espoir's National Title in 1999, Johnson went on to the UCI Cyclocross World Championships in Poprad, Slovakia, where he rode his way to a third place finish. Johnson's bronze medal was the time a cyclocross rider from the United States had stood on the podium at the UCI Cyclocross World Championships. Johnson had finished 10th at the World Championships in 1998 when they were held in Middelfart, Denmark
1998
1999
2000
2001 – Saturn
2002 – Saturn
2003 – Saturn
2005 – Jittery Joe's/Kalahari and Cyclocrossworld.com/Louis Garneau
2006 – Cannondale/Cyclocrossworld.com
2006 – Health Net Pro Cycling Team Presented by Maxxis
2007 – Health Net-Maxxis
2007 – Cannondale/Leer/Cyclocrossworld
2008 – Cannondale/Cyclocrossworld.com
2009 – Cannondale/Cyclocrossworld.com
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
professional racing cyclist who has found success in cyclocross
Cyclo-cross
Cyclo-cross is a form of bicycle racing. Races typically take place in the autumn and winter , and consists of many laps of a short course featuring pavement, wooded trails, grass, steep hills and...
and road bicycle racing
Road bicycle racing
Road bicycle racing is a bicycle racing sport held on roads, using racing bicycles. The term "road racing" is usually applied to events where competing riders start simultaneously with the winner being the first to the line at the end of the course .Historically, the most...
, and is the first rider from the United States to stand on a UCI Cyclocross World Championships
UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships
The UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships sponsored by the Union Cycliste Internationale consists of both a men's and women's cyclo-cross world championship:* Men - UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships – Men's elite race...
podium. Johnson has six career national championships - three Elite, two Espoir and one Junior - and a bronze medal from the UCI Cyclocross World Championships that he won in 1999 in Poprad, Slovakia. Johnson spent his 2009 road season riding for the Ouch presented by Maxxis team, of which he is the Road Captain. For 2010, Johnson rides for UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team presented by Maxxis. Johnson is married to fellow professional cyclist Lyne Bessette
Lyne Bessette
Lyne Bessette is a professional bicycle racer from Quebec, Canada. She was a member of the Canadian Olympic team in 2000 and 2004. She won the Tour de l'Aude Feminin in 1999 and 2001 and the Women's Challenge in 2001...
.
Major Accomplishments
Johnson was arguably 2009's most successful American Cyclocross rider, winning 11 races, including the US Cyclocross National ChampionshipsUSA Cycling Cyclocross National Championships
The United States National Cyclo-cross Championships is a four day competition held annually each December and is sponsored by USA Cycling. The winners at various levels, including elite, U-23, masters, juniors, and collegiate for men and women, wear the coveted stars and stripes jersey and are...
in Bend, Oregon.
Bend, Oregon
Bend is a city in and the county seat of Deschutes County, Oregon, United States, and the principal city of the Bend, Oregon Metropolitan Statistical Area. Bend is Central Oregon's largest city, and, despite its modest size, is the de facto metropolis of the region, owing to the low population...
In 2009, Johnson was first in the North American Cyclocross Trophy overall standings and second in the US Gran Prix of Cyclocross
U.S. Gran Prix of Cyclocross
The 2009 US Gran Prix of Cyclocross is a four weekend, eight race series comprising the Planet Bike Cup - Madison, Wisconsin on September 26 and 27, The Derby City Cup - Louisville, Kentucky on October 24 and 25; The Mercer Cup presented by Knapp's Cyclery - Mercer County, New Jersey on November...
overall standings. Johnson missed the first five major UCI races of the season, including the first weekend of the US Gran Prix of Cyclocross, due to a separated shoulder he suffered at Star Crossed in Redmond, Washington.
Johnson finally won the coveted US Gran Prix of Cyclocross overall title in 2008, wearing the Cyclocross National Champion jersey, winning three of the series' six races. Johnson missed time late in the season due to a knee injury, but still managed to finish second in the North American Cyclocross Trophy overall standings, despite missing two of the series' eight races.
In 2007, Johnson captured his second U.S. national cyclocross championship repeating his 2000 success. Video production company DH Productions produced a documentary about Johnson's 2007-2008 season, following his success from early season success through his National Championships victory and his subsequent trip to the UCI World Championships in Treviso, Italy. The film was titled the 9 Ball Diaries, paying homage to the design of Johnson's Cannondale/Leer/Cyclocrossworld.com team jersey and Cannondale's Cyclocross bicycle.
In 2006, Johnson finished the season without landing outside the top-4 in any Cyclocross race entered. As a co-captain of the Health Net Professional Cycling Team he helped the team achieve its 3rd consecutive #1 NRC Ranking.
In 2005, Johnson edged two-time defending champion Mark McCormack
Mark McCormack (cyclist)
Mark McCormack is a professional cyclo-cross and road bicycle racer from the United States. McCormack became the first rider to hold the U.S...
to win the New England Championship Cyclo-Cross Series title and finished second overall in the United States Gran Prix of Cyclocross series after leading the Overall.
In 2003, Johnson won two stages and the overall title at the Herald Sun Tour
Herald Sun Tour
The Herald Sun Tour is an Australian professional bicycle race held in Melbourne and provincial Victoria sanctioned by the Union Cycliste Internationale . The first tour was held in October 1952 as a six day event and it is held annually in October. It is named after the Herald Sun, Melbourne's...
, a road bicycle racing
Road bicycle racing
Road bicycle racing is a bicycle racing sport held on roads, using racing bicycles. The term "road racing" is usually applied to events where competing riders start simultaneously with the winner being the first to the line at the end of the course .Historically, the most...
stage race held in Australia. Johnson won the tour's ninth stage from Horsham to Mount William. Two days later, Johnson won the tour's twelfth stage, a criterium
Criterium
A criterium, or crit, is a bike race held on a short course , often run on closed-off city center streets....
in Echuca. The following day, Johnson finished second on the tour's thirteenth and final stage, taking a narrow 33 second victory over Australia's Luke Roberts
Luke Roberts
Luke Roberts is an Australian racing cyclist specialising in both track cycling and road bicycle racing, on for road racing....
.
Championships
Johnson has won United States Cyclocross National Championships on six occasions. Johnson won his first as a Junior rider in 1995 in Leicester, Mass Johnson won his first of his U23 Cyclocross National Championships in 1998 in Fort Devens, Massachusetts and won his second the next year in 1999 in Presido, California. In 2000, Johnson was on the top step of the podium for the third year in a row, this year as an Elite rider, winning his first Elite title in Kansas City, Kansas. It was not until 2007 that Johnson found himself back in the Stars and Stripes jersey, winning the 2007 National Championship, again in Kansas City, Kansas. Johnson again won in 2009, taking his third Elite National Title, this time in Bend, Oregon.After winning the Espoir's National Title in 1999, Johnson went on to the UCI Cyclocross World Championships in Poprad, Slovakia, where he rode his way to a third place finish. Johnson's bronze medal was the time a cyclocross rider from the United States had stood on the podium at the UCI Cyclocross World Championships. Johnson had finished 10th at the World Championships in 1998 when they were held in Middelfart, Denmark
Palmares
1995- (Junior) Cyclo-cross National Champion - Leicester, MA
1998
- (U23) Cyclo-cross National Champion - Fort Devens, MA
- (U23) 10th Cyclocross World Championships Middelfart, Denmark
1999
- (U23) Cyclo-cross National Champion - Presido, CA
- (U23) 3rd Cyclocross World Championships Poprad, Slovakia
2000
- Cyclocross National Champion - Kansas City, KS
- 1st Mount Washington Hill Climb
- 1st Sterling Road Race
- 1st Harvard Road Race
2001 – Saturn
- 1st KOM, Tour of Willamette
- 1st Mount Washington Hill Climb
- 1st Cherry Blossom Classic
- 1st Amherst International Cyclo-cross
- 1st Chicago SuperCup Cyclocross
2002 – Saturn
- 13th Cyclocross World Championships Zolder, Belgium
- 13th Wetzikon World Cup Switzerland
- 2nd Cyclocross National Championships Baltimore, MD
- SuperCup
- 2nd SuperCup #1 - Chicago, IL
- 2nd SuperCup #2 - Boston, MA
- 4th SuperCup #3 - Baltimore MD
- 1st Chameleon Cross
- 1st KOM, Tour of Slovenia
- 2nd ECV Cyclocross Gloucester, MA
- 2nd Granogue Cyclocross Wilmington, DE
- 3rd La Classique Montreal-Quebec
- 3rd Amherst Cyclocross Northampton, MA
2003 – Saturn
- 1st Overall - Herald Sun TourHerald Sun TourThe Herald Sun Tour is an Australian professional bicycle race held in Melbourne and provincial Victoria sanctioned by the Union Cycliste Internationale . The first tour was held in October 1952 as a six day event and it is held annually in October. It is named after the Herald Sun, Melbourne's...
- 1st Stage #9 - Mount William, Australia
- 1st Stage #12 - Echuca, Australia
- 2nd Stage #13 - Buningyong, Australia
- 3rd Stage #8 - Horsham, Australia
- 7th Stage #6 - Port Fairy, Australia
- 1st Points Competition, Nature Valley Grand PrixNature Valley Grand PrixNature Valley Grand Prix is a men's and women's road bicycle racing stage race held each June in Minnesota, United States, as part of the Nature Valley Bicycle Festival. An event was added in Menomonie, Wisconsin in 2010...
- 1st KOMKing of the MountainsThe King of the Mountains is the title given to the best climber in a cycling road race; usually and officially known as the Mountains classification...
, International Tour de 'Toona, - 1st La Classique Montreal-Quebec
- 1st Fort Collins Grand Prix
- 1st TT Stage, Multi-Laser Grand Prix
2005 – Jittery Joe's/Kalahari and Cyclocrossworld.com/Louis Garneau
- 1st Overall, Verge New England Cyclo-cross Series (NECCS)
- 2nd Overall, Crankbrothers USGP of Cyclocross Series
- 1st USGP #3 - Gran Prix of Gloucester #1 Gloucester, MA
- 3rd USGP #6 - Clark Natwick GP San Francisco, CA
- 3rd USGP #2 - Rad Racing Gran Prix Tacoma, WA
- 4th USGP #4 - Gran Prix of Gloucester #2 Gloucester, MA
- 5th USGP #5 - Surf City Cyclocross Watsonville, CA
- 5th USGP #1 - Stumptown Classic Portland, OR
- New England Championship Cyclo-cross Series (NECCS)
- 1st Chainbiter 7.0 Farmington, CT
- 1st Baystate Cross Sterling, MA
- 2nd Caster's Gran Prix Warwick, RI
- 2nd Downeast Cyclocross New Gloucester, ME
- 3rd W.E. Steadman GP South Kingstown, RI
- 3rd Cycle-Smart International Northampton, MA
- 1st Aurora Cross UCI, Canada
2006 – Cannondale/Cyclocrossworld.com
- #1 Ranked Rider National Racing Calendar Standings, USA Cycling
- 3rd California Giant Cyclocross National Championships Providence, RI
- 1st California Giant Strawberry Cup Providence, RI
- 2nd Overall, Crank Brothers USGP of Cyclocross Series
- 1st USGP #6 - Portland, OR
- 2nd USGP #5 - Tacoma, WA
- 2nd USGP #4 - Boulder, CO
- 4th USGP #3 - Longmont, CO
- 2nd USGP #2 - Gloucester, MA
- 2nd USGP #1 - Gloucester, MA
- New England Championship Cyclo-cross Series (NECCS)
- 1st NECCS Round #7 - Caster's Cross, Warwick, RI
- 1st NECCS Round #6 - W.E. Stedman Grand Prix, South Kingston, RI
- 1st NECCS Round #5 - Bay State Cyclocross, Sterling, MA
- 1st NECCS Round #2 - Downeast Cyclocross #2, New Gloucester, ME
- 1st NECCS Round #1 - Downeast Cyclocross #1, New Gloucester, ME
- 2nd Wissahickon Cross
- 4th Granogue Cross
- 1st Whitmore's Super Cross Cup #2 Southampton, NY
- 2nd Whitmore's Super Cross Cup #1 Southampton, NY
- 1st Vermont Grand Prix Burlington, VT
2006 – Health Net Pro Cycling Team Presented by Maxxis
- Named Best American Road Team by VeloNews
2007 – Health Net-Maxxis
- 8th Overall, Tour de Georgia2007 Tour de GeorgiaThe 2007 Tour de Georgia was a seven-stage professional bicycle race held from April 16 through April 22, 2007 across the state of Georgia and into Tennessee. The race was part of the 2007 USA Cycling Pro Tour...
2007 – Cannondale/Leer/Cyclocrossworld
- Cyclocross National Champion - Kansas City, KS
- 2nd Overall, Crank Brothers US Gran Prix of Cyclocross
- 1st USGP #5 - Portland Cup #1 Portland, OR
- 1st USGP #2 - Derby City Cup #2 Louisville, KY
- 2nd USGP #6 - Portland Cup #2 Portland, OR
- 2nd USGP #4 - Mercer Cup #2 West Windsor, NJ
- 2nd USGP #1 - Derby City Cup #1 Louisville, KY
- 3rd USGP #3 - Mercer Cup #1 West Windsor, NJ
- New England Cyclocross Championship Series (NECCS)
- 2nd NECCS #2 - Gran Prix of Gloucester #2 Gloucester, MA
- 3rd NECCS #7 - NBX Gran Prix Warwick, RI
- 3rd NECCS #5 - Baystate Cyclocross Sterling, MA
- 1st Granogue Cross Wilmington, DE
- 2nd Boulder Cup Boulder, CO
- 2nd Wissahickon Cross Ludwig's Corners, PA
- 4th Whitmore's Super Cross Cup #2 Southampton, NY
- 4th Whitmore's Super Cross Cup #1 Southampton, NY
2008 – Cannondale/Cyclocrossworld.com
- 1st Overall, US Grand Prix of Cyclocross
- 1st UGSP #5 - Portland Cup #1 Portland, OR
- 1st USGP #3 - Mercer Cup #1 West Windsor, NJ
- 1st USGP #2 - Derby City Cup #2 Louisville, KY
- 3rd USGP #6 - Portland Cup #2 Portland, OR
- 6th USGP #1 - Derby City Cup #1 Louisville, KY
- 2nd Overall, North American Cyclocross Trophy
- 1st NACT #6 - Boulder Cup #2 Boulder, CO
- 1st NACT #2 - Rad Racing Lakewood, WA
- 2nd NACT #4 - Gran Prix of Gloucester #2 Gloucester, MA
- 2nd NACT #3 - Gran Prix of Gloucester #1 Gloucester, MA
- 3rd NACT #5 - Boulder Cup #1 Boulder, CO
- 3rd NACT #1 - Star-Crossed Redmond, WA
- 1st Toronto International Cyclocross #2 Toronto, ON
- 2nd Cross Vegas Las Vegas, NV
- 2nd Toronto International Cyclocross #1 Toronto, ON
- 2nd Wissahickon Cross Ludwig's Corners, PA
- 3rd Granogue Cross Wilmington, DE
2009 – Cannondale/Cyclocrossworld.com
- Cyclocross National Champion - Bend, OR
- 2nd Overall, US Gran Prix of Cyclocross
- 1st USGP #6 - Mercer Cup #3 West Windsor, NJ
- 1st USGP #4 - Derby City Cup #2 Louisville, KY
- 2nd USGP #5 - Mercer Cup #1 West Windsor, NJ
- 3rd USGP #8 - Portland Cup #2 Portland, OR
- 3rd USGP #3 - Derby City Cup #1 Louisville, KY
- 4th USGP #7 - Portland Cup #1 Portland, OR
- 1st Overall, North American Cyclocross Trophy
- 1st NACT #10 - Whitmore's Super Cross Cup #2 - Southampton, NY
- 1st NACT #9 - Whitmore's Super Cross Cup #1 - Southampton, NY
- 1st NACT #8 - Boulder Cup Boulder, CO
- 1st NACT #7 - Blue Sky Velo Cup Longmont, CO
- 1st NACT #5 - Toronto International Cyclocross #1 Toronto, ON
- 1st NACT #4 - Gran Prix of Gloucester #2 Gloucester, MA
- 2nd NACT #6 - Toronto International Cyclocross #2 Toronto, ON
- 4th NACT #3 - Gran Prix of Gloucester #1 Gloucester, MA
- New England Cyclocross Championship Series (NECCS)
- 1st NECCS #6 - Providence Cyclocross #2 Providence, RI
- 1st NECCS #5 - Providence Cyclocross #1 Providence, RI
External links
- Official Site
- Cannondale/Cyclocrossworld.com Team
- Team Ouch presented by Maxxis Official Site
- Health Net Pro Cycling Team Biography, including complete results
- Cyclingnews.com An interview with Tim Johnson