Danny Pate
Encyclopedia
Danny Pate is a professional bicycle racer who currently rides for and for 2012 will join . He was born on 23 March 1979 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He is experienced and accomplished in road
, cyclo-cross
and mountain bike racing
.
1998
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2011
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...
, cyclo-cross
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 mountain bike racing
Mountain bike racing
The Union Cycliste Internationale recognised the sport of mountain bike racing relatively late in 1990, when it sanctioned the world championships in Purgatory, Colorado. The first mountain biking world cup series took place in 1991. Its nine-race circuit covered two continents—Europe and North...
.
Career accomplishments
1997- 1st
Junior National Cyclo-Cross Champion
1998
- 1st U-23 National Road Race Championships
2001
- 1st
U-23 World Time Trial Championship - 1st Overall, Triptyque Ardennais
2002
- 1st Overall, International Tour de ToonaInternational Tour de ToonaThe International Tour de Toona is a stage bicycle race held in Central Pennsylvania each July. The International Tour de Toona bicycle race started as a one day race and was initially called the Tour de Toona because it was based in Altoona, Pennsylvania...
- 1st Lake Eola Criterium
- 3rd USPRO National Road Race ChampionshipUSPRO National ChampionshipsUSPRO National Championships is the name given by USA Cycling, the United States national governing body of cycling, for a series of national championships.*United States National Road Race Championships*United States National Criterium Championships...
2003
- 1st Stage 2, Tour de White Rock
2004
- 3rd USPRO National Road Race ChampionshipUSPRO National ChampionshipsUSPRO National Championships is the name given by USA Cycling, the United States national governing body of cycling, for a series of national championships.*United States National Road Race Championships*United States National Criterium Championships...
2005
- 1st Stage 3 International Cycling Classic
- 1st Stage 15 International Cycling Classic
- 1st King of the MountainsKing 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...
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... - 2nd USPRO National Road Race Championship
- 7th Overall, Super Week Pro Tour
2006
- 2nd Overall, FBD Insurance Rás
- 1st Stage 2
- 1st Stage 4 Tour de Beauce
- 3rd Reading ClassicReading ClassicThe Reading Classic is an annual bicycle road racing event held in Reading, Pennsylvania. In its inaugural year, the 2006 Reading Classic was part of the Commerce Bank Triple Crown of Cycling on the United States' Pro Cycling Tour . The men's elite event is ranked 1.1 by the International Cycling...
(Pro Cycling Tour) - 3rd USPRO National Road Race ChampionshipUSPRO National ChampionshipsUSPRO National Championships is the name given by USA Cycling, the United States national governing body of cycling, for a series of national championships.*United States National Road Race Championships*United States National Criterium Championships...
2007
- 1st Stage 5, Tour of MissouriTour of MissouriThe Tour of Missouri is a professional road bicycle racing stage race in Missouri that started on September 11, 2007 with six days of racing. The organizers, who also run the Tour de Georgia and the Amgen Tour of California, billed it as the third highest profile race in the United States.The 2009...
2008
- 1st Stage 1 TTT Giro d'Italia2008 Giro d'ItaliaThe 2008 Giro d'Italia was the 91st running of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tours. It began in Palermo on 10 May and ended in Milan on 1 June. Twenty-two teams entered the race, which was won by Spaniard Alberto Contador of the cycling team...
- 1st Stage 4 TTT Tour de GeorgiaTour de GeorgiaThe Tour de Georgia is a U.S. professional cycling stage race across the state of Georgia. The race began in 2003 and has been contested six times. It is one of the three events in North America ranked as Hors Classe stage race events by the UCI, which is cycling's international governing body,...
- 3rd Stage 15 Tour de France2008 Tour de FranceThe 2008 Tour de France was the 95th Tour de France. The event took place from 5–27 July 2008. Starting in the French city of Brest, the tour entered Italy on the 15th stage and returned to France during the 16th, heading for Paris, its regular final destination, which was reached in the 21st stage...
2009
- 3rd Overall Critérium InternationalCritérium InternationalThe Critérium International is a two-day bicycle stage race held in France every spring. It was formerly known as the Critérium National de la Route, first run in 1932....
- 3rd Stage 18 Giro d'Italia2009 Giro d'ItaliaThe 2009 Giro d'Italia was the 92nd running of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tours. It was held from 9 to 31 May 2009, and marked the 100th year since the first edition of the race...
2011
- 1st King of the Mountains Competition, Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal2011 Grand Prix Cycliste de MontréalThe 2011 Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal was the second edition of the Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal, a single-day professional bicycle road race. It was held on 11 September 2011, over a distance of , starting and finishing in Montreal, Quebec, Canada...