Timm Peddie (born April 8, 1970) is a retired professional
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and road bicycle racer from the
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. He won the collegiate national track championships (1991) and the U.S. Olympic Trials (1992) where he beat
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for the overall title, becoming the automatic birth for the
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Road Race, in
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,
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. He competed from 1991 through 1996.
Peddie began his career in 1993, as a top amateur cyclist with the team TCBY.
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Timm Peddie (born April 8, 1970) is a retired professional
trackTrack cycling is a bicycle racing sport usually held on specially-built banked tracks or velodromes using track bicycles....
and road bicycle racer from the
United StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. He won the collegiate national track championships (1991) and the U.S. Olympic Trials (1992) where he beat
Lance ArmstrongLance Edward Armstrong is an American professional road racing cyclist who rides for UCI ProTeam . He is also the founder and chairman of the Lance Armstrong Foundation for cancer research and support....
for the overall title, becoming the automatic birth for the
Olympic GamesThe Olympic Games are a major international event of summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes compete in a wide variety of events. The Games are currently held every two years, with Summer and Winter Olympic Games alternating. Originally, the ancient Olympic Games were held in...
Road Race, in
BarcelonaBarcelona is the capital, most populous city of the Autonomous Community of Catalonia and the second largest city in Spain, with a population of 1,615,908 in 2008. It is the 11th-most populous municipality in the European Union and sixth-most populous urban area in the European Union after Paris,...
,
SpainSpain , officially the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.
[The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though España , Estado español and Nación española are used interchangeably...]
. He competed from 1991 through 1996.
Cycling career
Peddie began his career in 1993, as a top amateur cyclist with the team TCBY. He won over a dozen top domestic races, including two medals at the national championships. He is known for being an outsider to the U.S. National Team process. He was selected by his peers to the U.S. Olympic Committee, where he served for four years (1996-2000). He re-ignited the debate on externalizing drug testing from the USOC, leading to the creation of the
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(USADA).