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Wikipedia / Danny Pate

Danny Pate (born March 23, 1979) is an American retired professional cyclist, who competed professionally in road racing, cyclo-cross and mountain bike racing between 2000 and 2018 for the , Prime Alliance, , , , , and teams.

Career

Born in Colorado Springs, Colorado, Pate took his only professional victory at the 2007 Tour of Missouri, winning the penultimate stage.

He made his first start at both the Giro d'Italia and the Tour de France in 2008. In the latter, he was part of the breakaway on the fifteenth stage with three other riders, and was still clear with Simon Gerrans and Egoi Martínez heading into the final kilometre of the stage, an uphill finish to Prato Nevoso in Italy. He was out-sprinted by Gerrans and Martínez, sitting up for a third-place stage finish. He took a further third-place Grand Tour stage finish at the following year's Giro d'Italia, this time as part of a 25-rider breakaway; he was out-sprinted by Michele Scarponi and Félix Cárdenas at the finish in Benevento.

In October 2015 the UCI Continental team , then named , announced that Pate would join them for the 2016 season after four years with , reuniting him with former Prime Alliance teammate and Optum performance director Jonas Carney. He retired from racing at the 2018 Colorado Classic, after finishing the last stage in Denver.

Major results

  1. 1997

  2. 1st Junior race, National Cyclo-cross Championships

  3. 1998

  4. 1st Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships

  5. 2000

  6. 9th Rund um die Nürnberger Altstadt

  7. 2001

  8. 1st Time trial, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships

  9. 1st Overall Triptyque Ardennais

  10. 2nd Ronde van Vlaanderen U23

  11. 8th La Côte Picarde

  12. 9th Overall Sea Otter Classic

  13. 9th Prix de la Ville de Soissons

  14. 2002

  15. 1st Overall International Tour de Toona

  16. 1st Lake Eola Criterium

  17. 2nd Road race, National Road Championships

  18. 3rd Overall Tour of the Gila

  19. 3rd USPRO Championships

  20. 5th Overall GP de Beauce

  21. 2003

  22. 1st Stage 2 Tour de White Rock

  23. 4th Overall GP de Beauce

  24. 2004

  25. 3rd Road race, National Road Championships

  26. 2005

  27. 1st Mountains classification Nature Valley Grand Prix

  28. 2nd Road race, National Road Championships

  29. 2nd USPRO Championships

  30. 6th Overall Redlands Bicycle Classic

  31. 7th Overall International Cycling Classic

    1. 1st Stages 3 & 15

    9th San Francisco Grand Prix

  32. 2006

  33. 2nd Overall Rás Tailteann

    1. 1st Stage 2

    3rd Road race, National Road Championships

  34. 3rd Overall Tour de Beauce

    1. 1st Stage 4 (ITT)

    3rd Reading Classic (Pro Cycling Tour)

  35. 6th Lancaster Classic

  36. 9th Overall Tour du Limousin

  37. 10th Overall Tour de l'Ain

  38. 2007

  39. 1st Stage 5 Tour of Missouri

  40. 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships

  41. 3rd Overall Tour de Beauce

  42. 4th Lancaster Classic

  43. 2008

  44. 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Giro d'Italia

  45. 1st Stage 4 (TTT) Tour de Georgia

  46. 3rd Road race, National Road Championships

  47. 2009

  48. 3rd Overall Critérium International

  49. 5th Overall Tour Méditerranéen

  50. 2010

  51. 10th Gran Premio Nobili Rubinetterie– Coppa Papà Carlo

  52. 2013

  53. 1st Stage 2 (TTT) Giro d'Italia

  54. 1st Stage 1b (TTT) Giro del Trentino

  55. 2015

  56. 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Tour de Romandie

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