Danny Pate Explained
| Danny Pate |
| Fullname: | Danny Pate |
| Birth Date: | 1979 3, mf=yes |
| Birth Place: | Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States |
| Height: | 1.850NaN0 |
| Weight: | 73kg (161lb) |
| Currentteam: | Retired |
| Role: | Rider |
| Ridertype: | Rouleur |
| Amateuryears1: | 1998 |
| Amateurteam1: | Colorado–Ikon–Lexus |
| Amateuryears2: | 1999 |
| Amateurteam2: | Tomac–Manitou MTB |
| Proyears1: | 2000 |
| Proyears2: | 2001–2003 |
| Proteam2: | Prime Alliance Cycling Team |
| Proyears3: | 2004 |
| Proyears4: | 2005 |
| Proyears5: | 2006–2010 |
| Proyears6: | 2011 |
| Proyears7: | 2012–2015 |
| Proteam7: | [1] |
| Proyears8: | 2016–2018 |
| Majorwins: | Grand Tours Giro d'Italia
2 TTT stages (2008, 2013)One-day races and Classics
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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.[2]
Career
Born in Colorado Springs, Colorado, Pate took his only professional victory at the 2007 Tour of Missouri, winning the penultimate stage.[3]
He made his first start at both the Giro d'Italia and the Tour de France in 2008.[4] 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.[5] 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.[6]
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.[7] He retired from racing at the 2018 Colorado Classic, after finishing the last stage in Denver.[2]
Major results
- 1997
1st Junior race, National Cyclo-cross Championships
- 1998
1st Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships
- 2000
9th Rund um die Nürnberger Altstadt
- 2001
1st Time trial, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships
1st Overall Triptyque Ardennais
2nd Ronde van Vlaanderen U23
8th La Côte Picarde
9th Overall Sea Otter Classic
9th Prix de la Ville de Soissons
- 2002
1st Overall International Tour de Toona
1st Lake Eola Criterium
2nd Road race, National Road Championships
3rd Overall Tour of the Gila
3rd USPRO Championships
5th Overall GP de Beauce
- 2003
1st Stage 2 Tour de White Rock
4th Overall GP de Beauce
- 2004
3rd Road race, National Road Championships
- 2005
1st Mountains classification Nature Valley Grand Prix
2nd Road race, National Road Championships
2nd USPRO Championships
6th Overall Redlands Bicycle Classic
7th Overall International Cycling Classic
1st Stages 3 & 15
9th San Francisco Grand Prix
- 2006
2nd Overall Rás Tailteann
1st Stage 2
3rd Road race, National Road Championships
3rd Overall Tour de Beauce
1st Stage 4 (ITT)
3rd Reading Classic (Pro Cycling Tour)
6th Lancaster Classic
9th Overall Tour du Limousin
10th Overall Tour de l'Ain
- 2007
1st Stage 5 Tour of Missouri
2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
3rd Overall Tour de Beauce
4th Lancaster Classic
- 2008
1st Stage 1 (TTT) Giro d'Italia
1st Stage 4 (TTT) Tour de Georgia
3rd Road race, National Road Championships
- 2009
3rd Overall Critérium International
5th Overall Tour Méditerranéen
- 2010
10th Gran Premio Nobili Rubinetterie – Coppa Papà Carlo
- 2013
1st Stage 2 (TTT) Giro d'Italia
1st Stage 1b (TTT) Giro del Trentino
- 2015
1st Stage 1 (TTT) Tour de RomandieExternal links
Notes and References
- News: Team Sky signs Danny Pate from HTC-Highroad. October 5, 2011. January 6, 2012. Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited.
- News: Danny Pate announces retirement from cycling. Pat. Malach. Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. August 19, 2018. January 23, 2019.
- News: Mark. Zalewski. Kirsten. Robbins. The Pate pulls a solo win in Missouri. Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. September 15, 2007. October 19, 2021.
- News: Daniel. Benson. Danny Pate: The five races that changed my life. Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. November 21, 2018. October 19, 2021.
- News: See-saw day for Australian cycling as Schleck takes over. Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. July 22, 2008. October 19, 2021.
- News: Gregor. Brown. Pate falls short of Giro's Benevento stage. Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. May 29, 2009. October 19, 2021.
- Web site: Pate signs with Optum Pro Cycling . Malach . Pat . October 1, 2015 . cyclingnews.com. October 1, 2015.
