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Damien Howson (born 13 August 1992) is an Australian cyclist, who rides for UCI WorldTeam . For the 2023 season he will ride for new team .
Time trial
::4th Road race
: 1st 
Team pursuit, Time trial, Oceania Under-23 Road Championships
: 2nd Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
: 2nd 
Time trial, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships
: 4th 
Time trial, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships
: 1st UCI Oceania Tour
: Oceania Under-23 Road Championships
::1st Road race
::1st Time trial
: National Under-23 Road Championships
::1st Time trial
::2nd Road race
: 1st Trofeo Alcide Degasperi
: 2nd 
Overall Overall Czech Cycling Tour
::1st Stages 1 ( TTT) & 4
: 3rd Overall Overall
Career
Howson started his athletic career in basketball, becoming a state champion at age of 13. He moved to cycling whenSouth Australian Sports Institute
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discovered his potential after physiological testing on the state junior basketball team.
He won the world under-23 time trial in 2013, as well as the Oceania Cycling Championships
The Oceania Road Championships are a series of road cycling races held annually to determine the Oceanian champion in each event. The event has been held since 1995 and consists of an elite and under-23 men's and an elite women's road race and ...
under-23 time trial and road race. He was named in the start list for the 2015 Vuelta a España
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and the 2016 Giro d'Italia
The 2016 Giro d'Italia was the 99th edition of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tour races. The Giro started in Apeldoorn on 6 May with a individual time trial, followed by two other stages in the Netherlands, both between Nijmegen and ...
. In 2017 he won the 64th edition of the 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 (UCI). The first tour was held in October 1952 as a six-day event. It is now held annually ...
. In June 2017, he was named to make his debut at the 2017 Tour de France
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.
Personal life
In 2020 Howson married his high school friend, Georgie Russell at Longview Vineyard nearMacclesfield
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in his home state of South Australia. He is an old scholar of Pedare Christian College
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This school is a membe ...
.
Major results
;2011 : Oceania Under-23 Road Championships ::1st Time trial
::4th Road race
: 1st Team pursuit, National Track Championships
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: 4th Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
: 9th Time trial, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships
: 9th Chrono Champenois
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: 9th Memorial Davide Fardelli
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;2012
: 1st Time trial, Oceania Under-23 Road Championships
: 2nd Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
: 2nd Memorial Davide Fardelli
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: 3rd Time trial, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships
: 4th Chrono Champenois
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: 7th Overall Tour Alsace
;2013
: 1st Time trial, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships
: 1st UCI Oceania Tour
: Oceania Under-23 Road Championships
::1st Road race
::1st Time trial
: National Under-23 Road Championships
::1st Time trial
::2nd Road race
: 1st Trofeo Alcide Degasperi
: 2nd Chrono Champenois
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: 3rd Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23
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::1st Prologue
: 3rd Trofeo Banca Popolare di Vicenza
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: 5th Giro del Belvedere
: 7th Gran Premio Palio del Recioto
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;2014
: 2nd Team time trial
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, UCI Road World Championships
: 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
;2015
: 5th Time trial, National Road Championships
: 5th Overall Herald Sun Tour
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;2016
: 3rd Overall Herald Sun Tour
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: 4th Time trial, National Road Championships
;2017
: 1st Overall Herald Sun Tour
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::1st Stage 1
: 9th GP Miguel Induráin
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: 9th Pro Ötztaler 5500
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;2018
: 3rd Overall Herald Sun Tour
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: 4th Overall Colorado Classic
;2019
: 1st Stage 1 ( TTT) Tirreno–Adriatico
: 2nd Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
::1st Stage 1b ( TTT)
: 10th Overall Herald Sun Tour
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;2020
: 1st Overall Czech Cycling Tour
::1st Stages 1 ( TTT) & 4
: 3rd Overall Herald Sun Tour
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: 3rd Overall Tour de Hongrie
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History
The inaugural Tour de Hongrie took place on 27 June 1925. The cyclists hit the road as early as four in the morning, an ...
;2021
: 1st Overall Tour de Hongrie
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History
The inaugural Tour de Hongrie took place on 27 June 1925. The cyclists hit the road as early as four in the morning, an ...
::1st Stage 4
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
References
External links
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