Danny Stam (born 25 June 1972) is a Dutch former racing cyclist, who specialised in Six-day racing

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. He is nicknamed "De kleine diesel" (The little

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).Danny Stam
, Cyclingwebsite.net, ret 11 January 2008 He currently works as a directeur sportif for UCI Women's WorldTeam .

Biography

Born in

Koog aan de Zaan Koog aan de Zaan () is a town in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Zaanstad, and lies about 11 km northwest of Amsterdam. History Koog aan de Zaan developed in the 16th century on the western bank of ...

, Stam started cycling at the team of his father and four-time world champion track cyclist

Cees Stam Cees Stam (born 2 November 1945 in Koog aan de Zaan) is a former Dutch track cyclist and four-time world champion stayer. Cees Stam was almost exclusively active as a stayer and at six-day races. In 1968 he became Dutch champion amateur stay ...

.Danny Stam
, SlippensStam.nl, ret 11 January 2008 He participated in both

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as well as track cycling. On the road his main skills became visible in the mountain stages, but after being part of the Rabobank talent team for a few years he did not break through to the professional team. As a result, he decided to mainly focus his career on track cycling. His first notable result among the elite riders came in 1996 when he won the Dutch national title behind the derny. It would take him four more years to win another national title. This time he won the

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title alongside his partner

Robert Slippens Robert Slippens (born 3 May 1975 in Opmeer, North Holland) is a Dutch racing cyclist. Slippens represented the Netherlands at three different Summer Olympics. He made his Olympic debut at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta where he participated ...

. The year 2000 turned out to be his final breakthrough year. Besides his second national title he also won a silver medal behind the derny and two bronze medals at the points race and time trial.Results of Danny Stam
, cyclingwebsite.net, ret 11 January 2008 Later that year Stam and Slippens represented the Netherlands at the

2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ...

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where they took the 8th spot.Stam, Danny (Danny)
sport.nl Olympic Archive, ret 11 January 2008 In 2001 Stam and Slippens had their first top three ranking during a Six-day cycling event, finishing third in

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. A year later they promoted their ranking into a second place. That same year they became the European Champions at the Madison beating

Bruno Risi Bruno Risi (born 6 September 1968) is a retired Switzerland, Swiss professional racing cyclist. He competed at five Olympic Games. Risi was one of the top six-day riders of his generation, he won many professional Madison events during his long ...

and

Kurt Betschart Kurt Betschart born 25 August 1968 in Erstfeld Switzerland is a former professional cyclist. He was a Six Day Track specialist holding a world record 37 victories with the same partner, Bruno Risi. He had a total of 47 professional victories and ...

for the gold. He also won another national silver medal at the points race. Their first Six-day racing win Stam and Slippens also achieved in Amsterdam, where they again beat Risi and Betschart in 2003. In addition they also won the Six-day cycling event of

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and finished second in

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and

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. They were unable to successfully defend their European title in madison, but their second place behind

Andreas Kappes Andreas Kappes (23 December 1965 – 31 July 2018) was a German cyclist, who was a professional from 1987 to 2009, active on the road and on the track, collecting in total 133 wins, and, as an amateur, represented West Germany at the 1984 Summer ...

and

Andreas Beikirch Andreas Beikirch (born 29 March 1970 in Hilden, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German professional racing cyclist Cycle sport is Competition, competitive physical activity using bicycles. There are several categories of bicycle racing in ...

was good enough for a silver medal. They qualified themselves for the World Championships in 2004 and won the bronze medal. They were ready for their second Olympic spell, but at the

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they did not get further than the 14th spot because they were a lap behind. Afterwards they recovered quick by winning their second Amsterdam title, their second Dutch madison title as well as their first six-day win in Ghent and

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in early 2005. Later in 2005 they won another silver medal at the World Championships at the madison in

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behind Mark Cavendish and Robert Hayles. Their most successive year to date was 2006 when they won the six-day events of Rotterdam, Bremen,

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and

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together. Due to an injury Slippens was ruled out and Stam started to ride with several other riders. With

Peter Schep Pieter Otto ("Peter") Schep (born 8 March 1977 in Lopik, Utrecht (province), Utrecht) is a Dutch former racing cyclist, who specialized in track cycling endurance events. Biography Born in Lopik, Schep represented the Netherlands at the 1996 Sum ...

he claimed the victory in the Amsterdam event and they also won the silver medal at the European Championships in

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. Alongside Jens Mouris he won a World Cup madison event in Moscow, all in 2006. While at the World Championships 2007 in

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he and Schep won another silver medal. In 2008 Stam started in the Six-day event of Rotterdam again together with Slippens, but he had to withdrew after one day. Because Leif Lampater's team mate Andreas Beikirch also got injured Stam and Lampater were riding together starting at day 2 of the event, chasing the leading three teams by 2 laps. Eventually they won the event with a lap in advantage of the rest of the pack. In 2010 Stam joined the cycling team, and remained with the team in 2011, transitioning from being a rider to a team director. In 2013 Stam joined as team manager.

Career highlights

; UCI Track World Championships :2004 –

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Dutch National Track Championships The Dutch National Track Championships are the set of Dutch national championship events for the various disciplines and distances in track cycling. They are organized by the KNWU. There are competitions of various track cycling Track cycling i ...

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Marco Villa Marco Villa (born February 8, 1969 in Abbiategrasso) is a road bicycle and track cyclist from Italy. He won the bronze medal in the men's Madison at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia alongside Silvio Martinello Silvio Martinello ...

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, 1st (with Leif Lampater) ;Road achievements :1993 – 3rd, PWZ Zuidenveld Tour,

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:1996 – 3rd, Eurode Omloop,

:2001 – 2nd, Criterium Kustpijl,

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:2001 – 2nd, Ronde van Limburg,

:2001 – 2nd, Rund um Düren,

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:2007 – 3rd, Ronde van Midden-Brabant,

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References

External links

* *
Stam at the Dutch Olympic Archive
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Stam, Danny 1972 births Living people Cyclists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists of the Netherlands Dutch male cyclists Sportspeople from Zaanstad Dutch cyclists at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships Cyclists from North Holland

Biography

Career highlights

See also

References

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