Allan Davis

This article is about the Australian cyclist. For other uses, see Al Davis (disambiguation).

Allan Davis

File:Allan Davis 2.jpg Davis at the 2009 Tour Down Under
Personal information
Full name	Allan Davis
Born	(1980-07-27) 27 July 1980 Ipswich, Queensland, Australia
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	73 kg (161 lb)
Team information
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Sprinter
Professional team(s)
2001–2002	Mapei–Quick-Step
2003–2006	ONCE–Eroski
2007	Discovery Channel
2008	Mitsubishi–Jartazi
2008–2009	Quick-Step
2010–2011	Astana
2012–2013	REDIRECT Template:Cycling data MTS men
Major wins
Tour Down Under (2009) Points Classification Eneco Tour of Benelux (2005) Points Classification Vuelta a Aragón (2005) Points Classification Tour of Qinghai Lake (2007) Points Classification Tour de Pologne (2008, 2010)
Medal record Representing Australia Road bicycle racing Commonwealth Games 2006 Melbourne Road Race 2010 New Delhi Road Race World Championships 2010 Melbourne Elite Men's Road Race
Infobox last updated on 3 January 2014

Allan Howard Davis (born 27 July 1980) is an Australian former professional road racing cyclist, who last rode for UCI ProTour team Orica–GreenEDGE. Born in Ipswich, Queensland, Davis resides in Bundaberg, Queensland and in Spain. Known for his sprinting ability, he started competitive cycling at the age of 10, and turned professional in 2002. He is also the brother of fellow cyclist, Scott Davis, and was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.

In 2004 and 2005 he participated in the Tour de France, coming fifth in the points classification for the green jersey at the 2005 Tour de France behind the winner, Thor Hushovd of Norway, and fellow Australians Stuart O'Grady (2nd) and Robbie McEwen (3rd), and Kazakh champion Alexander Vinokourov (4th).

In 2006, Davis was one of five riders of the Astana–Würth team implicated in the Operación Puerto doping case. However, on 26 July 2006, Davis was cleared by Spanish officials.

He made his debut with Quick Step on 3 September 2008 in the Memorial Rik Van Steenbergen – Aartselaar race after reaching an agreement with Patrick Lefevere for the following two seasons and obtained a definitive free pass from his former team, Mitsubishi-Jartazi.

His 2009 season got off to an excellent start with three stages and the overall of the 2009 Tour Down Under.

Davis moved with brother Scott to Astana for the 2010 season. He remained with the team until the end of 2011, when he moved to the new GreenEDGE team.

Davis won Gold in the Road Race in the 2010 Commonwealth Games.

Orica-GreenEDGE opted not to renew Davis' contract for 2014. After attempting to find a new team, Davis announced his retirement from competition in February 2014.

Cycling career

1998

Australian Junior Men's Road Cyclist of the Year award

2000

7th Under-23 Road Race World Championships

9th National Road Race Championship

2001

6th Under-23 Road Race World Championships

2002

1st Stage 1 Giro del Capo (Cape Argus Cycle Tour)

2nd GP Istria

3rd National Under-23 Road Race Championships

2003

1st Trofeo Manacor

1st Stage 4 Circuit Cycliste de la Sarthe

2nd National Road Race Championships

2004

1st Giro del Piemonte

1st Trofeo Alcudia

1st Trofeo Manacor

1st Stage 5 Deutschland Tour

1st Stage 3 Tour de Pologne

98th Overall, Tour de France

2005

Vuelta a Murcia

1st Stages 1, 3 & 5

1st Stage 3 Eneco Tour

1st Points classification

1st Stage 5 Vuelta a Aragón

1st Points classification

2nd Overall, Tour Down Under

3rd Paris–Tours

3rd HEW Cyclassics

84th Overall Tour de France

2006

Tour Down Under

1st Stages 2 & 5

3rd Commonwealth Games Road Race

2007

Tour of Qinghai Lake

1st Stages 1, 3, 5, 6 & 9

1st Points classification

1st Stage 3 Volta a Catalunya

2nd Milan–San Remo

2008

2nd Overall, Tour Down Under

1st Stage 3

2nd Overall, Geelong Bay Classic Series

1st Stage 4

3rd Vattenfall Cyclassics

4th Overall, Tour de Pologne

1st Stage 2

1st Points classification

2009

1st Overall, Tour Down Under

1st Points classification

1st Stages 2, 4 & 5

2nd Paris–Brussels

2nd Grand Prix de Wallonie

4th Milan–San Remo

4th Vattenfall Cyclassics

2010

1st Commonwealth Games Road Race

1st Points Classification Tour de Pologne

Held Maillot Jaune from Stages 3 – 4

3rd World Road Race Championships

5th Vattenfall Cyclassics

2011

9th Overall Tour Down Under

10th Cancer Council Helpline Classic

2012

1st Overall Geelong Bay Classic Series

6th World Road Race Championships

External links

• Cycling Australia profile
• Allan Davis at Cycling Archives
• Palmares at Cycling Base

• [1] Archived 20 October 2006 at the Wayback Machine