Damien Howson

Damien Howson

Howson at the 2013 Tour de l'Avenir
Personal information
Nickname	Damo [1]
Born	(1992-08-13) 13 August 1992 (age 32) Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	68 kg (150 lb)
Team information
Current team	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	All-rounder [1] Domestique [2]
Amateur team
2011–2012	Team Jayco–AIS
Professional teams
2013–2022	Orica–GreenEDGE [3] [4] [5]
2023–	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team
Medal record Representing   Australia 2013 Florence Under-23 time trial 2012 Valkenburg Under-23 time trial Representing Orica–GreenEDGE Men's road bicycle racing World Championships 2014 Ponferrada Team time trial

Damien Howson (born 13 August 1992) is an Australian cyclist, who rides for UCI ProTeam Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team. ^[6]

Career

Howson started his athletic career in basketball, becoming a state champion aged 13. He moved to cycling when South Australian Sports Institute discovered his potential after physiological testing on the state junior basketball team. ^[7]

He won the world under-23 time trial in 2013, as well as the Oceania Cycling Championships under-23 time trial and road race. ^[8] He was named in the start list for the 2015 Vuelta a España ^[9] and the 2016 Giro d'Italia. ^[10] In 2017 he won the 64th edition of the Herald Sun Tour. ^[11] In June 2017, he was named to make his debut at the 2017 Tour de France. ^[12]

Personal life

In 2020 Howson married his high school friend, Georgie Russell at Longview Vineyard near Macclesfield in his home state of South Australia. ^[13] He is an old scholar of Pedare Christian College. ^[14]

Major results

2010

1st Trofeo San Rocco

3rd Overall GP Général Patton

4th Overall 3 Giorni Orobica

9th Overall Liège–La Gleize

2011

Oceania Under-23 Road Championships

1st Time trial

4th Road race

1st Team pursuit, National Track Championships

4th Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships

9th Time trial, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships

9th Chrono Champenois

9th Memorial Davide Fardelli

2012

1st Time trial, Oceania Under-23 Road Championships

2nd Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships

2nd Memorial Davide Fardelli

3rd Time trial, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships

4th Chrono Champenois

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

3rd Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23

1st Prologue

3rd Trofeo Banca Popolare di Vicenza

5th Giro del Belvedere

7th Gran Premio Palio del Recioto

2014

2nd Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships

3rd Time trial, National Road Championships

2015

5th Time trial, National Road Championships

5th Overall Herald Sun Tour

2016

3rd Overall Herald Sun Tour

4th Time trial, National Road Championships

2017 (2 pro wins)

1st Overall Herald Sun Tour

1st Stage 1

9th GP Miguel Induráin

9th Pro Ötztaler 5500

2018

3rd Overall Herald Sun Tour

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

2020 (2)

1st Overall Czech Cycling Tour

1st Stages 1 (TTT) & 4

3rd Overall Herald Sun Tour

3rd Overall Tour de Hongrie

2021 (2)

1st Overall Tour de Hongrie

1st Stage 4

2023 (1)

3rd Overall Tour of Britain

4th Overall Vuelta a Asturias

1st Stage 1

4th Overall Vuelta a Burgos

2024

8th Overall Tour de Hongrie

9th Overall Tour Down Under

2025

4th Overall Tour of Oman

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Giro d'Italia	—	53	—	—	—	DNF	—	33
Tour de France	—	—	88	DNF	—	—	—	—
Vuelta a España	147	45	—	70	49	—	95	—

Legend

—	Did not compete
DNF	Did not finish

References

1. "Damien Howson". Mitchelton-SCOTT GreenEDGE Cycling.
2. "Beyond the Giro: Howson thrilled to support Chaves as super domestique". Cycling.
3. "Mitchelton-Scott finalise 25-rider roster for 2019". Cyclingnews.com . Immediate Media Company. 15 November 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
4. "Wins from January to October: Mitchelton-Scott men confirm roster and goals for 2020". Mitchelton–Scott . New Global Cycling Services. 11 December 2019. Archived from the original on 2 January 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
5. "GreenEDGE Cycling". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
6. Long, Jonny (4 November 2022). "Doug Ryder's new Q36.5 team has announced its 23-man squad". CyclingTips. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
7. Homfray, Reece (30 June 2017). "Tour de France debut for South Aussie dynamo Damien Howson". Archived from the original on 7 July 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
8. Drape, Julian (24 September 2013). "Damien Howson wins under-23 time trial world championship". The Sydney Morning Herald . Fairfax Media . Retrieved 9 April 2014.
9. "Vuelta a España 2015". Cycling Fever. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
10. "99th Giro d'Italia Startlist". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
11. Woodpower, Zeb (5 February 2017). "Howson scrapes through another day of Sun Tour high drama" . Retrieved 5 February 2017.
12. Woodpower, Zeb (27 June 2017). "Damien Howson ready for Tour de France debut". cyclingnews.com . Retrieved 10 July 2018.
13. "Damien Howson + Georgie Russell". SA Life . 30 September 2020. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
14. Millard, Mike (7 July 2017). "Pedare Old Scholar's Debut Ride in the Tour de France". The Vine. Pedare Christian College . Retrieved 17 September 2021.

External links

• Damien Howson at UCI
• Damien Howson at Cycling Archives (archived)
• Damien Howson at ProCyclingStats
• Damien Howson at Cycling Quotient