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Full name | Daniel R. Holloway | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | Hollywood | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Wichita Falls, Texas | May 21, 1987||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2008 | Garmin–Chipotle p/b H30 (stagiaire) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2009 | Felt–Holowesko Partners | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2014 | Athlete Octane Cycling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2015 | Alto Velo p/b Seasucker | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2016 | Intelligentsia Coffee | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2017-2021 | Texas Roadhouse Racing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2010 | Bissell | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2011 | Kelly Benefit Strategies–OptumHealth | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2012 | Team Raleigh–GAC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2013 | Amore & Vita | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Daniel Holloway (born May 21, 1987) is an American cyclist, [1] who previously rode for American amateur team Texas Roadhouse Racing. Holloway specialized in criteriums, track racing, and six-day racing. During his career, Holloway has won over 20 national titles, a Pan American title in 2018, and a gold medal at the 2019 Pan American Games. On June 2, 2021, Daniel Holloway announced his retirement from professional cycling. On September 3, 2023, Daniel Holloway returned to the men's Pro Peloton at The Gateway Cup to be the first cyclist to ever race, film and narrate with live color commentary. [2]
Holloway was born on May 21, 1987, in Wichita Falls, Texas, and began as a speed skater. He began cycling as practice for speed skating in the summer. His racing career began on the velodrome due to its similarities with the track. Holloway took to cycling winning his first national championship in July 2004 in the Madison. In 2005, he won his next national title at Junior Track Nationals in the individual and team pursuits. In 2007, he took his first Criterium National title as an amateur. [3]
In 2008, he rode to 4 Elite National titles on the track, winning the team pursuit, madison, points race and the scratch. He joined the Garmin–Chipotle p/b H30 team as a stagiaire, before joining the Felt–Holowesko Partners team for the 2009 season. Holloway won the kilo and points race titles at the National Track Championships, and he also competed at the 2009 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Poland with teammates Colby Pearce and Taylor Phinney. In 2010 Holloway joined the domestic Bissell team and raced predominately on the road, winning his first United States National Criterium Championships. In 2011, Holloway joined the UCI Continental team Kelly Benefit Strategies–OptumHealth further focusing on road racing with a specialty in criteriums.
Holloway joined Team Raleigh–GAC in 2012, where he again won the scratch at the National Track Championships. He moved to Amore & Vita for the 2013 season, before returning the American domestic scene ahead of the 2014 season. [4] Holloway won a record 21 races in 2014 with Athlete Octane, including his second criterium title at the National Amateur Road Championships. Riding for Alto Velo p/b Seasucker in 2015, Holloway extended his record to 26 victories, and a second consecutive criterium title at the National Amateur Road Championships. In 2016, Holloway took his third consecutive criterium title at the National Amateur Road Championships and also won the road race title for Intelligentsia Coffee. He also raced his first-ever Red Hook Criterium Series, placing 5th at his first attempt at Red Hook Brooklyn.
Holloway moved to Texas Roadhouse Racing for the 2017 season, where he won a second consecutive road race title at the National Amateur Road Championships. Towards the end of his 2017 road season, Holloway shifted focus back to the track, winning 2 National titles (Omnium and Madison) and a World Cup (Omnium) on the track, and three National titles (Omnium, Madison, Points race) as well as the Pan-American Madison Championship title in 2018. In 2019 he won a Pan American Gold medal in the Omnium. In addition to Texas Roadhouse, Daniel Holloway was named an official member of Team USA's track cycling endurance program. [5] He announced his retirement in 2021.
Post-retirement Daniel Holloway began commentating at various cycling events, specializing in criterium color commentary. Together with Gabe Lloyd he launched The Call Up Podcast in 2023 dissecting and analyzing both men and women's Criterium races, focusing mostly on the American Criterium Cup. Shortly after, with 2 years off the bike and only 8 weeks of training, he became the first ever cyclist to race and commentate live from the peloton at Day 3 of the 2023 Gateway Cup.
Daniel Holloway is married to creative director, entrepreneur, and owner of Kombucha and brand Mortal Ventures, [6] Becca Schepps. Together they have one son.
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