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Full name | Danilo Hondo | ||||||||||||||||
Born | Guben, East Germany | 4 January 1974||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||
Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Retired | ||||||||||||||||
Discipline | Road | ||||||||||||||||
Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||||
Rider type | Sprinter | ||||||||||||||||
Professional teams | |||||||||||||||||
1997–1998 | Agro–Adler Brandenburg | ||||||||||||||||
1999–2003 | Team Telekom | ||||||||||||||||
2004–2005 | Gerolsteiner | ||||||||||||||||
2006 | Team Lamonta | ||||||||||||||||
2007 | Tinkoff Credit Systems | ||||||||||||||||
2008 | Diquigiovanni–Androni | ||||||||||||||||
2009 | PSK Whirlpool–Author | ||||||||||||||||
2010–2012 | Lampre–Farnese Vini | ||||||||||||||||
2013–2014 | RadioShack–Leopard | ||||||||||||||||
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Grand Tours
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Medal record
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Danilo Hondo (born 4 January 1974) is a German former professional road bicycle racer. [1] He won the German National Road Race in 2002. [2] He competed in the men's team pursuit at the 1996 Summer Olympics. [3]
He was banned from professional cycling and then later won his appeal to return to the sport. From January 2015 to May 2019, Hondo worked as a coach for the Swiss cycling federation, first for the under-23 squad and then with the elite. He owns a bike shop on the island of Majorca. [4]
Hondo was born in Guben, Brandenburg.
In 2005 Hondo was suspended and fired after testing positive for carphedon at the 2005 Vuelta a Murcia. Originally suspended for two years, Hondo's suspension was cut to 1 year in June 2005. In January 2006, Hondo had his ban extended to 2 years when he lost his appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport. In March 2006, has won his appeal in civil court, which gave Hondo an early end to his suspension. In 2009, he signed for a 3-year contract for Lampre–Farnese Vini. [5]
Following revelations about blood doping by Erfurt-based doctor Mark Schmidt, Hondo confessed to having been a client of his in an interview with German broadcaster ARD on 12 May 2019. He said that he had paid €30,000 to Schmidt for blood transfusions in 2011. Hondo was subsequently fired by the Swiss federation. [6]
Grand Tour | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |
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Giro d'Italia | — | — | 91 | DNF | — | — | — | — | — | 104 | — | DNF | DNF | — | 96 | 114 |
Tour de France | — | — | — | 104 | — | 106 | — | — | — | — | — | 135 | 109 | 86 | — | — |
Vuelta a España | 90 | DNF | 93 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 108 | — | — | — | — |
— | Did not compete |
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DNF | Did not finish |
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