Danilo Hondo

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Danilo Hondo
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Hondo at the 2008 German National Road Race Championship.
Personal information
Full nameDanilo Hondo
Born (1974-01-04) 4 January 1974 (age 49)
Guben, East Germany
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb)
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeSprinter
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
Major wins
Grand Tours
Giro d'Italia
2 individual stages (2001)

One-Day Races and Classics

National Road Race Championship (2002)
Medal record
Men's track cycling
Representing Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1994 Palermo Team Pursuit
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1996 Manchester Team Pursuit

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]

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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.

Doping

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]

Major results

1994
1st Jersey rainbow.svg Team pursuit, UCI Track World Championships
1996
3rd Bronze medal blank.svg Team pursuit, UCI Track World Championships
1998
1st Stage 4 Vuelta Ciclista de Chile
1999
Course de la Paix
1st Stages 1, 4 & 5
1st Stage 1 Regio-Tour
2000
Course de la Paix
1st Stages 3 & 5
1st Stage 1b Tour of Sweden
2001
Giro d'Italia
1st Stages 2 & 3
Held Jersey violet.svg after Stages 3–11
1st Tour de Berne
1st Stage 1 Three Days of De Panne
1st Stage 1 Danmark Rundt
1st Stage 4 Ronde van Nederland
1st Jersey green.svg Points classification Paris–Nice
2002
1st MaillotAllemania.svg Road race, National Road Championships
1st Stage 2 Volta a Catalunya
1st Stage 2 Rheinland-Pfalz Rundfahrt
1st Stage 3 Hessen-Rundfahrt
2003
Course de la Paix
1st Stages 1 & 2
2nd Rund um Köln
2004
1st Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli
1st Stage 1 Tour du Poitou-Charentes
1st Stage 5 Volta a Catalunya
2nd Overall Three Days of De Panne
1st Stage 1
2nd Rund um Köln
2nd Rund um den Henninger Turm
2nd Paris–Tours
3rd Trofeo Manacor
5th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
1st Stage 5 (ITT)
6th Overall Niedersachsen-Rundfahrt
1st Stages 1, 2, 4 & 5
2005
2nd Milan–San Remo
8th Overall Vuelta a Murcia
1st Stages 1 & 2
2006
1st Omloop van de Vlaamse Scheldeboorden
1st Neuseen Classics
Course de la Paix
1st Stages 2 & 3
Circuito Montañés
1st Stages 2 & 3
1st Stage 2 Sachsen-Tour
2nd Overall Oddset–Rundfahrt
2nd Overall Circuit Franco-Belge
3rd Overall Regio-Tour
1st Stage 1
3rd Rund um den Henninger Turm
3rd Tour de Rijke
3rd Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen
3rd Omloop van het Houtland
2008
1st Stage 4 Tour de Langkawi
2009
1st Praha–Karlovy Vary–Praha
1st Stage 7 Volta a Portugal
2nd Coppa Bernocchi
7th Overall Course de la Solidarité Olympique
1st Stage 5
2010
9th Tour of Flanders
1st Stage 4 Giro di Sardegna
2nd Coppa Bernocchi
2011
10th Rund um den Finanzplatz Eschborn-Frankfurt

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 1999200020012002200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014
Jersey pink.svg Giro d'Italia 91 DNF 104 DNF DNF 96 114
Jersey yellow.svg Tour de France 104 106 135 109 86
Jersey red.svg Vuelta a España 90 DNF 93 108
Legend
Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

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