Karl Menzies

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Karl Menzies
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Personal information
Full nameKarl Menzies
Born (1977-06-17) 17 June 1977 (age 47)
Devonport, Australia
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight86 kg (190 lb)
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Amateur teams
2000Nortas
2001Australian Abalone Exports
2002Giant Tas
2002City of Melbourne
2004Team MGZT
2004Bicycle Superstore
Professional teams
2005 Advantage Benefits–Endeavour
2006–2016 Health Net–Maxxis [1]
2017 Cylance Pro Cycling

Karl Menzies (born 17 June 1977) is an Australian former professional road bicycle racer. He finished second in the 2006 USA Cycling National Racing Calendar to Floyd Landis. Menzies turned professional in 2005, he spent one season on the Advantage Benefits/Endeavour team.

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In 2006, he won the Nature Valley Grand Prix, ahead of teammate Greg Henderson. In 2005, he finished first overall at the International Cycling Classic. In 2007, he won stage 1 of the Jacob's Creek Tour Down Under and was the overall winner at the International Tour de Toona stage race.

Major results

2001
1st Stage 1 Tour of Southland
2004
3rd Overall Tour de Korea
3rd Overall Tour of Wellington
5th Overall Herald Sun Tour
1st Stage 1
2005
1st Overall International Cycling Classic
1st Stage 2
2nd Overall Joe Martin Stage Race
3rd Overall San Dimas Stage Race
4th Wachovia Invitational
8th Overall Tour of Southland
1st Stage 2
2006
1st Overall Nature Valley Grand Prix
1st Stage 4
1st Stage 6 International Cycling Classic
1st Stage 2 Redlands Classic
1st Stage 1 Tour de Toona
1st Stage 2 Tour de Nez  [ fr ]
2nd Overall USA Cycling National Racing Calendar
2nd Sea Otter Classic
7th Overall Herald Sun Tour
1st Stage 2
7th Trophée des Grimpeurs
2007
1st Overall Tour de Toona
1st Stages 2, 5 & 7
1st Stages 2 & 4 Joe Martin Stage Race
2nd Overall Tour Down Under
1st Stage 2
3rd Road race, National Road Championships
2008
2nd Lancaster Classic
3rd CSC Invitational
2009
1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Tour of Elk Grove
1st Sunny King Criterium
3rd Clarendon Cup
2010
1st Overall Tour de Murrieta
1st Athens Twilight Criterium
1st Stage 11 Tour of America's Dairyland
1st Stage 4 Joe Martin Stage Race
3rd Overall Tour of Elk Grove
2011
1st Prologue Tour of Elk Grove
2nd Tour of Somerville
2013
2nd Tour of Somerville
2nd Intelligentsia Cup  [ fr ]
3rd Overall Tulsa Tough
3rd Sunny King Criterium
5th USA Crits Finals, Las Vegas [2]
2015
1st Dana Point Grand Prix  [ fr ] [3]
1st Stage 3 Gateway Cup
2nd Wilmington Grand Prix  [ fr ] [4]
2017
3rd Sunny King Criterium
3rd Dana Point Grand Prix  [ fr ]

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