Danny Pate

Danny Pate (born March 23, 1979) is an American retired professional bicycle racer, who competed professionally between 2000 and 2018 for the Saeco Macchine per Caffè–Valli & Valli, Prime Alliance, Health Net–Maxxis, Jelly Belly–Pool Gel, Garmin–Transitions, HTC–Highroad, Team Sky and Rally Cycling teams.[2]

Danny Pate
Personal information
Full nameDanny Pate
Born (1979-03-23) March 23, 1979
Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight73 kg (161 lb; 11.5 st)
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeRouleur
Amateur teams
1998Colorado–Ikon–Lexus
1999Tomac–Manitou MTB
Professional teams
2000Saeco Macchine per Caffè–Valli & Valli
2001–2003Prime Alliance Cycling Team
2004Health Net–Maxxis
2005Jelly Belly–Pool Gel
2006–2010TIAA–CREF
2011HTC–Highroad
2012–2015Team Sky[1]
2016–2018Rally Cycling
Major wins
Giro d'Italia, 1 Stage TTT (2008)
Under-23 World Time Trial Championships (2001)
Under-23 National Road Race Championships (1998)

Born in Colorado Springs, Colorado, Pate competed in road racing, cyclo-cross and mountain bike racing.

Pate road in both the Giro d'Italia as well as the Tour de France with his best individual performances being a 3rd place finish on stage 18 of the 2009 Giro and then during the 2008 Tour de France he got involved in what ended up being a 171km breakaway during stage 15, which by far resulted in the most television coverage of his career. Four riders initially broke free and benefited from multiple crashes that allowed the escape group to build a gap of over fifteen minutes. Later in the day as the battle for the Maillot Jaune heated up behind them the gap dropped considerably and one of the breakaway riders eventually cracked leaving only Pate, Egoi Martinez and Simon Gerrans. As Pate led the trio under the flame rouge commentator Phil Liggett noted how Pate had looked cooked for the last 100 kilometers but was now leading the three riders home. In the final sprint Gerrans took the stage with Martinez in 2nd as Pate sat up and fell back a few seconds to claim the only Tour de France stage podium of his career.[3]

In October 2015 the UCI Continental team, then named Optum–Kelly Benefit Strategies, announced that Pate would join them for the 2016 season after four years with Team Sky, reuniting him with former Prime Alliance teammate and Optum performance director Jonas Carney.[4] He retired from racing at the 2018 Colorado Classic, after finishing the last stage in Denver.[2]

Major results
1997
1st Junior race, National Cyclo-Cross Championships
1998
1st Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships
2000
9th Rund um die Nürnberger Altstadt
2001
1st Time trial, UCI Road World Under-23 Championships
1st Overall Triptyque Ardennais
2nd Ronde van Vlaanderen U23
8th La Côte Picarde
9th Overall Sea Otter Classic
9th Prix de la Ville de Soissons
2002
1st Overall International Tour de Toona
1st Lake Eola Criterium
2nd Road race, National Road Championships
3rd Overall Tour of the Gila
3rd USPRO Championships
5th Overall GP de Beauce
2003
1st Stage 2 Tour de White Rock
4th Overall GP de Beauce
2004
3rd Road race, National Road Championships
2005
International Cycling Classic
1st Stages 3 & 15
1st Mountains classification Nature Valley Grand Prix
2nd Road race, National Road Championships
2nd USPRO Championships
6th Overall Redlands Bicycle Classic
7th Overall Super Week
9th T-Mobile International
2006
2nd Overall FBD Insurance Rás
1st Stage 2
3rd Overall Tour de Beauce
1st Stage 4 (ITT)
3rd Reading Classic (Pro Cycling Tour)
3rd Road race, National Road Championships
6th Wachovia Cycling Series, Lancaster
9th Overall Tour du Limousin
10th Overall Tour de l'Ain
2007
1st Stage 5 Tour of Missouri
2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
3rd Overall Tour de Beauce
4th Commerce Bank Lancaster Classic
2008
1st Stage 1 (TTT) Giro d'Italia
3rd Road race, National Road Championships
2009
3rd Overall Critérium International
5th Overall Tour Méditerranéen
2010
10th Gran Premio Nobili Rubinetterie – Coppa Papà Carlo
2013
1st Stage 2 (TTT) Giro d'Italia
1st Stage 1b (TTT) Giro del Trentino
2015
1st Stage 1 (TTT) Tour de Romandie
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References
  1. "Team Sky signs Danny Pate from HTC-Highroad". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. October 5, 2011. Retrieved January 6, 2012.
  2. Malach, Pat (August 19, 2018). "Danny Pate announces retirement from cycling". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
  3. "Danny Pate". procyclingstats. 2018.
  4. Malach, Pat (October 1, 2015). "Pate signs with Optum Pro Cycling". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved October 1, 2015.
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