Damien Howson

Damien Howson (born 13 August 1992) is an Australian cyclist, who rides for UCI ProTeam .

Career Howson started his athletic career in basketball, becoming a state champion aged 13. He moved to cycling when South Australian Sports Institute discovered his potential after physiological testing on the state junior basketball team.

He won the world under-23 time trial in 2013, as well as the Oceania Cycling Championships under-23 time trial and road race. He was named in the start list for the 2015 Vuelta a España and the 2016 Giro d'Italia. In 2017 he won the 64th edition of the Herald Sun Tour. In June 2017, he was named to make his debut at the 2017 Tour de France.

Personal life In 2020 Howson married his high school friend, Georgie Russell at Longview Vineyard near Macclesfield in his home state of South Australia. He is an old scholar of Pedare Christian College.

Major results

2010 1st Trofeo San Rocco 3rd Overall GP Général Patton 4th Overall 3 Giorni Orobica 9th Overall Liège–La Gleize 2011 Oceania Under-23 Road Championships

4th Road race

4th Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships 9th Time trial, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships 9th Chrono Champenois 9th Memorial Davide Fardelli 2012

2nd Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships 2nd Memorial Davide Fardelli

4th Chrono Champenois 7th Overall Tour Alsace 2013

1st UCI Oceania Tour Oceania Under-23 Road Championships

National Under-23 Road Championships

2nd Road race 1st Trofeo Alcide Degasperi 2nd Chrono Champenois 3rd Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23 1st Prologue 3rd Trofeo Banca Popolare di Vicenza 5th Giro del Belvedere 7th Gran Premio Palio del Recioto 2014

3rd Time trial, National Road Championships 2015 5th Time trial, National Road Championships 5th Overall Herald Sun Tour 2016 3rd Overall Herald Sun Tour 4th Time trial, National Road Championships 2017 (2 pro wins)

1st Stage 1 9th GP Miguel Induráin 9th Pro Ötztaler 5500 2018 3rd Overall Herald Sun Tour 4th Overall Colorado Classic 2019 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Tirreno–Adriatico 2nd Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali 1st Stage 1b (TTT) 10th Overall Herald Sun Tour 2020 (2)

1st Stages 1 (TTT) & 4 3rd Overall Herald Sun Tour 3rd Overall Tour de Hongrie 2021 (2)

1st Stage 4 2023 (1) 3rd Overall Tour of Britain 4th Overall Vuelta a Asturias 1st Stage 1 4th Overall Vuelta a Burgos 2024 8th Overall Tour de Hongrie 9th Overall Tour Down Under 2025 4th Overall Tour of Oman 10th Overall Giro d'Abruzzo

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

+ Legend — Did not compete DNF Did not finish