Danny Stam

Danny Stam (born 25 June 1972) is a Dutch former racing cyclist, who specialised in Six-day racing track cycling. He is nicknamed "De kleine diesel" (The little diesel). He currently works as a directeur sportif for UCI Women's WorldTeam .

Biography Born in Koog aan de Zaan, Stam started cycling at the team of his father and four-time world champion track cyclist Cees Stam. He participated in both road cycling as well as track cycling. On the road his main skills became visible in the mountain stages, but after being part of the Rabobank talent team for a few years he did not break through to the professional team. As a result, he decided to mainly focus his career on track cycling. It would take him four more years to win another national title. This time he won the madison title alongside his partner Robert Slippens. The year 2000 turned out to be his final breakthrough year. Besides his second national title he also won a silver medal behind the derny and two bronze medals at the points race and time trial. Later that year Stam and Slippens represented the Netherlands at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney where they took the 8th spot.

In 2001 Stam and Slippens had their first top three ranking during a Six-day cycling event, finishing third in Amsterdam. A year later they promoted their ranking into a second place. That same year they became the European Champions at the Madison beating Bruno Risi and Kurt Betschart for the gold. He also won another national silver medal at the points race. Their first Six-day racing win Stam and Slippens also achieved in Amsterdam, where they again beat Risi and Betschart in 2003. In addition they also won the Six-day cycling event of Bremen and finished second in Moscow and Ghent.

They qualified themselves for the World Championships in 2004 and won the bronze medal. They were ready for their second Olympic spell, but at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens they did not get further than the 14th spot because they were a lap behind. Their most successive year to date was 2006 when they won the six-day events of Rotterdam, Bremen, Berlin and Copenhagen together. While at the World Championships 2007 in Palma de Mallorca he and Schep won another silver medal.

In 2008 Stam started in the Six-day event of Rotterdam again together with Slippens, but he had to withdraw after one day. Because Leif Lampater's teammate Andreas Beikirch also got injured Stam and Lampater were riding together starting at day 2 of the event, chasing the leading three teams by 2 laps. Eventually they won the event with a lap in advantage of the rest of the pack.

In 2010 Stam joined the cycling team, In 2021, became SD Worx, and the team was promoted to UCI Women's Team status.

Career highlights

UCI Track World Championships 2004 – Melbourne, 3rd, Madison (with Robert Slippens) 2005 – Los Angeles, 2nd, Madison (with Robert Slippens) 2007 – Palma de Mallorca, 2nd, Madison (with Peter Schep)

UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics 2002 – Sydney, 3rd, Madison (with Robert Slippens) 2003 – Moscow, 2nd, Madison (with Robert Slippens) 2006 – Moscow, 1st, Madison (with Jens Mouris)

European Championships 2002 – 1st, Madison (with Robert Slippens) 2003 – 2nd, Madison (with Robert Slippens) 2006 – Ballerup, 2nd, Madison (with Peter Schep)

Dutch National Track Championships 1991 – 3rd, Derny race (amateurs) 1996 – 1st, Derny race 2000 – 1st, Madison (with Robert Slippens) 2000 – 2nd, Derny race 2000 – 3rd, Points race 2000 – 3rd, 50 km time trial 2002 – 2nd, Points race 2004 – 3rd, Points race 2004 – 1st, Madison (with Robert Slippens) 2005 – 2nd, 50 km time trial

Six-day cycling events 2001 – Amsterdam, 3rd (with Robert Slippens) 2002 – Amsterdam, 2nd (with Robert Slippens) 2003 – Amsterdam, 1st (with Robert Slippens) 2003 – Moscow, 2nd (with Robert Slippens) 2003 – Bremen, 1st (with Robert Slippens) 2003 – Ghent, 2nd (with Robert Slippens) 2004 – Bremen, 2nd (with Robert Slippens) 2004 – Amsterdam, 1st (with Robert Slippens) 2004 – Munich, 2nd (with Robert Slippens) 2004 – Ghent, 1st (with Robert Slippens) 2005 – Rotterdam, 1st (with Robert Slippens) 2005 – Berlin, 3rd (with Robert Slippens) 2005 – Copenhagen, 2nd (with Robert Slippens) 2005 – Amsterdam, 2nd (with Robert Slippens) 2005 – Munich, 2nd (with Robert Slippens) 2005 – Ghent, 2nd (with Robert Slippens) 2006 – Rotterdam, 1st (with Robert Slippens) 2006 – Bremen, 1st (with Robert Slippens) 2006 – Berlin, 1st (with Robert Slippens) 2006 – Copenhagen, 1st (with Robert Slippens) 2006 – Hasselt, 2nd (with Robert Slippens) 2006 – Maastricht, 3rd (with Peter Schep) 2006 – Amsterdam, 1st (with Peter Schep) 2006 – Dortmund, 3rd (with Andreas Beikirch) 2006 – Munich, 3rd (with Peter Schep) 2007 – Rotterdam, 2nd (with Marco Villa) 2007 – Stuttgart, 3rd (with Peter Schep and Olaf Pollack) 2007 – Copenhagen, 3rd (with Peter Schep) 2007 – Amsterdam, 2nd (with Robert Slippens) 2007 – Munich, 3rd (with Robert Slippens) 2007 – Ghent, 3rd (with Robert Slippens) 2008 – Zürich, 3rd (with Michael Mørkøv) 2008 – Rotterdam, 1st (with Leif Lampater)

Road achievements 1993 – 3rd, PWZ Zuidenveld Tour, Netherlands 1996 – 3rd, Eurode Omloop, Netherlands 2001 – 2nd, Criterium Kustpijl, Belgium 2001 – 2nd, Ronde van Limburg, Netherlands 2001 – 2nd, Rund um Düren, Germany 2007 – 3rd, Ronde van Midden-Brabant, Netherlands 2007 – 1st, Omloop Schokland, Netherlands