Leigh Howard

Leigh Howard (born 18 October 1989) is an Australian professional racing cyclist. He qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics in both the Men's Madison and Men's Team Pursuit. Howard was part of the Men's team pursuit together with Kelland O'Brien, Sam Weisford and Alexander Porter. They secured a bronze medal after overlapping New Zealand who had crashed. Howard also competed in the Men's Madison where the team finished fifth with a time of 3:48.448 and therefore did not qualify for the final.

Career Born in Geelong, Victoria, Australia, Howard now resides in Waurn Ponds, Victoria. He began cycling competitively at the age of 10 and first represented Australia in 2005 at the age of 16. In his first professional race with team HTC Columbia, Howard won the fourth stage of the Tour of Oman. Impressively, Howard finished ahead of Daniele Bennati, Tom Boonen and Tyler Farrar on the stage. After two years with the team, Howard moved to for the 2012 season.

Howard last rode for UCI Continental team .

Major results Road

2006 3rd Time trial, National Junior Championships 2007 Tour of Tasmania 1st Stages 1, 4 & 7 2008 1st Overall Tour of the Murray River 1st Stages 5 & 13 1st Coppa Colli Briantei Internazionale Tour of Gippsland 1st Stages 6 & 8 Tour of Tasmania 1st Stages 1 & 8 1st Stage 2 Australian Cycling Grand Prix 10th Overall Tour de Berlin 1st Stage 2 2009 1st Overall Tour of Gippsland 1st Stages 2, 3, 6 & 9 1st Overall Okolo Slovenska 1st Classic Astico – Brenta Tour of Japan 1st Points classification 1st Stages 1, 3 & 7 1st Stage 1 Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23 4th Circuito del Porto 8th Giro del Belvedere 2010 (2 pro wins)

1st Stage 4 Tour of Oman 1st Sprints classification, Bayern–Rundfahrt 2011 (1) 1st Stage 5 Ster Elektrotoer 3rd Trofeo Cala Millor 4th Grand Prix de Denain 2012 (1) 1st Stage 2 (TTT) Eneco Tour 3rd Overall Tour of Britain 1st Stage 2 2013 (2) 1st Trofeo Campos–Santanyí–Ses Salines 1st Trofeo Platja de Muro 8th Vuelta a La Rioja 2014 5th Gran Premio Nobili Rubinetterie 7th Overall Tour of Alberta 2015 6th RideLondon–Surrey Classic 2016 (2) 1st Clásica de Almería 1st Stage 1 Tour des Fjords 2nd Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race

Grand Tour general classification results timeline Grand Tour 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Giro d'Italia — — DNF — — DNF Tour de France — — — — — 172 Vuelta a España 152 — 142 — — —

+ Legend — Did not compete DNF Did not finish

Track

2006

National Junior Championships 1st Scratch 2nd Kilo 2nd Madison (with Alex Smyth) 2nd Team pursuit 3rd Individual pursuit 2007 UCI World Junior Championships

National Junior Championships 1st Kilo 1st Omnium 1st Individual pursuit UIV Cup 1st Amsterdam 1st Dortmund 3rd Madison, National Championships (with Travis Meyer) 2008 National Championships 1st Madison (with Glenn O'Shea) 1st Scratch 1st Team pursuit 2nd Individual pursuit UIV Cup 1st Amsterdam 1st Munich

2nd Scratch, UCI World Cup Classics, Melbourne 2009 UCI World Championships

UCI World Cup Classics, Beijing 1st Team pursuit 1st Madison (with Glenn O'Shea) National Championships 2nd Team pursuit 3rd Individual pursuit 2010 UCI World Championships

UCI World Cup Classics 1st Team pursuit, Beijing 1st Team pursuit, Melbourne 1st Madison, Melbourne (with Cameron Meyer) 2011

1st Madison, Oceania Championships (with Cameron Meyer) 1st Madison, National Championships (with Glenn O'Shea) 2nd Six Days of Berlin (with Cameron Meyer) 2012 1st Six Days of Berlin (with Cameron Meyer) 2018

Oceania Championships 1st Team pursuit

National Championships 1st Team pursuit 2nd Madison (with Jordan Kerby) UCI World Cup 1st Team pursuit, Berlin 2nd Scratch, Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines 3rd Madison, Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (with Kelland O'Brien) 2nd Six Days of London (with Kelland O'Brien) 2019 1st Team pursuit, UCI World Championships National Championships 1st Madison (with Glenn O'Shea) 1st Team pursuit UCI World Cup 1st Team pursuit, Brisbane 2nd Team pursuit, Cambridge 3rd Madison, Glasgow (with Sam Welsford)

2020 3rd Madison, National Championships (with Sam Welsford) 2021 1st Madison, National Championships (with Glenn O'Shea)