Tim Johnson

Timothy Johnson (born August 5, 1977, in Middleton, Massachusetts) is an American professional racing cyclist who has found success in cyclocross and road bicycle racing, and is one of only five male riders (Jonathan Page was 2nd at worlds in 2007 and Matt Kelly was 1st at worlds in 1999 along with Danny Summerhill and Walker Ferguson) from the United States to stand on a UCI Cyclocross World Championships podium. Johnson has six career national championships – three Elite, two Espoir and one Junior – and a bronze medal from the UCI Cyclocross World Championships that he won in 1999 in Poprad, Slovakia. Johnson spent his 2009 road season riding for the Ouch presented by Maxxis team, of which he is the Road Captain. For 2010, Johnson rode for UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team presented by Maxxis. Johnson is divorced of fellow professional cyclist Lyne Bessette. In June 2018 Tim was named the director for development for the USA Cycling Foundation.

Major accomplishments Johnson was arguably 2009's most successful American Cyclocross rider, winning 11 races, including the US Cyclocross National Championships in Bend, Oregon. In 2009, Johnson was first in the North American Cyclocross Trophy overall standings and second in the US Gran Prix of Cyclocross overall standings. Johnson missed the first five major UCI races of the season, including the first weekend of the US Gran Prix of Cyclocross, due to a separated shoulder he suffered at Star Crossed in Redmond, Washington.

Johnson finally won the coveted US Gran Prix of Cyclocross overall title in 2008, wearing the Cyclocross National Champion jersey, winning three of the series' six races. Johnson missed time late in the season due to a knee injury, but still managed to finish second in the North American Cyclocross Trophy overall standings, despite missing two of the series' eight races.

In 2007, Johnson captured his second U.S. national cyclocross championship repeating his 2000 success. Video production company DH Productions produced a documentary about Johnson's 2007–2008 season, following his success from early season success through his National Championships victory and his subsequent trip to the UCI World Championships in Treviso, Italy. The film was titled the 9 Ball Diaries, paying homage to the design of Johnson's Cannondale/Leer/Cyclocrossworld.com team jersey and Cannondale's Cyclocross bicycle.

In 2006, Johnson finished the season without landing outside the top-4 in any Cyclocross race entered. As a co-captain of the Health Net Professional Cycling Team he helped the team achieve its 3rd consecutive #1 NRC Ranking.

In 2005, Johnson edged two-time defending champion Mark McCormack to win the New England Championship Cyclo-Cross Series title and finished second overall in the United States Gran Prix of Cyclocross series after leading the Overall.

In 2003, Johnson won two stages and the overall title at the Herald Sun Tour, a road bicycle racing stage race held in Australia. Johnson won the tour's ninth stage from Horsham to Mount William. Two days later, Johnson won the tour's twelfth stage, a criterium in Echuca. The following day, Johnson finished second on the tour's thirteenth and final stage, taking a narrow 33 second victory over Australia's Luke Roberts.

Championships Johnson has won United States Cyclocross National Championships on six occasions. Johnson won his first as a Junior rider in 1995 in Leicester, Mass Johnson won his first of his U23 Cyclocross National Championships in 1998 in Fort Devens, Massachusetts and won his second the next year in 1999 in Presido, California. In 2000, Johnson was on the top step of the podium for the third year in a row, this year as an Elite rider, winning his first Elite title in Kansas City, Kansas. It was not until 2007 that Johnson found himself back in the Stars and Stripes jersey, winning the 2007 National Championship, again in Kansas City, Kansas. Johnson again won in 2009, taking his third Elite National Title, this time in Bend, Oregon.

After winning the Espoir's National Title in 1999, Johnson went on to the UCI Cyclocross World Championships in Poprad, Slovakia, where he rode his way to a third-place finish. Johnson's bronze medal was the first time a cyclocross rider from the United States had stood on the podium at the UCI Cyclocross World Championships, coming just one day before a surprising victory by U.S. rider Matt Kelly in the junior's event. in 1998 when they were held in Middelfart, Denmark

Palmares

1995 (Junior) Cyclo-cross National Champion – Leicester, Massachusetts 1998 (U23) Cyclo-cross National Champion – Fort Devens, Massachusetts (U23) 10th Cyclocross World Championships Middelfart, Denmark 1999 (U23) Cyclo-cross National Champion – Presido, California (U23) 3rd Cyclocross World Championships Poprad, Slovakia 2000 Cyclocross National Champion – Kansas City, Kansas 1st Mount Washington Hill Climb 1st Sterling Road Race 1st Harvard Road Race 2001 – Saturn 1st KOM, Tour of Willamette 1st Mount Washington Hill Climb 1st Cherry Blossom Classic 1st Amherst International Cyclo-cross 1st Chicago SuperCup Cyclocross 2002 – Saturn 13th Cyclocross World Championships Zolder, Belgium 13th Wetzikon World Cup Switzerland 2nd Cyclocross National Championships Baltimore SuperCup 2nd SuperCup #1 – Chicago 2nd SuperCup #2 – Boston 4th SuperCup #3 – Baltimore 1st Chameleon Cross 1st KOM, Tour of Slovenia 2nd ECV Cyclocross Gloucester, Massachusetts 2nd Granogue Cyclocross Wilmington, Delaware 3rd La Classique Montreal-Quebec 3rd Amherst Cyclocross Northampton, Massachusetts 2003 – Saturn 1st Overall – Herald Sun Tour 1st Stage #9 – Mount William, Australia 1st Stage #12 – Echuca, Australia 2nd Stage #13 – Buningyong, Australia 3rd Stage #8 – Horsham, Australia 7th Stage #6 – Port Fairy, Australia 1st Points Competition, Nature Valley Grand Prix 1st KOM, International Tour de 'Toona, 1st La Classique Montreal-Quebec 1st Fort Collins Grand Prix 1st TT Stage, Multi-Laser Grand Prix 2005 – Jittery Joe's/Kalahari and Cyclocrossworld.com/Louis Garneau 1st Overall, Verge New England Cyclo-cross Series (NECCS) 2nd Overall, Crankbrothers USGP of Cyclocross Series 1st USGP #3 – Gran Prix of Gloucester #1 Gloucester, Massachusetts 3rd USGP #6 – Clark Natwick GP San Francisco 3rd USGP #2 – Rad Racing Gran Prix Tacoma, Washington 4th USGP #4 – Gran Prix of Gloucester #2 Gloucester, Massachusetts 5th USGP #5 – Surf City Cyclocross Watsonville, California 5th USGP #1 – Stumptown Classic Portland, Oregon New England Championship Cyclo-cross Series (NECCS) 1st Chainbiter 7.0 Farmington, Connecticut 1st Baystate Cross Sterling, Massachusetts 2nd Caster's Gran Prix Warwick, Rhode Island 2nd Downeast Cyclocross New Gloucester, Maine 3rd W.E. Steadman GP South Kingstown, Rhode Island 3rd Cycle-Smart International Northampton, Massachusetts 1st Aurora Cross UCI, Canada 2006 – Cannondale/Cyclocrossworld.com 1 Ranked Rider National Racing Calendar Standings, USA Cycling 3rd California Giant Cyclocross National Championships Providence, Rhode Island 1st California Giant Strawberry Cup Providence, Rhode Island 2nd Overall, Crank Brothers USGP of Cyclocross Series 1st USGP #6 – Portland, Oregon 2nd USGP #5 – Tacoma, Washington 2nd USGP #4 – Boulder, Colorado 4th USGP #3 – Longmont, Colorado 2nd USGP #2 – Gloucester, Massachusetts 2nd USGP #1 – Gloucester, Massachusetts New England Championship Cyclo-cross Series (NECCS) 1st NECCS Round #7 – Caster's Cross, Warwick, Rhode Island 1st NECCS Round #6 – W.E. Stedman Grand Prix, South Kingston, Rhode Island 1st NECCS Round #5 – Bay State Cyclocross, Sterling, Massachusetts 1st NECCS Round #2 – Downeast Cyclocross #2, New Gloucester, Maine 1st NECCS Round #1 – Downeast Cyclocross #1, New Gloucester, Maine 2nd Wissahickon Cross 4th Granogue Cross 1st Whitmore's Super Cross Cup #2 Southampton, New York 2nd Whitmore's Super Cross Cup #1 Southampton, New York 1st Vermont Grand Prix Burlington, Vermont 2006 – Health Net Pro Cycling Team Presented by Maxxis Named Best American Road Team by VeloNews 2007 – Health Net–Maxxis 8th Overall, Tour de Georgia 2007 – Cannondale/Leer/Cyclocrossworld Cyclocross National Champion – Kansas City, Kansas 2nd Overall, Crank Brothers US Gran Prix of Cyclocross 1st USGP #5 – Portland Cup #1 Portland, OR 1st USGP #2 – Derby City Cup #2 Louisville, Kentucky 2nd USGP #6 – Portland Cup #2 Portland, OR 2nd USGP #4 – Mercer Cup #2 West Windsor, New Jersey 2nd USGP #1 – Derby City Cup #1 Louisville, Kentucky 3rd USGP #3 – Mercer Cup #1 West Windsor, New Jersey New England Cyclocross Championship Series (NECCS) 2nd NECCS #2 – Gran Prix of Gloucester #2 Gloucester, Massachusetts 3rd NECCS #7 – NBX Gran Prix Warwick, Rhode Island 3rd NECCS #5 – Baystate Cyclocross Sterling, Massachusetts 1st Granogue Cross Wilmington, Delaware 2nd Boulder Cup Boulder, Colorado 2nd Wissahickon Cross Ludwig's Corners, Pennsylvania 4th Whitmore's Super Cross Cup #2 Southampton, New York 4th Whitmore's Super Cross Cup #1 Southampton, New York 2008 – Cannondale/Cyclocrossworld.com 1st Overall, US Grand Prix of Cyclocross 1st UGSP #5 – Portland Cup #1 Portland, Oregon 1st USGP #3 – Mercer Cup #1 West Windsor, New Jersey 1st USGP #2 – Derby City Cup #2 Louisville, Kentucky 3rd USGP #6 – Portland Cup #2 Portland, Oregon 6th USGP #1 – Derby City Cup #1 Louisville, Kentucky 2nd Overall, North American Cyclocross Trophy 1st NACT #6 – Boulder Cup #2 Boulder, Colorado 1st NACT #2 – Rad Racing Lakewood, Washington 2nd NACT #4 – Gran Prix of Gloucester #2 Gloucester, Massachusetts 2nd NACT #3 – Gran Prix of Gloucester #1 Gloucester, Massachusetts 3rd NACT #5 – Boulder Cup #1 Boulder, Colorado 3rd NACT #1 – Star-Crossed Redmond, Washington 1st Toronto International Cyclocross #2 Toronto 2nd Cross Vegas Las Vegas, Nevada 2nd Toronto International Cyclocross #1 Toronto 2nd Wissahickon Cross Ludwig's Corners, Pennsylvania 3rd Granogue Cross Wilmington, Delaware 2009 – Cannondale/Cyclocrossworld.com Cyclocross National Champion – Bend, Oregon 2nd Overall, US Gran Prix of Cyclocross 1st USGP #6 – Mercer Cup #3 West Windsor, New Jersey 1st USGP #4 – Derby City Cup #2 Louisville, Kentucky 2nd USGP #5 – Mercer Cup #1 West Windsor, New Jersey 3rd USGP #8 – Portland Cup #2 Portland, Oregon 3rd USGP #3 – Derby City Cup #1 Louisville, Kentucky 4th USGP #7 – Portland Cup #1 Portland, Oregon 1st Overall, North American Cyclocross Trophy 1st NACT #10 – Whitmore's Super Cross Cup #2 – Southampton, New York 1st NACT #9 – Whitmore's Super Cross Cup #1 – Southampton, New York 1st NACT #8 – Boulder Cup Boulder, Colorado 1st NACT #7 – Blue Sky Velo Cup Longmont, Colorado 1st NACT #5 – Toronto International Cyclocross #1 Toronto 1st NACT #4 – Gran Prix of Gloucester #2 Gloucester, Massachusetts 2nd NACT #6 – Toronto International Cyclocross #2 Toronto 4th NACT #3 – Gran Prix of Gloucester #1 Gloucester, Massachusetts New England Cyclocross Championship Series (NECCS) 1st NECCS #6 – Providence Cyclocross #2 Providence, Rhode Island 1st NECCS #5 – Providence Cyclocross #1 Providence, Rhode Island