No. 91 - David Millar

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Career Highlights

• 2007 1st Road Race and Time Trial British National Championships - 1st Prologue Paris-Nice
• 2006 1st Time Trial Vuelta a Espana - 1st Individual pursuit British National Track Championships, 1st Individual Pursuit British National Championships
• 2003 1st Stage 17 Vuelta a Espana - 1st Tour de Picardie
• 2002 1st Stage 13 Tour de France
• 2001 1st Overall Danmark Rundt - 1st Overall Circuit de la Sarthe
• 2000 1st Stage 1 Tour de France

Interesting Facts

Scottish road racing cyclist and time trialing specialist David Millar is a part-owner of his 2008 team. Millar has won three Tour de France stages, two Vuelta a España stages, and held the King of the Mountains jersey for a short time during the 2007 Tour de France. Because he is the 2007 British National Road Race Champion and the 2007 British time trial champion he will wear the national championship jersey during stage races in 2008 season with Slipstream. Millar is known for straightforward comments, and he quit the Vuelta in 2002 to protest against the route and the course. He had crashed several times, and on approaching the finish of the stage, ripped off his race number and quit meters from the line in order to display that he felt the course was too dangerous. Since his 2004 suspension, he has become an vocal campaigner against the use of drugs in sport.