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No. 162 - Tyler Hamilton

Team: Rock Racing
DOB: 3/1/1971
Nationality: USA
Residence(s): Boulder, CO
Height: 5'8'' | Weight: 140
Pro Since: 1995
Speciality: Climbing, Time Trials
Past Pro Teams: Rock Racing (2008-2009), Tinkoff Credit Systems (2007), Phonak Hearing Systems (2004), CSC (2003), CSC-Tiscali (2002), U.S. Postal Service (1997-2001), U.S. Postal Service-Montgomery (1996), Montgomery (1995)
 

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Career Highlights

2008 1st USPRO Road Race Championships - 1st Stage 8 & Overall Tour of Qinghai Lake - 2nd Denver City Park Criterium
2007 6th USPRO Time Trial Championships - 12th USPRO Road Race Championships
2006 1st Mt. Washington Hill Climb
2004 1st Olympic Games Men's Individual Time Trial (Athens) - 1st Overall Tour de Romandie
2003 1st Liège-Bastogne-Liège - 1st Overall Tour de Romandie - 4th Overall Tour de France
2002 2nd Overall & Stage Win Giro d'Italia
2000 1st Overall Dauphiné Libéré
1999 1st Overall Tour of Denmark

Interesting Facts

Well known American cyclist and current National Road Race Champion Tyler Hamilton has been an Olympic Time Trial gold medalist, has finished second overall at the Giro d'Italia, despite a fractured shoulder, and won Stage 15 and finished fourth overall in the 2003 Tour de France, despite a broken collarbone. Tyler took up cycling after a back injury ended his competitive ski career in 1991.