No. 136 - Ivan Dominguez
Team: Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team
DOB: 5/28/1976
Nationality: Cuba
Residence(s): Agoura Hills, CA
Height: 5'9" | Weight: 160
Pro Since: 2001
Past Pro Teams: HealthNet presented by Maxxis (2005), Colavita Olive Oil presented by Bolla Wines (2004), Saturn Professional Cycling Team (2001 - 2003)
DOB: 5/28/1976
Nationality: Cuba
Residence(s): Agoura Hills, CA
Height: 5'9" | Weight: 160
Pro Since: 2001
Past Pro Teams: HealthNet presented by Maxxis (2005), Colavita Olive Oil presented by Bolla Wines (2004), Saturn Professional Cycling Team (2001 - 2003)
More Information
Career Highlights
- 2007 1st Stage 1 & 6 and Sprint Competition Tour of Missouri - 1st USA Crits World Criterium Championship - 1st Stage 7 Amgen Tour of California
- 2006 1st Overall USA Crit Series - 2nd Philadelphia International Championships
- 2005 1st CSC Invitational
- 2004 2nd Points Competition Dodge Tour de Georgia
- 2002 1st New York City Cycling Championship
- 1997 1st Cuban National Champion, 4km Pursuit
- 1996 1st Pan Am Games Madison
Interesting Facts
Despite missing five weeks of competition due to a mid season injury to his back and ribs, Ivan Dominguez amassed 15 wins in the 2007 season, making it his most successful season ever.Toyota-United’s No. 1 sprinter took up cycling at the age of 13 and has been racing competitively for the past 16 years. Born and raised in Havana, Cuba, he is a two-time Pan American Games gold medalist and a former Cuban national champion. He remains the country’s 4 km record-holder on the track. When Ivan came to the United States he did not know English and knew no one except for an uncle in Miami. He made ends meet by working at a shoe factory, and gradually learned English. He started to make associations in the cycling world, competing and winning races in Miami, and his efforts paid off when he was offered a spot on the Saturn Professional Cycling Team in 2000.
