David Millar: Rider Profile
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David Millar wins Three Days of De Panne 2010
DAVID MILLAR
Date of birth: 04/01/1977
From: Scotland
Team: Garmin-Cervelo
Previous teams: Saunier Duval (2006-2007); Cofidis (1997-2004)
David Millar career profile
David Millar first rose to prominence as 23-year old when he won the prologue of the 2000 Tour de France and enjoyed a brief spell in the yellow jersey. Millar's early career was defined by a specialisation in prologues, although he has since failed to repeat his prologue success of 2000.
Millar admitted to doping in 2004 after a police raid at his home in Biarritz as part of the Cofidis doping scandals which brought the French team to its knees.
Millar never tested positive, but illicit doping products were found during the raid and his 2003 World Time Trial Championship title (as well as his stage 19 win in the 2003 Tour de France - at his request) was subsequently stripped from him and awarded to second-placed Michael Rogers.
The Scot was suspended from competition by British Cycling. Millar made a return to the peloton in 2006 at the Tour de France, with the Spanish Saunier Duval team.
Since his ban, Millar has become a staunch advocate of anti-doping and his since joined and become a part owner of Garmin-Slipstream, an American team that matched his own ethos. Millar marked his comeback in style, taking the British national road race and time trial titles in 2007.
Millar was involved in a long breakaway on the opening stage of the 2007 Tour de France from London to Canterbury.
He won a time trial stage of the Vuelta in 2009, before taking gold in the Commonwealth Games in 2010 against the watch. He also finished third in the road race, and took silver behind Fabian Cancellara in the World Championship Time Trial.
Millar wore the pink jersey of race leader in the 2011 Giro d'Italia, the day after the tragic death of Wouter Weylandt, and became the first British rider to wear the leader's jersey in all three Grand Tours. He went on to win the 2011 Giro's final individual time trial stage.
David Millar results
2011
Giro d'Italia; stage 21 ITT
2010
Criterium International; stage three ITT
Three Days of De Panne; stage three b ITT
Three Days of De Panne; overall
Commonwealth Games time trial
Chrono des Nations time trial
2009
Edinburgh Nocturne
Tour of Spain; stage 20
2008
Giro d'Italia; stage one, TTT
2007
Paris-Nice; prologue
British national road race champion
British national time trial champion
2006
Tour of Spain; stage 14
British national individual pursuit champion
2003
Tour of Spain; stage 17
Three Days of West Flanders; stage, one
Tour of Burgos; stage four
Tour de Picardie
2002
Tour de France; stage 13
2001
Tour of Spain; stage one
Tour of Spain; stage six
Circuit de la Sarthe; overall
Circuit de la Sarthe; stage four
Circuit de la Sarthe; stage five
Tour of Denmark; overall
Tour of Denmark; stage five
2000
Tour de France; stage one
Route du Sud; stage one (b)
1999
Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana; mountains classification
1998
Three Days of de Panne; stage three
Tour de l'Avenir; prologue
Tour de l'Avenir; stage six
1997
Tour de l'Avenir; prologue
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Add your commentsJune 08 12:46
m moulton
Millar you are such a hypocrite unlike you and Contador Lance Armstrong has never failed a drug test - you repeatedly bang the drum about drug taking but when you were doing it is was obviously ok. If you insist on cycling for your living please do so without the hypocrisy Lance Armstrong was the greatest athlete ever and you are not fit to clean his shoes - you are part of the disgrace bought upon the greatest ever sport so please keep quiet
June 15 13:58
PeterLB
Oh dear Mr Moulten, your comments are looking a little bit silly now, aren't they?
Mind you, i'm guessing you're still saying Armstrong was the greatest and how you can't understand why they're wasting tax payers money investigating him.