Danilo Hondo

Danilo Hondo
	Hondo at the 2008 German National Road Race Championship.
Personal information
Full name	Danilo Hondo
Born	4 January 1974 (age 50); Guben, East Germany
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	75 kg (165 lb)
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Sprinter
Professional teams
1997–1998	Agro–Adler Brandenburg
1999–2003	Team Telekom
2004–2005	Gerolsteiner
2006	Team Lamonta
2007	Tinkoff Credit Systems
2008	Diquigiovanni–Androni
2009	PSK Whirlpool–Author
2010–2012	Lampre–Farnese Vini
2013–2014	RadioShack–Leopard
Major wins
	Grand Tours Giro d'Italia 2 individual stages (2001) One-Day Races and Classics National Road Race Championship (2002)
Medal record
Men's track cycling
Representing Germany
World Championships

Danilo Hondo (born 4 January 1974) is a German former professional road bicycle racer.^[1] He won the German National Road Race in 2002.^[2] He competed in the men's team pursuit at the 1996 Summer Olympics.^[3]

He was banned from professional cycling and then later won his appeal to return to the sport. From January 2015 to May 2019, Hondo worked as a coach for the Swiss cycling federation, first for the under-23 squad and then with the elite. He owns a bike shop on the island of Majorca.^[4]

Hondo was born in Guben, Brandenburg.

Doping

In 2005 Hondo was suspended and fired after testing positive for carphedon at the 2005 Vuelta a Murcia. Originally suspended for two years, Hondo's suspension was cut to 1 year in June 2005. In January 2006, Hondo had his ban extended to 2 years when he lost his appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport. In March 2006, has won his appeal in civil court, which gave Hondo an early end to his suspension. In 2009, he signed for a 3-year contract for Lampre–Farnese Vini.^[5]

Following revelations about blood doping by Erfurt-based doctor Mark Schmidt, Hondo confessed to having been a client of his in an interview with German broadcaster ARD on 12 May 2019. He said that he had paid €30,000 to Schmidt for blood transfusions in 2011. Hondo was subsequently fired by the Swiss federation.^[6]

Major results

1994

1st

Team pursuit, UCI Track World Championships

1996

3rd

Team pursuit, UCI Track World Championships

1998

1st Stage 4 Vuelta Ciclista de Chile

1999

Course de la Paix

1st Stages 1, 4 & 5

1st Stage 1 Regio-Tour

2000

Course de la Paix

1st Stages 3 & 5

1st Stage 1b Tour of Sweden

2001

Giro d'Italia

1st Stages 2 & 3

Held

after Stages 3–11

1st Tour de Berne

1st Stage 1 Three Days of De Panne

1st Stage 1 Danmark Rundt

1st Stage 4 Ronde van Nederland

1st

Points classification Paris–Nice

2002

1st

Road race, National Road Championships

1st Stage 2 Volta a Catalunya

1st Stage 2 Rheinland-Pfalz Rundfahrt

1st Stage 3 Hessen-Rundfahrt

2003

Course de la Paix

1st Stages 1 & 2

2nd Rund um Köln

2004

1st Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli

1st Stage 1 Tour du Poitou-Charentes

1st Stage 5 Volta a Catalunya

2nd Overall Three Days of De Panne

1st Stage 1

2nd Rund um Köln

2nd Rund um den Henninger Turm

2nd Paris–Tours

3rd Trofeo Manacor

5th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk

1st Stage 5 (ITT)

6th Overall Niedersachsen-Rundfahrt

1st Stages 1, 2, 4 & 5

2005

2nd Milan–San Remo

8th Overall Vuelta a Murcia

1st Stages 1 & 2

2006

1st Omloop van de Vlaamse Scheldeboorden

1st Neuseen Classics

Course de la Paix

1st Stages 2 & 3

Circuito Montañés

1st Stages 2 & 3

1st Stage 2 Sachsen-Tour

2nd Overall Oddset–Rundfahrt

2nd Overall Circuit Franco-Belge

3rd Overall Regio-Tour

1st Stage 1

3rd Rund um den Henninger Turm

3rd Tour de Rijke

3rd Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen

3rd Omloop van het Houtland

2008

1st Stage 4 Tour de Langkawi

2009

1st Praha–Karlovy Vary–Praha

1st Stage 7 Volta a Portugal

2nd Coppa Bernocchi

7th Overall Course de la Solidarité Olympique

1st Stage 5

2010: 9th Tour of Flanders; 1st Stage 4 Giro di Sardegna; 2nd Coppa Bernocchi
2011: 10th Rund um den Finanzplatz Eschborn-Frankfurt

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014
Giro d'Italia	—	—	91	DNF	—	—	—	—	—	104	—	DNF	DNF	—	96	114
Tour de France	—	—	—	104	—	106	—	—	—	—	—	135	109	86	—	—
Vuelta a España	90	DNF	93	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	108	—	—	—	—

Legend
—	Did not compete
DNF	Did not finish

References

^ "Trek Factory Racing (TFR) – USA". UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 January 2014. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
^ "National Championship, Road, Elite, Germany". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Danilo Hondo Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
^ Seppelt, Hajo; Mebus, Jörg; Bausch, Wolfgang; Winterfeldt, Jörg (12 May 2019). "Radsport: Cottbuser Ex-Profi Hondo gesteht Doping". sportschau.de (in German). Sportschau. Archived from the original on 13 May 2019. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
^ Westemeyer, Susan (9 November 2009). "Hondo returns to ProTour with Lampre". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
^ "Ex-pro Danilo Hondo fired after blood doping confession". cyclingnews.com. 12 May 2019. Retrieved 13 May 2019.

External links

Danilo Hondo at Cycling Archives (archived)

[1] "Trek Factory Racing (TFR) – USA". UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 January 2014. Retrieved 5 January 2014.

[RoadRace-2] "National Championship, Road, Elite, Germany". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 13 September 2014.

[SportsRef-3] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Danilo Hondo Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 5 March 2020.

[4] Seppelt, Hajo; Mebus, Jörg; Bausch, Wolfgang; Winterfeldt, Jörg (12 May 2019). "Radsport: Cottbuser Ex-Profi Hondo gesteht Doping". sportschau.de (in German). Sportschau. Archived from the original on 13 May 2019. Retrieved 13 May 2019.

[5] Westemeyer, Susan (9 November 2009). "Hondo returns to ProTour with Lampre". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. Retrieved 4 January 2012.

[6] "Ex-pro Danilo Hondo fired after blood doping confession". cyclingnews.com. 12 May 2019. Retrieved 13 May 2019.

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v t e UCI Track Cycling World Champions – Men's team pursuit
1990s	1993: Australia, Brett Aitken, Stuart O'Grady, Billy Shearsby, Tim O'Shannessey 1994: Germany, Guido Fulst, Andreas Bach, Jens Lehmann, Danilo Hondo 1995: Australia, Bradley McGee, Stuart O'Grady, Rodney McGee, Tim O'Shannessey 1996: Italy, Adler Capelli, Cristiano Citton, Andrea Collinelli, Mauro Trentini 1997: Italy, Cristiano Citton, Mario Benetton, Adler Capelli, Andrea Collinelli 1998: Ukraine, Alexander Symonenko, Sergiy Matveyev, Oleksandr Fedenko, Oleksandr Klymenko 1999: Germany, Robert Bartko, Jens Lehmann, Daniel Becke, Guido Fulst
2000s	2000: Germany, Guido Fulst, Sebastian Siedler, Daniel Becke, Jens Lehmann 2001: Ukraine, Alexander Symonenko, Serhii Cherniavskyi, Lyubomyr Polatayko, Oleksandr Fedenko 2002: Australia, Peter Dawson, Brett Lancaster, Stephen Wooldridge, Luke Roberts 2003: Australia, Graeme Brown, Peter Dawson, Brett Lancaster, Luke Roberts 2004: Australia, Ashley Hutchinson, Luke Roberts, Peter Dawson, Stephen Wooldridge 2005: Great Britain, Steve Cummings, Rob Hayles, Paul Manning, Chris Newton 2006: Australia, Peter Dawson, Matthew Goss, Mark Jamieson, Stephen Wooldridge 2007: Great Britain, Ed Clancy, Geraint Thomas, Paul Manning, Bradley Wiggins 2008: Great Britain, Ed Clancy, Geraint Thomas, Paul Manning, Bradley Wiggins 2009: Denmark, Casper Jørgensen, Jens-Erik Madsen, Michael Færk Christensen, Alex Rasmussen, Michael Mørkøv
2010s	2010: Australia, Jack Bobridge, Rohan Dennis, Michael Hepburn, Cameron Meyer 2011: Australia, Jack Bobridge, Rohan Dennis, Michael Hepburn, Luke Durbridge 2012: Great Britain, Ed Clancy, Peter Kennaugh, Steven Burke, Geraint Thomas, Andy Tennant 2013: Australia, Glenn O'Shea, Alex Edmondson, Mitchell Mulhern, Alexander Morgan 2014: Australia, Glenn O'Shea, Alex Edmondson, Luke Davison, Miles Scotson 2015: New Zealand, Pieter Bulling, Dylan Kennett, Alex Frame, Marc Ryan 2016: Australia, Sam Welsford, Michael Hepburn, Callum Scotson, Miles Scotson, Alexander Porter, Luke Davison 2017: Australia, Sam Welsford, Cameron Meyer, Alexander Porter, Nick Yallouris, Kelland O'Brien, Rohan Wight 2018: Great Britain, Ed Clancy, Kian Emadi, Ethan Hayter, Charlie Tanfield 2019: Australia, Sam Welsford, Leigh Howard, Alexander Porter, Cameron Scott, Kelland O'Brien
2020s	2020: Denmark, Lasse Norman Hansen, Julius Johansen, Frederik Rodenberg, Rasmus Pedersen 2021: Italy, Liam Bertazzo, Simone Consonni, Filippo Ganna, Jonathan Milan, Francesco Lamon 2022: Great Britain, Ethan Hayter, Oliver Wood, Ethan Vernon, Daniel Bigham 2023: Denmark, Niklas Larsen, Carl-Frederik Bévort, Lasse Norman Leth, Rasmus Pedersen, Frederik Rodenberg 2024: Denmark, Tobias Hansen, Carl-Frederik Bévort, Niklas Larsen, Rasmus Pedersen, Frederik Rodenberg
Riders in italics took part in the qualifying rounds.

v t e German National Road Race Champions (men)
1900–1919	Karl Wittig (1910) Ernst Franz (1913) Richard Golle (1919)
1920–1939	Paul Koch (1920) Adolf Huschke (1921) Richard Huschke (1922) Richard Golle (1923) Paul Kohl (1924) Richard Huschke (1925) Felix Manthey (1928) Kurt Stöpel (1934) Bruno Roth (1935) Georg Umbenhauer (1936) Erich Bautz (1937) Jupp Arents (1938) Walter Löber (1939)
1940–1959	Georg Stach (1940) Erich Bautz (1941) Karl Kittsteiner (1946) Georg Voggenreiter (1947) Otto Schenk (1948) Otto Ziege (1949) Erich Bautz (1950) Ludwig Hörmann (1951–1952) Heinz Müller (1953) Hermann Schild (1954) Hans Preiskeit (1955) Valentin Petry (1956) Franz Reitz (1957) Klaus Bugdahl (1958) Hans Junkermann (1959)
1960–1979	Hans Junkermann (1960–1961) Dieter Puschel (1962) Sigi Renz (1963) Rudi Altig (1964) Winfried Bölke (1965–1967) Rolf Wolfshohl (1968) Peter Glemser (1969) Rudi Altig (1970) Jürgen Tschan (1971) Wilfried Peffgen (1972) Günter Haritz (1974) Dietrich Thurau (1975–1976) Jürgen Kraft (1977) Gregor Braun (1978) Hans-Peter Jakst (1978)
1980–1999	Gregor Braun (1980) Hans Neumayer (1981–1982) Gregor Braun (1983) Reimund Dietzen (1984) Rolf Gölz (1985) Reimund Dietzen (1986) Peter Hilse (1987) Hartmut Bölts (1988) Darius Kaiser (1989) Udo Bölts (1990) Falk Boden (1991) Heinrich Trumheller (1992) Bernd Gröne (1993) Jens Heppner (1994) Udo Bölts (1995) Christian Henn (1996) Jan Ullrich (1997) Erik Zabel (1998) Udo Bölts (1999)
2000–2019	Rolf Aldag (2000) Jan Ullrich (2001) Danilo Hondo (2002) Erik Zabel (2003) Andreas Klöden (2004) Gerald Ciolek (2005) Dirk Müller (2006) Fabian Wegmann (2007–2008) Martin Reimer (2009) Christian Knees (2010) Robert Wagner (2011) Fabian Wegmann (2012) André Greipel (2013–2014) Emanuel Buchmann (2015) André Greipel (2016) Marcus Burghardt (2017) Pascal Ackermann (2018) Max Schachmann (2019)
2020–2039	Marcel Meisen (2020) Max Schachmann (2021) Nils Politt (2022) Emanuel Buchmann (2023) Marco Brenner (2024)

Doping

Major results

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

See also

References

External links