Allan Davis in the 2004 Tour de Pologne.

Allan Davis (born 27 July 1980) is an Australian professional road cyclist. Born in Ipswich, Queensland, Davis resides in Bundaberg, Queensland and in Spain where he is a member of Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team. Known for his sprinting ability, he started competitive cycling at the age of 10, and turned professional in 2002. Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... The peloton in the 2004 Tour of Poland. ... is the 208th day of the year (209th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ... A cyclist is a person who engages in cycling whether as a sport or rides a bicycle for recreation or transportation. ... The tone or style of this article or section may not be appropriate for Wikipedia. ... Bundaberg is a city in Queensland, Australia. ... Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team (UCI Team Code: DSC) is a US-based professional road bicycle racing team. ... Italian sprinter Alessandro Petacchi beating Óscar Freire at a stage of the 2005 Tirreno-Adriatico. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ...

In 2004 and 2005 he has participated in the Tour de France, coming fifth in the 2005 Tour de France Points classification for the Green Jersey, behind the winner, Thor Hushovd of Norway, and fellow Australians Stuart O'Grady (2nd) and Robbie McEwen (3rd), and Kazakh champion Alexander Vinokourov (4th). shelby was here 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... For a list of Tour de France winners, see Detailed list of Tour de France winners. ... The 92nd Tour de France was held from July 2 to July 24, 2005. ... Thor Hushovd (born January 18, 1978 in Grimstad, Norway) is a professional road bicycle racer, presently rider for the Crédit Agricole Professional team. ... Stuart OGrady is an Australian cyclist, born on 6 August 1973 in Adelaide, South Australia. ... Robbie McEwen (born June 24, 1972, Brisbane, Queensland) is an Australian professional road bicycle racer, specializing in fast sprint finishes. ... Alexander Nikolaivich Vinokourov, also written Alexandre Vinokourov, (born 16 September 1973 in Petropavlovsk, Soviet Union, now Petropavl, Kazakhstan) is a Kazakhstani professional road bicycle racer. ...

In 2006, Davis was one of five riders of the Astana-Würth Team implicated in the Operación Puerto doping case. However, on July 26, 2006, Davis was cleared by Spanish officials.^[1] The Astana-Würth Team logo The Team Astana (UCI Team Code: AWT), formerly named Liberty Seguros-Würth Team, Würth Team and Astana-Würth Team, is a professional cycling team sponsored by the Astana group, a coalition of companies from Kazakhstan, named after its capital. ... The Operación Puerto doping case (derived from Operación Puerto meaning Operation Mountain Pass[1]) was a scandal in which 200 athletes including a number of cyclists were accused of using prohibited doping practices to enhance their performance. ...

His manager Manolo Saiz has on several occasions compared Davis to his former rider the Frenchman Laurent Jalabert as a rider who has a potential to do well in a variety of races of different characteristics. Manolo Saiz is the manager of the Spanish professional road bicycle racing team Liberty Seguros-Würth team, formerly known as team ONCE. Manolo Saiz (on the far side) of the Liberty Seguros-Würth team riding in the team car. ... Motto: Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité Liberty, Equality, Fraternity Anthem: La Marseillaise Metropolitan France() – on the European continent() – in the European Union()  —  [] Capital (and largest city) Paris Official languages French Government Unitary republic  -  President Jacques Chirac  -  Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin Formation  -  Celtic Gaul 1200 BC   -  Franks 11 BC   -  Kingdom of France... Photograph of Laurent Jalabert, present at the arrival of the Tour dAlsace at the Ballon dAlsace, France, 2005 // Biography Laurent Jalabert was born in France in 1968, a professional cyclist from 1989-2002. ...

Cycling Career

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