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Leigh Howard (born 18 October 1989) is an Australian professional
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. He qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics in both the Men's Madison and Men's Team Pursuit. Howard was part of the Men's team pursuit together with Kelland O'Brien, Sam Weisford and
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. They secured a bronze medal after overlapping New Zealand who had crashed. Howard also competed in the Men's Madison where the team finished fifth with a time of 3:48.448 and therefore did not qualify for the final.


Career

Born in
Geelong Geelong ( ) (Wathawurrung language, Wathawurrung: ''Djilang''/''Djalang'') is a port city in Victoria, Australia, located at the eastern end of Corio Bay (the smaller western portion of Port Phillip Bay) and the left bank of Barwon River (Victo ...
, Victoria, Australia, Howard now resides in Waurn Ponds, Victoria. He began cycling competitively at the age of 10 and first represented Australia in 2005 at the age of 16. Howard is an
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scholarship holder, and initially trained as an
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. Howard won the bronze medal in the omnium event at the
2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships The 2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championship for track cycling. They took place at the Manchester Velodrome in Manchester, United Kingdom from 26 to 30 March 2008. Eighteen events were scheduled: the women's team pur ...
. He went on to take several medals in round 2 and 4 of the 2008–09 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics. In 2009, he again won a medal in the omnium at the
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, this time taking gold, he also took the silver medal in both the madison and team pursuit. Howard also had success on the road in 2009, winning stages 1 and 3 of the
Tour of Japan The Tour of Japan is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in Japan since 1996 as part of the UCI Asia Tour. It is sanctioned by the International Cycling Union (UCI) as a 2.2 category race. History Tour of Japan was forme ...
. Howard become a professional rider in 2010 with . In his first professional race with team HTC Columbia, Howard won the fourth stage of the Tour of Oman. Impressively, Howard finished ahead of
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on the stage. After two years with the team, Howard moved to for the 2012 season. In November 2015 announced that Howard would join them for the 2016 season, with a role as part of the sprint train for Matteo Pelucchi. Howard last rode for
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.


Major results


Road

;2006 : 3rd
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, National Junior Championships ;2007 : Tour of Tasmania ::1st Stages 1, 4 & 7 ;2008 : 1st Overall Tour of the Murray River ::1st Stages 5 & 13 : 1st Coppa Colli Briantei Internazionale : Tour of Gippsland ::1st Stages 6 & 8 : Tour of Tasmania ::1st Stages 1 & 8 : 1st Stage 2 Australian Cycling Grand Prix : 10th Overall Tour de Berlin ::1st Stage 2 ;2009 : 1st Overall Tour of Gippsland ::1st Stages 2, 3, 6 & 9 : 1st Overall
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: 1st Classic Astico – Brenta :
Tour of Japan The Tour of Japan is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in Japan since 1996 as part of the UCI Asia Tour. It is sanctioned by the International Cycling Union (UCI) as a 2.2 category race. History Tour of Japan was forme ...
::1st Points classification ::1st Stages 1, 3 & 7 : 1st Stage 1 Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23 : 4th Circuito del Porto : 8th Giro del Belvedere ;2010 (2 pro wins) : 1st
Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen (Championship of Flanders) or Koolskamp Koerse is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in September in Koolskamp (part-municipality of Ardooie), West Flanders, Belgium Belgium, officially the Kingdom ...
: 1st Stage 4 Tour of Oman : 1st Sprints classification, Bayern–Rundfahrt ;2011 (1) : 1st Stage 5 Ster Elektrotoer : 3rd Trofeo Cala Millor : 4th
Grand Prix de Denain Grand Prix de Denain is a professional road bicycle racing, cycle road race held in Denain, France. For 10 years from 2005 the race was organized as a UCI race classifications, 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour, before becoming a 1.HC event for th ...
;2012 (1) : 1st Stage 2 ( TTT) Eneco Tour : 3rd Overall
Tour of Britain The Tour of Britain is a multi-stage cycling race, conducted on British roads, in which participants race across Great Britain to complete the race in the fastest time. The event dates back to the first British stage races held just after th ...
::1st Stage 2 ;2013 (2) : 1st Trofeo Campos–Santanyí–Ses Salines : 1st Trofeo Platja de Muro : 8th Vuelta a La Rioja ;2014 : 5th Gran Premio Nobili Rubinetterie : 7th Overall
Tour of Alberta The ATB Tour of Alberta was a Canadian bicycle stage race, which raced across the province of Alberta. It was sanctioned by Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) and was part of the UCI America Tour. It was classified as a 2.1 race, making it one o ...
;2015 : 6th RideLondon–Surrey Classic ;2016 (2) : 1st Clásica de Almería : 1st Stage 1 Tour des Fjords : 2nd Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race


Grand Tour general classification results timeline


Track

;2006 : 1st Team pursuit, UCI World Junior Championships : National Junior Championships ::1st Scratch ::2nd Kilo ::2nd Madison (with Alex Smyth) ::2nd Team pursuit ::3rd Individual pursuit ;2007 : UCI World Junior Championships ::1st Team pursuit ::2nd Madison (with
Glenn O'Shea Glenn O'Shea (born 14 June 1989, Swan Hill) is an Australian track cyclist who won the Omnium at the 2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships. He was also a member of the Australian team that won silver in the team pursuit at the 2012 World Ch ...
) ::3rd Individual pursuit : National Junior Championships ::1st Kilo ::1st Omnium ::1st Individual pursuit : UIV Cup ::1st Amsterdam ::1st Dortmund : 3rd Madison,
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(with Travis Meyer) ;2008 :
National Championships A national championship(s) is the top achievement for any sport or competition, contest within a league of a particular nation or nation state. The title is usually awarded by contests, ranking systems, stature, ability, etc. This determines the be ...
::1st Madison (with
Glenn O'Shea Glenn O'Shea (born 14 June 1989, Swan Hill) is an Australian track cyclist who won the Omnium at the 2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships. He was also a member of the Australian team that won silver in the team pursuit at the 2012 World Ch ...
) ::1st Scratch ::1st Team pursuit ::2nd Individual pursuit : UIV Cup ::1st Amsterdam ::1st Munich : 2nd
Omnium An omnium (from Latin ''omnium'': of all, belonging to all) is a multiple race event in track cycling. Historically the omnium has had a variety of formats. In recent years, road racing has also adopted the term to describe multi-day races that f ...
,
UCI World Championships The UCI World Championships are annual competitions promoted by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) to determine world champion cyclists. They are held in several different styles of racing, in a different country each year. Championship winn ...
: 2nd Scratch, UCI World Cup Classics, Melbourne ;2009 :
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::1st
Omnium An omnium (from Latin ''omnium'': of all, belonging to all) is a multiple race event in track cycling. Historically the omnium has had a variety of formats. In recent years, road racing has also adopted the term to describe multi-day races that f ...
::2nd Madison (with
Cameron Meyer Cameron Meyer (born 11 January 1988) is an Australian former professional racing cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2009 to 2022. Career Born in Viveash, Western Australia, Meyer started cycling at the age of 13 in 2001 and first rep ...
) ::2nd
Team pursuit The team pursuit is a track cycling event similar to the individual pursuit, except that two teams, each of up to four riders, compete, starting on opposite sides of the velodrome. Race format Both men's and women's events are competed over ...
: UCI World Cup Classics, Beijing ::1st Team pursuit ::1st Madison (with
Glenn O'Shea Glenn O'Shea (born 14 June 1989, Swan Hill) is an Australian track cyclist who won the Omnium at the 2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships. He was also a member of the Australian team that won silver in the team pursuit at the 2012 World Ch ...
) :
National Championships A national championship(s) is the top achievement for any sport or competition, contest within a league of a particular nation or nation state. The title is usually awarded by contests, ranking systems, stature, ability, etc. This determines the be ...
::2nd Team pursuit ::3rd Individual pursuit ;2010 :
UCI World Championships The UCI World Championships are annual competitions promoted by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) to determine world champion cyclists. They are held in several different styles of racing, in a different country each year. Championship winn ...
::1st Madison (with
Cameron Meyer Cameron Meyer (born 11 January 1988) is an Australian former professional racing cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2009 to 2022. Career Born in Viveash, Western Australia, Meyer started cycling at the age of 13 in 2001 and first rep ...
) ::2nd
Omnium An omnium (from Latin ''omnium'': of all, belonging to all) is a multiple race event in track cycling. Historically the omnium has had a variety of formats. In recent years, road racing has also adopted the term to describe multi-day races that f ...
: UCI World Cup Classics ::1st
Team pursuit The team pursuit is a track cycling event similar to the individual pursuit, except that two teams, each of up to four riders, compete, starting on opposite sides of the velodrome. Race format Both men's and women's events are competed over ...
, Beijing ::1st
Team pursuit The team pursuit is a track cycling event similar to the individual pursuit, except that two teams, each of up to four riders, compete, starting on opposite sides of the velodrome. Race format Both men's and women's events are competed over ...
, Melbourne ::1st Madison, Melbourne (with
Cameron Meyer Cameron Meyer (born 11 January 1988) is an Australian former professional racing cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2009 to 2022. Career Born in Viveash, Western Australia, Meyer started cycling at the age of 13 in 2001 and first rep ...
) ;2011 : 1st Madison,
UCI World Championships The UCI World Championships are annual competitions promoted by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) to determine world champion cyclists. They are held in several different styles of racing, in a different country each year. Championship winn ...
(with
Cameron Meyer Cameron Meyer (born 11 January 1988) is an Australian former professional racing cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2009 to 2022. Career Born in Viveash, Western Australia, Meyer started cycling at the age of 13 in 2001 and first rep ...
) : 1st Madison, Oceania Championships (with
Cameron Meyer Cameron Meyer (born 11 January 1988) is an Australian former professional racing cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2009 to 2022. Career Born in Viveash, Western Australia, Meyer started cycling at the age of 13 in 2001 and first rep ...
) : 1st Madison,
National Championships A national championship(s) is the top achievement for any sport or competition, contest within a league of a particular nation or nation state. The title is usually awarded by contests, ranking systems, stature, ability, etc. This determines the be ...
(with
Glenn O'Shea Glenn O'Shea (born 14 June 1989, Swan Hill) is an Australian track cyclist who won the Omnium at the 2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships. He was also a member of the Australian team that won silver in the team pursuit at the 2012 World Ch ...
) : 2nd Six Days of Berlin (with
Cameron Meyer Cameron Meyer (born 11 January 1988) is an Australian former professional racing cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2009 to 2022. Career Born in Viveash, Western Australia, Meyer started cycling at the age of 13 in 2001 and first rep ...
) ;2012 : 1st Six Days of Berlin (with
Cameron Meyer Cameron Meyer (born 11 January 1988) is an Australian former professional racing cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2009 to 2022. Career Born in Viveash, Western Australia, Meyer started cycling at the age of 13 in 2001 and first rep ...
) ;2018 : 1st
Team pursuit The team pursuit is a track cycling event similar to the individual pursuit, except that two teams, each of up to four riders, compete, starting on opposite sides of the velodrome. Race format Both men's and women's events are competed over ...
,
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: Oceania Championships ::1st Team pursuit ::2nd Omnium :
National Championships A national championship(s) is the top achievement for any sport or competition, contest within a league of a particular nation or nation state. The title is usually awarded by contests, ranking systems, stature, ability, etc. This determines the be ...
::1st Team pursuit ::2nd Madison (with Jordan Kerby) : UCI World Cup ::1st Team pursuit, Berlin ::2nd Scratch, Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines ::3rd Madison, Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (with Kelland O'Brien) : 2nd
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(with Kelland O'Brien) ;2019 : 1st
Team pursuit The team pursuit is a track cycling event similar to the individual pursuit, except that two teams, each of up to four riders, compete, starting on opposite sides of the velodrome. Race format Both men's and women's events are competed over ...
,
UCI World Championships The UCI World Championships are annual competitions promoted by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) to determine world champion cyclists. They are held in several different styles of racing, in a different country each year. Championship winn ...
:
National Championships A national championship(s) is the top achievement for any sport or competition, contest within a league of a particular nation or nation state. The title is usually awarded by contests, ranking systems, stature, ability, etc. This determines the be ...
::1st Madison (with
Glenn O'Shea Glenn O'Shea (born 14 June 1989, Swan Hill) is an Australian track cyclist who won the Omnium at the 2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships. He was also a member of the Australian team that won silver in the team pursuit at the 2012 World Ch ...
) ::1st Team pursuit : UCI World Cup ::1st Team pursuit, Brisbane ::2nd Team pursuit, Cambridge ::3rd Madison, Glasgow (with Sam Welsford) : 2nd Scratch, Oceania Championships ;2020 : 3rd Madison,
National Championships A national championship(s) is the top achievement for any sport or competition, contest within a league of a particular nation or nation state. The title is usually awarded by contests, ranking systems, stature, ability, etc. This determines the be ...
(with Sam Welsford) ;2021 : 1st Madison,
National Championships A national championship(s) is the top achievement for any sport or competition, contest within a league of a particular nation or nation state. The title is usually awarded by contests, ranking systems, stature, ability, etc. This determines the be ...
(with
Glenn O'Shea Glenn O'Shea (born 14 June 1989, Swan Hill) is an Australian track cyclist who won the Omnium at the 2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships. He was also a member of the Australian team that won silver in the team pursuit at the 2012 World Ch ...
) : 3rd
Team pursuit The team pursuit is a track cycling event similar to the individual pursuit, except that two teams, each of up to four riders, compete, starting on opposite sides of the velodrome. Race format Both men's and women's events are competed over ...
,
Olympic Games The modern Olympic Games (Olympics; ) are the world's preeminent international Olympic sports, sporting events. They feature summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a Multi-s ...


See also

* Cycling in Geelong


References


External links

* *
Leigh Howard – Biography
at the ''Australian Institute of Sport'' website {{DEFAULTSORT:Howard, Leigh 1989 births Living people Australian male cyclists UCI Track Cycling World Champions (men) Cyclists from Victoria (state) Australian Institute of Sport cyclists Cyclists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia Australian track cyclists Olympic cyclists for Australia Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Australia Olympic bronze medalists in cycling 20th-century Australian sportsmen 21st-century Australian sportsmen Sportspeople from Geelong Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Sportsmen from Victoria (state) Australian expatriates in Germany Australian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Commonwealth Games gold medallists in cycling