Danilo Wyss

Danilo Wyss

Personal information
Full name Danilo Wyss
Born (1985-08-26) 26 August 1985
Orbe, Switzerland
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 12 in)
Weight 65 kg (143 lb)
Team information
Current team BMC Racing Team
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Rider type Sprinter
Classics rider
Amateur team(s)
2007 Atlas-Romer's Hausbäckerei
2007 Saunier Duval–Prodir (stagiaire)
Professional team(s)
2008– BMC Racing Team
Major wins

Grand Tours

Tour de France
1 TTT stage (2015)

One-Day races and Classics

National Road Race Championship (2015)
Infobox last updated on
22 June 2014

Danilo Wyss (born 26 August 1985) is a Swiss road racing cyclist, currently riding for UCI ProTeam BMC Racing Team.[1]

Career

He has competed in seven Grand Tours during his career, finishing each one, including the Giro d'Italia for five successive years between 2010 and 2014. He won the National Road Race Championships in 2015. He was named in the start list for the 2015 Tour de France.[2] ]

(Note: Danilo Wyss should not be confused with fellow Swiss cyclist Daniel Wyss who won the Race Across America in 2006 and 2009).

Career achievements

Major results

2007
1st Stage 3 3 Jours de Vaucluse
2009
1st Stage 1 Tour de Beauce
2010
9th Nokere Koerse
2012
1st Stage 1 (TTT) Giro del Trentino
2013
7th GP Impanis-Van Petegem
10th Overall Ster ZLM Toer
10th Trofeo Laigueglia
2015
1st National Road Race Championships
1st Stage 9 (TTT) Tour de France
8th Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race[3]
10th GP du canton d'Argovie

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Pink jersey Giro 97 126 82 84 84
Yellow jersey Tour 63
red jersey Vuelta 72 36 44

WD = Withdrew; In Progress = IP

References

  1. "BMC Racing Team (BMC) – USA". UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
  2. "2015 Tour de France start list". Velo News. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
  3. Woodpower, Zeb (1 February 2015). "Meersman wins Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 1 February 2015.

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