Damien Howson

Damien Howson

Howson at the 2013 Tour de l'Avenir
Personal information
Nickname	Damo
Born	13 August 1992 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	68 kg (150 lb)
Team information
Current team	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	All-rounder Domestique
Amateur team
2011–2012	Team Jayco–AIS
Professional teams
2013–2022	Orica–GreenEDGE
2023–	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team
Medal record Representing Australia 2013 Florence Under-23 time trial 2012 Valkenburg Under-23 time trial Representing Orica–GreenEDGE Men's road bicycle racing World Championships 2014 Ponferrada Team time trial

Damien Howson (born 13 August 1992) is an Australian cyclist, who rides for UCI ProTeam Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team.

Career

Howson started his athletic career in basketball, becoming a state champion aged 13. He moved to cycling when South Australian Sports Institute discovered his potential after physiological testing on the state junior basketball team.

He won the world under-23 time trial in 2013, as well as the Oceania Cycling Championships under-23 time trial and road race. He was named in the start list for the 2015 Vuelta a España and the 2016 Giro d'Italia. In 2017 he won the 64th edition of the Herald Sun Tour. In June 2017, he was named to make his debut at the 2017 Tour de France.

Personal life

In 2020 Howson married his high school friend, Georgie Russell at Longview Vineyard near Macclesfield in his home state of South Australia. He is an old scholar of Pedare Christian College.

Major results

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Giro d'Italia	—	53	—	—	—	DNF	—	33
Tour de France	—	—	88	DNF	—	—	—	—
Vuelta a España	147	45	—	70	49	—	95	—