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| Nickname | Millar-Time, Le Dandy[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 4 January 1977 Mtarfa, Malta | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 76 kg (168 lb; 12.0 st) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Road | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rider type | Time-trialist | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1996 | High Wycombe CC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1996 | VC St-Quentin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1997–2004 | Cofidis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2007 | Saunier Duval–Prodir | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2014 | Garmin–Sharp | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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David Millar (born 4 January 1977[2][3][4]) is a Scottish retired professional road racing cyclist.[5] He rode for Cofidis from 1997 to 2004 and Garmin–Sharp from 2008 to 2014. He has won four stages of the Tour de France, five of the Vuelta a España and one stage of the Giro d'Italia. He was the British national road champion[6] and the national time trial champion,[7] both in 2007.
Millar was banned for two years in 2004 after he admitted to taking banned performance-enhancing drugs.[8][9] Upon his return from his ban, Millar became an anti-doping campaigner, a stance which eventually resulted in journalist Alasdair Fotheringham describing him as an 'elder statesman' of cycling.[10]
- ^ Fotheringham, William (10 October 2014). "David Millar: 'The irony is, I no longer fit in. Cycling has become robotic'". theguardian.com.
- ^ "David Millar profile". Siteducyclisme.net. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
- ^ "Cyclisme – David Millar (Ecosse): tous les résultats de la saison" (in French). Les-sports.info. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
- ^ "David Millar profile" (in French). Lequipe.fr. 30 June 2008.
- ^ "Team Garmin-Sharp-Barracuda Unveils 2013 Roster". Garmin–Sharp. Boulder, Colorado: Slipstream Sports LLC. 28 December 2012. Archived from the original on 2 January 2013.
- ^ "Millar takes the British crown". Cyclingnews.com. 5 August 2007.
- ^ "Millar takes the British Time Trial crown". BBC News. 3 September 2007.
- ^ L'Équipe, France, 29 July 2007
- ^ "David Millar, chronique d'un retour annoncé". Cyclismag.com. 28 January 2006. Archived from the original on 19 October 2014.
- ^ "David Millar: From peloton outcast to elder statesman". The Independent. Retrieved 14 October 2014.