Danny Pate

Danny Pate (born March 23, 1979) is an American retired professional cyclist, who competed professionally in road racing, cyclo-cross and mountain bike racing between 2000 and 2018 for the, Prime Alliance, , , , , and  teams.

Career
Born in Colorado Springs, Colorado, Pate took his only professional victory at the 2007 Tour of Missouri, winning the penultimate stage.

He made his first start at both the Giro d'Italia and the Tour de France in 2008. In the latter, he was part of the breakaway on the fifteenth stage with three other riders, and was still clear with Simon Gerrans and Egoi Martínez heading into the final kilometre of the stage, an uphill finish to Prato Nevoso in Italy. He was out-sprinted by Gerrans and Martínez, sitting up for a third-place stage finish. He took a further third-place Grand Tour stage finish at the following year's Giro d'Italia, this time as part of a 25-rider breakaway; he was out-sprinted by Michele Scarponi and Félix Cárdenas at the finish in Benevento.

In October 2015 the UCI Continental team, then named , announced that Pate would join them for the 2016 season after four years with , reuniting him with former Prime Alliance teammate and Optum performance director Jonas Carney. He retired from racing at the 2018 Colorado Classic, after finishing the last stage in Denver.

Major results

 * 1997
 * 1st MaillotUSA.PNG Junior race, National Cyclo-cross Championships


 * 1998
 * 1st MaillotUSA.PNG Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships


 * 2000
 * 9th Rund um die Nürnberger Altstadt


 * 2001
 * 1st Jersey rainbow chrono.svg Time trial, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships
 * 1st Overall Triptyque Ardennais
 * 2nd Ronde van Vlaanderen U23
 * 8th La Côte Picarde
 * 9th Overall Sea Otter Classic
 * 9th Prix de la Ville de Soissons


 * 2002
 * 1st Overall International Tour de Toona
 * 1st Lake Eola Criterium
 * 2nd Road race, National Road Championships
 * 3rd Overall Tour of the Gila
 * 3rd USPRO Championships
 * 5th Overall GP de Beauce


 * 2003
 * 1st Stage 2 Tour de White Rock
 * 4th Overall GP de Beauce


 * 2004
 * 3rd Road race, National Road Championships


 * 2005
 * 1st Mountains classification Nature Valley Grand Prix
 * 2nd Road race, National Road Championships
 * 2nd USPRO Championships
 * 6th Overall Redlands Bicycle Classic
 * 7th Overall International Cycling Classic
 * 1st Stages 3 & 15
 * 9th San Francisco Grand Prix


 * 2006
 * 2nd Overall Rás Tailteann
 * 1st Stage 2
 * 3rd Road race, National Road Championships
 * 3rd Overall Tour de Beauce
 * 1st Stage 4 (ITT)
 * 3rd Reading Classic (Pro Cycling Tour)
 * 6th Lancaster Classic
 * 9th Overall Tour du Limousin
 * 10th Overall Tour de l'Ain


 * 2007
 * 1st Stage 5 Tour of Missouri
 * 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
 * 3rd Overall Tour de Beauce
 * 4th Lancaster Classic


 * 2008
 * 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Giro d'Italia
 * 1st Stage 4 (TTT) Tour de Georgia
 * 3rd Road race, National Road Championships


 * 2009
 * 3rd Overall Critérium International
 * 5th Overall Tour Méditerranéen


 * 2010
 * 10th Gran Premio Nobili Rubinetterie – Coppa Papà Carlo


 * 2013
 * 1st Stage 2 (TTT) Giro d'Italia
 * 1st Stage 1b (TTT) Giro del Trentino


 * 2015
 * 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Tour de Romandie