# Danny Pate
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{{short description|American racing cyclist}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2024}}
{{Infobox cyclist
| name = Danny Pate
| image = Danny Pate - Critérium du Dauphiné 2012 - Prologue (cropped).jpg
| caption = Pate at the [2012 Critérium du Dauphiné](/source/2012_Crit%C3%A9rium_du_Dauphin%C3%A9)
| fullname = Danny Pate
| nickname =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1979|03|23}}
| birth_place = [Colorado Springs](/source/Colorado_Springs%2C_Colorado), Colorado, United States
| height = {{convert|1.85|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}
| weight = {{convert|73|kg|lb st|abbr=on}}
| currentteam = Retired
| disciplines = {{ubl|Road|Mountain biking|Cyclo-cross}}
| role = Rider
| ridertype = Rouleur
| amateuryears1 = 1998
| amateurteam1 = Colorado–Ikon–Lexus
| amateuryears2 = 1999
| amateurteam2 = Tomac–Manitou MTB
| proyears1 = 2000
| proteam1 = {{UCI team code|SAE|2000}}
| proyears2 = 2001–2003
| proteam2 = Prime Alliance Cycling Team
| proyears3 = 2004
| proteam3 = {{UCI team code|UHC|2004}}
| proyears4 = 2005
| proteam4 = {{UCI team code|JBC|2005}}
| proyears5 = 2006–2010
| proteam5 = {{UCI team code|GRM|2006}}
| proyears6 = 2011
| proteam6 = {{UCI team code|THR|2011}}
| proyears7 = 2012–2015
| proteam7 = {{UCI team code|SKY|2012}}[{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/team-sky-signs-danny-pate-from-htc-highroad|title=Team Sky signs Danny Pate from HTC-Highroad|date=October 5, 2011|access-date=January 6, 2012|work=Cycling News|publisher=Future Publishing Limited}}]
| proyears8 = 2016–2018
| proteam8 = {{UCI team code|OPT|2016}}
| majorwins = '''[Grand Tours](/source/Grand_Tour_(cycling))'''
:'''[Giro d'Italia](/source/Giro_d'Italia)'''
::2 TTT stages ([2008](/source/2008_Giro_d'Italia), [2013](/source/2013_Giro_d'Italia))
'''[One-day races and Classics](/source/Classic_cycle_races)'''
: {{nowrap|[World Under-23 Time Trial Championships](/source/UCI_Road_World_Championships%26nbsp%3B%E2%80%93_Men's_under-23_time_trial) (2001)}}
: {{nowrap|[National Under-23 Road Race Championships](/source/United_States_National_Road_Race_Championships) (1998)}}
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalCountry | {{USA}} }}
{{MedalSport | Men's [road bicycle racing](/source/road_bicycle_racing)}}
{{MedalCompetition|[UCI Road World Championships](/source/UCI_Road_World_Championships)}}
{{MedalGold | [2001 Lisbon](/source/2001_UCI_Road_World_Championships)|Under-23 time trial}}
}}
'''Danny Pate''' (born March 23, 1979) is an American retired professional cyclist, who competed professionally in [road racing](/source/road_bicycle_racing), [cyclo-cross](/source/cyclo-cross) and [mountain bike racing](/source/mountain_bike_racing) between 2000 and 2018 for the {{UCI team code|SAE|2000}}, Prime Alliance, {{UCI team code|UHC|2004}}, {{UCI team code|JBC|2005}}, {{UCI team code|GRM|2010}}, {{UCI team code|THR|2011}}, {{UCI team code|SKY|2015}} and {{UCI team code|OPT|2018}} teams.[{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/danny-pate-announces-retirement-from-cycling/|title=Danny Pate announces retirement from cycling|first=Pat|last=Malach|work=[Cyclingnews.com](/source/Cyclingnews.com)|publisher=[Immediate Media Company](/source/Immediate_Media_Company)|date=August 19, 2018|access-date=January 23, 2019}}]
==Career==
Born in [Colorado Springs, Colorado](/source/Colorado_Springs%2C_Colorado), Pate took his only professional victory at the [2007 Tour of Missouri](/source/2007_Tour_of_Missouri), winning the penultimate stage.[{{cite news|first1=Mark|last1=Zalewski|first2=Kirsten|last2=Robbins|url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2007/sep07/missouri07/?id=results/missouri075|title=The Pate pulls a solo win in Missouri|work=[Cyclingnews.com](/source/Cyclingnews.com)|publisher=[Future plc](/source/Future_plc)|date=September 15, 2007|accessdate=October 19, 2021}}]
He made his first start at both the [Giro d'Italia](/source/2008_Giro_d'Italia) and the [Tour de France](/source/2008_Tour_de_France) in 2008.[{{cite news|first=Daniel|last=Benson|url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/features/danny-pate-the-five-races-that-changed-my-life/|title=Danny Pate: The five races that changed my life|work=[Cyclingnews.com](/source/Cyclingnews.com)|publisher=[Immediate Media Company](/source/Immediate_Media_Company)|date=November 21, 2018|accessdate=October 19, 2021}}] In the latter, he was part of the breakaway on the fifteenth stage with three other riders, and was still clear with [Simon Gerrans](/source/Simon_Gerrans) and [Egoi Martínez](/source/Egoi_Mart%C3%ADnez) heading into the final kilometre of the stage, an uphill finish to [Prato Nevoso](/source/Prato_Nevoso) in Italy. He was out-sprinted by Gerrans and Martínez, sitting up for a third-place stage finish.[{{cite news|url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-de-france-2008/stage-15/results/|title=See-saw day for Australian cycling as Schleck takes over|work=[Cyclingnews.com](/source/Cyclingnews.com)|publisher=[Future plc](/source/Future_plc)|date=July 22, 2008|accessdate=October 19, 2021}}] He took a further third-place [Grand Tour](/source/Grand_Tour_(cycling)) stage finish at the following year's [Giro d'Italia](/source/2009_Giro_d'Italia), this time as part of a 25-rider breakaway; he was out-sprinted by [Michele Scarponi](/source/Michele_Scarponi) and [Félix Cárdenas](/source/F%C3%A9lix_C%C3%A1rdenas) at the finish in [Benevento](/source/Benevento).[{{cite news|first=Gregor|last=Brown|url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/pate-falls-short-of-giros-benevento-stage/|title=Pate falls short of Giro's Benevento stage|work=[Cyclingnews.com](/source/Cyclingnews.com)|publisher=[Future plc](/source/Future_plc)|date=May 29, 2009|accessdate=October 19, 2021}}]
In October 2015 the [UCI Continental](/source/UCI_Continental) team {{UCI team code|RLY|2016}}, then named {{UCI team code|OPT|2015}}, announced that Pate would join them for the 2016 season after four years with {{UCI team code|SKY|2015}}, reuniting him with former Prime Alliance teammate and Optum performance director [Jonas Carney](/source/Jonas_Carney).[{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/pate-signs-with-optum-pro-cycling/ |title=Pate signs with Optum Pro Cycling |last1=Malach |first1=Pat |date=October 1, 2015 |website=[cyclingnews.com](/source/cyclingnews.com)|access-date=October 1, 2015}}] He retired from racing at the 2018 [Colorado Classic](/source/Colorado_Classic_(cycling)), after finishing the last stage in [Denver](/source/Denver).