{{Short description|American cyclist (born 1977)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2024}} {{Infobox cyclist | name = David Clinger | image = Tattoo - Rock Racing.jpg | caption = | fullname = David Clinger | nickname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1977|11|22}} | birth_place = Los Angeles | height = | weight = | currentteam = | discipline = Road | role = Rider | ridertype = | amateuryears1 = | amateurteam1 = | proyears1 = 1998-1999 | proteam1 = Mercury Cycling Team | proyears2 = 2000-2001 | proteam2 = Festina-Lotus | proyears3 = 2002 | proteam3 = US Postal Service | proyears4 = 2003 | proteam4 = Prime Alliance Cycling Team | proyears5 = 2004 | proteam5 = Domina Vacanze | proyears6 = 2005 | proteam6 = Webcor Builders Cycling Team | proyears7 = 2007-2008 | proteam7 = Rock Racing | majorwins = }}
'''David Clinger''' (born November 22, 1977, in Los Angeles) is a former professional road racing cyclist from the United States. He represented his native country at the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
In 2010, the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency banned him for 2 years for use of synthetic testosterone and modafinil.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.espn.com/olympics/news/story?id=5312248|title=USADA violations up from 2009|date=2010-06-21|agency=Associated Press|publisher=ESPN|access-date=12 September 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/more/06/21/usada.violations.ap/ |accessdate=July 8, 2010 }}{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> In August 2011, David Clinger was issued a lifetime doping ban by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) after testing positive during a random test while serving a prior doping ban. Clinger accepted responsibility for using clenbuterol for performance-enhancing purposes, USADA said. The second violation prompted USADA to issue the lifetime competition ban.<ref name=Velonews>{{cite web|last=Velonews|first=Velonews|title=David Clinger gets lifetime ban after second offense|url=http://velonews.competitor.com/2011/08/news/david-clinger-gets-lifetime-ban-after-second-offense_188011|work=velonews|accessdate=Aug 12, 2011|archive-date=September 1, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110901092035/http://velonews.competitor.com/2011/08/news/david-clinger-gets-lifetime-ban-after-second-offense_188011|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Major results== {{div col|colwidth=30em}} ;1996 :3rd in Prologue Tour of Japan (JPN) ;1997 :3rd in Stage 2 McLane Pacific Classic, Footshill Road Race (USA) ;1998 :1st in Woodland Hills and 1st in Snake Alley Criterium (USA)<ref name="CA">{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureuruitslagenfiche.php?coureurid=1461|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021051507/http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureuruitslagenfiche.php?coureurid=1461|url-status=usurped|archive-date=21 October 2012|title=Results David Clinger|publisher=Cycling Archives|accessdate=12 September 2010}}</ref> :3rd in General classification Hotter'N Hell Hundred and 3rd in Nevada City Classic (USA)<ref name="CA"/> ;1999 :1st in General Classification Tour de Toona (USA) :2nd in Snelling (USA) :3rd in Stage 6 Vuelta Ciclista Asturias, Oviedo (ESP) :2nd in Wilmington Classic (USA) :1st in Stage 4 part b Tour de Beauce, Saint Georges (CAN) :4th in Pan American Games, Winnipeg (CAN) ;2000 :3rd in Stage 3 Volta Ciclista a Catalunya, Badalona (ESP) :2nd in Stage 1 Vuelta a Galega, Ferrol (ESP) :2nd in Stage 3 Vuelta a Galega, Fonsagrada (ESP) :1st in Stage 4 Vuelta a Galega, Orense (ESP) :2nd in Memorial Manuel Galera (ESP) ;2001 :1st in Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia (ESP) ;2002 :1st in Stage 1 Volta Ciclista a Catalunya, Deltebre (ESP) ::alongside Tom Boonen, George Hincapie, Roberto Heras, Christian Vande Velde, Michael Barry, Matt White, and Chann McRae :1st in First Union Invitational (USA) ;2003 :3rd in Stage 3 Pomona Valley Stage Race, Puddington (USA) :2nd in Stage 3 Redlands Bicycle Classic, Panorama Point (USA) :2nd in Stage 3 Tour de Georgia, Rome (USA) :1st in Stage 5 Tour de Georgia, Atlanta (USA) :1st in Stage 2 Tour of Connecticut, Waterbury circuit (USA) :1st in General Classification Tour of Connecticut (USA) :3rd in {{USA}} National Championship, Road, Elite, United States of America, Philadelphia (USA) :1st in Stage 1 Cascade Classic, Pacific Power Road Race (USA) :1st in Stage 5 Cascade Classic, Leffel Centre Anbrey Butte (USA) :3rd in New York City Championship (USA) ;2005 :3rd in Stage 1 Sea Otter Classic, Laguna Seca (USA) :3rd in Stage 1 Vuelta de Bisbee, Sulphur Springs (USA) :2nd in Stage 3 Vuelta de Bisbee, Tombstone (USA) :3rd in Stage 3 Tour of the Gila, Inner Loop (USA) :1st in Santa Barbara (USA) :1st in San Marcos (USA) :1st in Long Beach (b) (USA) :1st in Long Beach (c) (USA) :3rd in Univest Grand Prix (USA) :3rd in Stage 2 Bermuda GP (BER) ;2008 :2nd in Stage 2 Valley of the Sun Stage Race, Casa Grande (USA) :3rd in Sea Otter Classic (USA) :1st in Bonsall-San Luis Rey Classic (USA) {{div col end}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Clinger, David}} Category:1977 births Category:Living people Category:American male cyclists Category:Cyclists at the 1999 Pan American Games Category:Cyclists from Los Angeles Category:Pan American Games competitors for the United States Category:20th-century American sportsmen