{{Short description|Australian racing cyclist (born 1989)}} {{about||the British novelist|Lee Howard (journalist)|the marimba artist|Leigh Howard Stevens}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2015}} {{Use Australian English|date=May 2015}} {{Infobox cyclist | name = Leigh Howard | image = 2018 2019 UCI Track World Cup Berlin 061.jpg | image_size = | caption = Howard in 2018 | fullname = Leigh Howard | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|10|18|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Geelong]], [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], Australia | height = 1.76 m | weight = 70 kg | currentteam = | disciplines = {{ubl|Road|Track}} | role = Rider | ridertype = Sprinter | amateuryears1 = {{0}} | amateurteam1 = Geelong CC | amateuryears2 = 2009 | amateurteam2 = [[Australian Institute of Sport]] | amateuryears3 = 2009 | amateurteam3 = Team Toshiba | proyears1 = 2010–2011 | proteam1 = {{UCI team code|THR|2010}} | proyears2 = 2012–2015 | proteam2 = {{UCI team code|GEC|2012a}}<ref name="Howard GreenEDGE">{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/greenedge-snares-howard|title=GreenEdge snares Howard|date=12 September 2011|access-date=1 January 2012|work=Cycling News|publisher=Future Publishing Limited}}</ref> | proyears3 = 2016 | proteam3 = {{UCI team code|IAM|2016}} | proyears4 = 2017 | proteam4 = {{UCI team code|ABS|2017}} | proyears5 = 2018–2019 | proteam5 = {{UCI team code|ACA|2018}} | majorwins = ;Track :{{nowrap|[[UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's madison|Madison, World Championships]] ([[2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's madison|2010]], [[2011 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's madison|2011]])}} :[[UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's omnium|Omnium, World Championships]] ([[2009 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's omnium|2009]]) :[[UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's team pursuit|Team pursuit, World Championships]] ([[2019 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's team pursuit|2019]]) | show-medals = no | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's [[track cycling]]}} {{MedalCountry|{{AUS}}}} {{MedalOlympic}} {{MedalBronze|[[2020 Summer Olympics|2020 Tokyo]]|[[Cycling at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's team pursuit|Team pursuit]]}} {{MedalCompetition|[[UCI Track Cycling World Championships|World Championships]]}} {{MedalGold|[[2009 UCI Track Cycling World Championships|2009 Pruszków]]|[[2009 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's omnium|Omnium]]}} {{MedalGold|[[2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships|2010 Ballerup]]|[[2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's madison|Madison]]}} {{MedalGold|[[2011 UCI Track Cycling World Championships|2011 Apeldoorn]]|[[2011 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's madison|Madison]]}} {{MedalGold|[[2019 UCI Track Cycling World Championships|2019 Pruszków]]|[[2019 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's team pursuit|Team pursuit]]}} {{MedalSilver|[[2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships|2008 Manchester]]|[[2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's omnium|Omnium]]}} {{MedalSilver|2010 Ballerup|[[2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's omnium|Omnium]]}} {{MedalSilver|2009 Pruszków|[[2009 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's madison|Madison]]}} {{MedalSilver|2009 Pruszków|[[2009 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's team pursuit|Team pursuit]]}} {{MedalBronze|[[2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships|2012 Melbourne]]|[[2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's madison|Madison]]}} {{MedalCompetition|[[Commonwealth Games]]}} {{MedalGold|[[2018 Commonwealth Games|2018 Gold Coast]]|[[Cycling at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's team pursuit|Team pursuit]]}} }}
'''Leigh Howard''' (born 18 October 1989) is an Australian professional [[Cycle sport|racing cyclist]]. He qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics in both the Men's Madison and Men's Team Pursuit. Howard was part of the [[Cycling at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's team pursuit|Men's team pursuit]] together with [[Kelland O'Brien]], [[Sam Welsford|Sam Weisford]] and [[Alexander Porter (cyclist)|Alexander Porter]]. They secured a bronze medal after overlapping New Zealand who had crashed. Howard also competed in the Men's Madison where the team finished fifth with a time of 3:48.448 and therefore did not qualify for the final.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Leigh HOWARD|url=https://olympics.com/en/athletes/leigh-howard|access-date=2021-12-23|website=Olympics.com}}</ref>
==Career== Born in [[Geelong]], [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], Australia, Howard now resides in [[Waurn Ponds, Victoria]].<ref name="CAprofile">{{cite web| url=http://www.cycling.org.au/default.asp?id=8864| title=Rider profiles: Leigh Howard| publisher=Cycling Australia| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://archive.today/20121130013808/http://www.cycling.org.au/default.asp?id=8864| archive-date=30 November 2012| df=dmy-all}}</ref> He began cycling competitively at the age of 10 and first represented Australia in 2005 at the age of 16.<ref name="CAprofile" /> Howard is an [[Australian Institute of Sport]] scholarship holder, and initially trained as an [[car|automobile]] [[electrician]].<ref name="CAprofile" />
Howard won the bronze medal in the omnium event at the [[2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships]]. He went on to take several medals in round 2 and 4 of the [[2008–09 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics]]. In 2009, he again won a medal in the omnium at the [[2009 UCI Track Cycling World Championships|World Championships]], this time taking gold, he also took the silver medal in both the madison and team pursuit.<ref name="CAprofile" /> Howard also had success on the road in 2009, winning stages 1 and 3 of the [[Tour of Japan]].
Howard become a professional rider in 2010 with {{UCI team code|THR|2010}}.<ref>ProCycling, Issue 133, January 2010, p. 63</ref> In his first professional race with team HTC Columbia, Howard won the fourth stage of the Tour of Oman. Impressively, Howard finished ahead of [[Daniele Bennati]], [[Tom Boonen]] and [[Tyler Farrar]] on the stage. After two years with the team, Howard moved to {{UCI team code|GEC|2012a|nolink=yes}} for the 2012 season.<ref name="Howard GreenEDGE"/> In November 2015 {{UCI team code|IAM|2016}} announced that Howard would join them for the 2016 season, with a role as part of the [[sprint train]] for [[Matteo Pelucchi]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/leigh-howard-vegard-stake-laengen-and-oliver-naesen-confirmed-for-iam-cycling/ |title=Leigh Howard, Vegard Stake Laengen and Oliver Naesen confirmed for IAM Cycling|date=28 September 2015 |website=[[cyclingnews.com]]|access-date=14 November 2015}}</ref>
Howard last rode for [[UCI Continental team]] {{UCI team code|ACA|2019}}.<ref>{{cite news|date=11 December 2017|title=Australian Cycling Academy team focused on nurturing young talent|work=[[Cyclingnews.com]]|publisher=[[Immediate Media Company]]|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/australian-cycling-academy-team-focused-on-nurturing-young-talent/|access-date=5 January 2018|quote=Former WorldTour rider Leigh Howard will captain the team which also includes current team pursuit world champions Sam Welsford and Kelland O'Brien on a 13-rider roster.}}</ref>
==Major results== ===Road=== {{div col|colwidth=22em}} ;2006 : 3rd [[Australian National Time Trial Championships|Time trial]], National Junior Championships ;2007 : Tour of Tasmania ::1st Stages 1, 4 & 7 ;2008 : 1st {{cjersey|yellow}} Overall Tour of the Murray River ::1st Stages 5 & 13 : 1st Coppa Colli Briantei Internazionale : Tour of Gippsland ::1st Stages 6 & 8 : Tour of Tasmania ::1st Stages 1 & 8 : 1st Stage 2 Australian Cycling Grand Prix : 10th Overall [[Tour de Berlin]] ::1st Stage 2 ;2009 : 1st {{cjersey|yellow}} Overall Tour of Gippsland ::1st Stages 2, 3, 6 & 9 : 1st {{cjersey|yellow}} Overall [[Okolo Slovenska]] : 1st Classic Astico – Brenta : [[Tour of Japan]] ::1st {{cjersey|green}} Points classification ::1st Stages 1, 3 & 7 : 1st Stage 1 [[Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23]] : 4th [[Circuito del Porto]] : 8th [[Giro del Belvedere]] ;2010 <small>(2 pro wins)</small> : 1st [[File:Jersey yellow flanders.svg|20px]] [[Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen]] : 1st Stage 4 [[2010 Tour of Oman|Tour of Oman]] : 1st {{cjersey|blue}} Sprints classification, [[2010 Bayern–Rundfahrt|Bayern–Rundfahrt]] ;2011 <small>(1)</small> : 1st Stage 5 [[Ster ZLM Toer|Ster Elektrotoer]] : 3rd [[Vuelta a Mallorca|Trofeo Cala Millor]] : 4th [[2011 Grand Prix de Denain|Grand Prix de Denain]] ;2012 <small>(1)</small> : 1st Stage 2 ([[Team time trial|TTT]]) [[2012 Eneco Tour|Eneco Tour]] : 3rd Overall [[2012 Tour of Britain|Tour of Britain]] ::1st Stage 2 ;2013 <small>(2)</small> : 1st [[Vuelta a Mallorca|Trofeo Campos–Santanyí–Ses Salines]] : 1st [[Vuelta a Mallorca|Trofeo Platja de Muro]] : 8th [[Vuelta a La Rioja]] ;2014 : 5th [[Gran Premio Nobili Rubinetterie]] : 7th Overall [[2014 Tour of Alberta|Tour of Alberta]] ;2015 : 6th [[2015 RideLondon–Surrey Classic|RideLondon–Surrey Classic]] ;2016 <small>(2)</small> : 1st [[2016 Clásica de Almería|Clásica de Almería]] : 1st Stage 1 [[Tour des Fjords]] : 2nd [[Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race]] {{div col end}}
====Grand Tour general classification results timeline==== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |- ! scope="col" | [[Grand Tour (cycling)|Grand Tour]] ! scope="col" | 2011 ! scope="col" | 2012 ! scope="col" | 2013 ! scope="col" | 2014 ! scope="col" | 2015 ! scope="col" | 2016 |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | {{cjersey|pink}} [[General classification in the Giro d'Italia|Giro d'Italia]] | — | — | [[2013 Giro d'Italia|DNF]] | — | — | [[2016 Giro d'Italia|DNF]] |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | {{cjersey|yellow}} [[General classification in the Tour de France|Tour de France]] | — | — | — | — | — | [[2016 Tour de France|172]] |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | {{cjersey|red}} [[List of Vuelta a España general classification winners|Vuelta a España]] | [[2011 Vuelta a España|152]] | — | [[2013 Vuelta a España|142]] | — | — | — |}
{| class="wikitable" |+ Legend |- ! scope="row" | — | Did not compete |- ! scope="row" | [[Did not finish|DNF]] | Did not finish |}
===Track=== {{div col|colwidth=25em}} ;2006 : 1st [[File:Rainbow Jersey Track.svg|20px]] Team pursuit, [[UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships|UCI World Junior Championships]] : [[Australian National Track Championships|National Junior Championships]] ::1st {{cjersey|australia}} Scratch ::2nd Kilo ::2nd Madison (with Alex Smyth) ::2nd Team pursuit ::3rd Individual pursuit ;2007 : [[UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships|UCI World Junior Championships]] ::1st [[File:Rainbow Jersey Track.svg|20px]] Team pursuit ::2nd [[File:Silver medal uci.svg|15px]] Madison (with [[Glenn O'Shea]]) ::3rd [[File:Bronze medal uci.svg|15px]] Individual pursuit : [[Australian National Track Championships|National Junior Championships]] ::1st {{cjersey|australia}} Kilo ::1st {{cjersey|australia}} Omnium ::1st {{cjersey|australia}} Individual pursuit : UIV Cup ::1st Amsterdam ::1st Dortmund : 3rd Madison, [[Australian National Track Championships|National Championships]] (with [[Travis Meyer (cyclist)|Travis Meyer]]) ;2008 : [[Australian National Track Championships|National Championships]] ::1st {{cjersey|australia}} Madison (with [[Glenn O'Shea]]) ::1st {{cjersey|australia}} Scratch ::1st {{cjersey|australia}} Team pursuit ::2nd Individual pursuit : UIV Cup ::1st Amsterdam ::1st Munich : 2nd [[File:Silver medal uci.svg|15px]] [[2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's omnium|Omnium]], [[2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships|UCI World Championships]] : 2nd Scratch, [[2008–09 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics|UCI World Cup Classics]], Melbourne ;2009 : [[2009 UCI Track Cycling World Championships|UCI World Championships]] ::1st [[File:Rainbow Jersey Track.svg|20px]] [[2009 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's omnium|Omnium]] ::2nd [[File:Silver medal uci.svg|15px]] [[2009 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's madison|Madison]] (with [[Cameron Meyer]]) ::2nd [[File:Silver medal uci.svg|15px]] [[2009 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's team pursuit|Team pursuit]] : [[2008–09 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics|UCI World Cup Classics]], Beijing ::1st Team pursuit ::1st Madison (with [[Glenn O'Shea]]) : [[Australian National Track Championships|National Championships]] ::2nd Team pursuit ::3rd Individual pursuit ;2010 : [[2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships|UCI World Championships]] ::1st [[File:Rainbow Jersey Track.svg|20px]] [[2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's madison|Madison]] (with [[Cameron Meyer]]) ::2nd [[File:Silver medal uci.svg|15px]] [[2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's omnium|Omnium]] : [[UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics|UCI World Cup Classics]] ::1st [[2009–10 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics|Team pursuit]], Beijing ::1st [[2010–11 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics|Team pursuit]], Melbourne ::1st [[2010–11 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics|Madison]], Melbourne (with [[Cameron Meyer]]) ;2011 : 1st [[File:Rainbow Jersey Track.svg|20px]] [[2011 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's madison|Madison]], [[2011 UCI Track Cycling World Championships|UCI World Championships]] (with [[Cameron Meyer]]) : 1st {{cjersey|oceania champion}} Madison, [[2011 Oceania Track Championships|Oceania Championships]] (with [[Cameron Meyer]]) : 1st {{cjersey|australia}} Madison, [[Australian National Track Championships|National Championships]] (with [[Glenn O'Shea]]) : 2nd [[Six Days of Berlin]] (with [[Cameron Meyer]]) ;2012 : 1st [[Six Days of Berlin]] (with [[Cameron Meyer]]) ;2018 : 1st [[File:Gold medal blank.svg|15px]] [[Cycling at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's team pursuit|Team pursuit]], [[Cycling at the 2018 Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]] : Oceania Championships ::1st {{cjersey|oceania champion}} Team pursuit ::2nd [[File:Silver medal Oceania.svg|15px]] Omnium : [[Australian National Track Championships|National Championships]] ::1st {{cjersey|australia}} Team pursuit ::2nd Madison (with [[Jordan Kerby]]) : [[2018–19 UCI Track Cycling World Cup|UCI World Cup]] ::1st Team pursuit, Berlin ::2nd Scratch, Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines ::3rd Madison, Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (with [[Kelland O'Brien]]) : 2nd [[Six Days of London]] (with [[Kelland O'Brien]]) ;2019 : 1st {{cjersey|rainbow}} [[2019 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's team pursuit|Team pursuit]], [[2019 UCI Track Cycling World Championships|UCI World Championships]] : [[Australian National Track Championships|National Championships]] ::1st {{cjersey|australia}} Madison (with [[Glenn O'Shea]]) ::1st {{cjersey|australia}} Team pursuit : [[2019–20 UCI Track Cycling World Cup|UCI World Cup]] ::1st Team pursuit, Brisbane ::2nd Team pursuit, Cambridge ::3rd Madison, Glasgow (with [[Sam Welsford]]) : 2nd [[File:Silver medal Oceania.svg|15px]] Scratch, Oceania Championships ;2020 : 3rd Madison, [[Australian National Track Championships|National Championships]] (with [[Sam Welsford]]) ;2021 : 1st {{cjersey|australia}} Madison, [[Australian National Track Championships|National Championships]] (with [[Glenn O'Shea]]) : 3rd [[File:Bronze medal olympic.svg|15px|link=Bronze medal]] [[Cycling at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's team pursuit|Team pursuit]], [[Cycling at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]] {{div col end}}
==See also== *[[Cycling in Geelong]]
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== {{commons category}} *{{Cycling Archives}} *{{Procyclingstats}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20090627183231/http://www.ausport.gov.au/ais/sports/cycling/athletes/profiles/leigh_howard Leigh Howard – Biography] at the ''Australian Institute of Sport'' website
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