# Leigh Howard

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Australian racing cyclist (born 1989)

For the British novelist, see [Lee Howard (journalist)](/source/Lee_Howard_(journalist)). For the marimba artist, see [Leigh Howard Stevens](/source/Leigh_Howard_Stevens).

Leigh Howard Howard in 2018 Personal information Full name Leigh Howard Born (1989-10-18) 18 October 1989 (age 36) Geelong, Victoria, Australia Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) Weight 70 kg (154 lb) Team information Disciplines Road Track Role Rider Rider type Sprinter Amateur teams 0 Geelong CC 2009 Australian Institute of Sport 2009 Team Toshiba Professional teams 2010–2011 Team HTC–Columbia 2012–2015 GreenEDGE[1] 2016 IAM Cycling 2017 Aqua Blue Sport 2018–2019 ACA–Ride Sunshine Coast Major wins Track Madison, World Championships (2010, 2011) Omnium, World Championships (2009) Team pursuit, World Championships (2019) Medal record Men's track cycling Representing Australia Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo Team pursuit World Championships 2009 Pruszków Omnium 2010 Ballerup Madison 2011 Apeldoorn Madison 2019 Pruszków Team pursuit 2008 Manchester Omnium 2010 Ballerup Omnium 2009 Pruszków Madison 2009 Pruszków Team pursuit 2012 Melbourne Madison Commonwealth Games 2018 Gold Coast Team pursuit

**Leigh Howard** (born 18 October 1989) is an Australian professional [racing cyclist](/source/Cycle_sport). He qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics in both the Men's Madison and Men's Team Pursuit. Howard was part of the [Men's team pursuit](/source/Cycling_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_team_pursuit) together with [Kelland O'Brien](/source/Kelland_O'Brien), [Sam Weisford](/source/Sam_Welsford) and [Alexander Porter](/source/Alexander_Porter_(cyclist)). 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.[2]

## Career

Born in [Geelong](/source/Geelong), [Victoria](/source/Victoria_(Australia)), Australia, Howard now resides in [Waurn Ponds, Victoria](/source/Waurn_Ponds%2C_Victoria).[3] He began cycling competitively at the age of 10 and first represented Australia in 2005 at the age of 16.[3] Howard is an [Australian Institute of Sport](/source/Australian_Institute_of_Sport) scholarship holder, and initially trained as an [automobile](/source/Car) [electrician](/source/Electrician).[3]

Howard won the bronze medal in the omnium event at the [2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships](/source/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](/source/2008%E2%80%9309_UCI_Track_Cycling_World_Cup_Classics). In 2009, he again won a medal in the omnium at the [World Championships](/source/2009_UCI_Track_Cycling_World_Championships), this time taking gold, he also took the silver medal in both the madison and team pursuit.[3] Howard also had success on the road in 2009, winning stages 1 and 3 of the [Tour of Japan](/source/Tour_of_Japan).

Howard become a professional rider in 2010 with [Team HTC–Columbia](/source/HTC%E2%80%93Highroad).[4] 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](/source/Daniele_Bennati), [Tom Boonen](/source/Tom_Boonen) and [Tyler Farrar](/source/Tyler_Farrar) on the stage. After two years with the team, Howard moved to GreenEDGE for the 2012 season.[1] In November 2015 [IAM Cycling](/source/IAM_Cycling) announced that Howard would join them for the 2016 season, with a role as part of the [sprint train](/source/Sprint_train) for [Matteo Pelucchi](/source/Matteo_Pelucchi).[5]

Howard last rode for [UCI Continental team](/source/UCI_Continental_team) [Pro Racing Sunshine Coast](/source/ARA_Skip_Capital).[6]

## Major results

### Road

**2006**
- 3rd [Time trial](/source/Australian_National_Time_Trial_Championships), National Junior Championships

**2007**
- Tour of Tasmania - 1st Stages 1, 4 & 7

**2008**
- 1st 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](/source/Tour_de_Berlin) - 1st Stage 2

**2009**
- 1st Overall Tour of Gippsland - 1st Stages 2, 3, 6 & 9

- 1st Overall [Okolo Slovenska](/source/Okolo_Slovenska)

- 1st Classic Astico – Brenta

- [Tour of Japan](/source/Tour_of_Japan) - 1st Points classification - 1st Stages 1, 3 & 7

- 1st Stage 1 [Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23](/source/Th%C3%BCringen_Rundfahrt_der_U23)

- 4th [Circuito del Porto](/source/Circuito_del_Porto)

- 8th [Giro del Belvedere](/source/Giro_del_Belvedere)

**2010 (2 pro wins)**
- 1st [Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen](/source/Kampioenschap_van_Vlaanderen)

- 1st Stage 4 [Tour of Oman](/source/2010_Tour_of_Oman)

- 1st Sprints classification, [Bayern–Rundfahrt](/source/2010_Bayern%E2%80%93Rundfahrt)

**2011 (1)**
- 1st Stage 5 [Ster Elektrotoer](/source/Ster_ZLM_Toer)

- 3rd [Trofeo Cala Millor](/source/Vuelta_a_Mallorca)

- 4th [Grand Prix de Denain](/source/2011_Grand_Prix_de_Denain)

**2012 (1)**
- 1st Stage 2 ([TTT](/source/Team_time_trial)) [Eneco Tour](/source/2012_Eneco_Tour)

- 3rd Overall [Tour of Britain](/source/2012_Tour_of_Britain) - 1st Stage 2

**2013 (2)**
- 1st [Trofeo Campos–Santanyí–Ses Salines](/source/Vuelta_a_Mallorca)

- 1st [Trofeo Platja de Muro](/source/Vuelta_a_Mallorca)

- 8th [Vuelta a La Rioja](/source/Vuelta_a_La_Rioja)

**2014**
- 5th [Gran Premio Nobili Rubinetterie](/source/Gran_Premio_Nobili_Rubinetterie)

- 7th Overall [Tour of Alberta](/source/2014_Tour_of_Alberta)

**2015**
- 6th [RideLondon–Surrey Classic](/source/2015_RideLondon%E2%80%93Surrey_Classic)

**2016 (2)**
- 1st [Clásica de Almería](/source/2016_Cl%C3%A1sica_de_Almer%C3%ADa)

- 1st Stage 1 [Tour des Fjords](/source/Tour_des_Fjords)

- 2nd [Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race](/source/Cadel_Evans_Great_Ocean_Road_Race)

#### Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Giro d'Italia — — DNF — — DNF Tour de France — — — — — 172 Vuelta a España 152 — 142 — — —

Legend — Did not compete DNF Did not finish

### Track

**2006**
- 1st Team pursuit, [UCI World Junior Championships](/source/UCI_Junior_Track_Cycling_World_Championships)

- [National Junior Championships](/source/Australian_National_Track_Championships) - 1st Scratch - 2nd Kilo - 2nd Madison (with Alex Smyth) - 2nd Team pursuit - 3rd Individual pursuit

**2007**
- [UCI World Junior Championships](/source/UCI_Junior_Track_Cycling_World_Championships) - 1st Team pursuit - 2nd Madison (with [Glenn O'Shea](/source/Glenn_O'Shea)) - 3rd Individual pursuit

- [National Junior Championships](/source/Australian_National_Track_Championships) - 1st Kilo - 1st Omnium - 1st Individual pursuit

- UIV Cup - 1st Amsterdam - 1st Dortmund

- 3rd Madison, [National Championships](/source/Australian_National_Track_Championships) (with [Travis Meyer](/source/Travis_Meyer_(cyclist)))

**2008**
- [National Championships](/source/Australian_National_Track_Championships) - 1st Madison (with [Glenn O'Shea](/source/Glenn_O'Shea)) - 1st Scratch - 1st Team pursuit - 2nd Individual pursuit

- UIV Cup - 1st Amsterdam - 1st Munich

- 2nd [Omnium](/source/2008_UCI_Track_Cycling_World_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_omnium), [UCI World Championships](/source/2008_UCI_Track_Cycling_World_Championships)

- 2nd Scratch, [UCI World Cup Classics](/source/2008%E2%80%9309_UCI_Track_Cycling_World_Cup_Classics), Melbourne

**2009**
- [UCI World Championships](/source/2009_UCI_Track_Cycling_World_Championships) - 1st [Omnium](/source/2009_UCI_Track_Cycling_World_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_omnium) - 2nd [Madison](/source/2009_UCI_Track_Cycling_World_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_madison) (with [Cameron Meyer](/source/Cameron_Meyer)) - 2nd [Team pursuit](/source/2009_UCI_Track_Cycling_World_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_team_pursuit)

- [UCI World Cup Classics](/source/2008%E2%80%9309_UCI_Track_Cycling_World_Cup_Classics), Beijing - 1st Team pursuit - 1st Madison (with [Glenn O'Shea](/source/Glenn_O'Shea))

- [National Championships](/source/Australian_National_Track_Championships) - 2nd Team pursuit - 3rd Individual pursuit

**2010**
- [UCI World Championships](/source/2010_UCI_Track_Cycling_World_Championships) - 1st [Madison](/source/2010_UCI_Track_Cycling_World_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_madison) (with [Cameron Meyer](/source/Cameron_Meyer)) - 2nd [Omnium](/source/2010_UCI_Track_Cycling_World_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_omnium)

- [UCI World Cup Classics](/source/UCI_Track_Cycling_World_Cup_Classics) - 1st [Team pursuit](/source/2009%E2%80%9310_UCI_Track_Cycling_World_Cup_Classics), Beijing - 1st [Team pursuit](/source/2010%E2%80%9311_UCI_Track_Cycling_World_Cup_Classics), Melbourne - 1st [Madison](/source/2010%E2%80%9311_UCI_Track_Cycling_World_Cup_Classics), Melbourne (with [Cameron Meyer](/source/Cameron_Meyer))

**2011**
- 1st [Madison](/source/2011_UCI_Track_Cycling_World_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_madison), [UCI World Championships](/source/2011_UCI_Track_Cycling_World_Championships) (with [Cameron Meyer](/source/Cameron_Meyer))

- 1st Madison, [Oceania Championships](/source/2011_Oceania_Track_Championships) (with [Cameron Meyer](/source/Cameron_Meyer))

- 1st Madison, [National Championships](/source/Australian_National_Track_Championships) (with [Glenn O'Shea](/source/Glenn_O'Shea))

- 2nd [Six Days of Berlin](/source/Six_Days_of_Berlin) (with [Cameron Meyer](/source/Cameron_Meyer))

**2012**
- 1st [Six Days of Berlin](/source/Six_Days_of_Berlin) (with [Cameron Meyer](/source/Cameron_Meyer))

**2018**
- 1st [Team pursuit](/source/Cycling_at_the_2018_Commonwealth_Games_%E2%80%93_Men's_team_pursuit), [Commonwealth Games](/source/Cycling_at_the_2018_Commonwealth_Games)

- Oceania Championships - 1st Team pursuit - 2nd Omnium

- [National Championships](/source/Australian_National_Track_Championships) - 1st Team pursuit - 2nd Madison (with [Jordan Kerby](/source/Jordan_Kerby))

- [UCI World Cup](/source/2018%E2%80%9319_UCI_Track_Cycling_World_Cup) - 1st Team pursuit, Berlin - 2nd Scratch, Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines - 3rd Madison, Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (with [Kelland O'Brien](/source/Kelland_O'Brien))

- 2nd [Six Days of London](/source/Six_Days_of_London) (with [Kelland O'Brien](/source/Kelland_O'Brien))

**2019**
- 1st [Team pursuit](/source/2019_UCI_Track_Cycling_World_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_team_pursuit), [UCI World Championships](/source/2019_UCI_Track_Cycling_World_Championships)

- [National Championships](/source/Australian_National_Track_Championships) - 1st Madison (with [Glenn O'Shea](/source/Glenn_O'Shea)) - 1st Team pursuit

- [UCI World Cup](/source/2019%E2%80%9320_UCI_Track_Cycling_World_Cup) - 1st Team pursuit, Brisbane - 2nd Team pursuit, Cambridge - 3rd Madison, Glasgow (with [Sam Welsford](/source/Sam_Welsford))

- 2nd Scratch, Oceania Championships

**2020**
- 3rd Madison, [National Championships](/source/Australian_National_Track_Championships) (with [Sam Welsford](/source/Sam_Welsford))

**2021**
- 1st Madison, [National Championships](/source/Australian_National_Track_Championships) (with [Glenn O'Shea](/source/Glenn_O'Shea))

- 3rd [Team pursuit](/source/Cycling_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_team_pursuit), [Olympic Games](/source/Cycling_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics)

## See also

- [Cycling in Geelong](/source/Cycling_in_Geelong)

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Howard_GreenEDGE_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Howard_GreenEDGE_1-1) ["GreenEdge snares Howard"](http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/greenedge-snares-howard). *Cycling News*. Future Publishing Limited. 12 September 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Leigh HOWARD"](https://olympics.com/en/athletes/leigh-howard). *Olympics.com*. Retrieved 23 December 2021.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-CAprofile_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-CAprofile_3-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-CAprofile_3-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-CAprofile_3-3) ["Rider profiles: Leigh Howard"](http://www.cycling.org.au/default.asp?id=8864). Cycling Australia.{{[cite web](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_web)}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_deprecated_archival_service))

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ProCycling, Issue 133, January 2010, p. 63

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Leigh Howard, Vegard Stake Laengen and Oliver Naesen confirmed for IAM Cycling"](http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/leigh-howard-vegard-stake-laengen-and-oliver-naesen-confirmed-for-iam-cycling/). *[cyclingnews.com](/source/Cyclingnews.com)*. 28 September 2015. Retrieved 14 November 2015.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Australian Cycling Academy team focused on nurturing young talent"](http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/australian-cycling-academy-team-focused-on-nurturing-young-talent/). *[Cyclingnews.com](/source/Cyclingnews.com)*. [Immediate Media Company](/source/Immediate_Media_Company). 11 December 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2018. 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.

## External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to [Leigh Howard](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Leigh_Howard).

- [Leigh Howard](https://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche/coureuri/22193.html) at *Cycling Archives* ([archive](https://web.archive.org/web/2023/http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=22193))

- [Leigh Howard](https://www.procyclingstats.com/rider/140453) at *ProCyclingStats*

- [Leigh Howard – Biography](https://web.archive.org/web/20090627183231/http://www.ausport.gov.au/ais/sports/cycling/athletes/profiles/leigh_howard) at the *Australian Institute of Sport* website

v t e UCI Track Cycling World Champions – Men's team pursuit 1990s 1993: Australia, Brett Aitken, Stuart O'Grady, Billy Shearsby, Tim O'Shannessey 1994: Germany, Guido Fulst, Andreas Bach, Jens Lehmann, Danilo Hondo 1995: Australia, Bradley McGee, Stuart O'Grady, Rodney McGee, Tim O'Shannessey 1996: Italy, Adler Capelli, Cristiano Citton, Andrea Collinelli, Mauro Trentini 1997: Italy, Cristiano Citton, Mario Benetton, Adler Capelli, Andrea Collinelli 1998: Ukraine, Oleksandr Symonenko, Serhiy Matvyeyev, Oleksandr Fedenko, Oleksandr Klymenko 1999: Germany, Robert Bartko, Jens Lehmann, Daniel Becke, Guido Fulst 2000s 2000: Germany, Guido Fulst, Sebastian Siedler, Daniel Becke, Jens Lehmann 2001: Ukraine, Oleksandr Symonenko, Serhii Cherniavskyi, Lyubomyr Polatayko, Oleksandr Fedenko 2002: Australia, Peter Dawson, Brett Lancaster, Stephen Wooldridge, Luke Roberts 2003: Australia, Graeme Brown, Peter Dawson, Brett Lancaster, Luke Roberts 2004: Australia, Ashley Hutchinson, Luke Roberts, Peter Dawson, Stephen Wooldridge 2005: Great Britain, Steve Cummings, Rob Hayles, Paul Manning, Chris Newton 2006: Australia, Peter Dawson, Matthew Goss, Mark Jamieson, Stephen Wooldridge 2007: Great Britain, Ed Clancy, Geraint Thomas, Paul Manning, Bradley Wiggins 2008: Great Britain, Ed Clancy, Geraint Thomas, Paul Manning, Bradley Wiggins 2009: Denmark, Casper Jørgensen, Jens-Erik Madsen, Michael Færk Christensen, Alex Rasmussen, Michael Mørkøv 2010s 2010: Australia, Jack Bobridge, Rohan Dennis, Michael Hepburn, Cameron Meyer 2011: Australia, Jack Bobridge, Rohan Dennis, Michael Hepburn, Luke Durbridge 2012: Great Britain, Ed Clancy, Peter Kennaugh, Steven Burke, Geraint Thomas, Andy Tennant 2013: Australia, Glenn O'Shea, Alex Edmondson, Mitchell Mulhern, Alexander Morgan 2014: Australia, Glenn O'Shea, Alex Edmondson, Luke Davison, Miles Scotson 2015: New Zealand, Pieter Bulling, Dylan Kennett, Alex Frame, Marc Ryan 2016: Australia, Sam Welsford, Michael Hepburn, Callum Scotson, Miles Scotson, Alexander Porter, Luke Davison 2017: Australia, Sam Welsford, Cameron Meyer, Alexander Porter, Nick Yallouris, Kelland O'Brien, Rohan Wight 2018: Great Britain, Ed Clancy, Kian Emadi, Ethan Hayter, Charlie Tanfield 2019: Australia, Sam Welsford, Leigh Howard, Alexander Porter, Cameron Scott, Kelland O'Brien 2020s 2020: Denmark, Lasse Norman Hansen, Julius Johansen, Frederik Rodenberg, Rasmus Pedersen 2021: Italy, Liam Bertazzo, Simone Consonni, Filippo Ganna, Jonathan Milan, Francesco Lamon 2022: Great Britain, Ethan Hayter, Oliver Wood, Ethan Vernon, Daniel Bigham 2023: Denmark, Niklas Larsen, Carl-Frederik Bévort, Lasse Norman Leth, Rasmus Pedersen, Frederik Rodenberg 2024: Denmark, Tobias Hansen, Carl-Frederik Bévort, Niklas Larsen, Rasmus Pedersen, Frederik Rodenberg 2025: Denmark, Tobias Hansen, Niklas Larsen, Rasmus Pedersen, Frederik Rodenberg, Lasse Norman Leth Riders in italics took part in the qualifying rounds.

v t e UCI Track Cycling World Champions – Men's omnium 2007: Alois Kaňkovský 2008: Hayden Godfrey 2009: Leigh Howard 2010: Ed Clancy 2011: Michael Freiberg 2012: Glenn O'Shea 2013: Aaron Gate 2014: Thomas Boudat 2015–16: Fernando Gaviria 2017: Benjamin Thomas 2018: Szymon Sajnok 2019: Campbell Stewart 2020: Benjamin Thomas 2021: Ethan Hayter 2022: Ethan Hayter 2023: Iúri Leitão 2024: Lindsay De Vylder 2025: Albert Torres

v t e UCI Track Cycling World Champions – Men's madison 1995–96: Italy (Silvio Martinello, Marco Villa) 1997: Spain (Joan Llaneras, Miguel Alzamora) 1998: Belgium (Etienne De Wilde, Matthew Gilmore) 1999: Spain (Joan Llaneras, Isaac Gálvez) 2000: Germany (Stefan Steinweg, Erik Weispfennig) 2001: France (Robert Sassone, Jérôme Neuville) 2002: France (Jérôme Neuville, Franck Perque) 2003: Switzerland (Franco Marvulli, Bruno Risi) 2004: Argentina (Walter Pérez, Juan Curuchet) 2005: Great Britain (Mark Cavendish, Rob Hayles) 2006: Spain (Isaac Gálvez, Joan Llaneras) 2007: Switzerland (Bruno Risi, Franco Marvulli) 2008: Great Britain (Mark Cavendish, Bradley Wiggins) 2009: Denmark (Michael Mørkøv, Alex Rasmussen) 2010–11: Australia (Leigh Howard, Cameron Meyer) 2012: Belgium (Kenny De Ketele, Gijs Van Hoecke) 2013: France (Vivien Brisse, Morgan Kneisky) 2014: Spain (David Muntaner, Albert Torres) 2015: France (Bryan Coquard, Morgan Kneisky) 2016: Great Britain (Mark Cavendish, Bradley Wiggins) 2017: France (Morgan Kneisky, Benjamin Thomas) 2018–19: Germany (Roger Kluge, Theo Reinhardt) 2020–21: Denmark (Michael Mørkøv, Lasse Norman Hansen) 2022: France (Donavan Grondin, Benjamin Thomas) 2023: Netherlands (Jan-Willem van Schip, Yoeri Havik) 2024: Germany (Roger Kluge, Tim Torn Teutenberg) 2025: Belgium (Lindsay De Vylder, Fabio Van den Bossche)

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