# Allan Davis (cyclist)

Allan Howard Davis (born 27 July 1980) is an Australian former professional road racing cyclist, who last rode for UCI ProTour team Orica–GreenEDGE. Born in Ipswich, Queensland, Davis resides in Bundaberg, Queensland and in Spain. Known for his sprinting ability, he started competitive cycling at the age of 10, and turned professional in 2002. He is also the brother of fellow cyclist, Scott Davis, and was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.

## Career

In 2004 and 2005 he participated in the Tour de France, coming fifth in the points classification at the 2005 Tour de France behind the winner, Thor Hushovd of Norway, and fellow Australians Stuart O'Grady (2nd) and Robbie McEwen (3rd), and Kazakh champion Alexander Vinokourov (4th).
In 2006, Davis was one of the riders of the Astana–Würth team implicated in the Operación Puerto doping case. However, on 26 July 2006, Davis was cleared by Spanish officials.
He made his debut with Quick Step on 3 September 2008 in the Memorial Rik Van Steenbergen – Aartselaar race after reaching an agreement with Patrick Lefevere for the following two seasons and obtained a definitive free pass from his former team, Mitsubishi–Jartazi.
His 2009 season got off to an excellent start with three stages and the overall of the 2009 Tour Down Under.
Davis moved with brother Scott to Astana for the 2010 season. He remained with the team until the end of 2011, when he moved to the new GreenEDGE team.
Davis won gold in the Road Race in the 2010 Commonwealth Games.
Orica–GreenEDGE opted not to renew Davis' contract for 2014. After attempting to find a new team, Davis announced his retirement from competition in February 2014.
In February 2018 Davis joined Wiggle High5 as the team's lead directeur sportif.

## Major results
### 2000

    7th Road race, UCI Road World Under-23 Championships

### 2001

    6th Road race, UCI Road World Under-23 Championships

### 2002

    1st Stage 1 Giro del Capo
    2nd GP Istria
    3rd Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships

### 2003

    1st Trofeo Manacor
    1st Stage 4 Circuit Cycliste de la Sarthe
    2nd Road race, National Road Championships

### 2004

    1st Giro del Piemonte
    1st Trofeo Alcudia
    1st Trofeo Manacor
    1st Stage 5 Deutschland Tour
    5th Overall Tour de Pologne
       1st Stage 3

### 2005

    Vuelta a Murcia
       1st Stages 1, 3 & 5
    Eneco Tour
       1st Points classification
       1st Stage 3
    Vuelta a Aragón
       1st Points classification
       1st Stage 5
    2nd Overall Tour Down Under
    3rd Paris–Tours
    3rd HEW Cyclassics

### 2006

    Tour Down Under
       1st Stages 2 & 5
    3rd Road race, Commonwealth Games

### 2007

    Tour of Qinghai Lake
       1st Points classification
       1st Stages 1, 3, 5, 6 & 9
    1st Stage 3 Volta a Catalunya
    2nd Milan–San Remo

### 2008

    2nd Overall Tour Down Under
       1st Stage 3
    2nd Overall Geelong Bay Classic Series
       1st Stage 4
    3rd Vattenfall Cyclassics
    4th Overall Tour de Pologne
       1st Points classification
       1st Stage 2

### 2009

    1st Overall Tour Down Under
       1st Points classification
       1st Stages 2, 4 & 5
    2nd Paris–Brussels
    2nd Grand Prix de Wallonie
    4th Milan–San Remo
    4th Vattenfall Cyclassics

### 2010

    1st Road race, Commonwealth Games
    1st Points classification Tour de Pologne
    3rd Road race, UCI Road World Championships
    5th Vattenfall Cyclassics

### 2011

    9th Overall Tour Down Under
    10th Cancer Council Helpline Classic

### 2012

    1st Overall Geelong Bay Classic Series
    6th Road race, UCI Road World Championships