# Danilo Hondo

Danilo Hondo (born 4 January 1974) is a German former professional road bicycle racer. He won the German National Road Race in 2002. He competed in the men's team pursuit at the 1996 Summer Olympics.
He was banned from professional cycling and then later won his appeal to return to the sport. From January 2015 to May 2019, Hondo worked as a coach for the Swiss cycling federation, first for the under-23 squad and then with the elite. He owns a bike shop on the island of Majorca.
Hondo was born in Guben, Brandenburg.

## Doping

In 2005 Hondo was suspended and fired after testing positive for carphedon at the 2005 Vuelta a Murcia. Originally suspended for two years, Hondo's suspension was cut to 1 year in June 2005. In January 2006, Hondo had his ban extended to 2 years when he lost his appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport. In March 2006, has won his appeal in civil court, which gave Hondo an early end to his suspension. In 2009, he signed for a 3-year contract for Lampre–Farnese Vini.
Following revelations about blood doping by Erfurt-based doctor Mark Schmidt, Hondo confessed to having been a client of his in an interview with German broadcaster ARD on 12 May 2019. He said that he had paid €30,000 to Schmidt for blood transfusions in 2011. Hondo was subsequently fired by the Swiss federation.

## Major results
### 1994

    1st Team pursuit, UCI Track World Championships

### 1996

    3rd Team pursuit, UCI Track World Championships

### 1998

    1st Stage 4 Vuelta Ciclista de Chile

### 1999

    Course de la Paix
       1st Stages 1, 4 & 5
    1st Stage 1 Regio-Tour

### 2000

    Course de la Paix
       1st Stages 3 & 5
    1st Stage 1b Tour of Sweden

### 2001

    Giro d'Italia
       1st Stages 2 & 3
       Held after Stages 3–11
    1st Tour de Berne
    1st Stage 1 Three Days of De Panne
    1st Stage 1 Danmark Rundt
    1st Stage 4 Ronde van Nederland
    1st Points classification Paris–Nice

### 2002

    1st Road race, National Road Championships
    1st Stage 2 Volta a Catalunya
    1st Stage 2 Rheinland-Pfalz Rundfahrt
    1st Stage 3 Hessen-Rundfahrt

### 2003

    Course de la Paix
       1st Stages 1 & 2
    2nd Rund um Köln

### 2004

    1st Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli
    1st Stage 1 Tour du Poitou-Charentes
    1st Stage 5 Volta a Catalunya
    2nd Overall Three Days of De Panne
       1st Stage 1
    2nd Rund um Köln
    2nd Rund um den Henninger Turm
    2nd Paris–Tours
    3rd Trofeo Manacor
    5th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
       1st Stage 5 (ITT)
    6th Overall Niedersachsen-Rundfahrt
       1st Stages 1, 2, 4 & 5

### 2005

    2nd Milan–San Remo
    8th Overall Vuelta a Murcia
       1st Stages 1 & 2

### 2006

    1st Omloop van de Vlaamse Scheldeboorden
    1st Neuseen Classics
    Course de la Paix
       1st Stages 2 & 3
    Circuito Montañés
       1st Stages 2 & 3
    1st Stage 2 Sachsen-Tour
    2nd Overall Oddset–Rundfahrt
    2nd Overall Circuit Franco-Belge
    3rd Overall Regio-Tour
       1st Stage 1
    3rd Rund um den Henninger Turm
    3rd Tour de Rijke
    3rd Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen
    3rd Omloop van het Houtland

### 2008

    1st Stage 4 Tour de Langkawi

### 2009

    1st Praha–Karlovy Vary–Praha
    1st Stage 7 Volta a Portugal
    2nd Coppa Bernocchi
    7th Overall Course de la Solidarité Olympique
       1st Stage 5

### 2010

    9th Tour of Flanders
    1st Stage 4 Giro di Sardegna
    2nd Coppa Bernocchi

### 2011

    10th Rund um den Finanzplatz Eschborn-Frankfurt

### Grand Tour general classification results timeline

| Grand Tour | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |
| Giro d'Italia | — | — | 91 | DNF | — | — | — | — | — | 104 | — | DNF | DNF | — | 96 | 114 |
| Tour de France | — | — | — | 104 | — | 106 | — | — | — | — | — | 135 | 109 | 86 | — | — |
| Vuelta a España | 90 | DNF | 93 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 108 | — | — | — | — |
Legend :
| — | Did not compete |
| DNF | Did not finish |