# Damien Howson

Damien Howson (born 13 August 1992) is an Australian cyclist, who rides for UCI ProTeam Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team.

## Career

Howson started his athletic career in basketball, becoming a state champion aged 13. He moved to cycling when South Australian Sports Institute discovered his potential after physiological testing on the state junior basketball team.
He won the world under-23 time trial in 2013, as well as the Oceania Cycling Championships under-23 time trial and road race. He was named in the start list for the 2015 Vuelta a España and the 2016 Giro d'Italia. In 2017 he won the 64th edition of the Herald Sun Tour. In June 2017, he was named to make his debut at the 2017 Tour de France.

## Personal life

In 2020 Howson married his high school friend, Georgie Russell at Longview Vineyard near Macclesfield in his home state of South Australia. He is an old scholar of Pedare Christian College.

## Major results
### 2010

    1st Trofeo San Rocco
    3rd Overall GP Général Patton
    4th Overall 3 Giorni Orobica
    9th Overall Liège–La Gleize

### 2011

    Oceania Under-23 Road Championships
       1st Time trial
       4th Road race
    1st Team pursuit, National Track Championships
    4th Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
    9th Time trial, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships
    9th Chrono Champenois
    9th Memorial Davide Fardelli

### 2012

    1st Time trial, Oceania Under-23 Road Championships
    2nd Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
    2nd Memorial Davide Fardelli
    3rd Time trial, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships
    4th Chrono Champenois
    7th Overall Tour Alsace

### 2013

    1st Time trial, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships
    1st UCI Oceania Tour
    Oceania Under-23 Road Championships
       1st Road race
       1st Time trial
    National Under-23 Road Championships
       1st Time trial
       2nd Road race
    1st Trofeo Alcide Degasperi
    2nd Chrono Champenois
    3rd Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23
       1st Prologue
    3rd Trofeo Banca Popolare di Vicenza
    5th Giro del Belvedere
    7th Gran Premio Palio del Recioto

### 2014

    2nd Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships
    3rd Time trial, National Road Championships

### 2015

    5th Time trial, National Road Championships
    5th Overall Herald Sun Tour

### 2016

    3rd Overall Herald Sun Tour
    4th Time trial, National Road Championships

### 2017 (2 pro wins)

    1st Overall Herald Sun Tour
       1st Stage 1
    9th GP Miguel Induráin
    9th Pro Ötztaler 5500

### 2018

    3rd Overall Herald Sun Tour
    4th Overall Colorado Classic

### 2019

    1st Stage 1 (TTT) Tirreno–Adriatico
    2nd Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
       1st Stage 1b (TTT)
    10th Overall Herald Sun Tour

### 2020 (2)

    1st Overall Czech Cycling Tour
       1st Stages 1 (TTT) & 4
    3rd Overall Herald Sun Tour
    3rd Overall Tour de Hongrie

### 2021 (2)

    1st Overall Tour de Hongrie
       1st Stage 4

### 2023 (1)

    3rd Overall Tour of Britain
    4th Overall Vuelta a Asturias
       1st Stage 1
    4th Overall Vuelta a Burgos

### 2024

    8th Overall Tour de Hongrie
    9th Overall Tour Down Under

### 2025

    4th Overall Tour of Oman

### Grand Tour general classification results timeline

| Grand Tour | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
| Giro d'Italia | — | 53 | — | — | — | DNF | — | 33 |
| Tour de France | — | — | 88 | DNF | — | — | — | — |
| Vuelta a España | 147 | 45 | — | 70 | 49 | — | 95 | — |
Legend :
| — | Did not compete |
| DNF | Did not finish |