# Daniel Holloway (cyclist)

Daniel Holloway (born May 21, 1987) is an American cyclist, who previously rode for the U. S. Nation Team, the professional Garmin Chipotle Team and the American amateur team Texas Roadhouse Racing. Holloway specialized in criteriums, track racing, and six-day racing. During his career, Holloway has won over 20 national titles, a Pan American title in 2018, and a gold medal at the 2019 Pan American Games. On June 2, 2021, Daniel Holloway announced his retirement from professional cycling. On September 3, 2023, Daniel Holloway returned to the men's Pro Peloton at The Gateway Cup to be the first cyclist to ever race, film and narrate with live color commentary.

## Career
### Early life and junior career

Holloway was born on May 21, 1987, in Wichita Falls, Texas, and began as a speed skater. He began cycling as practice for speed skating in the summer. His racing career began on the velodrome due to its similarities with the track. Holloway took to cycling winning his first national championship in July 2004 in the Madison. In 2005, he won his next national title at Junior Track Nationals in the individual and team pursuits. In 2007, he took his first Criterium National title as an amateur.

### Amateur and professional career

In 2008, he rode to 4 Elite National titles on the track, winning the team pursuit, madison, points race and the scratch. He joined the Garmin–Chipotle p/b H30 team as a stagiaire, before joining the Felt–Holowesko Partners team for the 2009 season. Holloway won the kilo and points race titles at the National Track Championships, and he also competed at the 2009 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Poland with teammates Colby Pearce and Taylor Phinney. In 2010 Holloway joined the domestic Bissell team and raced predominately on the road, winning his first United States National Criterium Championships. In 2011, Holloway joined the UCI Continental team Kelly Benefit Strategies–OptumHealth further focusing on road racing with a specialty in criteriums.
Holloway joined Team Raleigh–GAC in 2012, where he again won the scratch at the National Track Championships. He moved to Amore & Vita for the 2013 season, before returning the American domestic scene ahead of the 2014 season. Holloway won a record 21 races in 2014 with Athlete Octane, including his second criterium title at the National Amateur Road Championships. Riding for Alto Velo p/b Seasucker in 2015, Holloway extended his record to 26 victories, and a second consecutive criterium title at the National Amateur Road Championships. In 2016, Holloway took his third consecutive criterium title at the National Amateur Road Championships and also won the road race title for Intelligentsia Coffee. He also raced his first-ever Red Hook Criterium Series, placing 5th at his first attempt at Red Hook Brooklyn.
Holloway moved to Texas Roadhouse Racing for the 2017 season, where he won a second consecutive road race title at the National Amateur Road Championships. Towards the end of his 2017 road season, Holloway shifted focus back to the track, winning 2 National titles (Omnium and Madison) and a World Cup (Omnium) on the track, and three National titles (Omnium, Madison, Points race) as well as the Pan-American Madison Championship title in 2018. In 2019 he won a Pan American Gold medal in the Omnium. In addition to Texas Roadhouse, Daniel Holloway was named an official member of Team USA's track cycling endurance program. He announced his retirement in 2021.
Post-retirement Daniel Holloway began commentating at various cycling events, specializing in criterium color commentary. Together with Gabe Lloyd he launched The Call Up Podcast in 2023 dissecting and analyzing both men and women's Criterium races, focusing mostly on the American Criterium Cup. Shortly after, with 2 years off the bike and only 8 weeks of training, he became the first ever cyclist to race and commentate live from the peloton at Day 3 of the 2023 Gateway Cup.

## Personal life

Daniel Holloway is married to creative director, entrepreneur, and owner of Kombucha and brand Mortal Ventures, Becca Schepps. Together they have one son.

## Major victories
### 2005

    1st Stage 3 Tour de l'Abitibi
    National Junior Track Championships
       1st Individual pursuit
       1st Team pursuit

### 2006

    1st Overall Tulsa Tough

### 2007

    1st Criterium, National Amateur Road Championships

### 2008

    National Track Championships
       1st Team pursuit (with Taylor Phinney, Colby Pearce & Dave Koesel)
       1st Madison (with Colby Pearce)
       1st Scratch
       1st Under-23 points race
    Tour of Pennsylvania
       1st Stages 1b & 6

### 2009

    Vuelta a Palencia
       1st Stages 1 & 6
    National Track Championships
       1st Points race
       1st Kilo

### 2010

    1st Criterium, National Road Championships
    1st TD Bank Mayor's Cup

### 2012

    1st Stage 6 Vuelta Mexico Telmex
    1st Scratch, National Track Championships

### 2014

    1st Criterium, National Amateur Road Championships
    1st Athens Twilight Criterium

### 2015

    1st Criterium, National Amateur Road Championships
    1st Overall USA Crits Series
       1st Athens Twilight Criterium
       1st Tulsa Tough
       1st Gateway Cup

### 2016

    National Amateur Road Championships
       1st Criterium
       1st Road race
    1st Tulsa Tough
    Red Bull Last Stand
       1st Double Down Award
       2nd Geared race

### 2017

    1st Road race, National Amateur Road Championships
    National Track Championships
       1st Team pursuit
       1st Madison (with Adrian Hegyvary)
       1st Omnium
    1st Omnium, 2017–18 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Santiago
    2nd Omnium, UCI C1 Troféu Internacional de Anadia
    2nd Omnium, UCI C1 Track Cycling Challenge Switzerland

### 2018

    1st Madison, Pan American Track Championships (with Adrian Hegyvary)
    National Track Championships
       1st Omnium
       1st Madison (with Adrian Hegyvary)
       1st Points race
    1st Madison, Japan Track Cup I
    1st Handicap Madison – Chase, Six Days of Copenhagen
    3rd Madison, 2018–19 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Milton (with Adrian Hegyvary)

### 2019

    1st Madison, National Track Championships (with Adrian Hegyvary)
    2nd Madison, Pan American Track Championships (with Adrian Hegyvary)
    2nd Madison, Super Tuesday
    3rd Madison, 2018–19 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Cambridge (with Adrian Hegyvary)
    3rd Madison, 2018–19 Six Day Series, Hong Kong