Daniel Holloway (cyclist)

Daniel Holloway (cyclist)
Daniel Holloway (born May 21, 1987) is an American cyclist, who previously rode for 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 team as a stagiaire, before joining the 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 team and raced predominately on the road, winning his first United States National Criterium Championships. In 2011, Holloway joined the UCI Continental team further focusing on road racing with a specialty in criteriums.
Holloway joined in 2012, where he again won the scratch at the National Track Championships. He moved to 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
References
External links
1987 births
Living people
American male cyclists
People from Morgan Hill, California
Sportspeople from Santa Clara County, California
Pan American Games medalists in cycling
Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States
Cyclists at the 2019 Pan American Games
Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games
21st-century American sportsmen
American track cyclists