Tim Johnson (cyclist)

Tim Johnson (cyclist)
Timothy Johnson (born August 5, 1977, in Middleton, Massachusetts) is an American professional racing cyclist who has found success in cyclocross and road bicycle racing, and is one of only five male riders (Jonathan Page was 2nd at worlds in 2007 and Matt Kelly was 1st at worlds in 1999 along with Danny Summerhill and Walker Ferguson) from the United States to stand on a UCI Cyclocross World Championships podium. Johnson has six career national championships – three Elite, two Espoir and one Junior – and a bronze medal from the UCI Cyclocross World Championships that he won in 1999 in Poprad, Slovakia. Johnson spent his 2009 road season riding for the Ouch presented by Maxxis team, of which he is the Road Captain. For 2010, Johnson rode for UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team presented by Maxxis. Johnson is divorced of fellow professional cyclist Lyne Bessette. In June 2018 Tim was named the director for development for the USA Cycling Foundation.
Major accomplishments
Johnson was arguably 2009's most successful American Cyclocross rider, winning 11 races, including the US Cyclocross National Championships in Bend, Oregon. In 2009, Johnson was first in the North American Cyclocross Trophy overall standings and second in the US Gran Prix of Cyclocross overall standings. Johnson missed the first five major UCI races of the season, including the first weekend of the US Gran Prix of Cyclocross, due to a separated shoulder he suffered at Star Crossed in Redmond, Washington.
Johnson finally won the coveted US Gran Prix of Cyclocross overall title in 2008, wearing the Cyclocross National Champion jersey, winning three of the series' six races. Johnson missed time late in the season due to a knee injury, but still managed to finish second in the North American Cyclocross Trophy overall standings, despite missing two of the series' eight races.
In 2007, Johnson captured his second U.S. national cyclocross championship repeating his 2000 success. Video production company DH Productions produced a documentary about Johnson's 2007–2008 season, following his success from early season success through his National Championships victory and his subsequent trip to the UCI World Championships in Treviso, Italy. The film was titled the 9 Ball Diaries, paying homage to the design of Johnson's Cannondale/Leer/Cyclocrossworld.com team jersey and Cannondale's Cyclocross bicycle.
In 2006, Johnson finished the season without landing outside the top-4 in any Cyclocross race entered. As a co-captain of the Health Net Professional Cycling Team he helped the team achieve its 3rd consecutive #1 NRC Ranking.
In 2005, Johnson edged two-time defending champion Mark McCormack to win the New England Championship Cyclo-Cross Series title and finished second overall in the United States Gran Prix of Cyclocross series after leading the Overall.
In 2003, Johnson won two stages and the overall title at the Herald Sun Tour, a road bicycle racing stage race held in Australia. Johnson won the tour's ninth stage from Horsham to Mount William. Two days later, Johnson won the tour's twelfth stage, a criterium in Echuca. The following day, Johnson finished second on the tour's thirteenth and final stage, taking a narrow 33 second victory over Australia's Luke Roberts.
Championships
Johnson has won United States Cyclocross National Championships on six occasions. Johnson won his first as a Junior rider in 1995 in Leicester, Mass Johnson won his first of his U23 Cyclocross National Championships in 1998 in Fort Devens, Massachusetts and won his second the next year in 1999 in Presido, California. In 2000, Johnson was on the top step of the podium for the third year in a row, this year as an Elite rider, winning his first Elite title in Kansas City, Kansas. It was not until 2007 that Johnson found himself back in the Stars and Stripes jersey, winning the 2007 National Championship, again in Kansas City, Kansas. Johnson again won in 2009, taking his third Elite National Title, this time in Bend, Oregon.
After winning the Espoir's National Title in 1999, Johnson went on to the UCI Cyclocross World Championships in Poprad, Slovakia, where he rode his way to a third-place finish. Johnson's bronze medal was the first time a cyclocross rider from the United States had stood on the podium at the UCI Cyclocross World Championships, coming just one day before a surprising victory by U.S. rider Matt Kelly in the junior's event. Johnson had finished 10th at the World Championships in 1998 when they were held in Middelfart, Denmark
Palmares
1995
(Junior) Cyclo-cross National Champion – Leicester, Massachusetts
1998
(U23) Cyclo-cross National Champion – Fort Devens, Massachusetts
(U23) 10th Cyclocross World Championships Middelfart, Denmark
1999
(U23) Cyclo-cross National Champion – Presido, California
(U23) 3rd Cyclocross World Championships Poprad, Slovakia
2000
Cyclocross National Champion – Kansas City, Kansas
1st Mount Washington Hill Climb
1st Sterling Road Race
1st Harvard Road Race
2001 – Saturn
1st KOM, Tour of Willamette
1st Mount Washington Hill Climb
1st Cherry Blossom Classic
1st Amherst International Cyclo-cross
1st Chicago SuperCup Cyclocross
2002 – Saturn
13th Cyclocross World Championships Zolder, Belgium
13th Wetzikon World Cup Switzerland
2nd Cyclocross National Championships Baltimore
SuperCup
2nd SuperCup #1 – Chicago
2nd SuperCup #2 – Boston
4th SuperCup #3 – Baltimore
1st Chameleon Cross
1st KOM, Tour of Slovenia
2nd ECV Cyclocross Gloucester, Massachusetts
2nd Granogue Cyclocross Wilmington, Delaware
3rd La Classique Montreal-Quebec
3rd Amherst Cyclocross Northampton, Massachusetts
2003 – Saturn
1st Overall – Herald Sun Tour
1st Stage #9 – Mount William, Australia
1st Stage #12 – Echuca, Australia
2nd Stage #13 – Buningyong, Australia
3rd Stage #8 – Horsham, Australia
7th Stage #6 – Port Fairy, Australia
1st Points Competition, Nature Valley Grand Prix
1st KOM, International Tour de 'Toona,
1st La Classique Montreal-Quebec
1st Fort Collins Grand Prix
1st TT Stage, Multi-Laser Grand Prix
2005 – Jittery Joe's/Kalahari and Cyclocrossworld.com/Louis Garneau
1st Overall, Verge New England Cyclo-cross Series (NECCS)
2nd Overall, Crankbrothers USGP of Cyclocross Series
1st USGP #3 – Gran Prix of Gloucester #1 Gloucester, Massachusetts
3rd USGP #6 – Clark Natwick GP San Francisco
3rd USGP #2 – Rad Racing Gran Prix Tacoma, Washington
4th USGP #4 – Gran Prix of Gloucester #2 Gloucester, Massachusetts
5th USGP #5 – Surf City Cyclocross Watsonville, California
5th USGP #1 – Stumptown Classic Portland, Oregon
New England Championship Cyclo-cross Series (NECCS)
1st Chainbiter 7.0 Farmington, Connecticut
1st Baystate Cross Sterling, Massachusetts
2nd Caster's Gran Prix Warwick, Rhode Island
2nd Downeast Cyclocross New Gloucester, Maine
3rd W.E. Steadman GP South Kingstown, Rhode Island
3rd Cycle-Smart International Northampton, Massachusetts
1st Aurora Cross UCI, Canada
2006 – Cannondale/Cyclocrossworld.com
#1 Ranked Rider National Racing Calendar Standings, USA Cycling
3rd California Giant Cyclocross National Championships Providence, Rhode Island
1st California Giant Strawberry Cup Providence, Rhode Island
2nd Overall, Crank Brothers USGP of Cyclocross Series
1st USGP #6 – Portland, Oregon
2nd USGP #5 – Tacoma, Washington
2nd USGP #4 – Boulder, Colorado
4th USGP #3 – Longmont, Colorado
2nd USGP #2 – Gloucester, Massachusetts
2nd USGP #1 – Gloucester, Massachusetts
New England Championship Cyclo-cross Series (NECCS)
1st NECCS Round #7 – Caster's Cross, Warwick, Rhode Island
1st NECCS Round #6 – W.E. Stedman Grand Prix, South Kingston, Rhode Island
1st NECCS Round #5 – Bay State Cyclocross, Sterling, Massachusetts
1st NECCS Round #2 – Downeast Cyclocross #2, New Gloucester, Maine
1st NECCS Round #1 – Downeast Cyclocross #1, New Gloucester, Maine
2nd Wissahickon Cross
4th Granogue Cross
1st Whitmore's Super Cross Cup #2 Southampton, New York
2nd Whitmore's Super Cross Cup #1 Southampton, New York
1st Vermont Grand Prix Burlington, Vermont
2006 – Health Net Pro Cycling Team Presented by Maxxis
Named Best American Road Team by VeloNews
2007 – Health Net–Maxxis
8th Overall, Tour de Georgia
2007 – Cannondale/Leer/Cyclocrossworld
Cyclocross National Champion – Kansas City, Kansas
2nd Overall, Crank Brothers US Gran Prix of Cyclocross
1st USGP #5 – Portland Cup #1 Portland, OR
1st USGP #2 – Derby City Cup #2 Louisville, Kentucky
2nd USGP #6 – Portland Cup #2 Portland, OR
2nd USGP #4 – Mercer Cup #2 West Windsor, New Jersey
2nd USGP #1 – Derby City Cup #1 Louisville, Kentucky
3rd USGP #3 – Mercer Cup #1 West Windsor, New Jersey
New England Cyclocross Championship Series (NECCS)
2nd NECCS #2 – Gran Prix of Gloucester #2 Gloucester, Massachusetts
3rd NECCS #7 – NBX Gran Prix Warwick, Rhode Island
3rd NECCS #5 – Baystate Cyclocross Sterling, Massachusetts
1st Granogue Cross Wilmington, Delaware
2nd Boulder Cup Boulder, Colorado
2nd Wissahickon Cross Ludwig's Corners, Pennsylvania
4th Whitmore's Super Cross Cup #2 Southampton, New York
4th Whitmore's Super Cross Cup #1 Southampton, New York
2008 – Cannondale/Cyclocrossworld.com
1st Overall, US Grand Prix of Cyclocross
1st UGSP #5 – Portland Cup #1 Portland, Oregon
1st USGP #3 – Mercer Cup #1 West Windsor, New Jersey
1st USGP #2 – Derby City Cup #2 Louisville, Kentucky
3rd USGP #6 – Portland Cup #2 Portland, Oregon
6th USGP #1 – Derby City Cup #1 Louisville, Kentucky
2nd Overall, North American Cyclocross Trophy
1st NACT #6 – Boulder Cup #2 Boulder, Colorado
1st NACT #2 – Rad Racing Lakewood, Washington
2nd NACT #4 – Gran Prix of Gloucester #2 Gloucester, Massachusetts
2nd NACT #3 – Gran Prix of Gloucester #1 Gloucester, Massachusetts
3rd NACT #5 – Boulder Cup #1 Boulder, Colorado
3rd NACT #1 – Star-Crossed Redmond, Washington
1st Toronto International Cyclocross #2 Toronto
2nd Cross Vegas Las Vegas, Nevada
2nd Toronto International Cyclocross #1 Toronto
2nd Wissahickon Cross Ludwig's Corners, Pennsylvania
3rd Granogue Cross Wilmington, Delaware
2009 – Cannondale/Cyclocrossworld.com
Cyclocross National Champion – Bend, Oregon
2nd Overall, US Gran Prix of Cyclocross
1st USGP #6 – Mercer Cup #3 West Windsor, New Jersey
1st USGP #4 – Derby City Cup #2 Louisville, Kentucky
2nd USGP #5 – Mercer Cup #1 West Windsor, New Jersey
3rd USGP #8 – Portland Cup #2 Portland, Oregon
3rd USGP #3 – Derby City Cup #1 Louisville, Kentucky
4th USGP #7 – Portland Cup #1 Portland, Oregon
1st Overall, North American Cyclocross Trophy
1st NACT #10 – Whitmore's Super Cross Cup #2 – Southampton, New York
1st NACT #9 – Whitmore's Super Cross Cup #1 – Southampton, New York
1st NACT #8 – Boulder Cup Boulder, Colorado
1st NACT #7 – Blue Sky Velo Cup Longmont, Colorado
1st NACT #5 – Toronto International Cyclocross #1 Toronto
1st NACT #4 – Gran Prix of Gloucester #2 Gloucester, Massachusetts
2nd NACT #6 – Toronto International Cyclocross #2 Toronto
4th NACT #3 – Gran Prix of Gloucester #1 Gloucester, Massachusetts
New England Cyclocross Championship Series (NECCS)
1st NECCS #6 – Providence Cyclocross #2 Providence, Rhode Island
1st NECCS #5 – Providence Cyclocross #1 Providence, Rhode Island
References
External links
Official Site
Cannondale/Cyclocrossworld.com Team
Team Ouch presented by Maxxis Official Site
Health Net Pro Cycling Team Biography, including complete results
Cyclingnews.com An interview with Tim Johnson
American male cyclists
Cyclo-cross cyclists
1977 births
Living people
People from Middleton, Massachusetts
Sportspeople from Essex County, Massachusetts
American cyclo-cross champions
Cyclists from Massachusetts