Joe Dombrowski

Joe Dombrowski
Joseph Lloyd Dombrowski (born May 12, 1991) is an American professional road racing cyclist who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . A professional since 2011, Dombrowski has also competed for and .
Personal
Born on May 12, 1991, in Christiana, Delaware, United States, Dombrowski spent his adolescence in Marshall, Virginia, United States. He resides in Marshall, Virginia and Nice, France. Between 2009 and 2010, Dombrowski attended George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia.
Career
Early years
Dombrowski began mountain biking in 2006, cyclo-cross in 2007 and road racing in 2009, racing for local Virginian team Haymarket Bicycles. He competed with , a UCI Continental team, for the 2011 and 2012 seasons. During the 2012 season, Dombrowski garnered significant results. He won the Girobio, finished fourth at the Tour of Utah, and placed tenth at the USA Pro Cycling Challenge.
Team Sky (2013–14)
Dombrowski signed with , a UCI ProTeam, for the 2013 and 2014 seasons. During the 2013 season, Dombrowski assisted British teammate Chris Froome in various multi-day races. During the 2014 season, Dombrowski underwent successful iliac artery surgery.
Cannondale–Garmin (2015–19)
Dombrowski signed with , a UCI ProTeam, for the 2015 and 2016 seasons. While preparing for the 2015 Vuelta a España, he won the Tour of Utah. He recommitted to for the 2017 and 2018 seasons. He remained with the team, now known as , into 2019. In 2019 he won another stage in the Tour of Utah and turned in his best performance in a Grand Tour coming in 12th place overall in the Giro d'Italia.
UAE Team Emirates (2020–21)
In September 2019 it was announced Dombrowski had signed a two year contract with . During the COVID-19 pandemic-affected 2020 season, Dombrowski's best general classification result was 26th at the Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali, while he finished 43rd at the Giro d'Italia.
At the 2021 Giro d'Italia, Dombrowski was part of a 25-rider breakaway on a rain-soaked fourth stage; he went clear of the field on the final climb, and soloed to a 13-second victory over Alessandro De Marchi. His first victory in Europe since winning the 2012 Girobio, Dombrowski moved up to second overall in the general classification – trailing De Marchi by 22 seconds – and assumed the blue jersey of mountains classification leader. The following day, Dombrowski crashed into a race marshal manning a traffic island in the last of the stage to Cattolica. He remounted and finished the stage some eight minutes down, but abandoned the race the following morning with concussion. At the Vuelta a España later in the season, Dombrowski again featured in a first-week breakaway, this time on the third stage to a summit finish at Picón Blanco in the Province of Burgos. Dombrowski attacked this group with to go, with only Kenny Elissonde and Rein Taaramäe able to follow; Taaramäe – who was also part of the Giro d'Italia breakaway – went on to take the stage by 21 seconds ahead of Dombrowski.
Astana Qazaqstan Team
In October 2021, Dombrowski signed a two-year contract with , later renamed as the , from the 2022 season.
Major results
2011
2nd Overall Giro della Valle d'Aosta
1st Young rider classification
1st Stage 5
3rd Overall Ronde de l'Isard
6th Overall Tour of the Gila
8th Overall Flèche du Sud
2012
1st Overall Girobio
1st Young rider classification
1st Stages 4 & 8
3rd Overall Tour of the Gila
1st Young rider classification
4th Overall Tour of Utah
1st Young rider classification
10th Overall USA Pro Cycling Challenge
1st Young rider classification
10th Overall Cascade Cycling Classic
10th Trofeo Alcide Degasperi
2013
1st Stage 1b (TTT) Giro del Trentino
6th Japan Cup
2015
1st Overall Tour of Utah
1st Stage 6
2nd Road race, National Road Championships
4th Overall Tour of California
7th Overall Tour de San Luis
2016
8th Overall Tour of Utah
2018
5th Overall Colorado Classic
6th Overall Tour of Utah
2019
3rd Overall Tour of Utah
1st Stage 6
7th Overall Route d'Occitanie
2021
Giro d'Italia
1st Stage 4
Held after Stages 4–5
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
References
External links
Cannondale–Drapac: Joe Dombrowski
American male cyclists
People from Marshall, Virginia
Sportspeople from Fauquier County, Virginia
1991 births
Living people
Sportspeople from New Castle County, Delaware
American Giro d'Italia stage winners
Cyclists from Delaware