fullname updated proteam majorwins discipline birth_date proyears role image article_title name currentteam
iván domínguez 20 june 2009 saturn fuj 2009 rock racing jamis-sutter home franco mri colavita-olive oil health net presented by maxxis toyota-united tour of california , 1 stage -lrb- 2007 -rrb- road 28 may 1976 2001 2009 -- 2010 2010-2011 2011 - -- 2003 2004 2005 2006 -- 2008 2009 rider ivan dominquez 2.jpg iván domínguez
 iván domínguez franco mri
iván domínguez

iván domínguez -lrb- born may 28 , 1976 in havana -rrb- is a cuban professional road bicycle racer for the franco mri racing team .
in 2009 dominguez also known as `` the cuban missile '' acquired u.s. citizenship .
dominguez originally rode for the cuban national team on the track and was a pan-american gold medalist in 1997 .
he defected in 1998 to live with his uncle in miami .
he spoke no english and worked in a shoe factory before starting to become successful in local bike races in miami .
his opportunity to return to high level bicycle racing came in 2000 via the elite amateur cycle science -lrb- fl -rrb- racing team .
the small team was built around him and toured in a refurbished bus from florida to california to new england and back to wisconsin before he signed his first professional contract in august .
he turned professional in 2001 , when offered a spot on the saturn professional cycling team .
in 2004 , he switched to colavita olive oil presented by bolla wines and he rode for health net presented by maxxis in 2005 , before joining toyota-united in 2006 .
in november 2008 rock racing announced that they had reached a deal for dominguez to ride for them the following year .
on december 10 , 2008 , fuji-servetto announced that dominguez had signed , causing rock racing to remove him from their roster , however as of june 2009 dominguez has gone from fuji-servetto to rock racing as one of their sprinters .
he was a sprinter and was widely regarded as one of the best sprinters racing in america .
he highlighted this by winning stage 7 of the 2007 tour of california , out-sprinting future road race world champion thor hushovd .
