Alexander Nicholas Ernst Stieda (born April 13, 1961) is a former professional road bicycle racer from Canada.[1] Stieda led five classifications of the Tour de France on the second day of the 1986 Tour de France: the general classification, the mountains classification, the combination classification, the intermediate sprints classification and the young rider classification, becoming the first North American to lead the Tour de France.[2] He finished in 120th place, in his only Tour de France, riding on the 7-Eleven - Hoonved Cycling Team. He also placed bronze in the 1982 Australian Commonwealth Games, and competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics for his native country. At the 1983 Summer Universiade he won the bronze medal in the men's individual pursuit.[3] He also competed in the individual pursuit and points race events at the 1984 Summer Olympics.[4] Alex is the co-founder of the Tour of Alberta professional cycling race.
 Stieda at the 1986 Tour de France | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Alexander Nicholas Ernst Stieda |
| Born | April 13, 1961 Belleville, Ontario, Canada |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Discipline | Road, Track |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Rouleur |
| Amateur teams | |
| 1979–1985 | Canadian National Team |
| 1982–1985 | 7-Eleven Amateur Team |
| Professional teams | |
| 1986–1990 | 7-Eleven |
| 1991 | Evian–Miko |
| 1992 | Coors Light |
Medal record | |
Major results
edit- 1980
- 1st
Overall Tour de l'Abitibi - 1st Gastown Grand Prix
- 1982
- 3rd
Individual pursuit, Commonwealth Games - 1983
- 1st Athens Twilight Criterium
- 3rd Individual pursuit, Summer Universiade
- 1984
- 1st Gastown Grand Prix
- 1st Stage 3 Tour of Texas
- 1985
- 1st Stage 1 Coors Classic
- 1986
- Tour de France
- Held after Stage 1
- Held
- 1987
- 1st Stage 5 Tour of Texas
- 1988
- 1st Overall Tour of Texas
- 1st Stage 1
- 3rd Overall Coors Classic
- 1989
- 1st Overall Tour of Texas
- 1st Stage 3
- 1st Canadian Tire Series
- 7th Overall Tour de Trump
- 1990
- 1st Stage 17 International Cycling Classic
- 1991
- 1st Overall Montréal Tour
- 1st Stage 3
- 1st Stage 2 Tour de White Rock
References
edit- ^ Birth data
- ^ "History of Canadians in the Tour". TSN.ca. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
- ^ "Track Cycling Universiade". sportfieber.pytalhost.com. Archived from the original on 22 October 2014. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
- ^ "Alex Stieda". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
External links
edit- Official website
- Alex Stieda at Cycling Archives
- Alex Stieda at ProCyclingStats
- Alex Stieda at Olympedia
- Alex Stieda at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
- Official Tour de France results for Alex Stieda at the Wayback Machine (archived 2010-07-16)
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