Danilo Wyss (born 26 August 1985) is a Swiss former road racing cyclist,[3] who rode professionally between 2008 and 2020 for the BMC Racing Team and NTT Pro Cycling.[4] He is no relation to fellow Swiss cyclist Daniel Wyss who won the Race Across America in 2006 and 2009.
.JPG) Wyss at the 2011 Tour de Romandie | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Danilo Wyss |
| Born | 26 August 1985 Orbe, Switzerland |
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) |
| Weight | 65 kg (143 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Sprinter Classics rider |
| Amateur teams | |
| 2007 | Atlas–Romer's Hausbäckerei |
| 2007 | Saunier Duval–Prodir (stagiaire) |
| Professional teams | |
| 2008–2018 | BMC Racing Team |
| 2019–2020 | Team Dimension Data[1][2] |
| Major wins | |
Grand Tours
| |
Career edit
He competed in twelve Grand Tours during his career, finishing each one, including the Giro d'Italia for five successive years between 2010 and 2014. He won the Swiss National Road Race Championships in 2015. He was named in the start list for the 2015 Tour de France.[5]
Major results edit
- 2003
- 2nd Road race, National Junior Road Championships
- 2006
- 10th Road race, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships
- 2007
- 1st Stage 3 Les 3 Jours de Vaucluse
- 2nd Grand Prix de Waregem
- 3rd Paris–Roubaix Espoirs
- 5th Road race, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships
- 9th GP Herning
- 2008
- 6th Grand Prix Pino Cerami
- 2009
- 1st Stage 1 Tour de Beauce
- 2010
- 9th Nokere Koerse
- 2012
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Giro del Trentino
- 2013
- 7th Grand Prix Impanis-Van Petegem
- 10th Overall Ster ZLM Toer
- 10th Trofeo Laigueglia
- 2015
- 1st
Road race, National Road Championships - 1st Stage 9 (TTT) Tour de France
- 8th Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
- 10th Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
- 2017
- 9th Japan Cup
- 2018
- 4th Overall Arctic Race of Norway
- 2020
- 2nd Road race, National Road Championships
Grand Tour general classification results timeline edit
| Grand Tour | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia
|
97 | 126 | 82 | 84 | 84 | — | — | — | — | 83 | 84 |
 Tour de France
|
— | — | — | — | — | 63 | — | 81 | — | — | — |
 Vuelta a España
|
— | — | — | 72 | 36 | — | 44 | — | — | — | — |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
References edit
- ^ "Dimension Data finalise 2019 roster". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 22 November 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
- ^ "NTT Pro Cycling Team". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 3 January 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
- ^ "Danilo Wyss". Directvelo (in French). Association Le Peloton. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
- ^ Vallone, Nicolò (28 December 2020). "2021, ecco gli organici delle 19 formazioni WorldTour" [2021, here are the rosters of the 19 WorldTour teams]. Tuttobici (in Italian). Prima Pagina Edizioni s.r.l. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
- ^ "2015 Tour de France start list". Velo News. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
External links edit
Media related to Danilo Wyss at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website at the Wayback Machine (archived 3 December 2020)
- Danilo Wyss at UCI
- Danilo Wyss at Cycling Archives
- Danilo Wyss at ProCyclingStats
- Danilo Wyss at CQ Ranking
- Danilo Wyss at CycleBase
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