Joe Dombrowski

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Joe Dombrowski
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Dombrowski in 2011
Personal information
Full nameJoseph Lloyd Dombrowski
Born (1991-05-12) May 12, 1991 (age 30)
Christiana, Delaware, United States
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight68 kg (150 lb)
Team information
Current teamUAE Team Emirates
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeClimber
Amateur teams
2007–2008NCVC–Inova Health System
2008–2010Haymarket Bicycles–Function Drinks
2010Trek–Livestrong (stagiaire)
Professional teams
2011–2012Trek–Livestrong
2013–2014Team Sky
2015–2019Cannondale–Garmin[1]
2020–UAE Team Emirates[2]
Major wins
Grand Tours
Giro d'Italia
1 individual stage (2021)

Stage races

Tour of Utah (2015)

Joseph Lloyd Dombrowski (born May 12, 1991) is an American professional road racing cyclist who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam UAE Team Emirates.[3] A professional since 2011,[4] Dombrowski has also competed for Bontrager–Livestrong, Team Sky and EF Education First.

Personal[]

Born on May 12, 1991, in Christiana, Delaware, United States, Dombrowski spent his adolescence in Marshall, Virginia, United States.[5][6] He resides in Marshall, Virginia[7][8] and Nice, France.[9][10] Between 2009 and 2010, Dombrowski attended George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia.[11][12]

Career[]

Early years[]

Dombrowski began mountain biking in 2006, cyclo-cross in 2007 and road racing in 2009, racing for local Virginia team Haymarket Bicycles. He competed with Trek–Livestrong, a UCI Continental team, for the 2011[13][14] and 2012 seasons.[15][16] During the 2012 season, Dombrowski garnered significant results.[17][18] He won the Girobio, finished fourth at the Tour of Utah, and placed tenth at the USA Pro Cycling Challenge.[19][20]

Team Sky: 2013–2014[]

Dombrowski signed with Team Sky, a UCI ProTeam, for the 2013 and 2014 seasons.[21][22] During the 2013 season, Dombrowski assisted British teammate Chris Froome in various multi-day races.[23][24] During the 2014 season, Dombrowski underwent successful iliac artery surgery.[25][26]

Cannondale–Garmin: 2015–2019[]

Dombrowski signed with Cannondale–Garmin, a UCI ProTeam, for the 2015 and 2016 seasons.[27][28] While preparing for the 2015 Vuelta a España, he won the Tour of Utah.[29][30] He recommitted to Cannondale–Drapac for the 2017 and 2018 seasons.[31][32] He remained with the team, now known as EF Education First, into 2019.[33] 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–present[]

In September 2019 it was announced Dombrowski had signed a two year contract with UAE Team Emirates.[34] His most important result of the 2020 season was in the 2020 Giro d'Italia, where he finished the race in 43rd.

During the 2021 edition of the Giro he managed to get involved in a 25 rider breakaway on stage four and outlasted all of them to take his first ever Grand Tour stage win. This was his first victory in Europe since riding as a junior back in 2012.[35] In addition to the stage win he was awarded the King of the Mountains jersey and found himself in 2nd place overall, within about twenty seconds of the Pink jersey. Unfortunately the very next day, near the end of the stage he was involved in a serious crash with François Bidard and GC favorite Mikel Landa with Dombrowski going into a race marshall.[36] Landa had to be taken to the hospital immediately and while Dombrowski completed the stage, he was visibly injured. He went to the hospital for his injuries soon after the stage ended. He did not start stage six.

Dombrowski rode in the 2021 Vuelta a España. On stage 3 was involved in the breakaway and put himself in position to win his second grand tour stage of the season. With 15km to go in the stage there were about a dozen riders remaining and with 5km to go he launched an attack which splintered this surviving group. Only Kenny Elissonde and Rein Taaramäe could go with him, both of whom were seeking their second Vuelta stage wins. Taaramäe eventually broke away and won the stage as the American took 2nd +0:21 later.[37]

Major results[]

2011
2nd Overall Giro della Valle d'Aosta
1st Jersey white.svg 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 Jersey pink.svg Overall Girobio
1st Young rider classification
1st Stages 4 & 8
3rd Overall Tour of the Gila
1st Jersey white.svg Young rider classification
4th Overall Tour of Utah
1st Jersey white.svg Young rider classification
10th Overall USA Pro Cycling Challenge
1st Jersey white.svg 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 Jersey yellow.svg 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 Jersey blue.svg after Stages 4–5

Grand Tour general classification results timeline[]

Grand Tour 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Jersey pink.svg Giro d'Italia — 34 69 63 12 43 DNF
Jersey yellow.svg Tour de France Has not contested during his career
Jersey red.svg Vuelta a España 46 88 101 — — — 39
Legend
DSQ Disqualified
DNF Did not finish
IP In progress

References[]

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  2. ^ "UAE Team Emirates complete 2020 roster with re-signing of former world champion Rui Costa". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. October 8, 2019. Retrieved January 3, 2020.
  3. ^ "UAE Team Emirates". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on January 2, 2021. Retrieved January 2, 2021.
  4. ^ "Joe Dombrowski". Cannondale–Garmin. Boulder, Colorado: Slipstream Sports LLC. Retrieved January 19, 2015.
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  6. ^ Jeff Malmgren (January 21, 2013). "Team Sky's the limit for cycling Fauquier grad Joe Dombrowski". Fauquier Times. Leesburg, Virginia: Virginia News Group. Retrieved January 20, 2015.
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  9. ^ Matthew Beaudin (March 15, 2013). "The learning curve". ESPN.com. Bristol, Connecticut: ESPN Inc. Retrieved January 11, 2014.
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  19. ^ Chris Case (June 20, 2012). "Dombrowski Q&A: Respect and satisfaction at the Baby Giro". VeloNews. San Diego, California: Competitor Group, Inc. Retrieved October 14, 2014.
  20. ^ Peter Hymas (January 14, 2013). "Class of 2013: 10 Questions with Joe Dombrowski". Cyclingnews.com. Bath, England: Future plc. Retrieved January 19, 2015.
  21. ^ Pat Malach (October 14, 2014). "Dombrowski looking for fresh start in 2015". Cyclingnews.com. Bath, England: Future plc. Retrieved October 14, 2014.
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  24. ^ Jeff Malmgren (July 22, 2013). "Marshall's Dombrowski helped Team Sky prepare for Tour de France win". Fauquier Times. Warrenton, Virginia: Times Community Media. Retrieved January 18, 2014.
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  37. ^ "Veteran Rein Taaramäe Wins Stage 3 on Pico Blancon to Take Red Jersey". Eurosport by Felix Lowe. August 16, 2021.

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