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Historic Overview Don Allan

Rider

Overall Rank4748
NameDon ALLAN
Country
  Australia
Date of birth24-Sep-1949 - Melbourne (Victoria)

Biography

Donald John Allan (born 24 September 1949) is an Australian former cyclist who rode at the Olympic Games and Tour de France.

Allan began cycling with the Blackburn Cycling Club in Melbourne. In 1970, he was paralysed in a car accident, breaking his back and fracturing his sacrum and pelvis. He returned to compete in the individual road race and team time trial events at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

In 1973, Allan rode in the big amateur races across Europe and won stages in cycling's version of the Cold War Tour de France, the Peace Race, as well as the Tour of Austria, Tour of Scotland, and multiple criteria in Holland and kermesses in Belgium. In November 1973, he was offered a pro contract with Dutch team Frisol. He rode in the 1974 Tour de France as a domestique for Frisol and finished 103rd. In the 1975 Tour de France, he finished 85th.

In 1976 Allan finished 9th in the 1976 UCI Road World Championships in Italy.

Allan with Danny Clark were the fifth most successful team in Six-day racing history with 15 wins, 15 second places, 11 third places and 12 fourth places off 71 starts.

Another fractured pelvis and other injuries effectively ended his career.

source - Wikipedia

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Major Victories

Ronde van Nederland - stages 1975 (1)
Vuelta a España - stages 1975 (1)
Wyścig Pokoju / Závod Míru / Friedensfahrt - stages 1973 (1)
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Seasons

Don Allan - Scores by Season

Year Team Score Rank
1. 1972 Individual 19 549
2. 1973 Individual 15 547
3. 1974 Frisol - Flair Plastics 191 206
4. 1975 Frisol - G.B.C. 320 124
5. 1976 Frisol - Gazelle 222 201
6. 1977 Frisol - Thirion - Gazelle 25 477
7. 1978 Pony Sport Holland 5 796
8. 1979 Pony Sport Holland 0 1106
9. 1980 Pony Sport Holland 0 1108
10. 1981 Zonca - Club Amici della Pista 0 1146
11. 1982 Qantas 0 1194
12. 1983 Qantas 4 944
13. 1984 Individual 0 1225
14. 1985 Qantas 2 1135
15. 1986 Peugeot Australia - Michelin 0 1423
16. 1987 Qantas 0 1476
17. 1988 Qantas 0 1491
18. 1989 Qantas 0 1586
Overall: 803 4748