From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Danny Stam
Danny Stam
Danny Stam break through to the professional team. As a result he de-
Personal information cided to mainly focus his career on track cycling.[2]
His first notable result among the elite riders came
Full name Danny Stam
in 1996 when he won the Dutch national title behind the
Nickname De kleine diesel derny.[3] It would take him four more years to win an-
other national title. This time he won the madison title
Born June 25, 1972 (1972-06-25)
Koog aan de Zaan, the Netherlands alongside his partner Robert Slippens.[4] The year 2000
turned out to be his final breakthrough year. Besides his
Team information second national title he also won won a silver medal be-
Current team Ubbink-Syntec Cycling Team hind the derny and two bronze medals at the points race
and 50 km time trial.[5] Later that year Stam and Slip-
Discipline Track
pens represented the Netherlands at the 2000 Summer
Role Rider Olympics in Sydney where they took the 8th spot.[6]
In 2001 Stam and Slippens had their first top three
Rider type Six-day racing
Madison ranking during a Six-day cycling event, finishing third
in Amsterdam.[7] A year later they promoted their rank-
Professional team(s) ing into a second place.[8] That same year they became
1999-2005 AXA Pro-Cycling Team the European Champions at the Madison beating Bruno
2006- Ubbink-Syntec Cycling Team Risi and Kurt Betschart for the gold.[9] He also won an-
other national silver medal at the points race.[10] Their
Major wins
first Six-day racing win Stam and Slippens also achieved
European Champion madison 2002 in Amsterdam, where they again beat Risi and Betschart
9 Six-day cycling events in 2003.[11] In addition they also won the Six-day cycling
event of Bremen and finished second in Moscow and
Medal record Ghent.[5] They were unable to successfully defend their
Track cycling European title in madison, but their second place behind
Andreas Kappes and Andreas Beikirch was good enough
Competitor for Netherlands for a silver medal.[12]
World Championships They qualified themselves for the World Champion-
ships in 2004 and won the bronze medal.[13] They were
Silver 2005 Los Angeles Madison
ready for their second Olympic spell, but at the 2004
Silver 2007 Palma de Mallorca Madison Summer Olympics in Athens they did not get further
than the 14th spot because they were a lap behind.[6]
Bronze 2004 Melbourne Madison
Afterwards they recovered quick by winning their sec-
Infobox last updated on ond Amsterdam title, their second Dutch madison title
January 9, 2008 as well as their first six-day win in Ghent and Rotterdam
in early 2005.[5] Later in 2005 they won another silver
Danny Stam (born June 25, 1972) is a Dutch racing cyclist, medal at the World Championships at the madison in Los
specializing in track cycling Six-day racing. He is nick- Angeles behind Mark Cavendish and Robert Hayles.[14]
named "De kleine diesel" (The little diesel).[1] Their most successive year to date was 2006 when they
won the six-day events of Rotterdam, Bremen, Berlin and
Biography Copenhagen together.[5] Due to an injury Slippens was
ruled out and Stam started to ride with several other rid-
Born in Koog aan de Zaan, Stam started cycling at the ers. With Peter Schep he claimed the victory in the Am-
team of his father and four-time world champion track sterdam event and they also won the silver medal at the
cyclist Cees Stam.[2] He participated in both road cycling European Championships in Ballerup.[5] Alongside Jens
as well as track cycling. On the road his main skills be- Mouris he won a World Cup madison event in Moscow,
came visible in the mountain stages, but after being part all in 2006.[15] While at the World Championships 2007
of the Rabobank talent team for a few years he did not in Palma de Mallorca he and Schep won another silver
medal.[16]
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Danny Stam
In 2008 Stam started in the Six-day event of Rotter- 2002 - Amsterdam, 2nd (with Robert Slippens)
dam again together with Slippens, but he had to with-
drew after one day. Because Leif Lampater’s team mate 2003 - Amsterdam, 1st (with Robert Slippens)
Andreas Beikirch also got injured Stam and Lampater
2003 - Moscow, 2nd (with Robert Slippens)
were riding together starting at day 2 of the event, chas-
ing the leading three teams by 2 laps.[17] Eventually they 2003 - Bremen, 1st (with Robert Slippens)
won the event with a lap in advantage of the rest of the
pack.[18] 2003 - Ghent, 2nd (with Robert Slippens)
2004 - Bremen, 2nd (with Robert Slippens)
Career highlights
UCI Track World Championships[5] 2004 - Amsterdam, 1st (with Robert Slippens)
2004 - Melbourne, 3rd, Madison (with Robert
2004 - Munich, 2nd (with Robert Slippens)
Slippens)
2004 - Ghent, 1st (with Robert Slippens)
2005 - Los Angeles, 2nd, Madison (with Robert
Slippens) 2005 - Rotterdam, 1st (with Robert Slippens)
2007 - Palma de Mallorca, 2nd, Madison (with Peter 2005 - Berlin, 3rd (with Robert Slippens)
Schep)
2005 - Copenhagen, 2nd (with Robert Slippens)
UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics[5]
2002 - Sydney, 3rd, Madison (with Robert Slippens) 2005 - Amsterdam, 2nd (with Robert Slippens)
2003 - Moscow, 2nd, Madison (with Robert 2005 - Munich, 2nd (with Robert Slippens)
Slippens)
2005 - Ghent, 2nd (with Robert Slippens)
2006 - Moscow, 1st, Madison (with Jens Mouris)
2006 - Rotterdam, 1st (with Robert Slippens)
European Championships[5]
2002 - 1st, Madison (with Robert Slippens) 2006 - Bremen, 1st (with Robert Slippens)
2003 - 2nd, Madison (with Robert Slippens) 2006 - Berlin, 1st (with Robert Slippens)
2006 - Ballerup, 2nd, Madison (with Peter Schep) 2006 - Copenhagen, 1st (with Robert Slippens)
Dutch National Track Championships[5] 2006 - Hasselt, 2nd (with Robert Slippens)
1991 - 3rd, Derny race (amateurs)
2006 - Maastricht, 3rd (with Peter Schep)
1996 - 1st, Derny race
2006 - Amsterdam, 1st (with Peter Schep)
2000 - 1st, Madison (with Robert Slippens)
2006 - Dortmund, 3rd (with Andreas Beikirch)
2000 - 2nd, Derny race
2006 - Munich, 3rd (with Peter Schep)
2000 - 3rd, Points race
2007 - Rotterdam, 2nd (with Marco Villa)
2000 - 3rd, 50km time trial
2007 - Stuttgart, 3rd (with Peter Schep and Olaf
2002 - 2nd, Points race Pollack)
2004 - 3rd, Points race 2007 - Copenhagen, 3rd (with Peter Schep)
2004 - 1st, Madison (with Robert Slippens) 2007 - Amsterdam, 2nd (with Robert Slippens)
2005 - 2nd, 50km time trial 2007 - Munich, 3rd (with Robert Slippens)
Six-day cycling events[5] 2007 - Ghent, 3rd (with Robert Slippens)
2001 - Amsterdam, 3rd (with Robert Slippens)
2008 - Zürich, 3rd (with Michael Mørkøv)
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Danny Stam
2008 - Rotterdam, 1st (with Leif Lampater) [7] Amsterdam, Zesdaagse 2001, cyclingwebsite.net,
ret 2008-01-11
Road achievements[5] [8] Amsterdam, Six Days 2002, cyclingwebsite.net, ret
1993 - 3rd, PWZ Zuidenveld Tour, Netherlands 2008-01-11
[9] European Championship, Track, Madison, Elite
1996 - 3rd, Eurode Omloop, Netherlands
2002, cyclingwebsite.net, ret 2008-01-11
2001 - 2nd, Criterium Kustpijl, Belgium [10] National Championship, Track, Points race, Elite,
The Netherlands 2002, cyclingwebsite.net, ret
2001 - 2nd, Ronde van Limburg, Netherlands 2008-01-11
[11] Amsterdam, Six Days 2003, cyclingwebsite.org, ret
2001 - 2nd, Rund um Düren, Germany 2008-01-11
[12] European Championship, Track, Madison, Elite
2007 - 3rd, Ronde van Midden-Brabant, 2003, cyclingwebsite.net, ret 2008-01-11
Netherlands [13] World Championship, Track, Madison, Elite 2004,
cyclingwebsite.net, ret 2008-01-11
2007 - 1st, Omloop Schokland, Netherlands
[14] World Championship, Track, Madison, Elite 2005,
cyclingwebsite.net, ret 2008-01-11
External links [15] Moscou, Madison 2006, cyclingwebsite.net
• Official website [16] World Championship, Track, Madison, Elite 2007,
• Danny Stam profile at Cycling Archives cyclingwebsite.net
• Stam at the Dutch Olympic Archive [17] Slippens haakt definitief af in Rotterdam,
nieuws.nl, pub 2008-01-04, ret 2008-01-11 (Dutch)
[18] Zesdaagse van Rotterdam 2008, cyclingnews.com,
References ret 2008-01-11
[1] Danny Stam, Cyclingwebsite.net, ret 2008-01-11 Persondata
[2] ^ Danny Stam, SlippensStam.nl, ret 2008-01-11 Name Stam, Danny
[3] National Championship, Track, Derny, Elite, The
Alternative
Netherlands 1996, cyclingwebsite.net, ret:
names
2008-01-11
[4] National Championship, Track, Madison, Elite, The Short description Dutch racing cyclist
Netherlands 2000, cyclingwebsite.net, ret Date of birth June 25, 1972
2008-01-11 Place of birth Koog aan de Zaan, the Nether-
[5] ^ Results of Danny Stam, cyclingwebsite.net, ret lands
2008-01-11
Date of death
[6] ^ Stam, Danny (Danny), sport.nl Olympic Archive,
ret 2008-01-11 Place of death
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