Timothy Johnson (born August 5, 1977 in Middleton, Massachusetts) is an American professional racing cyclist who has found success in cyclo-cross and road bicycle racing. In 2007, Johnson captured his… + See More +
Timothy Johnson (born August 5, 1977 in Middleton, Massachusetts) is an American professional racing cyclist who has found success in cyclo-cross and road bicycle racing. In 2007, Johnson captured his… + See More
- See Less - Timothy Johnson (born August 5, 1977 in Middleton, Massachusetts) is an American professional racing cyclist who has found success in cyclo-cross and road bicycle racing. In 2007, Johnson captured his second U.S. national cyclocross championship repeating his 2001 success.
In 2006, Johnson finished the season without landing outside the top-4 in any Cyclocross race entered. As a co-captain of the Health Net Professional Cycling Team he helped the team achieve its 3rd consecutive #1 NRC Ranking.
In 2005, Johnson edged two-time defending champion Mark McCormack to win the New England Championship Cyclo-Cross Series title and finished second overall in the United States Gran Prix of Cyclocross series after leading the Overall.
In 2003, Johnson won two stages and the overall title at the Herald Sun Tour, a road bicycle racing stage race held in Australia.
Johnson is married to fellow cyclist Lyne Bessette.
November 22, 2009; Southampton, NY, USA: Even though The Hamptons are one of the eastern-most places in the United States, it was like a wild west show at the second day of the Whitimore’s Landscaping Super Cross Cup. Amy Dombroski (Schlamm presented by Clement & Primus Mootry) won an old-fashioned duel with Georgia Gould (Luna Chix) in a women’s race that was dominated by riders from Colorado. Then, after the women had their shootout, the Three Amigos of Cannondale/CyclocrossWorld.com rode into town and laid down the law.
Temperatures in the ‘40’s, and hard ground rolled smooth by the previous week’s Nor’easter, made for blisteringly fast laps. The leaders of the Elite Men’s race were frequently lapping the course in under five-and-a-half minutes. And while the track wasn’t fast enough to create a true peloton, drafting was the order of the day in both the Men’s and Women’s Elite races.
In the Men’s race, Tim Johnson survived a first-lap dab on Methane Hill, numerous attacks by Ryan Trebon (Kona-FSA), and a battle with one of his own teammates to collect his second UCI win in as many days. With the extremely fast course, and without the help of teammate Barry Wicks, who didn’t make the cross-continent trip to Long Island, Trebon was clearly compromised tactically as Cannondale-CyclocrossWorld.com’s “Three Amigos” tag-teamed him early in the race and went on to again sweep the podium with Jeremy Powers and Jamey Driscoll following Johnson home . Eventually Trebon faded to sixth, behind Giant’s Adam Craig and Swiss U23 sensation Valentin Scherz (Pro Cycles-Scott-Newwork). With his fifth place finish, Scherz sews-up the MAC U23 title and becomes almost untouchable in MAC’s overall Elite Championship with only the Capital Cross Classic in suburban Washington DC on December 6 remaining. Not a bad vacation for the young rider from Epalinges who came to come to America to race and improve his English before fulfilling his mandatory military service commitment next year.
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Anon November 30, 2009 at 2:29pm
I wish we could have heard the rest of that analogy at the end. "This is like when you invite some guys to a party and they leave with the pretty girls..."
Race footage and highlights form the 10th and final round of the 2009 North American Cyclocross Trophy Series. Interviews and link to results are to the left of the video. November 22, 2009
Men's Race NACT #10 Southampton 11/22/09
