Dylan Casey
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Dylan Casey is a retired American professional cyclist, who rode for alongside Lance Armstrong
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. His career began in 1990, and ended in 2003. Over that time, Casey won 12 major races with a team, and on his own. He also competed in the Sydney Olympics and won a gold medal at the 1999 Pan American Games. He is a 2 time Professional National Time Trial Champion and in 1999 won National Championships for both the Time Trial and Individual pursuit; one of only 3 Americans to ever do so. Currently, Casey is a Product Manager for Google
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From Casey's team card, "Dylan Casey maybe best known for his prowess on the road these days, but he's also quite accomplished on the track. In 1998, Casey became just the third U.S. cyclist in history to win national championships in both disciplines, winning the time trial event in the National Road Championships and the pursuit event at the National Track Championships.

In 2000, Casey became an Olympian when he went to the Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia. Unfortunately, an injury kept him out of actually competing. The year before he won a gold medal in individual pursuit at the 1999 Pan Am Games.

Casey has stage wins from the 1997 Tour of Ohio and 89er Stage Race and the 1998 Tour of Tucson, which he also won overall. In 1999, Casey came in third overall at the Tour of Holland, sixth at the First Union Invitational and competed at the Tour of Spain. Stage wins in 2000 included one each at the Redlands Classic, the Tour of Luxembourg, and the Four Days of Dunkerque.

Born in raised in California, Casey graduated from Las Lamas High School in Walnut Creek, CA in 1989. He then went on graduate from the University of California, Santa Barbara with a B.S. in communications information systems in 1994."

2000

Olympic Games (Sydney): USA team member

1st - World Cup #2 (Cali, Colombia - track): individual pursuit; 3rd, team pursuit

1st - Stage Four Days of Dunkirk

1st - Stage Tour of Luxembourg

1st - Stage of Redlands Bicycle Classic

5th - Stage Three Days of Panne

5th - U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Road Cycling (Jackson, Miss.) road race

9th - Four Days of Dunkirk (France- op U.S. rider)

12th -Mercury Sea Otter Classic (Monterey, Calif.)

UCI World Track Cup rankings: sixth, individual pursuit



1999

1st - Pan American Games (Winnipeg, Canada): individual pursuit (track)

4th - Pan American Games (Winnipeg, Canada): individual time trial

2nd - Redlands (Calif.) Bicycle Classic

2nd - Stage of Tour of Holland

3rd - Tour of Holland (top.U.S. rider)

6th - First Union Invitational

11th - Redlands (Calif.) Bicycle Classic



1998

1st - USCF National Road Cycling Championships (Cincinnati, OH): individual time trial

1st - EDS National Track Cycling Championships (Frisco, TX): individual pursuit;

3rd - EDS National Track Cycling Championships (Frisco, TX): team pursuit

1st - Tour of Tucson

1st - Berkeley (Calif.) Road Race

1st - EDS Track Cup #1 (Carson, CA): individual pursuit

3rd - EDS Track Cup #1 (Carson, CA): points race

5th - Nevada City (Calif.) Cycle Classic

8th - World Track Cycling Championships (Bordeaux, France), individual pursuit

11th - Tour de ‘Toona (PA)

46th - World Road Cycling Championship (Valkenburg, The Netherlands)



1997

1st - USPRO Criterium sprint

1st - Tour de Town

1st - Tour of Ohio

3rd - First Union Grand Prix

Two stage wins - 89er Stage Race (OK)



1996

1st - Cat’s Hill Criterium



1995

4th - National Amateur Points Series



1993

1st - National Collegiate Road Cycling Championships (Boston):team time trial
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