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{{short description|American cyclist (born 1971)}} {{about|the bicycle racer|the Canadian Idol contestant|Tyler Hamilton (singer)|the Toronto Star columnist|Tyler Hamilton (reporter)|the English footballer|Tyler Hamilton (footballer)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2024}} {{Infobox cyclist | name = Tyler Hamilton | image = Tyler Hamilton 2008.jpg | caption = Hamilton at the 2008 Tour of California | fullname = Tyler Hamilton | nickname = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1971|3|1}} | birth_place = [[Marblehead, Massachusetts]], United States | height = {{height|m=1.72}} | weight = {{convert|65|kg|lb stlb|0|abbr=on}} | currentteam = Retired | discipline = Road | role = Rider | ridertype = All-rounder | amateuryears1 = 1994 | amateurteam1 = Coors Light ''(stagiare)'' | proyears1 = 1995–2001 | proteam1 = {{UCI team code|DSC|1995}} | proyears2 = 2002–2003 | proteam2 = {{UCI team code|TNK|2002}} | proyears3 = 2004 | proteam3 = {{UCI team code|PHO|2004}} | proyears4 = 2007 | proteam4 = {{UCI team code|TCS|2007}} | proyears5 = 2008 | proteam5 = {{UCI team code|RRC|2008}} | majorwins = '''[[Grand Tour (cycling)|Grand Tours]]''' <br/> :'''[[Tour de France]]''' :: 1 individual stage ([[2003 Tour de France|2003]]) :'''[[Giro d'Italia]]''' :: 1 individual stage ([[2002 Giro d'Italia|2002]]) :'''[[Vuelta a España]]''' :: 1 individual stage ([[2004 Vuelta a España|2004]]) '''[[Race stage|Stage races]]''' :[[Tour de Romandie]] (2003, 2004) :[[Dauphiné Libéré]] (2000) '''[[Classic cycle races|Single-day races and Classics]]''' :{{nowrap|[[United States National Road Race Championships|National Road Race Championships]] (2008)}} :[[Liège–Bastogne–Liège]] (2003) | medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport | Men's [[road bicycle racing|road cycling]]}} {{Medal|Country|the {{USA}}}} {{Medal|Comp|Olympic Games}} {{Medal|Disqualified|[[2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Athens]]|[[Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's road time trial|Time trial]]}} }} '''Tyler Hamilton''' (born March 1, 1971) is an American former professional [[road bicycle racer]]. He is the only American rider to win one of the [[cycling monument|five Monuments of cycling]], taking [[Liège–Bastogne–Liège]] in 2003. Hamilton became a professional cyclist in 1995 with the [[US Postal Service cycling team]]. He was a teammate of [[Lance Armstrong]] during the 1999, 2000 and 2001 Tours de France, where Armstrong won the [[General classification in the Tour de France|general classification]]. He was a key asset for Armstrong, being a very good climber as well as time-trialist. Hamilton appeared at the [[2000 Summer Olympics|2000]] and [[2004 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ha/tyler-hamilton-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418023624/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ha/tyler-hamilton-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-18|title=Tyler Hamilton|work=Sports-reference}}</ref> In 2004, he won a gold medal at the individual time trial. The first doping test after his Olympic victory gave a positive result, but because the backup sample was frozen, no doping offence could be proven. After he failed further doping tests at the [[2004 Vuelta a España]], Hamilton was suspended for two years from the sport. Hamilton came back after his suspension and became national road race champion in 2008. In 2009, Hamilton failed a doping test again, and was banned for eight years, which effectively caused him to retire. In July 2010, he was subpoenaed to appear before a grand jury for the use of performance-enhancing drugs in cycling. In May 2011, Hamilton admitted that he had used banned substances in competition, and returned his gold medal. In 2012, he co-authored a book ''The Secret Race: Inside the Hidden World of the Tour de France: Doping, Cover-ups, and Winning at All Costs'', which details his doping practices and experience in the world of cycling.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bikeradar.com/gear/category/books-and-dvd/product/review-tyler-hamilton-the-secret-race-46544|title=The Secret Race by Tyler Hamilton and Daniel Coyle - book review|work=BikeRadar|publisher=Future Publishing Limited|date=5 September 2012|access-date=30 December 2012|author=Laura Weislo}}</ref> On August 10, 2012 the [[International Olympic Committee]] (IOC) stripped Hamilton of his 2004 gold medal.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://metronews.ca/olympics/331876/ioc-formally-strips-tyler-hamilton-of-athens-gold/ |title=IOC formally strips Tyler Hamilton of Athens gold |access-date=2012-08-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120815145210/http://metronews.ca/olympics/331876/ioc-formally-strips-tyler-hamilton-of-athens-gold/ |archive-date=2012-08-15 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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