Andy Bishop (born May 26, 1965) is a retired American professional racing cyclist from Tucson. He finished three Tour de Frances, riding with the Team Classification winners PDM–Ultima–Concorde in 1988. In 1995, he won the Herald Sun Tour.[2] He lives in Williston, Vermont and has two children, Summer and Baxter. He is now a full-time professional photographer and is the owner of Andy Bishop Photography. He coaches former national champion mountain biker Lea Davison. Bishop is also a math teacher at Hanover High School, where he teaches courses such as Data Science, Geometry, and Personal Finance. He co-coaches the Hanover Nordic Team.
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Andrew Bishop |
| Born | May 26, 1965 United States |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Disciplines |
|
| Role | Rider |
| Amateur team | |
| 1985–1987 | Gilmour Bicycles |
| Professional teams | |
| 1988–1989 | PDM–Ultima–Concorde[1] |
| 1990 | Spago |
| 1990–1993 | 7-Eleven |
| 1994 | Coors Light–Serotta |
| 1995 | Saab |
| 1997 | Comptel Data Systems-Colorado Cyclist |
| 1995--2000 | Gary Fisher Mountain Bike Team |
Major results
edit- 1987
- 1st
Overall Tour of the Gila - 1st Stage 7 Peace Race
- 1989
- 1st Stages 4 & 6 Ruta Mexico
- 9th Overall Tour of America
- 10th Halle–Ingooigem
- 1990
- 1st Stage 7 Tour DuPont
- 2nd Road race, National Championships
- 5th Philadelphia International Cycling Classic
- 10th Overall Vuelta a Venezuela
- 1991
- 6th (TTT) GP de la Libération
- 9th Thrift Drug Classic
- 1992
- 2nd Road race, National Championships
- 2nd Druivenkoers Overijse
- 2nd Thrift Drug Classic
- 5th Philly Cycling Classic
- 7th Overall Tour de Luxembourg
- 1993
- 5th Thrift Drug Classic
- 8th Overall Tour de Luxembourg
- 8th Trofeo Laigueglia
- 1995
- 1st
Overall Herald Sun Tour
- 1st
Points classification - 1st Stage 6
- 1st
- 3rd Overall Killington Stage Race
- 4th Lancaster Classic
- 4th Thrift Drug Classic
- 6th Norwest Cycling Cup
- 10th First Union Grand Prix
- 1996
- 5th Overall Tour of China
- 7th Overall Herald Sun Tour
- 1st Stage 9
- 1998
- 1st Stage 12 Ruta Mexico
General classification results timeline
edit| Grand Tour general classification results | ||||||||||||
| Grand Tour | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Vuelta a España
|
Did not compete during career | |||||||||||
 Giro d'Italia
|
— | — | 80 | — | — | |||||||
| Tour de France
|
135[5] | — | 116 | 126[6] | DNF | |||||||
References
edit- ^ Benson, Daniel (February 7, 2013). "Bishop: I was the clean rider in the 1988 PDM Tour team". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved October 31, 2021.
- ^ "Honour Roll". Herald Sun Tour. Retrieved October 31, 2021.
- ^ "Andy Bishop". firstcycling.com. Retrieved October 31, 2021.
- ^ "Andy Bishop". www.procyclingstats.com. Retrieved October 31, 2021.
- ^ "Past results for Andy BISHOP (USA)". letour (in French). Archived from the original on June 11, 2009. Retrieved October 31, 2021.
- ^ Partland, J. P. (2006). Tour fever: The armchair cyclist's guide to the Tour de France. New York: Perigee.
External links
edit- Andy Bishop at Cycling Archives
- Andy Bishop at ProCyclingStats
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