Amber Neben
Amber Neben during the Giro Rosa 2016
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| Full name | Amber Neben | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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February 18, 1975 Irvine, California, United States of America |
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| Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 48 kg (106 lb) (2008) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Bepink | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rider type | Allround | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2015 | Visit Dallas-Noise | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2002 | Cannondale | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2004 | T-Mobile Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2008 | Team Flexpoint | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009 | Nurnberger | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010 | Webcor Builders Cycling Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011 | HTC-Highroad Women | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012 | Team Specialized–lululemon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013 | Pasta Zara-Cogeas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | Bepink | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017– | Team VéloCONCEPT Women | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Amber Neben (born February 18, 1975) is an American racing cyclist who won the UCI world time trial championship in 2016 and 2008 as well as the U.S. national road race championship in 2003.
At the age of four Neben survived a bout of spinal meningitis, which left her in a coma for three days. Doctors told her parents that she was unlikely to survive, and that if she did, she would probably have endured brain damage and have lost her hearing. Neben played soccer and ran cross-country in junior high and high school. She attended the University of Nebraska on a track and cross-country scholarship,. Stress fractures stopped her running and she became an undergraduate assistant coach in distance running. She took up cycling after graduating from college with a Bachelor of Science degree in biology. She then obtained a master's degree in biology from the University of California, Irvine, having originally commenced studies for a PhD. Whilst she was at UC Irvine she scored a top 10 finish at the national collegiate cycling championships, which persuaded her to exit with her master's degree and focus on professional cycling.
She concentrated first on mountain biking but her greatest success was on the road. She won the Rupert to Pomerelle stage of the 2001 Women's Challenge race with its long, steep climb to the finish, the fourth American to win a stage at the Women's Challenge since it became a UCI event. She then concentrated on road cycling and was picked for the road world championship team in 2001 and 2002.
Neben raced again in 2004. She missed placing first by eight seconds in the time trial selection race for the Olympic Games. In spring 2005, she won the Tour de l'Aude in France. She won again in 2006. She was picked for the 2008 U.S. Olympic team and came 33rd in the road race event in Beijing. Later in 2008 she became the World TT Champion.
In 2007, she underwent a successful program of treatment for melanoma.
Neben made the 2012 U.S. Olympic team for the Women's road race, along with Kristin Armstrong, Shelley Olds and Evelyn Stevens. In the Women's time trial she finished 7th.
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