Danny Stam
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| Full name | Danny Stam |
| Nickname | De kleine diesel |
| Born |
25 June 1972 Koog aan de Zaan, the Netherlands |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Boels–Dolmans |
| Discipline | Track |
| Role | Directeur Sportif |
| Rider type | Six-day racing Madison |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 1999–2005 | AXA Pro-Cycling Team |
| 2006–2007 | Ubbink-Syntec Cycling Team |
| 2010-2011 | leontien.nl |
| Major wins | |
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European Champion madison 2002 9 Six-day cycling events |
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Medal record
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Danny Stam (born 25 June 1972) is a retired Dutch racing cyclist, specializing in track cycling Six-day racing. He is nicknamed "De kleine diesel" (The little diesel).
Born in Koog aan de Zaan, Stam started cycling at the team of his father and four-time world champion track cyclist Cees Stam. He participated in both road cycling as well as track cycling. On the road his main skills became visible in the mountain stages, but after being part of the Rabobank talent team for a few years he did not break through to the professional team. As a result, he decided to mainly focus his career on track cycling.
His first notable result among the elite riders came in 1996 when he won the Dutch national title behind the derny. It would take him four more years to win another national title. This time he won the madison title alongside his partner Robert Slippens. The year 2000 turned out to be his final breakthrough year. Besides his second national title he also won a silver medal behind the derny and two bronze medals at the points race and 50 km time trial. Later that year Stam and Slippens represented the Netherlands at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney where they took the 8th spot.
In 2001 Stam and Slippens had their first top three ranking during a Six-day cycling event, finishing third in Amsterdam. A year later they promoted their ranking into a second place. That same year they became the European Champions at the Madison beating Bruno Risi and Kurt Betschart for the gold. He also won another national silver medal at the points race. Their first Six-day racing win Stam and Slippens also achieved in Amsterdam, where they again beat Risi and Betschart in 2003. In addition they also won the Six-day cycling event of Bremen and finished second in Moscow and Ghent. They were unable to successfully defend their European title in madison, but their second place behind Andreas Kappes and Andreas Beikirch was good enough for a silver medal.
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