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David Millar Biography

David Millar is one of the most popular and richest Cyclist who was born on January 4, 1977 in Mtarfa, Malta. Scottish athlete who won numerous races of Vuelta a Espana and the Tour de France. It is his first time as a British cyclist to wear each Tour de France jersey.

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Millar is the son of Gordon and Avril Millar, both Scots. His father was a pilot in the Royal Air Force and Millar was born in Mtarfa, Malta, while his father was based there for a three-year tour of duty. His mother worked as a teacher. He has a sister, Frances (Fran) who also works in cycling, currently as the Chief Executive Officer of Team Ineos. The family returned to the United Kingdom, and lived at RAF Kinloss in Scotland before moving to Aylesbury, 60 km north-west of London. His father and mother divorced when Millar was 11 and his father moved to Hong Kong, when he joined the airline Cathay Pacific, which is based there. Millar considers Hong Kong as his home. Millar moved to Hong Kong to join his father when he was 13. He rode in BMX bike races in Hong Kong “and did pretty well.” He bought a road bike in 1992 and raced at 6.30 in the morning before the roads began filling with traffic.

In his first professional season, Millar won the prologue of the Tour de l’Avenir and the competition for the best young rider in the Mi-Août Breton. He profited from his background in 10-mile time-trials in Britain to win the first stage of the 2000 Tour de France, a 16 km time-trial at Futuroscope. He held the yellow jersey as leader of the general classification for a few days. He failed to repeat his feat at Dunkirk in 2001 after puncturing in a bend and crashing. He finished fifth in the prologue in 2002 on a rolling course at Luxembourg. His attempt to win the prologue in central Paris in the centenary Tour of 2003 ended when his chain dropped off 500 m before the finish. He lost by 0.14 s to Brad McGee. Millar had ridden a bike without a front derailleur to save weight. He blamed his directeur sportif, Alain Bondue. “It wasn’t a problem with my chainring; it was a problem with my team,” he told journalists at the finish. He said Bondue had tried to save a few grams by removing the derailleur. Bondue said he had told Millar to use a front derailleur after other riders had similar problems. Bondue was demoted to logistics manager.

The father of the boy called Archibald in the year 2011 and another son, Harvey in 2013.

Name	David Millar
First Name	David
Last Name	Millar
Occupation	Cyclist
Birthday	January 4
Birth Year	1977
Place of Birth	Mtarfa
Home Town
Birth Country	Malta
Birth Sign	Capricorn
Full/Birth Name
Parents	Gordon Millar, Avril Millar
Siblings	Fran Millar
Spouse	Nicole Millar
Children(s)	Not Available

Ethnicity, religion & political views

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Hopes of winning the Tour de France were fuelled by his stage win in the 2001 Vuelta a España, when he was in a breakaway with Santiago Botero on a mountain stage. Millar won a gold medal for Malta in the 2001 Games of the Small States of Europe, held in San Marino. Millar was selected for the Scotland team for the 2002 Commonwealth Games, but withdrew to compete for Cofidis instead.

David Millar Net Worth

David Millar is one of the richest Cyclist from Malta. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, David Millar's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

A contract for him was offered with five teams following his joining an organization for racing at Saint-Quentin.

He was a part of an doping scandal in 2004 that led to him being barred from sports for two years.

David Millar (born 4 January 1977) is a Scottish retired professional road racing cyclist. He rode for Cofidis from 1997 to 2004 and Garmin-Sharp from 2008 to 2014. He has won four stages of the Tour de France, five of the Vuelta a España and one stage of the Giro d’Italia. He was the British national road champion and the national time trial champion, both in 2007.

Net Worth	$5 Million
Salary	Under Review
Source of Income	Cyclist
Cars	Not Available
House	Living in own house.

Doping had gained him 25 seconds in the 2003 world time-trial championship, he said. He toasted his championship in the Bellagio Casino in Las Vegas. But the suspension cost Millar his job, his income and his house. He was drunk for much of a year. He said he had scraped by with the help of family and friends.

Millar failed in an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport to reduce his ban, but the court backdated the suspension to the day he confessed, 24 June 2004.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

David Millar height 6 ft 4 in David weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Height	6 ft 4 in
Weight	Not Known
Body Measurements	Under Review
Eye Color	Not Available
Hair Color	Not Available
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He admitted using EPO in 2001 and 2003. He blamed it on stress, in particular losing the prologue, the opening time-trial, in the 2003 Tour, and being beaten by Jan Ullrich in the 2001 world time trial championship. Under cycling rules a confession equates to a positive test.

Gaumont said it had happened the day before the Tour finished on the Champs-Élysées in 2003, when Millar won the time-trial. Gaumont said he didn’t know what was in the syringe but that “ça m’avait bloqué (that blocked me; i.e. kept me from going well).” Millar denied the claim to the investigating judge and said Menuet was the best person he had ever met and that he was “like a father to me at races.” He denied Gaumont’s claims that Millar had taken drugs trips by mixing Stilnox, a sleeping powder, with ephedrine, a stimulant. He called Gaumont a lunatic and said he was talking “absolute crap.” But his phone calls had been tapped for four months and Millar eventually confessed to police on 24 June 2004.

Who is David Millar Dating?

According to our records, David Millar married to Nicole Millar. As of December 1, 2023, David Millar’s is not dating anyone.

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British Cycling suspended him for two years in August 2004. He was disqualified as 2003 world time trial champion, fined CHF2,000 (approx. €1250), and disqualified from the 2003 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré and 2001 Vuelta a España. Cofidis fired him and dropped out of racing while it investigated other team members. Several Cofidis riders and assistants were fired. Alain Bondue, the team’s director, and Menuet, the doctor, left the team. Vasseur was forbidden to start the 2004 Tour de France but later cleared.

Facts & Trivia

David Ranked on the list of most popular Cyclist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Malta. David Millar celebrates birthday on January 4 of every year.

The raid followed the arrest at the start of 2004 of Cofidis’ soigneur, Bogdan Madejak. Police, looking to find out more about the drugs found on Madejak, turned their attention to another rider on the team, Philippe Gaumont, as he arrived at Orly airport in Paris on 20 January 2004. On 22 January 2004 the magazine, Le Point, published transcripts of police phone taps.

Are Robert Millar and Millar related?

Robert Millar made my life so much easier, his success, and our shared family name (a name that oddly works in both French and Spanish) meant I was always related to him or simply called Robert, “Meelaar” felt familiar to people. Yet I’m not Robert, I’m David. I’ve known you, Pippa, for a good few years now.

How old is David Millar?

45 years (January 4, 1977)

When did Millar retire?

Since his retirement in 2014, Millar has become a television commentator for ITV and BBC and is working on a number of projects, including a role with British Cycling, helping their Senior Academy Riders transition out of the program.

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Personal information

Born	13 September 1958 Glasgow, Scotland
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road

What happened to Robert Millar?

British former Tour de France cyclist Robert Millar has completed a transition to become a woman. The 58-year-old has decided to go public with the gender change because she says there is “a much better acceptance and understanding”.

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