Jason McCartney Profile

Published: November 30, 2009Posted in: Roster
Jason McCartney Profile
Jason McCartney

Jason McCartney

Jason McCartney (born September 3, 1973 in Honolulu, Hawaii) is an American professional road racing cyclist who most recently rode for Team Saxo Bank.  He lives in Coralville, Iowa.  He turned professional in 1999 with the US-based Nutra Fig Team.  He switched to Jelly Belly for the 2001-2002 seasons, 7UP/Maxxis for 2003, Health Net for 2004 and Discovery Channel for 2005 through 2007.  In 2008 he rode for Team CSC Saxo Bank which became simply Team Saxo Bank in 2009.

He is an avid outdoorsman and graduate of the National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS), spending as much time as his schedule allows working on organic farms or forest preserves.  He rose to cycling stardom in 2004 with his performance in the Tour de Georgia, winning stage 4 and also winning the King of the Mountains classification.  Two months later he earned a berth on the U.S. Olympic Team with a victory in the Road Race Trials.  That same year he took 1st place in the Tri-Peaks Challenge.  He was named the North American rider of the year for 2004.

A good time trailest his major results include: 1st Blankenburg Grand Prix in Belgium (1999), 1st overall Gateway Cup (2001), 3rd National Time Trial Championships (2003), 1st US Olympic Trials-Road Race, KOM Competition Tour de Georgia, and 1st Tri-Peaks Challenge (2004), Member US World Championsip Road Team (2005), 1st T-Mobile International, KOM Competition Barclay’s Global Investors Grand Prix (2005), 3rd National Time Trial Championships (2006), Member US World Championsip Road Team, winner stage 14 Vuelta España, 3rd overall Tour of California (2007), KOM Classification Tour de Georgia (2008), KOM Competition Tour of California (2009).

By George Hurst