Tyler Hamilton, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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road bicycle racer
Date of Birth: 01-Mar-1971
Place of Birth: Marblehead, Massachusetts, United States
Profession: sport cyclist
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Pisces 
About Tyler Hamilton
- Tyler Hamilton (born March 1, 1971) is an American former professional road bicycle racer.
- He is the only American rider to win one of the five Monuments of cycling, taking Liège–Bastogne–Liège in 2003.
- Hamilton became a professional cyclist in 1995 with the US Postal Service cycling team.
- He was a teammate of Lance Armstrong during the 1999, 2000 and 2001 Tours de France, where Armstrong won the general classification.
- He was a key asset for Armstrong, being a very good climber as well as time-trialist.
- Hamilton appeared at the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics.
- In 2004, he won a gold medal at the individual time trial.
- The first doping test after his Olympic victory gave a positive result, but because the backup sample was frozen, no doping offence could be proven.
- After he failed further doping tests at the 2004 Vuelta a España, Hamilton was suspended for two years from the sport. Hamilton came back after his suspension and became national road race champion in 2008.
- In 2009, Hamilton failed a doping test again, and was banned for eight years, which effectively caused him to retire.
- In July 2010, he was subpoenaed to appear before a grand jury for the use of performance-enhancing drugs in cycling.
- In May 2011, Hamilton admitted that he had used banned substances in competition, and returned his gold medal.
- In 2012, he co-authored a book The Secret Race: Inside the Hidden World of the Tour de France: Doping, Cover-ups, and Winning at All Costs, which details his doping practices and experience in the world of cycling.
- On August 10, 2012 the International Olympic Committee (IOC) stripped Hamilton of his 2004 gold medal.
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