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| updated = 14 October 2014 }} David Millar (born 4 January 1977) is a Scottish former professional road racing cyclist. He is most associated with his long spells with two teams, Cofidis from 1997-2004 and Garmin-Sharp from 2008-2014. 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. He is the only British rider to have worn all Tour de France jerseys and one of six to have worn the yellow jersey. He was also the first (of two) British riders ever to have worn the leader's jersey in all three Grand Tours. Millar was banned for two years in 2004 after admitting taking banned performance-enhancing drugs.〔L'Équipe, France, 29 July 2007〕 Upon his return from his ban, Millar became a prominent anti-doping campaigner, a stance which eventually resulted in some describing him as an 'elder statesman' of cycling.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/others/david-millar-from-peloton-outcast-to-elder-statesman-2303265.html )〕 He is not related to fellow Scottish cyclist Robert Millar. ==Early life and education== David Millar is one of two children of Gordon and Avril Millar, both of whom are Scottish.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.inthewinningzone.com/wz/newsitem.aspx?item=8444 )〕 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 sister Frances also works in cycling, currently as the head of business operations for Team Sky. The family returned to the UK, 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.〔L'Équipe, France, 3 July 2000〕 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."〔Cycle Sport, UK, May 2000〕 He bought a road bike in 1992 and raced at 6.30 in the morning before the roads began filling with traffic. At King George V School he chose mathematics, economics and geography as his A-level, pre-university, examination subjects, then switched to art, graphics and sports studies at his father's suggestion. He completed his A-levels and, having moved back to England to be with his mother in Maidenhead, enrolled at an arts college. He started cycling with a club in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. His mother, Avril, took him there so that he would make new friends〔Sunday Times, UK, 27 June 2004〕 and have something to do.〔 Millar showed talent and at 18, a week before he was due to start at the arts college, he went to race in France. He joined a club at St-Quentin, in the Picardy region, and won eight races.〔L'Équipe, France, 20 July 2004〕 Five professional teams〔, , , , and offered Millar his first professional contract〕 offered him a contract. He signed with Cyrille Guimard because his team, Cofidis, was based in the area〔 and he knew of Guimard's skill in recognising young talent.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「David Millar」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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