Iván Domínguez

Iván Domínguez, nicknamed The Cuban Missile, is a Cuban-born American professional road cyclist, born on 28 May 1976 in Havana, who acquired United States citizenship in 2009. He first rode for the Cuban national track and road team and won a Pan-American gold medal in 1997, then defected to the United States in 1998 at the Goodwill Games in New York and settled in Miami, working in a clothing factory while he built a career in local races. He turned professional in 2001 with the Saturn Professional Cycling Team and later rode for Colavita Olive Oil, Health Net, Toyota-United, Fuji-Servetto, Rock Racing and Jamis Sutter Home. Regarded as one of the best sprinters in America, he showed his speed by winning stages at the 2007 Tour of California, Tour of Georgia and Tour of Missouri.