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John Murphy Murphy

    Key Stats

    Team: OUCH
    Nationality: American
    Born: December 15, 1984
    Hometown: Jacksonville, Florida
    Residence: Athens, Georgia
    Height: 6-foot-1
    Weight: 176 pounds
    Strengths: Sprinting
    Turned Pro: 2007
    Hobbies: drinking coffee, video games

    Palmares

    Career Highlights:

    1st overall, Superweek under-23 2002
    1st overall, Sea Otter junior 2002


    2008
    5th, Sea Otter Classic
    2006

    1st, Vinkt-Deinse Kermesse 



    2005

    1st overall, Superweek under-23

    1st, Valley of the Sun Road Race
3rd, Wakkin Kermesse

    Biography

    Though Murphy has been racing for nine years, only the last four have been spent predominantly on the road. He has European road experience from racing with the U.S. national under-23 team.