John Tomac

Quick Facts

Full Name	John Tomac
Occupation	Sport Cyclist
Date Of Birth	Nov 3, 1967(1967-11-03)
Age	57
Birthplace	Owosso
Country	United States
Birth City	Michigan
Horoscope	Scorpio

John Tomac Biography

John Tomac is one of the most popular and richest Sport Cyclist who was born on November 3, 1967 in Owosso, Michigan, United States. John Tomac (born November 3 1967, from Owosso, Michigan) is an American retired professional cyclist who participated in a variety of disciplines including mountain biking and road racing in a career that ran for twenty years. Tomac is considered an icon of mountain biking and was admitted into the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame in the year 1991. He is an all-rounder, winning major world and national championships in four different disciplines.

From 1988 to 1991 Tomac worked with professional programs in road and mountain biking. Tomac had been an 1988 USCF National Criterium Champion and was part of the winning team at the USCF National Team Time Trial Championship in 1989. Tomac was a major part of the year 1990 participating in European races with his Motorola team. While he did not win any of the major road championships in an event calendar that participated in more than 100 mountain and road events, his schedule comprised those events such as the Tour of Flanders, the Giro d’Italia and Paris-Roubaix. Tomac stopped participating in professional road racing towards the end in the season of 1991 opting to concentrate on his mountain cycling career.

Tomac retained his overall NORBA title in 1989, and also won the NORBA DH Championship for the first time. In a season in which he competed at the highest level on both sides of the Atlantic, he added the German and European XC titles to his collection. In 1990, he joined Yeti Cycles’ factory MTB team and the 7-11 road team, embarking on a busy program of events in Europe and the U.S. To facilitate his road racing career, Tomac based himself in Belgium, and regularly traveled between the two continents to compete in major road and mountain events. Although he failed to win any of the three individual NORBA series, he won the overall NORBA title for the third year in succession.

1991 saw a change of teams: from Yeti to Raleigh and from 7-11 to Motorola. A stronger mountain bike season culminated in UCI World Championship success in Ciocco, Italy, with Gold in XC and Silver in DH. In addition to that, Tomac won two events on his way to the UCI XC World Cup title, and added a second NORBA DH title to his 1989 win. The following year, he finished in fifth place at the DH World Championship held in Bromont, Canada, and had to settle for second place behind Switzerland’s Thomas Frischknecht in the XC World Cup rankings (though there were two event wins again). An accident in which Tomac struck an errant spectator in the final event at Mount Snow, Vermont, prevented him from outscoring his rival and retaining the title.

It was 1987 when John Tomac appeared in one of the very first mountain biking instructional videos ever created, called The Great Mountain Biking Video created by New & Unique Videos of San Diego, California.

John Tomac Net Worth

John Tomac is one of the richest Sport Cyclist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, John Tomac 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

John Tomac first participated in cycling at the age of seven. Tomac began competing in BMX races in and around Michigan in 1975 , and continued to compete in the discipline until his teens. He raced in competition with Michigan BMX legendary riders Tony Carnes, Mike Chapman along with Tim Root. At the age of 16, Tomac won the National Cruiser Class title as part of Mongoose’s manufacturing Mongoose team. He became a professional rider in 1985, and spent his final year in BMX racing, competing in events as privateer.

The year 1986 was the time that Tomac was able to make two important decision: he moved in Southern California, and left BMX competition to focus on mountain biking. He continued to race for Mongoose. In the autumn of the year, he was the winner of the first two major mountain bike races: The Ross Fat Tire Stage Race in Massachusetts and the Supercross Mountain Bike Exhibition race which was held in the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Mongoose promoted the Tomac Signature Edition model in 1987, which showed the growing popularity of his brand in mountain biking circles. Tomac was able to score a few noteworthy wins in the year, including a victory during the Fat Tire Stage Race and three National XC Series rounds.

1988 brought Tomac national title-winning success. By achieving the highest combined points total from the National Off-Road Bicycle Association’s (NORBA) Cross-country, Downhill and Dual Slalom championships, Tomac won the overall title of NORBA World Champion. He was ranked in first place in the Cross- country and Dual Slalom disciplines. The “World” status was a misnomer, however, as the NORBA championships were held only in the United States. The first true World Championships for XC and DH, sanctioned by the Union Cycliste Internationale, were held in Durango, Colorado, in 1990 where John placed 4th in the downhill. John is well remembered for riding road style drop bars on his Yeti mountain bike at this race which was a noticeable deviation from the other riders. This equipment decision was influenced by his recent experience riding for the 7-11 road cycling team in Europe where he was under contract. Tomac’s results and rapid rise to prominence earned recognition from U.S. cycling magazine Velo News, which voted him the world’s best all-round rider of 1988.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

John Tomac height 5 ft 10 in John weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Who is John Tomac Dating?

According to our records, John Tomac married to Kathy Tomac. As of December 1, 2023, John Tomac’s is not dating anyone.

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Tomac’s son, Eli Tomac is a professional motocross racer competing in the AMA motocross and supercross national championships riding for the Kawasaki racing team. Eli Tomac is noted for being the first true rookie pro ever to win his professional motocross debut at the Hangtown raceway on May 23, 2010, winning the 2012 West Coast 250cc Supercross Championship, and winning the 2013 250cc Motocross National Championship.

Facts & Trivia

John Ranked on the list of most popular Sport Cyclist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. John Tomac celebrates birthday on November 3 of every year.

What happened to John Tomac?

was one of my heroes growing up mountain bike racing, and for whatever reason tonight I got to wondering “whatever happened to John Tomac?” Apparently he is now farming in Colorado , still riding bikes recreationally, and aiding in the design of the Tomac brand of bikes and Kenda tires.

Where is the Tomac ranch?

Flying T Ranch was founded in Southwest Colorado by John and Kathy Tomac in 1993. The family of John, Kathy, Greg and Eli settled in McElmo Canyon to operate a working farm and ranch after John’s retirement from World Cup Mountain Bike racing.

What bike did John Tomac ride?

John is well remembered for riding road style drop bars on his Yeti mountain bike at this race which was a noticeable deviation from the other riders. This equipment decision was influenced by his recent experience riding for the 7-11 road cycling team in Europe where he was under contract.

Is Eli Tomac related to John Tomac?

Rising motocross star Eli Tomac follows racing footsteps of his father, Mountain Bike Hall of Fame legend John Tomac. Pro supercross racer Eli Tomac, left, stands with his father John Tomac , of the USA Bicycling Hall of Fame, on Thursday, March 24, in front of their motocross track on their ranch in McElmo Canyon.

Who is the greatest mountain biker of all time?

Nino Schurter has won the most international XC titles of any man, so he could very well be ranked as the top mountain biker of all time; however, Anne-Caroline Chausson probably has the most world titles of any mountain bike racer, so she’s also a viable candidate for the “greatest-ever” title.