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Jonathan Vaughters is an American former professional racing cyclist. His first professional team in Europe was the Spanish team Santa Clara, which according to Vaughters was a very conservative team with hostile management who even made his bike "disappear" in order to discourage him from continuing. He then moved to the Comptel team, and later with the U.S. Postal Service cycling team where he helped Lance Armstrong win his first Tour de France in 1999. He then moved to the French team Crédit Agricole.

Vaughters was a specialist climber and was touted as a Stage race specialist. He won the Mont Ventoux stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré in 1999 and 2000, and held the record for the fastest ascent until it was broken by Iban Mayo in 2004.

He joined Crédit Agricole at the time when Chris Boardman was riding for them, and became roommates. Despite his climbing prowess, he had bad luck in Tour de France and never finished the race. He was injured in a crash in 2000 and had to retire due to a bee sting in 2001.

In 2002 he decided to retire, wanting to spend more time with his family and having decided that he had reached the zenith of his cycling career.

He is currently the manager of the continental team TIAAA/CREF and the development team 5280.

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