Greg Henderson
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| Full name | Greg Henderson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Hendo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
10 September 1976 Dunedin, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 72.5 kg (160 lb; 11.42 st) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Lotto–Soudal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road and track | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rider type |
Sprinter Lead-out man | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2002–2003 | 7 UP-Maxxis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2004–2006 | Health Net–Maxxis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2009 | T-Mobile Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2011 | Team Sky | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012– | Lotto–Belisol | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Major wins | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Vuelta a España, 1 stage Paris–Nice, 2 stages Philadelphia International Championship (2006) Scratch Race World Champion (2004) National Criterium Championships (1999, 2001, 2004, 2005) Sprint classification Tour de Georgia (2005, 2008) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Gregory "Greg" Henderson (born 10 September 1976) is a professional track and road racing cyclist who rides for Lotto–Soudal.[1] His career includes winning the 15 km scratch race at the 2004 world championships and, in road cycling, winning the points competition at the 2005 Tour de Georgia. He repeated this feat in 2008. His current role is as André Greipel's main leadout man, and they have been colleagues at both T-Mobile Team and later Lotto-Soudal.
In 2007, he rode for T-Mobile Team. Henderson received a Bachelor of Physical Education from the University of Otago.
In addition to 17 New Zealand track and road titles and eight World Cup track golds, Henderson has been New Zealand Track Cyclist of the Year (2001, 2002, 2003) and Athlete of the Year, Otago, New Zealand (2001, 2002, 2003).
He is married to the Australian cyclist Katie Mactier.
Track cycling
At the 1998 Commonwealth Games Henderson won bronze medals in the 40km points race and the 4000m team pursuit.[2][3]
He won gold in the 40km points race[4]and bronze again in the 4000m team pursuit[5] at the 2002 Commonwealth Games.[3]
He won the 15km scratch race at the 2004 world championships.[6]
At the 2004 Summer Olympics he finished fourth in the points race and seventh in the madison.[7]
His best placing in the 2006 Commonwealth Games was 10th in the scratch race.[8][3]
At the 2008 Summer Olympics he finished tenth in the points race and the madison.[7]
Road cycling
In 2005, he won the points competition at the Tour de Georgia and International Tour de 'Toona. In 2006, he from early injuries and won the inaugural Pro Cycling Tour (PCT) Reading Classic.
In 2009, he won the Clásica de Almería in Spain, the second stage of Vuelta Ciclista a Murcia, and the third stage of the Vuelta a España.[9]
In 2010, he won the first stage of the Paris–Nice. In 2011, he won stage 2 of Paris–Nice and stage 3 of the Tour of California.
Henderson left Team Sky at the end of 2011, and joined Lotto–Belisol.[1] In April 2015, he expressed his opinion on Twitter that Fabio Aru of rival team Astana missed the Giro del Trentino not because of illness as it was announced, but because he had an ongoing investigation into his biological passport for doping. He apologized shortly after.[10]
Palmarès
- 1996
- 1st
National Time Trial Championships - 1998
- Commonwealth Games
- 3rd
Points race - 3rd Team pursuit
- 3rd
- 1999
- National Track Championships
- 1st Team pursuit
- 1st Points race
- 1st
- 1st National Criterium Championships
- 2000
- 1st National Team Pursuit Championships
- 1st Stage 2 Tour of Wellington
- 2nd National Road Race Championships
- 2nd National Time Trial Championships
- 2001
- Goodwill Games
- 1st Points race
- 1st Madison
- 1st National Criterium Championships
- 1st National Points Race Championships
- 1st Stage 5, Bay Classic Series
- 2002
- Commonwealth Games
- 1st
Points race - 3rd Team pursuit
- 1st
- 1st Tour de Loveland
- 2003
- 1st National Madison Championships
- 1st Stage 7, Tour of Southland
- 2004
- 1st
Points classification - 1st Stages 1 (TTT), 8 & 10
- 1st
- 1st
UCI World Scratch Championships - 1st National Criterium Championships
- 2005
- International Tour de Toona
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stages 2 & 7
- 1st
- 1st Sprint classification Tour de Georgia
- 1st National Criterium Championships
- 2006
- 1st Philadelphia International Championship
- 1st Reading Classic
- 1st Stage 1, Jayco Bay Classic
- 2008
- Tour de Georgia
- 1st Sprint classification
- 1st Stages 3 & 7
- 1st
- 10th Olympic Road Race
- 2009
- 1st Clásica de Almería
- 1st Stage 3, Vuelta a España
- 1st Stage 2, Vuelta a Murcia
- 1st Stage 7, Volta a Catalunya
- 2nd Philadelphia International Championship
- 5th Overall, Three Days of De Panne
- 2010
- Tour of Britain
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stage 2
- 1st
- 1st Cancer Council Helpline Classic
- 1st Stages 1 (TTT), 4 & 9, Tour of Southland
- 1st Stage 1, Paris–Nice
- 1st Stage 3, Ster Elektrotoer
- 1st Stage 4, Eneco Tour
- 2nd Overall, Bay Classic Series
- 1st Stage 2
- 3rd Overall, Tour Down Under
- 2011
- 1st Stage 2, Paris–Nice
- 1st Stage 3, Tour of California
- 2nd National Road Race Championships
- 3rd, National Time Trial Championships
- 3rd, Paris–Bourges
- 2012
- 1st Stage 1, Jayco Bay Cycling Classic
- 7th Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen
- 9th Cancer Council Helpline Classic
- 2013
- 2nd Overall, Bay Classic Series
- 3rd Cancer Council Helpline Classic
- 2014
- 1st Stage 2, Ster ZLM Toer
- 3rd Ronde van Limburg
- 4th Overall, World Ports Classic
- 7th Commonwealth Games road race
- 2015
- 2nd Overall, Bay Classic Series
- 1st Stage 4
- 10th People's Choice Classic
References
- 1 2 van Eyck, Xylon (14 September 2011). "Henderson exits Sky to join former team-mates at Lotto-Ridley". VeloNation (VeloNation LLC). Retrieved 5 January 2012.
- ↑ "1998 Commonwealth Games Track Competition" Malaysia 16-19 September 1998 cyclingnews.com
- 1 2 3 Greg Henderson olympic.org.nz
- ↑ Gerry McManus "2002 Commonwealth Games Men's Points Race" cyclingnews.com 2 August 2002
- ↑ Gerry McManus "2002 Commonwealth Games Men's Team Pursuit" cyclingnews.com 1 August 2002
- ↑ Mal Sawford "2004 World Track Championships Melbourne, Australia, Men's Scratch Race" cyclingnews.com 28 May 2004
- 1 2 Greg Henderson sports-reference.com
- ↑ 2006 Commonwealth Games Men's Scratch Race melbourne2006.com.au
- ↑ Les Clarke August 31 "Henderson surprise winner in Vuelta's Venlo stage" Stage 3: Zutphen - Venlo 189.7km
- ↑ Stuart Clarke (24 April 2015). "Aru to take legal action over Henderson tweets". Cycling Weekly (IPC Media Sports & Leisure network). Retrieved 24 April 2015.
External links
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Media related to Greg Henderson at Wikimedia Commons
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