Thor Hushovd
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Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
professional road bicycle racer riding . He has signed for from 2012 onwards. He is known for sprinting and time trialing and is the 2010 Norwegian and world road champion
2010 UCI Road World Championships
The 2010 UCI Road World Championships took place in Geelong and Melbourne, Australia, over 5 days from 29 September to 3 October 2010. It was the 77th UCI Road World Championships and the first time that Australia had held the event...
. He is the first Norwegian
Norwegians
Norwegians constitute both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway. They share a common culture and speak the Norwegian language. Norwegian people and their descendants are found in migrant communities worldwide, notably in United States, Canada and Brazil.-History:Towards the end of the 3rd...
to lead the Tour de France
Tour de France
The Tour de France is an annual bicycle race held in France and nearby countries. First staged in 1903, the race covers more than and lasts three weeks. As the best known and most prestigious of cycling's three "Grand Tours", the Tour de France attracts riders and teams from around the world. The...
, and first Scandinavian
Scandinavians
Scandinavians are a group of Germanic peoples, inhabiting Scandinavia and to a lesser extent countries associated with Scandinavia, and speaking Scandinavian languages. The group includes Danes, Norwegians and Swedes, and additionally the descendants of Scandinavian settlers such as the Icelandic...
to win the road race in cycling world road championship. He is also the Scandinavian with the most stage wins in Grand Tours
Grand Tour (cycling)
In road bicycle racing, a Grand Tour refers to one of the three major European professional cycling stage races:* Tour de France – Tour of France , held in July* Giro d'Italia – Tour of Italy , held in May...
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Biography
Hushovd won the under-23 time trial world championship and the under-23 versions of Paris–Roubaix and Paris–Tours before turning professional in 1998. He was Norwegian time trial champion in 2004 and 2005 and road race champion in 2004 and 2010. In 2006, he won seven UCI ProTourUCI ProTour
The UCI ProTour was a series of road bicycle races in Europe, Australia and Canada organised by the UCI . Created by Hein Verbruggen, former president of the UCI, it comprises a number of 'ProTour' cycling teams, each of whom are required to compete in every round of the series...
races and two stages of the Tour de France. He won the prologue in Strasbourg
Strasbourg
Strasbourg is the capital and principal city of the Alsace region in eastern France and is the official seat of the European Parliament. Located close to the border with Germany, it is the capital of the Bas-Rhin département. The city and the region of Alsace are historically German-speaking,...
and led after the first day despite a cut arm. He continued with stitches and regained the yellow jersey after stage 2 with a third place. He won the last stage, beating Robbie McEwen
Robbie McEwen
Robbie McEwen is an Australian professional road bicycle racer, for on the UCI ProTour, specializing in sprint finishes...
in a sprint. In the 2006 Vuelta a España he won stage 6, wore the golden jersey for three stages and won the points classification
Points classification in the Vuelta a España
The points classification in the Vuelta a España is a secondary classification in the Vuelta a España, in which the cyclists are ranked in a points classification based on the stage rankings...
At the 2008 Tour de France
2008 Tour de France
The 2008 Tour de France was the 95th Tour de France. The event took place from 5–27 July 2008. Starting in the French city of Brest, the tour entered Italy on the 15th stage and returned to France during the 16th, heading for Paris, its regular final destination, which was reached in the 21st stage...
, Hushovd won stage 2 in a bunch finish.
In 2009, Hushovd rode for the . He took one of the team's first victories of the season by winning Stage 3 of the Tour of California
2009 Tour of California
The 2009 Amgen Tour of California was the 4th running of an annual cycling race contained within the state of California. The event was staged February 14–22 and began with a prologue in the state capital of Sacramento. The event was held as part of the schedule of both the UCI America Tour and USA...
. At the Tour de France
2009 Tour de France
The 2009 Tour de France was the 96th edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. It started on 4 July in the principality of Monaco with a individual time trial which included a section of the Circuit de Monaco...
, he won green jersey for the points classification for the second time, ahead of Mark Cavendish
Mark Cavendish
Mark Cavendish MBE is a Manx professional road racing cyclist who rides for UCI ProTeam until the end of this season when the team is dissolved. He will join Team Sky at the start of the 2012 season...
. Typically the sprinter with the most stage victories wins the points classification, though Hushovd only won one stage, stage 6, while Cavendish won six. After a controversy on stage 14, where Cavendish was relegated to the back of the peloton for impeding Hushovd, Hushovd attacked alone on stage 17, a mountain stage, winning two intermediate sprints. Hushovd won stage 3 at the Tour of Missouri – 114 mi (183.5 km) over rolling hills – in September 2009, in a sprint finish.
On 9 May 2010, Hushovd broke his collarbone on a training ride after colliding with a young girl.
On 3 October 2010, Hushovd won the road world championship
2010 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race
The Men's Individual Road Race of the 2010 UCI Road World Championships cycling event took place on 3 October in Melbourne and concluded in Geelong, Australia. Thor Hushovd claimed the World Championship in a sprint finish, to become the first Norwegian to win the World Championship road...
, which started in Melbourne and finished in Geelong, Australia. He was the first Norwegian to win. VeloNews said: "Hushovd...dominated a bunch sprint at the end of a thrilling 267km race, beating Denmark’s Matti Breschel and Australia’s Allan Davis." The favorite, Philippe Gilbert
Philippe Gilbert
Philippe Gilbert is a Belgian professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour team . Gilbert is a classics specialist...
, was caught with three kilometers to go.
Major achievements
1998- 1st
U-23 World Time Trial Champion - 1st U-23 Paris–Roubaix
2000
- 7th Summer Olympics ITT
2001
- 1st Stage 5 TTT Tour de France2001 Tour de FranceThe 2001 Tour de France was particularly difficult, having contained a 67-km long team time trial, two individual time trials and five mountain-top finishes on consecutive days, the second of which being the Chamrousse special category climb time trial. Thus, all the high-mountain stages were...
- 1st Overall Tour de NormandieTour de NormandieTour de Normandie is a road bicycle race held annually in the region of Normandie, France. The race started in 1939, but was not held in the periods of 1940-1955 and 1960-1980. It was originally a race for amateurs, but was opened for professionals in 1996...
- 1st
Points Classification
- 1st
- 1st Overall Tour of SwedenTour of SwedenThe Tour of Sweden was an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in Sweden from 1982 to 2002.- Past winners :* 1982 : * 1983 : * 1984 : * 1985 : * 1986 : * 1987 : * 1988 : * 1989 : * 1990 : * 1991 :...
- 1st Overall Paris–Corrèze
2002
- 1st Stage 18 Tour de France2002 Tour de FranceThe 2002 Tour de France started in Luxembourg on July 6, 2002, and ended in Paris on July 28. France was visited counter-clockwise, so the Pyrenees were there before the Alps...
- 1st Stage 2 Tour de l'AinTour de l'AinTour de l'Ain, also known as the Prix de l'Amitié , is an annual late season professional cycling stage race held mid-August. The first Tour de l'Ain was held in 1989 and was organized by Dante Lavacca, Armand Peracca and Maurice Josserand. From 1989 to 1992 it was an amateur event. In 1993 it...
2003
- 1st Stage 2 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
- 1st Stage 1 Vuelta a Castilla y LeónVuelta a Castilla y LeónThe Vuelta Ciclista a Castilla y León is a professional road bicycle stage race held in Castile and León, Spain. Since 2005, Vuelta a Castilla y León has been a part of the UCI Europe Tour.-Past winners:-External links:*...
2004
- 1st
National Time Trial Champion - 1st National Road Race Champion
- 1st Stage 8 Tour de France2004 Tour de FranceThe 2004 Tour de France was the 91st, taking place from July 3 to July 25, 2004. It consisted of 20 stages over 3391 km.Lance Armstrong became the first to win six Tours de France. Armstrong had been favored to win, his competitors seen as being German Jan Ullrich, Spaniards Roberto Heras and...
- 1st Stage 1 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
- 1st Overall Coupe de France de cyclisme sur route
- 1st Classic HariboClassic HariboClassic Haribo was a professional cycle road race held between Uzès and Marseille, in south France. In 2005 and 2006 the race was organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour, also being part of the Coupe de France de cyclisme sur route.-Winners:...
- 1st Grand Prix de DenainGrand Prix de DenainGrand Prix de Denain is a professional cycle road race held in Denain, France. Since 2005 the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour, also being part of the Coupe de France de cyclisme sur route....
- 1st Tour de VendéeTour de VendéeTour of Vendée is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in May in the region of Vendée, France, finishing in a circuit inside La Roche-sur-Yon town. From 2005 until 2009, the race was organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour, moving to 1.HC classification in 2010, and also being part...
- 1st Classic Haribo
2005
- 1st National Time Trial Champion
- 1st Stage 7 Volta a Catalunya
- 1st Points Classification
- 1st
- 1st Points ClassificationPoints classification in the Tour de FranceThe points classification in the Tour de France is a secondary competition in the Tour de France, that started in 1953. Points are given for high finishes in a stage and for winning intermediate sprints, and these are recorded in a points classification. It is considered a sprinters' competition...
Tour de France2005 Tour de FranceThe 2005 Tour de France was the 92nd Tour de France, taking place from July 2 to July 24, 2005. It comprised 21 stages over 3592.5 km, the winner's average speed was 41.654 km/h. The first stages were held in the département of the Vendée, for the third time in 12 years. The 2005 Tour was... - 1st Stage 5 Vuelta a España
- 1st Stage 2 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
- 3rd Milan – San Remo
2006
- 1st Prologue Tour de France2006 Tour de FranceThe 2006 Tour de France was the 93rd Tour de France, taking place from July 1 to July 23, 2006. It was won by Óscar Pereiro following the disqualification of apparent winner Floyd Landis....
- 1st Stage 20 Tour de France2006 Tour de FranceThe 2006 Tour de France was the 93rd Tour de France, taking place from July 1 to July 23, 2006. It was won by Óscar Pereiro following the disqualification of apparent winner Floyd Landis....
- 1st Stage 6 Vuelta a España
- 1st
Points Classification
- 1st
- 1st Gent–Wevelgem
- 1st Stage 7 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
- 1st Stage 4 Tirreno–Adriatico
- 1st Stage 3 Volta a Catalunya
- 1st Points Classification
- 1st
- 1st Points Classification Four Days of DunkirkFour Days of DunkirkThe Four Days of Dunkirk is road bicycle race around the Nord-Pas de Calais region of northern France. Confusingly, since the addition of an individual time trial in 1963, the race has usually been held over a 5 or 6 day period. Since 2005, the race is organised as a 2.HC event on the UCI Europe...
2007
- 1st Stage 7 Giro d'Italia2007 Giro d'ItaliaThe 2007 Giro d'Italia was the 90th running of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tours. It took place from 12 May to 3 June 2007. The race began in Sardinia and finished in Milan, and featured five mountain top finishes, of which one was an individual time trial...
- 1st Stage 4 Tour de France2007 Tour de FranceThe 2007 Tour de France, the 94th running of the race, took place from 7 July to 29 July 2007. The Tour began with a prologue in London, and ended with the traditional finish in Paris. Along the way, the route also passed through Belgium and Spain...
2008
- 1st Prologue Volta a Catalunya2008 Volta a CatalunyaThe 2008 Volta a Catalunya road cycling race took place from May 19 to May 25, 2008 in Catalonia, Spain. Gustavo César took overall victory, becoming first rider of non-ProTour team to win a ProTour race general classification....
- 1st Stage 1 Volta a Catalunya2008 Volta a CatalunyaThe 2008 Volta a Catalunya road cycling race took place from May 19 to May 25, 2008 in Catalonia, Spain. Gustavo César took overall victory, becoming first rider of non-ProTour team to win a ProTour race general classification....
- 1st Points classification
- 1st
- 1st Prologue Paris–Nice
- 1st Points classification
- 1st
- 1st Stage 1 Tour MéditerranéenTour MéditerranéenTour Méditerranéen is a professional road bicycle racing event held in southern France along the Mediterranean Sea. The Tour Méditerranéen is a five-day stage race that began in 1974 and since 2005 has been a part of the UCI Europe Tour as a 2.1 event...
- 1st Stage 6 Four Days of DunkirkFour Days of DunkirkThe Four Days of Dunkirk is road bicycle race around the Nord-Pas de Calais region of northern France. Confusingly, since the addition of an individual time trial in 1963, the race has usually been held over a 5 or 6 day period. Since 2005, the race is organised as a 2.HC event on the UCI Europe...
- 1st Stage 2 Tour de France2008 Tour de FranceThe 2008 Tour de France was the 95th Tour de France. The event took place from 5–27 July 2008. Starting in the French city of Brest, the tour entered Italy on the 15th stage and returned to France during the 16th, heading for Paris, its regular final destination, which was reached in the 21st stage...
2009
- 1st Stage 6 Tour de France2009 Tour de FranceThe 2009 Tour de France was the 96th edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. It started on 4 July in the principality of Monaco with a individual time trial which included a section of the Circuit de Monaco...
- 1st Points ClassificationPoints classification in the Tour de FranceThe points classification in the Tour de France is a secondary competition in the Tour de France, that started in 1953. Points are given for high finishes in a stage and for winning intermediate sprints, and these are recorded in a points classification. It is considered a sprinters' competition...
- Stage 17 Combativity award
- 1st
- 1st Stage 3 Tour of MissouriTour of MissouriThe Tour of Missouri is a professional road bicycle racing stage race in Missouri that started on September 11, 2007 with six days of racing. The organizers, who also run the Tour de Georgia and the Amgen Tour of California, billed it as the third highest profile race in the United States.The 2009...
- 1st Points Classification
- 1st
- 1st Stage 3 Tour of California2009 Tour of CaliforniaThe 2009 Amgen Tour of California was the 4th running of an annual cycling race contained within the state of California. The event was staged February 14–22 and began with a prologue in the state capital of Sacramento. The event was held as part of the schedule of both the UCI America Tour and USA...
- 1st Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
- 1st Stage 1 Volta a Catalunya2009 Volta a CatalunyaThe 2009 Volta a Catalunya was the 89th edition of the Volta. It took place between 18 May and 24 May, and was part of both the ProTour and the inaugural World Calendar...
- 1st Stage 6 Volta a Catalunya2009 Volta a CatalunyaThe 2009 Volta a Catalunya was the 89th edition of the Volta. It took place between 18 May and 24 May, and was part of both the ProTour and the inaugural World Calendar...
- 1st Stage 4 Tour du Poitou Charentes et de la Vienne
- 3rd Paris–Roubaix
- 3rd Milan – San Remo
2010
- 1st UCI Road Race World Championship2010 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road raceThe Men's Individual Road Race of the 2010 UCI Road World Championships cycling event took place on 3 October in Melbourne and concluded in Geelong, Australia. Thor Hushovd claimed the World Championship in a sprint finish, to become the first Norwegian to win the World Championship road...
- 1st National Road Race Champion
- 1st Stage 3 Tour de France2010 Tour de FranceThe 2010 Tour de France was the 97th edition of the Tour de France cycle race, one of cycling's Grand Tours. It started on with an 8.9 km prologue time trial in Rotterdam, the first start in the Netherlands since 1996...
- 1st Stage 6 Vuelta a España2010 Vuelta a EspañaThe 2010 Vuelta a España was held from August 28 to September 19 and was won by Vincenzo Nibali. The race began in Seville and ended, as is tradition, in Madrid.The race covered...
- 2nd Paris–Roubaix2010 Paris–RoubaixThe 2010 edition of the Paris–Roubaix cycling classic took place on April 11, 2010. The race is the ninth event in the inaugural UCI World Ranking series. The race was won by Swiss rider Fabian Cancellara.- Teams :...
2011
- 1st Stage 2 (TTTTeam time trialA team time trial is a road-based bicycle race in which teams of cyclists race against the clock .Teams start at equal intervals, usually two, three or four minutes apart...
) Tour de France2011 Tour de France-Pre-race favourites:2010 winner Alberto Contador was suspended from cycling during a doping investigation from September 2010 to February 2011, during which time 2010 runner-up Andy Schleck was regarded as the favourite. When the suspension was lifted, Contador declared his desire to compete in... - 1st Stage 13 Tour de France2011 Tour de France-Pre-race favourites:2010 winner Alberto Contador was suspended from cycling during a doping investigation from September 2010 to February 2011, during which time 2010 runner-up Andy Schleck was regarded as the favourite. When the suspension was lifted, Contador declared his desire to compete in...
- 1st Stage 16 Tour de France2011 Tour de France-Pre-race favourites:2010 winner Alberto Contador was suspended from cycling during a doping investigation from September 2010 to February 2011, during which time 2010 runner-up Andy Schleck was regarded as the favourite. When the suspension was lifted, Contador declared his desire to compete in...
- Held Maillot Jaune
from Stage 2 to Stage 9
- Held Maillot Jaune
- 1st Stage 4 Tour de Suisse2011 Tour de SuisseThe 2011 Tour de Suisse was the 75th running of the Tour de Suisse cycling stage race. It started on 11 June with an individual time trial in Lugano and ended with another individual time trial on 19 June, in Schaffhausen...
- 1st Stage 4 Tour of Britain2011 Tour of BritainThe 2011 Tour of Britain was the eighth running of the latest incarnation of the Tour of Britain and the 72nd British tour in total. The race started on 11 September in Peebles, Scotland and finished on 18 September in London, England, with the race also visiting Wales for one stage.The race...
- 8th Paris–Roubaix
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| Tour Tour de France The Tour de France is an annual bicycle race held in France and nearby countries. First staged in 1903, the race covers more than and lasts three weeks. As the best known and most prestigious of cycling's three "Grand Tours", the Tour de France attracts riders and teams from around the world. The... |
DNF | 112 | 118 | 104 | 116 | 120 | 138 | 96 | 106 | 111 | 68 |
| Stages won | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Mountains classification | — | 36 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 28 | 80 | 26 |
| Points classification | — | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Giro Giro d'Italia The Giro d'Italia , also simply known as The Giro, is a long distance road bicycle racing stage race for professional cyclists held over three weeks in May/early June in and around Italy. The Giro is one of the three Grand Tours , and is part of the UCI World Ranking calendar... |
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| Mountains classification | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Points classification | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Vuelta Vuelta a España The Vuelta a España is a three-week road bicycle racing stage race that is one of the three "Grand Tours" of Europe and part of the UCI World Ranking calendar. The race lasts three weeks and attracts cyclists from around the world. The race is broken into day-long segments, called stages... |
DNE | DNE | DNE | DNE | DNF | 82 | DNE | DNE | DNE | DNF | |
| Stages won | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | |
| Mountains classification | — | — | — | — | — | 26 | — | — | — | — | |
| Points classification | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |