Chad Haga

Chad Haga
Personal information
Full name Chad Haga
Nickname Hagasaki[1]
Born (1988-08-26) August 26, 1988
McKinney, Texas
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight 71.5 kg (158 lb)
Team information
Current team Team Sunweb
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Rider type Rouleur
Amateur team(s)
2006–2010 Texas A&M University Cycling Team
2009–2011 Team Brain and Spine Cycling
2010 Super Squadra
2011 Rio Grande Cycling
Professional team(s)
2011–2013 Kelly Benefit Strategies–OptumHealth
2014– Giant–Shimano

Chad Haga (/heɪɡə/;[1] born August 26, 1988) is an American professional road racing cyclist, who competes for the Team Sunweb team.[2]

Career

He was born in McKinney, Texas[3] and attended Texas A&M University where he earned his Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering in 2010.[3] While there he raced collegiately with the Texas A&M Cycling Team and as an amateur with Team Brain and Spine Cycling and Super Squadra. After Graduation he joined the Rio Grande Cycling squad. He began racing professionally in 2011 after joining Kelly Benefit Strategies–OptumHealth.[4]

On 23 January 2016, he was one of the six members of the Team Giant–Alpecin who were hit by a car which drove into on-coming traffic while they were training in Calpe, Spain. All riders were in stable condition.[5]

2018

Haga started the season by racing the Tour Down Under. In July 2018, he was named in the start list for the 2018 Tour de France.[6]

Career achievements

Major results

2011
1st Prologue Mount Hood Classic
3rd Overall Tour of Elk Grove
2012
1st Prologue Cascade Classic
4th Copperas Cove Classic
2013
1st Overall Joe Martin Stage Race
1st Prologue Tour of Elk Grove
2nd Overall Volta ao Alentejo
2nd Overall Redlands Bicycle Classic
1st Stage 1
3rd Overall USA Cycling National Racing Calendar
3rd Overall McLane Pacific Classic
3rd Overall Cascade Classic
5th Time trial, National Road Championships
10th Overall Tour of California
2018
2nd Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships
2nd Time trial, National Road Championships

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia — 99 78 82 71
A yellow jersey Tour de France — — — — 72
A red jersey Vuelta a España 73 — 76 98 —
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References

  1. 1 2 "Interviews - PezCycling News".
  2. ↑ "Team Giant-Shimano (GIA) – NED". UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved February 14, 2014.
  3. 1 2 "Optum's Chad Haga aims for top time trialing spot in the U.S. - VeloNews.com". 28 February 2013.
  4. ↑ "Haga postpones engineering career to pursue pro cycling dreams - Cyclingnews.com".
  5. ↑ "John Degenkolb and Warren Barguil among six Giant-Alpecin cyclists hospitalised after being hit by a car". Irish Independent. 23 January 2016.
  6. ↑ "2018: 105th Tour de France: Start List". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
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