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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| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2016 | Lotto–Belisol | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | UnitedHealthcare | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 Henderson (born 10 September 1976) is a New Zealand former professional track and road racing cyclist who last rode for UnitedHealthcare. His career includes winning the 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) 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. He rode in five Olympic Games and completed 11 Grand Tours.[1] He also competed in four Commonwealth Games and was a four-time medallist, including winning gold in the points race in 2002.[2] During an important part of his career, he served as André Greipel's main lead-out man, and they have been colleagues at both T-Mobile Team and later Lotto–Soudal. In 2007, he rode for T-Mobile Team.
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).
Career
Track cycling
At the 1998 Commonwealth Games Henderson won bronze medals in the 40 km points race and the 4000 m team pursuit.[3][4]
He won gold in the 40 km points race[5] and bronze again in the 4000 m team pursuit[6] at the 2002 Commonwealth Games.[4]
He won the 15km scratch race at the 2004 world championships.[7]
At the 2004 Summer Olympics he finished fourth in the points race and seventh in the madison.[8]
His best placing in the 2006 Commonwealth Games was 10th in the scratch race.[9][4]
At the 2008 Summer Olympics he finished tenth in the points race and the madison.[8]
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 on his Grand Tour debut.[10][2]
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, mainly to act as lead-out man for Andre Greipel.[11] He credited his success in this role to the positioning skills which he developed as a track rider, and having to compete against quicker road sprinters such as Greipel, Mark Cavendish and Marcel Kittel.[2] 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. Henderson apologised shortly after.[12] He competed in the 2016 Tour de France.[13]
In August 2017 Henderson announced his retirement from competition, having competed in his last race, the 2017 Colorado Classic, and indicated that he would move into full-time coaching, having trained athletes since 2014.[2] The following month he was announced as Endurance Performance Director for USA Cycling.[1]
Personal life
He is married to the Australian cyclist Katie Mactier. He has a bachelor's degree in Physical Education from the University of Otago.[1]
Career achievements
Major results
Road
- 1996
- 1st
- 1997
- 1st
- 1998
- 1st
- 1999
- 1st
- Tour of Wellington
- 1st Stages 3 & 10
- 2000
- 1st Stage 2 Tour of Wellington
- 2nd National Road Race Championships
- 2nd National Time Trial Championships
- 2nd Omloop van de Vlaamse Scheldeboorden
- 2001
- 1st
- 1st Stage 5 Bay Classic Series
- 2002
- 1st Tour de Loveland
- 2003
- 1st Stage 7 Tour of Southland
- 2004
- Tour of Southland
- 1st
- 1st Stages 1 (TTT), 8 & 10
- 1st
- 1st
- 2005
- Tour of Southland
- 1st Stages 1 (TTT), 4, 9 & 10
- International Tour de Toona
- 1st
- 1st Stages 2 & 7
- 1st
- 1st
- 1st
- 2006
- 1st Philadelphia International Championship
- 1st Reading Classic
- 1st Stage 7 Tour of Wellington
- 2nd Overall Bay Classic Series
- 1st Stage 1
- 2007
- 5th Overall Tour of Qatar
- 2008
- Tour de Georgia
- 1st
- 1st Stages 3 & 7
- 1st
- 7th Scheldeprijs
- 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
- 1st Cancer Council Helpline Classic
- Tour of Southland
- 1st Stages 1 (TTT), 4 & 9
- 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
- 3rd Overall Tour of Britain
- 1st
- 1st Stage 2
- 1st
- 4th Scheldeprijs
- 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 Bay Classic Series
- 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
- 2016
- 6th Overall Tour of Turkey
Track
- 1998
- Commonwealth Games
- 3rd
- 3rd
- 3rd
- 1999
- UCI World Cup Classics, Mexico City
- 2nd Team pursuit
- 3rd Madison
- National Championships
- 1st
- 1st
- 1st
- 2000
- 1st
- 2nd Six Days of Nouméa
- 2001
- Goodwill Games
- 1st Points race
- 1st Madison
- 1st
- 2002
- Commonwealth Games
- 1st
- 3rd
- 1st
- UCI World Cup Classics, Sydney
- 1st Team pursuit
- 1st Madison
- 3rd Points race
- 2003
- 1st
- UCI World Cup Classics, Sydney
- 1st Scratch
- 3rd Points race
- 2nd UCI World Madison Championships
- 2004
- 1st
- UCI World Cup Classics, Aguascalientes
- 2nd Scratch
- 2005
- UCI World Cup Classics, Sydney
- 1st Team pursuit
- 3rd Scratch
- 2nd UCI World Scratch Championships
- 2006
- Oceania Games
- 1st Points race
- 1st Scratch
- 1st
- UCI World Cup Classics, Sydney
- 2nd Points race
- 2007
- Oceania Championships
- 1st
- 2nd Points race
- 2nd Scratch
- 1st
- UCI World Cup Classics, Sydney
- 1st Points race
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
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— | 88 | — | — | — | — | DNF | — |
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— | — | — | 124 | 162 | DNF | DNF | 155 |
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123 | — | — | — | DNF | 133 | — | — |
| — | Did not compete |
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| DNF | Did not finish |
References
- 1 2 3 "Greg Henderson joins USA Cycling as Endurance Performance Director". cyclingnews.com. 14 September 2017. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
- 1 2 3 4 "Greg Henderson confirms retirement". cyclingnews.com. 16 August 2017. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
- ↑ "1998 Commonwealth Games Track Competition" Malaysia 16–19 September 1998 cyclingnews.com
- 1 2 3 Greg Henderson olympic.org.nz
- ↑ McManus, Gerry (2 August 2002). "2002 Commonwealth Games Men's Points Race". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
- ↑ McManus, Gerry (1 August 2002). "2002 Commonwealth Games Men's Team Pursuit". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
- ↑ Sawford, Mal (28 May 2004). "2004 World Track Championships Melbourne, Australia, Men's Scratch Race". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
- 1 2 Greg Henderson Archived 30 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com
- ↑ 2006 Commonwealth Games Men's Scratch Race melbourne2006.com.au
- ↑ Clarke, Les (31 August 2009). "Henderson surprise winner in Vuelta's Venlo stage". Retrieved 3 July 2016.
- ↑ van Eyck, Xylon (14 September 2011). "Henderson exits Sky to join former team-mates at Lotto-Ridley". VeloNation. VeloNation LLC. Retrieved 5 January 2012.
- ↑ Clarke, Stuart (24 April 2015). "Aru to take legal action over Henderson tweets". Cycling Weekly. IPC Media Sports & Leisure network. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
- ↑ Long, David (2 July 2016). "Kiwi cyclist Greg Henderson looks to lead the way again at Tour de France". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
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