Jack Haig (cyclist)

Jack Haig
Haig in 2015.
Personal information
Full name Jack Haig
Born (1993-09-06) 6 September 1993
Southport, Queensland, Australia
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight 70 kg (154 lb)
Team information
Current team Mitchelton–Scott
Discipline Road, mountain biking
Role Rider
Rider type Climber
Amateur team(s)
2015 Jayco–AIS World Tour Academy
Professional team(s)
2013–2014 Huon Salmon–Genesys Wealth Advisers
2015 Orica–GreenEDGE (stagiaire)
2016– Orica–GreenEDGE

Jack Haig (born 6 September 1993) is an Australian professional road racing cyclist who rides for Mitchelton–Scott in the UCI World Tour.

Career

He won the young rider classification in the 2014 Tour Down Under.[1] He was named in the startlist for the 2016 Vuelta a España.[2] In August 2017, he took his first professional win when he won stage 6 of the Tour de Pologne.[3] In May 2018, he was named in the startlist for the 2018 Giro d'Italia.[4]

Career achievements

Major results

2012
Tour of Bright
1st Stages 2 & 3
2013
1st Under–23 race, National Cross Country Championships
1st Overall Tour of Tasmania
1st Stage 1 (TTT)
2nd Overall Tour of Toowoomba
1st Stage 3 (TTT)
2nd Overall National Capital Tour
3rd Road race, National Under–23 Road Championships
3rd Overall North West Tour
1st Stage 1 (ITT)
3rd Overall Tour of Bright
3rd Tour de Perth
2014
1st Overall Tour of Toowoomba
1st Stages 2 & 3 (TTT)
1st Young rider classification Tour Down Under
2nd Overall Tour Alsace
1st Young rider classification
3rd Overall Herald Sun Tour
1st Young rider classification
3rd Overall Tour de Korea
4th GP Capodarco
7th Gran Premio di Poggiana
2015
2nd Overall Tour de l'Avenir
2nd Gran Premio Palio del Recioto
5th Gran Premio di Poggiana
5th Overall Tour Alsace
9th Overall Giro della Valle d'Aosta
9th Chrono Champenois
2016
2nd Overall Tour of Slovenia
1st Points classification
5th Overall Herald Sun Tour
2017
3rd Overall Tour of Slovenia
8th Overall Tour de Pologne
1st Stage 5
9th Giro dell'Emilia
2018
3rd Overall Tour of Utah

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 2016 2017 2018
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia 36
A yellow jersey Tour de France
A red jersey Vuelta a España 117 21 19
Legend
Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References

  1. "Jack Haig". Retrieved 1 March 2015.
  2. "71st Vuelta a España". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
  3. "Peter Sagan drops out of Tour of Poland lead as Jack Haig takes his maiden pro win". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
  4. "2018: 101st Giro d'Italia: Start List". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
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