Thor Hushovd
 Hushovd wearing the Maillot Jaune at the 2011 Tour de France |
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| Full name | Thor Hushovd | ||||||||||||
| Nickname | The God of Thunder or The Bull from Grimstad | ||||||||||||
| Born | 18 January 1978 Norway |
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| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||
| Weight | 83 kg (180 lb; 13.1 st) | ||||||||||||
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| Current team | BMC Racing Team | ||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road Race | ||||||||||||
| Role | Captain | ||||||||||||
| Rider type | Sprinter Classics Specialist |
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| 2000–2008 2009–2010 2011 2012– |
Crédit Agricole Cervélo TestTeam Garmin-Cervélo BMC Racing Team |
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Thor Hushovd (born Grimstad, Aust-Agder, Norway, 18 January 1978) is a Norwegian professional road bicycle racer riding for BMC Racing Team.[2] He is known for sprinting and time trialing and is the 2010 Norwegian and world road champion. He is the first Norwegian to lead the Tour de France, and first Scandinavian to win the road race in cycling world road championship. He is also the Scandinavian with the most stage wins in Grand Tours.
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[edit] 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 ProTour races and two stages of the Tour de France. He won the prologue in Strasbourg 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 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
At the 2008 Tour de France, Hushovd won stage 2 in a bunch finish.[3]
In 2009, Hushovd rode for the Cervélo TestTeam.[4] He took one of the team's first victories of the season by winning Stage 3 of the Tour of California. At the Tour de France, he won green jersey for the points classification for the second time, ahead of Mark Cavendish. 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.[5][6] Hushovd won stage 3 at the Tour of Missouri – 114 mi (183 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.[7]
On 3 October 2010, Hushovd won the road world championship, which started in Melbourne and finished in Geelong, Australia. He was the first Norwegian to win.[8][9] 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, was caught with three kilometers to go.[10]
[edit] 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 France
- 1st Overall Tour de Normandie
- 1st
Points Classification
- 1st
- 1st Overall Tour of Sweden
- 1st Overall Paris–Corrèze
- 2002
- 1st Stage 18 Tour de France
- 1st Stage 2 Tour de l'Ain
- 2003
- 1st Stage 2 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
- 1st Stage 1 Vuelta a Castilla y León
- 2004
- 1st
National Time Trial Champion - 1st National Road Race Champion
- 1st Stage 8 Tour de France
- 1st Stage 1 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
- 1st Overall Coupe de France de cyclisme sur route
- 1st Classic Haribo
- 1st Grand Prix de Denain
- 1st Tour de Vendée
- 2005
- 1st National Time Trial Champion
- 1st Stage 7 Volta a Catalunya
- 1st Points Classification
- 1st
- 1st Points Classification Tour de France
- 1st Stage 5 Vuelta a España
- 1st Stage 2 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
- 3rd Milan – San Remo
- 2006
- 1st Prologue Tour de France
- 1st Stage 20 Tour de France
- 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 Dunkirk
- 2007
- 1st Stage 7 Giro d'Italia
- 1st Stage 4 Tour de France
- 2008
- 1st Prologue Volta a Catalunya
- 1st Stage 1 Volta a Catalunya
- 1st Points classification
- 1st
- 1st Prologue Paris–Nice
- 1st Points classification
- 1st
- 1st Stage 1 Tour Méditerranéen
- 1st Stage 6 Four Days of Dunkirk
- 1st Stage 2 Tour de France
- 2009
- 1st Stage 6 Tour de France
- 1st Points Classification
- Stage 17 Combativity award
- 1st
- 1st Stage 3 Tour of Missouri
- 1st Points Classification
- 1st
- 1st Stage 3 Tour of California
- 1st Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
- 1st Stage 1 Volta a Catalunya
- 1st Stage 6 Volta a Catalunya
- 1st Stage 4 Tour du Poitou Charentes et de la Vienne
- 3rd Paris–Roubaix
- 3rd Milan – San Remo
- 2010
- 1st UCI Road Race World Championship
- 1st National Road Race Champion
- 1st Stage 3 Tour de France
- 1st Stage 6 Vuelta a España
- 2nd Paris–Roubaix
- 2011
- 1st Stage 2 (TTT) Tour de France
- 1st Stage 13 Tour de France
- 1st Stage 16 Tour de France
- Held Maillot Jaune
from Stage 2 to Stage 9
- Held Maillot Jaune
- 1st Stage 4 Tour de Suisse
- 1st Stage 4 Tour of Britain
- 8th Paris–Roubaix
| 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | |
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| Tour | 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 | DNE | DNE | DNE | DNE | DNE | DNE | DNF | DNE | DNE | DNE | DNE |
| Stages won | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Mountains classification | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Points classification | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Vuelta | DNE | DNE | DNE | DNE | DNF | 82 | DNE | DNE | DNE | DNF | |
| Stages won | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | |
| Mountains classification | — | — | — | — | — | 26 | — | — | — | — | |
| Points classification | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| 1 | Winner |
| 2–3 | Top three-finish |
| 4–10 | Top ten-finish |
| 11– | Other finish |
| DNE | Did Not Enter |
| DNF-x | Did Not Finish (retired on stage x) |
| DSQ | Disqualified |
| N/A | Race/classification not held |
| NR | Not Ranked in this classification |
[edit] References
- ^ Official TdF statistics
- ^ "World champion Thor Hushovd signs three year deal with BMC Racing Team". VeloNation (VeloNation LLC). 9 August 2011. http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/9348/World-champion-Thor-Hushovd-signs-three-year-deal-with-BMC-Racing-Team.aspx. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ^ Hushovd happy after Tour de France win, Aftenposten 7 July 2008
- ^ "Thor Hushovd has signed with the new Cervelo TestTeam" (9 Sep. 2008) VeloNews.com. Retrieved 10 March 2010
- ^ "Embarrassed Cavendish apologises for outburst". BBC Sport. 24 July 2009. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/cycling/8168151.stm. Retrieved 25 July 2009.
- ^ Gregor Brown (23 July 2009). "Hushovd attacks solo for green jersey respect". Cycling News. http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/hushovd-attacks-solo-for-green-jersey-respect. Retrieved 26 July 2009.
- ^ http://velonews.competitor.com/2010/05/news/hushovd-sidelined-with-broken-collarbone_115218
- ^ "Thor Hushovd wins world road racing title" (3 Oct. 2010) VeloNews.com. Retrieved 10 March 2010
- ^ CyclingNews.com. Retrieved 10 March 2010
- ^ "Thor Hushovd wins the rainbow jersey for Norway". Cycling Weekly. 3 October 2010. http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest/501751/thor-hushovd-wins-the-rainbow-jersey-for-norway.html. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
[edit] External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Thor Hushovd |
- Thor Hushovd's official website
- Thor Hushovd at Trap-Friis.dk
- Palmares at Cycling Base
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| Preceded by Petter Northug |
Norwegian Sportsperson of the Year 2010 |
Succeeded by [to be determined] |
UCI Road World Champions –
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- 1978 births
- Living people
- Norwegian cyclists
- Norwegian Tour de France stage winners
- Tour de France prologue winners
- Tour de France Champs Elysées stage winners
- Olympic cyclists of Norway
- Cyclists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Cyclists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Vuelta a España stage winners
- People from Grimstad
- Giro d'Italia stage winners
- UCI World Champions
