Thor Hushovd

Thor Hushovd
	Hushovd at the 2011 Tour of California
Personal information
Full name	Thor Hushovd
Nickname	The God of Thunder; The Bull from Grimstad
Born	18 January 1978 (age 46); Grimstad, Norway
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	79 kg (174 lb)
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Captain
Rider type	Sprinter; Classic specialist
Professional teams
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Major wins
	Grand Tours Tour de France Points classification (2005, 2009) 10 individual stages (2002, 2004, 2006–2011) 2 TTT stages (2001, 2011) Giro d'Italia 1 individual stage (2007) Vuelta a España Points classification (2006) 3 individual stages (2005, 2006, 2010) Single-day races and Classics World Road Race Championships (2010) National Road Race Championships; (2004, 2010, 2013) National Time Trial Championships; (2002, 2004, 2005) Gent–Wevelgem (2006) Omloop Het Nieuwsblad (2009)
Medal record
Men's road bicycle racing
Representing Norway
World Championships

Thor Hushovd (born 18 January 1978) is a Norwegian former professional road bicycle racer.^[1] He is known for sprinting and time trialing; Hushovd is a three-time Norwegian national road race champion (2004, 2010, 2013),^[2] and was the winner of the 2010 World Road Race Championships. He was 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. He is widely considered the greatest Norwegian cyclist of all time. He retired in September 2014.^[3]

Career

Born in Grimstad, Aust-Agder, Norway, Thor 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, thus making him the only person to win the first stage or prologue and the last stage of the Tour de France in the same year. 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.^[4]

2009

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2010

On 9 May 2010, Hushovd broke his collarbone on a training ride after colliding with a young girl.^[8] At the Tour de France, Hushovd won the third stage, which was an unusual one for the Tour since it featured 13 km (8.1 mi) of cobblestones. He prevailed in the sprint involving five other riders.^[9] That victory netted him the Green jersey, but he ultimately lost it to Alessandro Petacchi of the You have called {{Contentious topics}}. You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:

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On 3 October 2010, Thor won the road world championship, which started in Melbourne and finished in Geelong, Australia. He was the first Norwegian to win the rainbow jersey.^[10]^[11] 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.^[12]

2011

During the 2011 Tour de France Hushovd took the lead in the general classification and surprised many by keeping it through several hilly stages that were not expected to suit him and second placed Cadel Evans could not over turn the 1 second advantage that Hushovd held. Thor surprised his fans again on stage 13 by being one of the first riders over the Hors Categorie Col d'Aubisque and using his superior descending skills (he was clocked at 69 mph at one point) to catch and pass the leaders David Moncoutie and Jérémy Roy to take the stage. He used his descending skills again on stage 16 when he, Edvald Boasson Hagen and teammate Ryder Hesjedal went clear on the descent of the Col de Manse (a descent that overall runner up Andy Schleck deemed too dangerous for the tour) and beat Boasson Hagen in the final sprint to take his second stage of the tour.

2012

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2013

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Retirement

In June 2014 Thor announced that he would retire after the 2014 UCI Road World Championships after struggling with Infectious mononucleosis since 2012.^[18]^[19] However, after a hard crash suffered at the Tour du Poitou-Charentes, Hushovd said he would not participate in the World Championships.^[20] His last race was the GP Impanis-Van Petegem in September.^[3]

2015 Thor announced that he had started working on organizing an all-Norwegian UCI WorldTeam, with a plan to launch in the 2017 season to coincide with the hosting of the 2017 UCI Road World Championships in the Norwegian city of Bergen.^[21]

Personal life

Thor currently resides in Monte Carlo, Monaco,^[22]^[23] with his wife Susanne,^[24] and their daughter Isabel (b. 2009).^[25] The Hushovds also maintain an offseason residency in Grimstad, Aust-Agder, Norway.^[26]

Career achievements

Major results

1998

1st

Time trial, UCI Road World Under–23 Championships

1st Paris–Roubaix Espoirs

1st Paris–Tours Espoirs

2000

6th Time trial, Olympic Games

2001

1st

Overall Tour de Normandie

1st

Points classification

1st

Overall Tour of Sweden

1st

Overall Paris–Corrèze

1st Stage 5 (TTT) Tour de France

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

National Road Championships

1st

Road race

1st

Time trial

1st Overall French Road Cycling Cup

1st Stage 8 Tour de France

1st Stage 1 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré

1st Grand Prix de Denain

1st Classic Haribo

1st Tour de Vendée

2005

1st

Time trial, National Road Championships

1st

Points classification Tour de France

Volta a Catalunya

1st

Points classification

1st Stage 7

1st Stage 5 Vuelta a España

1st Stage 2 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré

3rd Milan–San Remo

2006

Tour de France

1st Prologue & Stage 20

Held

after Stage 1 & 3

Vuelta a España

1st

Points classification

1st Stage 6

1st Gent–Wevelgem

1st Stage 7 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré

1st Stage 4 Tirreno–Adriatico

Volta a Catalunya

1st

Points classification

1st Stage 3

1st

Points classification Four Days of Dunkirk

2007

1st Stage 4 Tour de France

1st Stage 7 Giro d'Italia

2008

Volta a Catalunya

1st

Points classification

1st Prologue & Stage 1

Paris–Nice

1st

Points classification

1st Prologue

1st Stage 2 Tour de France

1st Stage 1 Tour Méditerranéen

1st Stage 6 Four Days of Dunkirk

2009

Tour de France

1st

Points classification

1st Stage 6

Combativity award Stage 17

Tour of Missouri

1st

Points classification

1st Stage 3

Volta a Catalunya

1st Stages 1 & 6

1st Omloop Het Nieuwsblad

1st Stage 3 Tour of California

1st Stage 4 Tour du Poitou Charentes et de la Vienne

3rd Paris–Roubaix

3rd Milan–San Remo

2010

1st

Road race, UCI Road World Championships

1st

Road race, National Road Championships

1st Stage 3 Tour de France

1st Stage 6 Vuelta a España

2nd Paris–Roubaix

2011

Tour de France

1st Stages 2 (TTT), 13 & 16

Held

from Stage 2–9

1st Stage 4 Tour de Suisse

1st Stage 4 Tour of Britain

8th Paris–Roubaix

2013

National Road Championships

1st

Road race

2nd Time trial

1st

Overall Arctic Race of Norway

1st

Points classification

1st Stages 2 & 4

Tour de Pologne

1st Stages 3 & 5

1st Stage 3 Tour of Austria

1st Stage 1 Tour of Beijing

4th Grand Prix d'Isbergues

5th Overall Tour du Haut Var

1st Stage 1

6th GP Ouest–France

8th Vattenfall Cyclassics

2014

9th Gent–Wevelgem

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014
Giro d'Italia	—	—	—	—	—	—	DNF	—	—	—	—	DNF	—	—
Tour de France	DNF	112	118	104	116	120	138	96	106	111	68	—	—	—
Vuelta a España	—	—	—	—	DNF	82	—	—	—	DNF	—	—	—	—

Monuments results timeline

Monument	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014
Milan–San Remo	—	48	73	—	—	3	13	—	9	3	6	127	—	DNF	56
Tour of Flanders	—	46	81	—	38	31	14	60	27	—	57	53	55	DNF	90
Paris–Roubaix	63	DNF	33	—	17	9	—	43	DNF	3	2	8	14	35	19
Liège–Bastogne–Liège	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Giro di Lombardia	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	DNF	—	—	—	—

Legend
—	Did not compete
DNF	Did not finish

References

^ "World champion Thor Hushovd signs three year deal with BMC Racing Team". VeloNation. VeloNation LLC. 9 August 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
^ "National Championship, Road, Elite, Norway". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Gallery: Thor Hushovd's career in photos". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 20 September 2014. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
^ 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. Retrieved 25 July 2009.
^ Gregor Brown (23 July 2009). "Hushovd attacks solo for green jersey respect". Cycling News. Retrieved 26 July 2009.
^ Hushovd sidelined with broken collarbone VeloNews.
^ "Tour de France: Hushovd wins but Thomas into second". BBC Sport. BBC. 6 July 2010. Retrieved 28 November 2012.
^ "Thor Hushovd wins world road racing title" (3 Oct. 2010) VeloNews.com. Retrieved 10 March 2010
^ King Thor roars to Worlds victory CyclingNews.com. Retrieved 10 March 2010.
^ "Thor Hushovd wins the rainbow jersey for Norway". Cycling Weekly. 3 October 2010. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
^ Brian Holcombe (9 August 2013). "Hushovd joins new BMC super team". VeloNews. Competitor Group, Inc. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
^ "London 2012 Olympics: Thor Hushovd ruled out of Games". Daily Telegraph. 16 July 2012. Retrieved 21 July 2012.
^ "BMC doc blames virus, muscle inflammation for Hushovd's poor season". Velo News. 2012 Competitor Group, Inc. 7 September 2012. Retrieved 17 October 2012.
^ "Hushovd motivated for future after lost 2012 season". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 17 October 2012. Retrieved 17 October 2012.
^ "Hushovd wins Tour du Haut Var opener". Cyclingnews. Future Publishing Limited. 16 February 2013. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
^ "Hushovd, winner of 10 Tour de France stages, quits". Yahoo! Sports. 27 June 2014. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
^ "Hushovd to retire at season's end". VeloNews. Competitor Group, Inc. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
^ "Hushovd rules himself out of Worlds". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 30 August 2014. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
^ "News shorts: Hushovd aiming to create Norwegian WorldTour team". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 25 July 2015. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
^ "Page not found - NBC Olympics". {{cite web}}: Cite uses generic title (help)
^ Tingve, Pål Marius (3 June 2011). "Hushovd frustrert over Contador-avgjørelse".
^ Hushovd flytter til Monaco Archived 2 November 2013 at the Wayback Machine
^ "A daughter for Hushovd - Cyclingnews.com".
^ "Sykkelfrue og hjelperytter - mamma". Archived from the original on 3 March 2014.

External links

Thor Hushovd at ProCyclingStats
Thor Hushovd at Cycling Archives (archive)
Thor Hushovd at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)

Awards
Preceded by Petter Northug	Norwegian Sportsperson of the Year 2010	Succeeded by Alexander Dale Oen

[1] "World champion Thor Hushovd signs three year deal with BMC Racing Team". VeloNation. VeloNation LLC. 9 August 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.

[RoadRace-2] "National Championship, Road, Elite, Norway". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 6 April 2015.

[retire-3] "Gallery: Thor Hushovd's career in photos". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 20 September 2014. Retrieved 20 September 2014.

[4] Hushovd happy after Tour de France win, Aftenposten 7 July 2008

[5] "Thor Hushovd has signed with the new Cervelo TestTeam" (9 Sep. 2008) VeloNews.com. Retrieved 10 March 2010

[6] "Embarrassed Cavendish apologises for outburst". BBC Sport. 24 July 2009. Retrieved 25 July 2009.

[7] Gregor Brown (23 July 2009). "Hushovd attacks solo for green jersey respect". Cycling News. Retrieved 26 July 2009.

[8] Hushovd sidelined with broken collarbone VeloNews.

[9] "Tour de France: Hushovd wins but Thomas into second". BBC Sport. BBC. 6 July 2010. Retrieved 28 November 2012.

[10] "Thor Hushovd wins world road racing title" (3 Oct. 2010) VeloNews.com. Retrieved 10 March 2010

[11] King Thor roars to Worlds victory CyclingNews.com. Retrieved 10 March 2010.

[12] "Thor Hushovd wins the rainbow jersey for Norway". Cycling Weekly. 3 October 2010. Retrieved 4 October 2010.

[13] Brian Holcombe (9 August 2013). "Hushovd joins new BMC super team". VeloNews. Competitor Group, Inc. Retrieved 17 February 2013.

[14] "London 2012 Olympics: Thor Hushovd ruled out of Games". Daily Telegraph. 16 July 2012. Retrieved 21 July 2012.

[15] "BMC doc blames virus, muscle inflammation for Hushovd's poor season". Velo News. 2012 Competitor Group, Inc. 7 September 2012. Retrieved 17 October 2012.

[16] "Hushovd motivated for future after lost 2012 season". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 17 October 2012. Retrieved 17 October 2012.

[17] "Hushovd wins Tour du Haut Var opener". Cyclingnews. Future Publishing Limited. 16 February 2013. Retrieved 17 February 2013.

[18] "Hushovd, winner of 10 Tour de France stages, quits". Yahoo! Sports. 27 June 2014. Retrieved 30 June 2014.

[19] "Hushovd to retire at season's end". VeloNews. Competitor Group, Inc. Retrieved 27 June 2014.

[20] "Hushovd rules himself out of Worlds". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 30 August 2014. Retrieved 30 August 2014.

[21] "News shorts: Hushovd aiming to create Norwegian WorldTour team". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 25 July 2015. Retrieved 14 August 2015.

[22] "Page not found - NBC Olympics". {{cite web}}: Cite uses generic title (help)

[23] Tingve, Pål Marius (3 June 2011). "Hushovd frustrert over Contador-avgjørelse".

[24] Hushovd flytter til Monaco Archived 2 November 2013 at the Wayback Machine

[25] "A daughter for Hushovd - Cyclingnews.com".

[26] "Sykkelfrue og hjelperytter - mamma". Archived from the original on 3 March 2014.

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v t e UCI Road World Champions – Men's road race
1927–1938	1927: Alfredo Binda (ITA) 1928: Georges Ronsse (BEL) 1929: Georges Ronsse (BEL) 1930: Alfredo Binda (ITA) 1931: Learco Guerra (ITA) 1932: Alfredo Binda (ITA) 1933: Georges Speicher (FRA) 1934: Karel Kaers (BEL) 1935: Jean Aerts (BEL) 1936: Antonin Magne (FRA) 1937: Éloi Meulenberg (BEL) 1938: Marcel Kint (BEL)
1946–1959	1946: Hans Knecht (SUI) 1947: Theo Middelkamp (NED) 1948: Briek Schotte (BEL) 1949: Rik Van Steenbergen (BEL) 1950: Briek Schotte (BEL) 1951: Ferdinand Kübler (SUI) 1952: Heinz Müller (FRG) 1953: Fausto Coppi (ITA) 1954: Louison Bobet (FRA) 1955: Stan Ockers (BEL) 1956: Rik Van Steenbergen (BEL) 1957: Rik Van Steenbergen (BEL) 1958: Ercole Baldini (ITA) 1959: André Darrigade (FRA)
1960–1979	1960: Rik Van Looy (BEL) 1961: Rik Van Looy (BEL) 1962: Jean Stablinski (FRA) 1963: Benoni Beheyt (BEL) 1964: Jan Janssen (NED) 1965: Tom Simpson (GBR) 1966: Rudi Altig (FRG) 1967: Eddy Merckx (BEL) 1968: Vittorio Adorni (ITA) 1969: Harm Ottenbros (NED) 1970: Jean-Pierre Monseré (BEL) 1971: Eddy Merckx (BEL) 1972: Marino Basso (ITA) 1973: Felice Gimondi (ITA) 1974: Eddy Merckx (BEL) 1975: Hennie Kuiper (NED) 1976: Freddy Maertens (BEL) 1977: Francesco Moser (ITA) 1978: Gerrie Knetemann (NED) 1979: Jan Raas (NED)
1980–1999	1980: Bernard Hinault (FRA) 1981: Freddy Maertens (BEL) 1982: Giuseppe Saronni (ITA) 1983: Greg LeMond (USA) 1984: Claude Criquielion (BEL) 1985: Joop Zoetemelk (NED) 1986: Moreno Argentin (ITA) 1987: Stephen Roche (IRL) 1988: Maurizio Fondriest (ITA) 1989: Greg LeMond (USA) 1990: Rudy Dhaenens (BEL) 1991: Gianni Bugno (ITA) 1992: Gianni Bugno (ITA) 1993: Lance Armstrong (USA) 1994: Luc Leblanc (FRA) 1995: Abraham Olano (ESP) 1996: Johan Museeuw (BEL) 1997: Laurent Brochard (FRA) 1998: Oscar Camenzind (SUI) 1999: Óscar Freire (ESP)
2000–2019	2000: Romāns Vainšteins (LAT) 2001: Óscar Freire (ESP) 2002: Mario Cipollini (ITA) 2003: Igor Astarloa (ESP) 2004: Óscar Freire (ESP) 2005: Tom Boonen (BEL) 2006: Paolo Bettini (ITA) 2007: Paolo Bettini (ITA) 2008: Alessandro Ballan (ITA) 2009: Cadel Evans (AUS) 2010: Thor Hushovd (NOR) 2011: Mark Cavendish (GBR) 2012: Philippe Gilbert (BEL) 2013: Rui Costa (POR) 2014: Michał Kwiatkowski (POL) 2015: Peter Sagan (SVK) 2016: Peter Sagan (SVK) 2017: Peter Sagan (SVK) 2018: Alejandro Valverde (ESP) 2019: Mads Pedersen (DEN)
2020–2039	2020: Julian Alaphilippe (FRA) 2021: Julian Alaphilippe (FRA) 2022: Remco Evenepoel (BEL) 2023: Mathieu van der Poel (NED) 2024: Tadej Pogačar (SLO)

v t e Norwegian National Road Race Champions (men)
1940–1959	Odd Westbye (1940) Leif Ekås (1946) Erling Kristiansen (1947) Per Thorkildsen (1948) Erling Kristiansen (1949) Arild Andersen (1950) Odd Berg (1951–1952) Erling Kristiansen (1953) Kjell Pedersen (1954) Odd Berg (1955) Kåre Vårvik (1956) Aage Kjelstrup (1957) Kjell Pedersen (1958) Trygve Lullau (1959)
1960–1979	Per Digerud (1960–1961) Fredrik Kveil (1962–1963) Per Digerud (1964) Cato Nordbeck (1965) Karl Helland (1966) Tore Milsett (1967–1968) Thorleif Andresen (1969) Tom Martin Biseth (1970) Thorleif Andresen (1971) Knut Knudsen (1972–1973) Tom Martin Biseth (1974) Svein Langholm (1975) Magne Orre (1976) Geir Digerud (1977–1979)
1980–1999	Jon Rangfred Hanssen (1980) Morten Sæther (1981) Ole Kristian Silseth (1982) Morten Sæther (1983) Dag Otto Lauritzen (1984) Atle Pedersen (1985–1986) Jørn Skaane (1987) Erik Johan Sæbø (1988) Finn Vegard Nordhagen (1989) Bjørn Stenersen (1990) Bo André Namtvedt (1991) Dag Erik Pedersen (1992) Johnny Sæther (1993) Steffen Kjærgaard (1994) Bo André Namtvedt (1995) Frode Flesjå (1996) Kurt Asle Arvesen (1997–1998) Svein Gaute Hølestøl (1999)
2000–2019	Rune Jogert (2000) Erlend Engelsvoll (2001) Kurt Asle Arvesen (2002) Gabriel Rasch (2003) Thor Hushovd (2004) Morten Christiansen (2005) Lars Petter Nordhaug (2006) Alexander Kristoff (2007) Kurt Asle Arvesen (2008–2009) Thor Hushovd (2010) Alexander Kristoff (2011) Edvald Boasson Hagen (2012) Thor Hushovd (2013) Tormod Hausken Jacobsen (2014) Edvald Boasson Hagen (2015–2016) Rasmus Tiller (2017) Vegard Stake Laengen (2018) Amund Grøndahl Jansen (2019)
2020–2039	Sven Erik Bystrøm (2020) Tobias Foss (2021) Rasmus Tiller (2022) Fredrik Dversnes (2023) Markus Hoelgaard (2024)

Authority control databases
International	ISNI VIAF
National	Norway