Greg Henderson

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Greg Henderson
UCI Track World Championships 2018 154.jpg
Henderson in 2018
Personal information
Full nameGregory Henderson
NicknameHendo
Born (1976-09-10) 10 September 1976 (age 47)
Dunedin, New Zealand
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight72.5 kg (160 lb)
Team information
Current teamRetired
Disciplines
  • Road
  • Track
RoleRider
Rider type
  • Sprinter
  • Lead-out man
Professional teams
2002–20037 UP–Maxxis
2004–2006 Health Net–Maxxis
2007–2009 T-Mobile Team
2010–2011 Team Sky
2012–2016 Lotto–Belisol
2017 UnitedHealthcare
Major wins
Road

Grand Tours

Vuelta a España
1 individual stage (2009)

One day races and Classics

National Time Trial Championships (1996)
Track
Scratch, World Championships (2004)
Medal record
Men's track cycling
Representing Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
UCI Track World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2004 Melbourne Scratch
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2003 Stuttgart Madison
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2002 Manchester Points race
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1998 Kuala Lumpur Points race
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1998 Kuala Lumpur Teams pursuit
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2002 Manchester Teams pursuit

Gregory Henderson (born 10 September 1976) is a New Zealand former professional track and road racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2002 and 2017. His career includes winning the 15-kilometre (9.3-mile) scratch race at the 2004 world championships and, in road cycling, winning the points competition at the Tour de Georgia in 2005 and 2008.

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Henderson 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 were colleagues at both T-Mobile Team and later Lotto–Soudal.

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-kilometre (25-mile) points race and the 4-kilometre (2.5-mile) team pursuit. [3] [4]

He won gold in the 40-kilometre (25-mile) points race [5] and bronze again in the 4-kilometre (2.5-mile) team pursuit [6] at the 2002 Commonwealth Games. [4]

He won the 15-kilometre (9.3-mile) scratch race at the 2004 UCI Track Cycling 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 recovered 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]

Major results

Road

1996
1st MaillotNuevaZelanda.PNG Time trial, National Championships
1997
1st MaillotNuevaZelanda.PNG Time trial, National Under-23 Championships
1998
1st MaillotNuevaZelanda.PNG Time trial, National Under-23 Championships
1999
1st MaillotNuevaZelanda.PNG National Criterium Championships
Tour of Wellington
1st Stages 3 & 10
2000
1st Stage 2 Tour of Wellington
National Road Championships
2nd Road race
2nd Time trial
2nd Omloop van de Vlaamse Scheldeboorden
2001
1st MaillotNuevaZelanda.PNG National Criterium Championships
1st Stage 5 Bay Classic Series
2002
1st Tour de Loveland
10th First Union Invitational
2003
1st Stage 7 Tour of Southland
2004
1st MaillotNuevaZelanda.PNG National Criterium Championships
Tour of Southland
1st Jersey green.svg Points classification
1st Stages 1 (TTT), 8 & 10
2005
1st MaillotNuevaZelanda.PNG National Criterium Championships
1st Wachovia Invitational
International Tour de Toona
1st Jersey green.svg Points classification
1st Stages 2 & 7
1st Jersey green.svg Sprints classification, Tour de Georgia
5th Overall Tour of Southland
1st Stages 1 (TTT), 4, 9 & 10
2006
1st Philadelphia International Championship
1st Reading Classic
1st Stage 7 Tour of Wellington
1st Stage 5 Tour of Southland
2nd Overall Bay Classic Series
1st Stage 1
6th Road race, Commonwealth Games
2007
5th Overall Tour of Qatar
2008
Tour de Georgia
1st Jersey green.svg Sprints classification
1st Stages 3 & 7
7th Scheldeprijs
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 Down Under 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 of Britain
1st Jersey blue.svg Points classification
1st Stage 2
3rd Overall Tour Down Under
4th Scheldeprijs
2011
1st Stage 2 Paris–Nice
1st Stage 3 Tour of California
National Road Championships
2nd Road race
3rd Time trial
3rd Paris–Bourges
2012
1st Stage 1 Bay Classic Series
7th Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen
9th Down Under Classic
2013
2nd Overall Bay Classic Series
3rd Down Under Classic
2014
1st Stage 2 Ster ZLM Toer
3rd Ronde van Limburg
4th Overall World Ports Classic
7th Road race, Commonwealth Games
2015
2nd Overall Bay Classic Series
1st Stage 4
10th Down Under Classic
2016
6th Overall Tour of Turkey

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 2007200820092010201120122013201420152016
Jersey pink.svg Giro d'Italia DNF 88 DNF
Jersey yellow.svg Tour de France 124 162 DNF DNF 155
Jersey red.svg Vuelta a España 123 DNF 133
Legend
Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

Track

1998
Commonwealth Games
3rd Bronze medal blank.svg Points race
3rd Bronze medal blank.svg Team pursuit
1999
National Championships
1st MaillotNuevaZelanda.PNG Team pursuit
1st MaillotNuevaZelanda.PNG Points race
UCI World Cup Classics, Mexico City
2nd Team pursuit
3rd Madison
2000
1st MaillotNuevaZelanda.PNG Team pursuit, National Championships
2nd Six Days of Nouméa
2001
Goodwill Games
1st Points race
1st Madison
1st MaillotNuevaZelanda.PNG Points race, National Championships
2002
Commonwealth Games
1st Gold medal blank.svg Points race
3rd Bronze medal blank.svg Team pursuit
UCI World Cup Classics, Sydney
1st Team pursuit
1st Madison
3rd Points race
2003
1st MaillotNuevaZelanda.PNG Madison, National Championships
UCI World Cup Classics, Sydney
1st Scratch
3rd Points race
2nd Silver medal uci.svg Madison, UCI World Championships (with Hayden Roulston)
2004
1st Rainbow Jersey Track.svg Scratch, UCI World Championships
2nd Scratch, UCI World Cup Classics, Aguascalientes
2005
UCI World Cup Classics, Sydney
1st Team pursuit
3rd Scratch
2nd Silver medal uci.svg Scratch, UCI World Championships
2006
Oceania Games
1st Points race
1st Scratch
1st MaillotNuevaZelanda.PNG Points race, National Championships
2nd Points race, UCI World Cup Classics, Sydney
2007
Oceania Championships
1st OceaniaChampionJersey.png Madison
2nd Points race
2nd Scratch
1st Points race, UCI World Cup Classics, Sydney

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