Thor Hushovd

Thor Hushovd
Personal information
Full nameThor Hushovd
NicknameThe God of Thunder
The Bull from Grimstad
Born (1978-01-18) 18 January 1978 (age 46)
Grimstad, Norway
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight79 kg (174 lb)
Team information
Current teamUno-X Mobility
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider (retired)
General Manager
Rider typeSprinter
Classic specialist
Professional teams
2000–2008Crédit Agricole
2009–2010Cervélo TestTeam
2011Garmin–Cervélo
2012–2014BMC Racing Team
Managerial team
2024-Uno-X Mobility
Major wins
Grand Tours
Tour de France
Points classification (2005, 2009)
10 individual stages (2002, 2004, 20062011)
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
Gold medal – first place 2010 Melbourne and Geelong Road race
Hushovd (in yellow) at the 2011 Tour de France. Hushovd held the overall lead of the race from the second to the ninth stage of the race.
Hushovd at the 2006 Tour de France; his win in the prologue was one of two stage wins during the race.

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]

  1. ^ "World champion Thor Hushovd signs three-year deal with BMC Racing Team". VeloNation. VeloNation LLC. 9 August 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  2. ^ "National Championship, Road, Elite, Norway". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
  3. ^ "Gallery: Thor Hushovd's career in photos". Cyclingnews.com. 20 September 2014. Retrieved 20 September 2014.

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